CHAPTER TWO · BENGALURU

    MilesAhead

    Converse with India's most obsessed points practitioners.

    12 JULY 2026◆BENGALURU
    THE SESSION

    What happens in the room.

    Five hours. Twenty-five people. Three acts.

    I90 MINUTES
    The Wallet Audit

    Bring your current cards. We walk through what each one earns, what it does not, and what you should be holding instead. You leave knowing which card belongs where in your stack, and which ones to close before the next fee hits.

    II2 HOURS
    The Redemption Lab

    Flights, hotels, transfer bonuses. Live bookings on screen. The sweet spots that actually exist in India. Nothing generic, nothing recycled from a blog.

    III90 MINUTES
    The Unfiltered Hour

    Open questions. Nothing off limits. Share your actual spend, your actual goal trip, your actual constraints. You get our unfiltered take on exactly what to do next. This is the hour most people say made the whole session worth it.

    THE HOSTS

    The practitioners in the room.

    Not bloggers. Not influencers. Two people who have actually booked the cabins they teach.

    Photographed onboard Singapore Airlines Suites, Singapore to Delhi, 2025.

    Aadil Bandukwala
    Co-founder, The Great Indian Points & Miles Show

    Has booked Emirates First, Etihad Apartments, and Singapore Suites on points. Has helped 100+ Indians do the same. VP Marketing at HackerRank by weekday, redemption obsessive by weekend.

    Photographed onboard Qatar Airways Qsuite, Miami to Doha, 2026.

    Dhimant Negandhi
    Co-founder, The Great Indian Points & Miles Show

    Hotel loyalty ninja with suite access across Accor, Marriott Bonvoy and more. Has cracked upgrades, suite access, and VIP perks across the world's top chains. Knows how to climb to top-tier status without breaking the bank.

    Every redemption discussed is one they have personally booked. No case studies from the internet.

    THE ROOM

    A private address in Bengaluru.

    Revealed only to those who have reserved a seat.

    I
    Walking distance from the metro.

    Inside Bengaluru. Accessible. Easy on the traffic. Easy on parking. Leave the car at home and you will be fine.

    II
    A room that does not double as a coworking space.

    Private. Quiet. Air-conditioned properly. The kind of room where a Centurion cardholder would feel at home and a spreadsheet would stay open on the projector.

    III
    Tea, coffee, and lunch sorted.

    Hosted between 10 am and 3 pm. Proper food, not sad sandwiches. You come hungry. You leave full.

    Sunday. July in Bengaluru. Inside, it will be twenty-two degrees and impossibly calm.

    The address goes out 72 hours before the session. Only to the participants who've signed up.

    THE ALUMNI

    What past attendees actually booked.

    Three alumni from the last Miles Ahead, in their own words.

    Akul Gupta
    Raffles Udaipur on Credit Card Points
    “

    Miles Ahead was not about which card to use where. It was about mindset. How to think about points, how to cut through the noise. I went in with zero redemptions. Six months later, I took my wife to Japan entirely on points, flights and hotels. Four more redemptions since then.

    Akul Gupta
    HR STRATEGY LEADER, KRONES
    “

    Miles Ahead taught me how to get to Accor Platinum, and on my first trip using points, I got complimentary upgrades and paid about one-third of the actual cost. Also learned about seats.aero, which honestly changed how I plan travel.

    Jinay N Dedhia
    DIRECTOR, VK INDUSTRIES
    Jinay N Dedhia
    Jinay enjoying a Floating Breakfast
    Dr. Sushil Kumar Yadav
    Etihad Business Class on Credit Card Points
    “

    Since attending Miles Ahead, Delhi in August 2025, I have flown Business Class round-trip to Vietnam on Singapore Airlines, Europe on Etihad for our anniversary, and booked Qatar Business Class to Masai Mara and Spain. Plus five nights at the JW Masai Mara. Before this, international Business Class was a dream. Now it is a spreadsheet. Full credit to Aadil & Dhimant!

    Dr. Sushil Kumar Yadav
    CONSULTANT ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON, PRAKASH HOSPITAL

    The next one of these is yours.

    THE INVESTMENT · EARLY BIRD

    A seat in the room.

    Available Now
    ₹25,000
    + 18% GST
    ₹29,500 all-in
    Once Early Bird Closes
    ₹33,500
    + 18% GST
    ₹39,530 all-in

    Lock the lower rate. ₹10,030 saved.

    Five hours of live interaction with Aadil & Dhimant
    Live redemption demos on our actual accounts, on screen
    Lunch, coffee, and a no-judgement Q&A hour

    Razorpay secure checkout. Instant confirmation. GST invoice included.

    QUESTIONS

    Before you reserve.

    Everything past attendees asked before saying yes.

    Early bird (₹25,000 + 18% GST, ₹29,500 all-in) closed at seat 15. Standard rate is now live at ₹33,500 + 18% GST (₹39,530 all-in) for the remaining seats. Once the room hits 25, we close it for July 2026.
    Yes. A significant chunk of past attendees had zero points and miles experience when they walked in. We calibrate the wallet audit to whatever cards you already hold, and the redemption walkthroughs start from first principles. If you can hold a credit card, you can follow along.
    The podcast and YouTube are a free public library. This is a private room where you ask your own questions, bring your own cards, and get answers tailored to your situation. We also share things in the room we cannot share on YouTube for reasons you will understand when you are there.
    Past rooms have included founders, VCs, senior tech operators, doctors, and a few very smart finance nerds. You will not be the only one who feels slightly out of place. Most people do. Most people leave having made three new friends.
    Your current credit cards, and a list of trips you are trying to plan in the next eighteen months. Everything else we handle.
    No. The value of the room is the room. Recording it would change how freely everyone, including us, talks.
    This is our first Bengaluru edition in 2026. We typically do a city once a year, so the next Bengaluru room is unlikely before 2027.
    All payments are final. No refunds under any circumstances. If you cannot make it, you cannot transfer your seat to someone else either. This is intentional. It keeps the room small and the commitment real.
    You get an instant confirmation email with your invoice. 72 hours before 12 July, you get the exact venue address. On the day, you show up. We take it from there.
    STILL CURIOUS

    Ask us anything.

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