With all its great products and services, HDFC Bank has become the largest private-sector bank as well as the most popular card issuer in the country. It offers a wide range of credit cards varying from super-premium to entry-level categories. Two of the top offerings by HDFC Bank include HDFC Infinia Metal Edition Credit Card and HDFC Diners Club Black Credit Card. Both the cards are targeted at high net worth individuals and come with some super exciting rewards and benefits. HDFC Bank has recently announced some important changes for the Infinia and Diners Club Black cardholders. These cards provide various redemption options including Airmiles and loyalty points for several airways & hotels. Now, some new partners have been added to this points transfer program of HDFC Infinia and Diners Club Black Cards. For more information regarding the same, keep reading:
HDFC Bank Added New Partners To The Points Transfer Program
For two of the most premium cards, HDFC Infinia and HDFC Diners Club Black Card, HDFC Bank has recently revised the reward redemption program. The reward points earned using these two cards are redeemable against various categories, including shopping, travel bookings, or the card’s statement balance. Not only this but the rewards can also be converted to air miles or loyalty points of various airlines and other merchants. HDFC Bank has recently added 14 new partners to this list, i.e. apart from all the old partners where you could redeem your points earned on HDFC Infinia/Diners Club Black Card, you have 14 more new redemption options now. All the newly added partners and the respective redemption ratios are given in the table below:
Partner Name | Redemption Ratio |
Air Canada Aeroplan | 1 RP (Reward Point) = 0.5 Aeroplan |
AirAsia Rewards | 1 RP = 1 Airasia point |
Accor Live Limitless | 1 RP = 1 ALL Reward Point |
Avianca LifeMiles | 1 RP = 1 Lifemile |
British Airways | 1 RP = 0.5 Avios |
Etihad Airways | 1 RP = 0.5 Etihad guest miles |
Finnair Plus | 1 RP = 1 Finnair Plus Point |
Flying Blue | 1 RP = 1 flying blue mile |
Hainan Airlines Fortune Wings Club | 1 RP = 1 fortune wing club point |
IHG One Reward | 1 RP = 1 IHG One Reward |
Vietnam AIlines Lotusmiles | 1 RP = 1 Lotus mile |
Turkish Airlines | 1 RP = 1 miles&smiles mile |
United Mileage Plus | 0.5 Mileage Plus Award Miles |
Wyndham Rewards | 1 RP = 1 Wyndham Reward Point |
Apart from all these, you can also redeem your reward points against intermiles, Club Vistara Points, Singapore airlines Krisflyer points, or other options via internet banking as usual. For these newly added partners, you can not convert your points via HDFC Smartbuy Website.
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Bottom Line
The new partners added by the HDFC Bank for the Infinia and Diners Club Black Cardholders seem to be a great step taken by the bank in order to provide their customers with more & more options to redeem their earned rewards. Previously, there were only a few partners against which you can redeem your points to earn miles/loyalty points. But, now HDFC Bank has brought some of the major airlines on board, which is definitely going to be beneficial for the customers.
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