I’ve started using Makemytrip recently for both Domestic & international Hotels as Goibibo is running out of offers on most hotels these days. 2015 was a great Year when Goibibo offers were on peak, but now after the announcement of Makemytrip & Goibibo merger, i see the offers are on lower side.
Hence was looking for some better Hotel offers and came across American Express Makemytrip Offer on IVR which usually gets played in the background when you are waiting on call for Amex customer support. It was quite a nice deal they were running. Fortunately the offer is applicable on both of my cards: Amex Gold Charge Card and Amex Platinum Travel Card. Below are the details of the offer:
American Express Makemytrip Hotel Offer:
Amex Makemttrip offer Code: MMTAMXGLD
It gives about 70% Flat Cashback across most of the domestic hotels in India. The same coupon code can also be used for Flights & international hotels as you can see below, but the best value is in Domestic Hotels. The same coupon code can be used twice in each category.
So i went ahead and booked for 2 day stay, separately. As per the coupon terms & conditions, 70% Cahback will be given on Base fare (excluding tax).
But hey no! They actually gave flat 70% cashback on the entire amount. OMG. That’s an unbelievable offer! After discounts, I ended up paying just Rs.979 per day (2 member) in a 3 Star hotel. Here’s my Amex Card Statement for Proof:
Here are the Numbers:
- Actual Cost of the stay Rs.3,262/day
- Expected Discount: ~Rs.1,600 (70% discount of Base fare, excluding tax)
- Actual Discount Given: Rs.2,282 (70% on the entire amount)
- Net Amount Paid from pocket: Rs.979/day
The say cashback gets credited in 21 days post transaction, but as you can see, i got it just in 7 days. Amex is always fast in crediting the cashback unlike other bank cards!
Its good to see that American Express & Makemytrip are generous enough to give away such wonderful cashback offers on Domestic hotels. So, this is the best time to plan your Domestic trip 🙂
Update (June 2017): You now get this as Instant Discount, instead of cashback system. New Validity of offer: upto Sep 2017, likely to be extended.
Have you used Amex Makemytrip Offers? Feel free to share your experience in comments below.
Dear Sid…Could you plz explain what you meant by…..
“But which usually gets played in the background when you call Amex customer support”.
Does it mean that this coupon is not applicable on website or app ? we need to call the Amex support?
Thx
Aroon,
I mean, i came to know about the offer over IVR playback voice. You can use the coupon on web/app.
Can I use mmt my wallet also in conjunction with the amex offer ?
I haven’t tried. I don’t think is possible.
Its Possible, I uses MMTAMXGLD Coupon and wallet also for partial payment ;), Best Price on Domestic Hotels is through AMEX GOLD CARD
Hah. Haven’t did so yet. Will try.
Yes you can, I did many times
Its not possible. i tried, it didnt worked for me.
Dear Sidharth,
I intend to book a 3 night 2 room (4 PAX) stay. The room rates are Rs. 4000/night. So should I have 6 separate bookings (1 *3 night * 2 days) through MMTAMXGLD coupon. Is that permissible?
Regards
Only 2 bookings can be done per month per card with this offer. So book accordingly 🙂
Thanks, Sidhartha. This is a fantastic website, wish I had stumbled upon it lots earlier.
Regards
Thanks for your kind words. Its not too late.
Happy savings 🙂
does the cash back comes to make my trip account or amex card ?
Thanks for reply
Direct to the card.
I have an ICICI Bank American Express HPCL credit card. i.e. it is a ICICI co-branded credit card with HPCL, which uses the American express Payment gateway/platform. The card number starts with 3, obviously, as it is on AMEX gateway. Will this card also qualify for the cashback offers with MakemyTrip? Thanks!
No, sadly this offer works only on Original Amex issued cards.
I am using same but Do u know till what Month (Date) is this offer Valid?
I think until march end, maybe extended later.
Wrt ur surprise on cash back being given on the entire amount – Its actually mentione din the TnC that the cash back for hotel booking is on the actual amount paid –
•All the offers are valid on the base fare only except online Hotel offers, which shall be valid on the actual amount charged.
Do you know whether the offer is applicable on supplementary card as well OR only on the main card ? I mean can I get cash back of upto 10000 by making 4 hotel bookings in a month , 2 on my main card and 2 on my wife’s supplementary card ?
“base fare” is the one without taxes. That’s the difference.
No, not avail on Supp Cards.
hey, thx for the clarification on supp card.
yes, base fare is the one without taxes. but, it says the cash back is on base fare for all offers , except for hotel booking . For hotel booking cash back is based on the actual amount paid (.i.e total amount including taxes).
How do we know if this offer is valid on Amex Membership Rewards CC??
Call Amex Support 🙂
Sid for me this is not working….as the hotel i am trying to book is of rs 6300/night and MMT is running offer 51% off which is resulting into approx rs3150/night. But if i will use this code than i have to remove coupon already given by MMT and than amount payable will be 3800 which will be higher than what is shown on MMT site with pre applied coupons.And this is the case will most of the hotels as MMT itself ahowing prices after preappliied coupons
Yes, for some hotels MMT itself has better coupons and now during summer offers i see the AMEX coupon has less use.
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Hi Sidharth,
Do you know if this coupon code MMTAMXGLD will work with Amex Membership Rewards credit card? or, did you mention it worked in Amex Gold Charge card and Amex Platinum Travel card because those are the two cards you have? Thanks!
check Offers and Privileges section
Amex Support says MRCC’s are valid for MMTAMXGLD code
It doesn’t allow me to use MMTAMXGLD along with MyWallet Bonus money. It says that you don’t have enough
Believe the codes expired on Sep 30th. Wait for the promo code renewal.
Its extended but with different conditions. Not much useful as before, unless you spend a lot.
Could you share the details of the same? Unable to find either on Amex or MMT sites.
AMEX doesnt have any tie up with MMT ,Amex is giving offers now only with Goibibo. No more MMTAMXGLD ,MMTAMXPLT usage,all are now expired coupons
Yes, its gone.
But Amex Goibibo offer isn’t attractive.
I have an ICICI Bank Coral American Express Credit Card.
This offer is extended until May 30, 2018.
Will I be eligible for LTF MRCC?
Hi, I booked Flight tickets Hyderabad to Chennai from Makemytrip. At that time used the SBI cards and get a 10 % discount on that, this offers to discover at Saveplus.