Which card in my portfolio for international IRCTC Air or Balmer Lawrie booking?

[Drayden]

Hello all, thanks for this amazing forum, got to learn a lot and collected so many cards this past year.. people have been super helpful too 😊

Coming to topic at hand, I will be booking international airline tickets from irctc air/balmer lawrie as govt mandates it for reimbursement.
Currently I hold,

HDFC Regalia Gold
SBI Cashback
SBI SimplySave
ICICI Sapphiro (MC/AMEX)
ICICI Amazon Pay
ICICI Coral
AU Xcite Ultra
Yes Kiwi
BOB Uni Goldx
HDFC Platinum DC
SBI VDC, Pragati DC

CC extra charges and all will be reimbursed so just want to maximize my gains and would like to use one of these cards.
Any alternative suggestions are also welcome
Thanks all

 

[Drayden]

Bumping this post

 

[chinnodu]

From existing cards, Regalia Gold may be used on IRCTC and Balmer Lawrie for reimbursable travel. The accumulated points may further be used for booking flights from SmartBuy when travel is not reimbursable.

You may consider the following three alternatives:

1. HSBC Travelone. 4RP for Rs 100 spent. Convertible into 12 AirAsia miles.

2. Axis Atlas is better if looking for Converting Edge miles into Accor Hotel points.

3. AMEX platinum Travel Card. You can earn neatly 50000 MR points on spending 4L annually and Rs 10000 Taj Stay voucher

 

[jhanishdev]

Offtopic: Is Balmer Lawrie travel booking only for goverment employees or everybody? Are they competitive considering they are a PSU?

 

[chinnodu]

Offtopic: Is Balmer Lawrie travel booking only for goverment employees or everybody? Are they competitive considering they are a PSU?

Pricing is comparable with that of aggregators. Cannot say cheaper. Being corporate booking it includes complimentary food in booking.

 

[Drayden]

From existing cards, Regalia Gold may be used on IRCTC and Balmer Lawrie for reimbursable travel. The accumulated points may further be used for booking flights from SmartBuy when travel is not reimbursable.

You may consider the following three alternatives:

1. HSBC Travelone. 4RP for Rs 100 spent. Convertible into 12 AirAsia miles.

2. Axis Atlas is better if looking for Converting Edge miles into Accor Hotel points.

3. AMEX platinum Travel Card. You can earn neatly 50000 MR points on spending 4L annually and Rs 10000 Taj Stay voucher

Thank you so much for the detailed response!
I didn't know RG would give points on these
This is really helpful and I will look into the suggested cards too. I was thinking of Atlas and/or Amex Plat Travel next in my portfolio in near future

Follow up question, do the suggested cards give rewards on IRCTC/Balmer too?