Club Vistara is a frequent flyer program of Air Vistara (UK) & this post will give an introduction to the CV points which helped many Indians.
Quick History & future landscape for UK
Air Vistara (UK) launched their services in early 2015. It’s a joint venture between Tata Sons & Singapore Airlines (SQ). Recently, Tata bought Air India (AI), a star alliance member, post which UK will merge into AI. Club Vistara (CV) may soon get merged into Flying Returns program of AI. However, details are awaited, till then let’s enjoy perk of one of the best frequent flyer program for Indians. I hope the merged program is better than the one today. Fingers crossed.
Why Club Vistara?
Here are couple of important points.
- One of best Airline of India
- They have few good co-branded cards in India
- Fair connectivity in Domestic & International sectors after Indigo & Air India.
- A full service airline after Air India. So far, it’s way better than AI.
- Gives good value on CV points, more about this below.
- A digital currency with rare altercations in value terms, more on this below.
- Benefits like CV Gold are rare with other Indian airlines. Read here for silver, platinum benefits.
- Flights can be booked for as low as 2k CV points.
Why should you have Club Vistara Points?
- You can book economy, premium economy & business class tickets with points.
- You can upgrade your class with CV points.
- Irrespective of the revenue flight cost, you will pay exactly same amount of CV points for flying point A to B. For eg, one would need only 5000 CV points for travelling from Mumbai to Delhi even if revenue cost is INR 8000.
- Some sectors in India like
Kolkata-BengaluruorMumbai-Chandigarhmakes sense to book with points where revenue flight is costly. - You can even book international flight tickets with points. Mumbai to London in 30000 CV points, Mumbai to Singapore in 22000 points for economy. This makes travel to international trip for free. You can check points for your sector here.
- You can also book flights with Singapore Airlines, Japan Airlines, United, Air Canada & Lufthansa through CV points. Check this for the points redemption with partner airlines. However, its not recommended because, point requirements are way to high.
- Please refer step by step guide to redeem your CV points.
This will help you give a quick glance on the value of CV points.
| Route | Economy | Premium Economy | Business |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mumbai to Delhi | 5,000 | 8,500 | 18,000 |
| Mumbai to Frankfurt | 33,000 | 55,000 | 1,20,000 |
| Delhi to Singapore | 22,000 | 40,000 | 75,000 |
Please note that you have to pay taxes which vary. For eg, Mumbai to Delhi will cost you INR 791 along with 5000 CV points.
Delhi to Frankfurt will cost you ~INR 2100 along with 30000 CV points.
How to earn CV Points?
- Fly with Air Vistara
- When you fly Air Vistara with revenue fare, you get CV points.
- These points are calculated basis your Club Vistara tier, Base Fare & flying class. You need to make sure that your PNR is linked with your CV ID.
- If you don’t receive the points, call customer care or retro claim here
- These points are also called as status CV points which helps you reach next status
- Fly with Participating Airlines
- Vistara currently have tie ups with below airlines.
- Air Canada
- Singapore Airlines
- Lufthansa
- United Airlines
- Japan Airlines
- You can fly any of these airlines and claim points in your Club Vistara ID
- These points are also called as status CV points which helps you reach next status
- Vistara currently have tie ups with below airlines.
- Co-branded credit card
- This is one of the easiest way to get CV points.
- Vistara has tie ups with banks like SBI, Axis, IDFC which offers multiple credit cards where you earn CV points & a free ticket.
- You can read about SBI Vistara Credit Card
- These points are not counted towards status CV points.
- Buy CV Points
- Yes, you can buy CV points in multiples of 1000 upto 20000 points.
- We do not recommend buying points unless it is cheaper than revenue flight.
- You can buy the points here
- These points are not counted towards status CV points.
- Transfer Card or Hotel Points
- There are multiple credit cards in India like HDFC, Amex which allows you to transfer points to Vistara. If you are new to this concept, you should read this.
- You can view all such credit card or airline partners in our app. We also inform you about various ongoing transfer offers.
- These points are not counted towards status CV points.
Some Frequently Asked Questions
Club Vistara typically has different membership tiers, such as Base, Silver, Gold, and Platinum, each offering escalating benefits based on the member’s tier status.
Yes, points will expire in 3 years. However, you can extend it through this link.
No, you can’t transfer it to another member.
Yes. However, only points earned through booking a revenue flights are counted towards status CV points. You can check the miles requirement here. Points which are transferred or earned through credit cards are not counted.
Typically, points are credited in 7 days after the completion of the eligible flight.
There is no restriction on redeeming an Award Flight or Upgrade Award. However, we recommend that redemptions are done in advance to ensure availability of choice.
Yes, however, you need to add nominee in your account. You can add upto 8 nominees.
You can purchase up to 500,000 CV Points in a period of 12 months from the date of the first purchase.
Yes, GST returns can be availed by adding the correct GST number prior to making the purchase.
Conclusion
Club Vistara is one of the strongest currency for Indian travellers allowing you to fly for free in domestic as well as International segments. Their domestic redemptions have saved a lot of money for me while flying for sectors like Mumbai – Chandigarh, Kolkata – Bengaluru which are typically higher in revenue fare. One should enjoy CV points until we don’t hear from Air India merger.