Hey folks, planning an 5-night Dubai trip from Hyderabad for 2 adults + 1 child (11yo). Travel dates are between 15th May to 25th May. Sitting on 115k Infinia points and need advice on the best redemption:
The goal is to pay as much as possible for flights and hotels using the points
Luxury Hotels (Accor 2:1) or smartbuy: Transfer 90k points to Accor, which would help redeem ₹1 lakh worth of stay in luxury hotels. Give suggestions for hotels, including the likes of Sofitel, The Palm, or Fairmont Dubai. And using the remaining points, book a one-way flight from Hyderabad to Dubai
SmartBuy (1 RP = ₹1): use smartbuy for all economy flight bookings. Return journey fare from Hyderabad to Dubai costs 37k rs for the cheapest tickets, which would mean I can utilize around 26k points for one person to pay for that. That means an overall utilization of around 78k points and around 33k rupees in cash.
Transfer to Singapore Airlines at 1:1: One way from Hyderabad to Singapore costs 19k miles and one way from Singapore to Dubai costs 32,000 miles. Overall Hyderabad to Dubai would cost 51,000, meaning it would cost 102k miles per person for a return journey, which I don't think is a wise choice.
Transfer to Air India at 2:1 : return journey from Hyderabad to Dubai generally costs 31k Air India points plus around 5,000-6,000 in cash. That would mean I can book the return journey for two people using the 120k points on Infinia converted to 60k AI points plus some taxes, and book the hotels and the flight for the third person in cash.