International tickets are where bank offer caps stop looking like rounding errors — a domestic code capped at ₹1,500 might be worth ₹10,000–₹15,000 on the same bank's international offer. The trade-off is a much higher minimum booking value, usually ₹15,000–₹30,000, so these are worth planning around rather than applying on impulse.
The highest caps available right now
ICICI Bank's EMI code on EaseMyTrip (ICICIEMI) tops the list at up to ₹15,000 off international EMI transactions. Axis Bank's MakeMyTrip business-fare code (MMTAXISBIZ) is worth 20% up to ₹12,500, while its standard international code (MMTAXIS) caps at 8% up to ₹7,500. HSBC's Emirates-specific code (INHSBC1) is worth up to ₹12,000 off direct Emirates bookings for eligible HSBC cardholders — one of the few airline-direct bank tie-ins in the market rather than an OTA code.
The ₹10,000 tier: Yatra's bank lineup
Yatra runs a deep bench of international bank codes all clustered around ₹10,000: RBL Bank (YATRARBL), HSBC (YATRAHSBC) and AU Small Finance Bank (YATRAAU) each cap international discounts at ₹10,000, against domestic caps of roughly ₹2,000–₹2,400 on the same cards. If you're booking a long-haul fare through Yatra specifically, it's worth checking all three before assuming your usual bank's code is the strongest one on offer.
Airline-direct sales on Middle East, Southeast Asia and Europe routes
Beyond bank tie-ins, several carriers are running their own percentage sales through Cleartrip and EaseMyTrip right now: Qatar Airways (up to 30% off business class, up to 25% on an early-booking sale), Etihad Airways (up to 30% on a summer sale), Malaysia Airlines (up to 35% off via EaseMyTrip, up to ₹10,000 off via Cleartrip) and Thai Airways (up to ₹10,000 off exclusive fares). Air Arabia is running special fares to Europe via Sharjah on EaseMyTrip — useful if a stopover route works for your dates.
- Check the minimum booking value before you shop — most international caps above ₹7,500 require ₹15,000–₹30,000 minimum spend.
- Airline-direct sales (Qatar, Etihad, Malaysia, Thai) stack with a payment-method discount if the platform allows one code per transaction to be a bank code and the sale fare is separate.
- HSBC's Emirates code is airline-specific — it won't apply if you book Emirates through a third-party aggregator instead of directly.
- EaseMyTrip's own INTEMT code (up to ₹7,500) is worth comparing against your bank's EMI code — sometimes the platform-wide code beats the bank-specific one.
How to plan the stack
Start with the airline sale fare, then layer the biggest bank cap you're eligible for on the platform selling that fare — not the other way around. A 20–30% airline sale on an already-discounted Qatar or Etihad fare, paired with a ₹10,000–₹15,000 bank cap, is where the real long-haul saving comes from. Compare today's full international lineup by bank and platform on our bank offers page before you commit to a booking.
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