₹3,75,261 → ₹49,710
Mauritius, 8 nights, two people — ₹3,75,261 of travel for ₹49,710
115,000 points redeemed (Air India Maharaja Club + Accor ALL) plus ₹49,710 out of pocket. Booked for a wedding anniversary.
The Great Indian Points & Miles Show
The Great IndianLounge
A private Discord where India's points and miles people work out loud. Real bookings, real numbers, and someone who has already made the mistake you're about to make.
The Great Indian Lounge
Lounge
- # general
- # introductions
- # redemption-reports
- # destinations-and-itineraries
- # general-travel-chat
- # double-dips
- # city-wise
- # community-in-pictures
- # yum-yum
- # memes
- # starboard
Cards
- # general-card-chat
- # card-recommendations
- # card-specific-forum
- # mcc-chat
Programmes
- # accor
- # marriott-bonvoy
- # hyatt
- # hotel-programs
- # singapore-krisflyer
- # avios
- # flying-blue
- # air-india-maharaja-club
- # emirates-skywards
- # jal-mileage-bank
- # frequent-flyer-programs
- # property-reviews
Deals
- # deal-alerts
- # deal-discussions
Misc
- # visas
+ 32 more
#redemption-reports
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@ankur145
Snagged 3 Business seats on SQ Hyderabad to Singapore on saver fare at 45K miles each.
Cash Rates come to Rs2.23 lac, driving final per point value of Rs1.64 & Rs3.28 for HDFC & Atlas respectively.
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@doktoramar
The flight time is around 4 and half hours.U can have dinner and sleep for 3 and half hours.
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@ankur145
This one's 5 hour, planning to eat at the airport and trying to have our daughter sleep through the night. The last thing we want is for the "Princess" to turn into a dinosaur on day 1 😛
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@doktoramar
The food on krisflyer is good.Use the book the cook feature to pre book dishes of ur choice.After u put ur daughter to sleep,U can enjoy the food and drinks.Date night in the sky😃
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@ankur145
I just realised the food on flight didn't even cross our minds. Thanks for pointing out. 🥲
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Three business class seats. 45,000 miles each.
300+
redemptions shared
~7,100
messages a month
52
rooms you unlock
The room
What the Lounge actually is
The Lounge is a Discord server. It's a set of rooms where Indian travellers who are serious about points show each other their actual work: what they booked, what it cost, what they'd do differently.
It started in September 2025. It's the room behind the podcast — the place where the conversation continues after the episode ends.
Redemption reports
What people actually do in here
120,000 miles / 45 days
45 days around the world, in business class — 120,000 ANA miles
Roughly 120k ANA miles transferred from Amex, plus about $600 in taxes. Vancouver → Montreal → Paris → Amsterdam and onward, business class on the long hauls.
200,000 points / 5 seats
Five people to Europe — Lufthansa A380 business for 2 lakh Aeroplan points
Mumbai → Munich, five business class tickets, 200,000 Aeroplan points + ~₹30,000 taxes. Plus 2.5 lakh Accor points for two rooms, three nights at Sofitel Munich.
285,000 miles / 3 seats
Delhi → Bali in Singapore Airlines business, with a free Singapore stopover
Three tickets for 285,000 KrisFlyer miles + ₹27,000 taxes. Three nights in a two-bedroom pool villa at Kappa Senses Ubud on ICICI EPM points, and three nights at the Ritz-Carlton Nusa Dua for 320,000 Bonvoy points.
The machinery
Every card has its own thread. Some of them never stop.
The redemptions are the outcome. This is the machinery.
9,207MessagesHSBC Premier
8,185MessagesAxis Magnus for Burgundy (M4B)
4,080MessagesIndusInd Avios
3,523MessagesHDFC Infinia
2,896MessagesAmex Platinum Charge
2,053MessagesHSBC TravelOne
2,022MessagesAxis Atlas
1,932MessagesHDFC BizBlack
1,634MessagesICICI Emeralde Private Metal
1,544MessagesBOBCARD Etihad Guest Premium
1,013MessagesAxis Burgundy Private
766MessagesAmex Platinum ReserveAlso in there: Amex Trifecta (2,511) — and around 35 more, from Kotak Solitaire to Scapia to IDFC Mayura.
The programmes
And every loyalty programme worth arguing about.
Accor1,259
Avios635
Marriott Bonvoy596
Singapore KrisFlyer533
Flying Blue438
Taj Epicure407
ITC Culinaire288
Aeroplan226
ANA176
Hilton Honors136
Etihad Guest85
IndiGo BluChip61The directory
Every channel in the Lounge
The Great Indian Lounge
What you see today — 6 of 62
- #rules
- #welcome
- #new-video-shipped
- #self-roles
- #important-announcements
- #survey-requests
Lounge Access unlocks everything below
Lounge
- #general687
- #introductions
- #redemption-reports176
- #destinations-and-itineraries157
- #general-travel-chat291
- #double-dips
- #city-wise
- #community-in-pictures
- #yum-yum
- #off-topic-chat
- #memes
- #starboard
- #financial-investment-discussions
- #level-updates
Cards
- #general-card-chat512
- #card-recommendations242
- #card-specific-forum
- #mcc-chat
Programmes
- #accor581
- #marriott-bonvoy251
- #hyatt
- #hotel-programs
- #singapore-krisflyer151
- #avios123
- #flying-blue
- #air-india-maharaja-club
- #emirates-skywards
- #jal-mileage-bank
- #frequent-flyer-programs
- #status-match
- #lounge-access-queries
- #property-reviews
- #cars
Deals
- #deal-alerts
- #deal-discussions
Everything else
- #visas138
- #travel-with-children
- #travel-products-and-tech
- #car-rental-ride-services
- #bucketlists
- #gold
- #watches
- #miscellaneous
- #feedback-and-suggestions
- #server-support
And there are a few rooms past these — Priority Access and Private Access — that open up further in. You'll hear about them once you're inside.
Entry
How to get in
Four steps. The third one is where most people get stuck.
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1.Take the Lounge Access membership on YouTube
₹479 a month, billed by YouTube. This is the only way in.
There are two tiers. Only "Lounge Access" opens the Lounge. The cheaper "Boarding Pass" tier supports the channel but does not unlock any of the 52 channels. If you already subscribed and still can't see anything, check which tier you're on first — this is the single most common mistake.
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2.Join the Discord server
You'll land in the server and see a handful of channels. That's expected. Step 3 is what opens the rest.
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3.Link your YouTube account to Discord
This is the step everyone skips, and it's the reason people think they've paid for nothing.
- 1.Open Discord → User Settings (the gear next to your name)
- 2.Go to Connections
- 3.Click YouTube and authorise it
- 4.Make sure you sign in with the same Google account that holds the membership
Discord → User Settings → Connections → YouTube
On mobile, it's your avatar → Connections → Add → YouTube.
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4.Done
Your Lounge Access role appears automatically and all 52 channels unlock. It's usually instant; give it a couple of minutes.
Start in #introductions — say where you're based, what's in your wallet, and where you're trying to go. People will answer.
If it didn't work
- —Still only seeing a few channels? In Discord, unlink and relink YouTube under Connections.
- —Confirm you're on the Lounge Access tier, not Boarding Pass.
- —Still stuck? Post in #server-support — a mod will sort it.
Before you ask
Questions, answered
A ₹479/month YouTube channel membership. That membership is what unlocks the Discord. Cancel any time from YouTube — access ends when the membership does.
No. There's no curriculum and no cohort. It's a live community plus members-only livestreams.
You've almost certainly not linked YouTube to Discord yet, or you're on the Boarding Pass tier. See step 3 above.
No. Plenty of the best posts in here are economy redemptions and ₹6,000 Novotels. Come with whatever you have.
Around 7,100 messages in the last 30 days across 42 channels, and more than 300 redemptions shared since we opened.
Yes. Most people do at first.
Share only what you choose to share. Nothing is connected to your accounts.
Yes, from YouTube, any time. No lock-in.
Get in touch
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₹479/month · Lounge Access