With addition of new partners in April , 2023 & Milestone bonuses Axis Magnus can boast of amazing possibilities for travel. I hereby enclose a Luxury Trip to Thailand using different partners of Magnus.
1)International Flight : DEL-BKK .Most Luxurious way to fly to Thailand is Business class of Thai airways as TG 315/316 ( A350-900) has 1-2-1 configuration with all seats with aisle access beside most convenient timings. One way in business costs 27500 Thai Miles plus INR 9500/- approximately as taxes. Same TG flight on revenue fare cost around INR 54000/- giving redemption value of INR 1.62/-per Thai mile.Same in economy shall cost around 17500 Thai miles. Similar rates from other cities in India .. Mumbai/Bangalore. One needs to transfer Edge rewards to Thai Airways account. Please note Award seat availability is limited ( TG usually releases 2 seats in business class in each flight) & need to be booked well in advance. Another advantage of flying business from BKK on TG is a dedicated gate for Check in, Security & Immigration & Complimentary Spa ( This facility stopped during Covid time ... not sure whether restarted yet).
2) Domestic Flights in Thailand . One can travel to Phuket(HKT), Koh Samui( USM) & Krabi ( KBV) & other places from BKK. Cheapest & best partner to use is JAL( Transfer edge rewards to JAL). For example BKK-USM, USM -HKT & HKT-BKK, all three sectors combined in economy shall cost a total of 12000 JAL miles plus INR 1500/- in taxes. Flights are on Bangkok Airways & it is one of the finest airlines to fly domestic sectors in Thailand. Please note JAL uses a distance based award chart. Same seats in economy in Bangkok Airways revenue ticket shall cost at least INR 17000-20000/- in low season & around INR 30000/- in high season; this gives average redemption value of INR 1.25 to 2.35 per JAL miles. The Business class award ticket comes at 24000 JAL miles plus INR1500/-. One can fly to Phuket from Bangkok in economy on other Flights like Thai Smiles & Air Asia at slightly cheaper rates but economy seats have narrow pitch & narrow width in comparison to Bangkok Airways. Ofcourse Flights to & fro Koh Samui ( USM) one need to fly with Bangkok Airways only.
3) Hotel Stay in Thailand : How about staying in Luxurious hotels & resorts spread all over Thailand at 45 % discount. Best partner to use is Accor ALL . Accor group boasts of multiple Five star Luxury hotels all over Thailand. Accor award points have a value of 1 point=INR 1.80( Redemption Fixed @ 2000 Accor points= 40 Euro). Hence Accor hotels can be used at a discount of almost 45% . With the Euro rising against INR in the last few months , we would not be surprised if the discount comes to 50%.Luxury hotels in Bangkok include So Sofitel , Banyan Tree ; in Phuket are Avista Grande Phuket Karon -MGallery ,Movenpick Phuket Bangtao beside other Novotel & pullman resorts, In Koh samui are Banyan Tree & Garrya Tongsai Bay. It is important to cancellable booking , Pay at the hotel. Before transferring Edge rewards to Accor, please check with hotel customer care that these points are to be redeemed.
Summary : As we can see from above, a Luxury trip to Thailand can be made using Axis Magnus' different partners getting an average value of INR 1.50-2.00/- Per mile. Please note before transfer of Edge Rewards to partners, award availability with respective partners need to be checked.
1)International Flight : DEL-BKK .Most Luxurious way to fly to Thailand is Business class of Thai airways as TG 315/316 ( A350-900) has 1-2-1 configuration with all seats with aisle access beside most convenient timings. One way in business costs 27500 Thai Miles plus INR 9500/- approximately as taxes. Same TG flight on revenue fare cost around INR 54000/- giving redemption value of INR 1.62/-per Thai mile.Same in economy shall cost around 17500 Thai miles. Similar rates from other cities in India .. Mumbai/Bangalore. One needs to transfer Edge rewards to Thai Airways account. Please note Award seat availability is limited ( TG usually releases 2 seats in business class in each flight) & need to be booked well in advance. Another advantage of flying business from BKK on TG is a dedicated gate for Check in, Security & Immigration & Complimentary Spa ( This facility stopped during Covid time ... not sure whether restarted yet).
2) Domestic Flights in Thailand . One can travel to Phuket(HKT), Koh Samui( USM) & Krabi ( KBV) & other places from BKK. Cheapest & best partner to use is JAL( Transfer edge rewards to JAL). For example BKK-USM, USM -HKT & HKT-BKK, all three sectors combined in economy shall cost a total of 12000 JAL miles plus INR 1500/- in taxes. Flights are on Bangkok Airways & it is one of the finest airlines to fly domestic sectors in Thailand. Please note JAL uses a distance based award chart. Same seats in economy in Bangkok Airways revenue ticket shall cost at least INR 17000-20000/- in low season & around INR 30000/- in high season; this gives average redemption value of INR 1.25 to 2.35 per JAL miles. The Business class award ticket comes at 24000 JAL miles plus INR1500/-. One can fly to Phuket from Bangkok in economy on other Flights like Thai Smiles & Air Asia at slightly cheaper rates but economy seats have narrow pitch & narrow width in comparison to Bangkok Airways. Ofcourse Flights to & fro Koh Samui ( USM) one need to fly with Bangkok Airways only.
3) Hotel Stay in Thailand : How about staying in Luxurious hotels & resorts spread all over Thailand at 45 % discount. Best partner to use is Accor ALL . Accor group boasts of multiple Five star Luxury hotels all over Thailand. Accor award points have a value of 1 point=INR 1.80( Redemption Fixed @ 2000 Accor points= 40 Euro). Hence Accor hotels can be used at a discount of almost 45% . With the Euro rising against INR in the last few months , we would not be surprised if the discount comes to 50%.Luxury hotels in Bangkok include So Sofitel , Banyan Tree ; in Phuket are Avista Grande Phuket Karon -MGallery ,Movenpick Phuket Bangtao beside other Novotel & pullman resorts, In Koh samui are Banyan Tree & Garrya Tongsai Bay. It is important to cancellable booking , Pay at the hotel. Before transferring Edge rewards to Accor, please check with hotel customer care that these points are to be redeemed.
Summary : As we can see from above, a Luxury trip to Thailand can be made using Axis Magnus' different partners getting an average value of INR 1.50-2.00/- Per mile. Please note before transfer of Edge Rewards to partners, award availability with respective partners need to be checked.
