MakeMyTrip, Axis Bank offer long-weekend booking discounts through March 2027
Axis Bank cardholders can receive 10% off domestic flights, up to 15% off hotels and an extra 5% off holiday packages on MakeMyTrip during designated long-weekend booking windows.
What happened
MakeMyTrip and Axis Bank partnered to offer cardholder discounts on flights, hotels, holiday packages, buses, cabs, and attractions during designated Indian
Key facts
- 10% instant discount on domestic flights, capped at ₹1,800
- Up to 15% instant discount on domestic hotels, capped at ₹5,000
- Additional 5% instant discount on holiday packages, capped at ₹20,000
- Offer period runs through March 2027
Why this matters
The partnership underscores the value of bank-card distribution for travel platforms and presents a template for broader co-branded, loyalty and payments alliances.
What to watch
- Frequency and calendar coverage of designated long-weekend booking windows.
- Growth in package attach rates, hotel room nights and average booking value among Axis cardholders.
- Axis Bank campaign visibility across app, email, merchant offers and card acquisition channels.
- Matching promotions from ICICI, HDFC, SBI Card, other banks and competing OTAs.
- Changes in airline and hotel inventory availability during holiday periods.
- Evidence that discounts are funded by MakeMyTrip, Axis Bank, travel suppliers or a combination.
- Target Axis cardholders with destination and fare alerts before designated long weekends.
- Prioritize package and hotel upsell journeys where percentage discounts are largest.
- Use offer windows to secure incremental hotel allotments and destination-marketing support.
- Measure repeat behavior after promotional travel to determine whether the partnership creates durable platform preference.
- Prepare differentiated benefits for non-Axis users to limit customer segmentation and competitor leakage.