Air India recently overhauled its frequent flyer programme, and in its refreshed form, Maharaja Club, aims to evoke ‘that special feeling’ across various touch points in your journey. While flying with Air India is the most common and obvious way to earn Maharaja Points, it is not the only way you can get closer to an Award Flight or a Cabin Upgrade.
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Air India recently overhauled its frequent flyer programme, and in its refreshed form, Maharaja Club, aims to evoke ‘that special feeling’ across various touch points in your journey. While flying with Air India is the most common and obvious way to earn Maharaja Points, it is not the only way you can get closer to an Award Flight or a Cabin Upgrade. Air India has opened up several new avenues for you to earn points and maximise rewards without having to fly frequently. Here are five ways to do so.
1) Stay at partner hotels
One of the most convenient ways to collect Maharaja Points is by staying with Maharaja Club’s hotel partners. You can choose from any of the luxurious properties of The Leela Palaces, Hotels & Resorts, The Roseate Hotels & Resorts properties in India, Evolve Back resorts in Karnataka and Africa, and Soneva properties in Thailand and the Maldives, apart from other hotel chains. Plus, you can also customise your booking experience with the ‘Quote Your Rate®’ feature on OneFinerate.com. Your stays at these properties can get you 5-7 Maharaja Points for every INR 100 spent. Earning enough points from a short holiday or business stays can help you earn enough points to redeem for a Delhi-Mumbai Economy Award Flight aboard Air India.
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2) Explore new experiences
Maharaja Club’s portfolio of partnerships extends to some popular tourist attractions around the world. This includes five LEGOLAND® theme parks in California, New York, Dubai and Windsor in the UK, and Madam Tussauds museums in Bangkok, Dubai, London, New York, and Singapore. And, when you book tours, travel activities, and experiences for your next travel destination, you can do so on the global online marketplace for travel activities with Get Your Guide or isango! You can earn Maharaja Points on 110,000 locally vetted, expert-curated experiences across 150 countries. To stay connected on your travels, you can opt for Matrix international e-SIMs with tailored plans.
Realising the growing popularity of luxury shopping outlets, Maharaja Club has enabled earning Points when you shop at your favourite luxury and lifestyle brands at any of The Bicester Collection’s nine open-air shopping villages across Europe. You can also earn Maharaja Points when you book cruise trips on iCruise which offers more than 40 major cruise lines, including Royal Caribbean International, Norwegian Cruises, MSC Cruises, Disney Cruises, Costa & Cunard, among many others.
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3) Earn on everyday spends
With Maharaja Club’s growing list of partners in the lifestyle space, you can earn Maharaja Points when you buy any Apple product, or when you go for your regular haircut or spa session at the luxury barbershop, Truefitt & Hill. You can also earn points by sending flowers and gifts to your loved ones on special occasions through popular gifting stores like Ferns N Petals or IGP. Additionally, you can enjoy wellness services at Tattva, shop for stylish outfits at United Colors of Benetton, maintain your fitness goals with FITPASS, or purchase your routine skincare and body care products from Kiehl’s. All these spends can easily help grow your Maharaja Points balance significantly.
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4) Book car rentals
The perfect trip planning, of course, includes local transportation at places you travel to. Maharaja Club has also partnered with leading car rental companies such as Discover Cars, AVIS, and Zoomcar to enable collection of Maharaja Points on hiring cars. Discover Cars lets you compare prices and offers from various car rental companies as an aggregator. AVIS is a well-known international car rental company for self-drive as well as chauffeur-driven car rentals with a wide range of vehicles worldwide, and Zoomcar brings you flexible self-drive rental options across the length and breadth of India.
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5) Convert your credit card Reward Points to Maharaja Points
Many credit cards allow you to convert the points you earn through your everyday spending to airline partners. Maharaja Club has partnered with banks like Axis Bank, HSBC, ICICI Bank and more to enable this for their members. So, if you hold the qualifying credit cards with these banks, you can easily convert your bank rewards points to Maharaja Points, which can be used for Award Flights, Cabin Upgrades aboard Air India.
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Source: Air India
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