Saving on fuel expenses has long been difficult. Fuel retail operates on thin margins, so banks and card issuers typically limit offers on petrol purchases — often to around 2% — and many cards don’t even provide regular reward points on fuel because issuers absorb fuel surcharge waivers. That said, recent promotions are changing the … Read more

HSBC India has introduced a new feature called Travel With Points inside the mobile app’s Redeem Points section for credit cards. The feature resembles initiatives like HDFC Bank’s SmartBuy 10X rewards or ICICI Bank’s iShop accelerated rewards, but HSBC’s implementation is powered by Hopper rather than a traditional booking engine. Through Travel With Points, HSBC … Read more

North East India – Umiam lake – Shillong, Meghalaya I recently spent a week traveling through Northeast India with a friend and wanted to share practical observations that may help others planning a visit. Our trip covered Assam and Meghalaya, so the information below focuses on those two states. Table of Contents Why North East? … Read more

This is the hands-on experience article of the IDFC First Credit Card. If you’re looking for the features and benefits of this card, do check out here: IDFC First credit card review I have been an IDFC First Bank savings account holder since June 2019. When my account was opened, the sales executive mentioned a … Read more

Air India has relaunched its popular Maharaja Club Points Fest, and for May 2026 the airline is offering members a chance to earn up to 50% bonus Maharaja Points. This promotion marks a celebration of the program’s growth to over 100 partners and runs for the entire month of May. If you’ve been saving reward … Read more

Ever since I flew Jet Airways Business Class (domestic), I’ve been hooked and wanted to fly that cabin again. After that experience I started prioritizing ICICI Jet Sapphiro (Amex), one of the better Jet Airways co-branded cards, and looked for ways to accumulate more JPMiles. My HDFC Business Regalia had been sitting unused after its … Read more

Vistara has been adding several new bank transfer partners in recent months. These partnerships are often less compelling than the earlier American Express transfer option and typically make sense mainly when Vistara offers a 50%–100% bonus on transferring credit card reward points. A fresh bonus promotion is available now. Below are the key details. Offer … Read more

In past years RBL Bank often ran spend-based Diwali offers for select cardholders, where meeting a spending threshold would earn a voucher or reward — for example, the Amazon Echo Dot promotion in 2022. Those targeted campaigns were common during the festive season. I did not notice similar targeted promotions during the 2024 festive season, … Read more

During a recent trip to Mumbai, I flew Jet Airways Business Class (Première) on the short BOM (Mumbai) → CJB (Coimbatore) route. Although using JPMiles for short domestic flights isn’t usually the most efficient redemption, I had three reasons to upgrade: It was going to be my first business class experience. I wanted access to … Read more

First, my apologies for being away from the blog for about two months. I managed to clear some comments, but I had little time to write new posts due to health issues. I went through two rounds of illness, the second being a severe case of dengue fever that kept me bedridden for two weeks. … Read more