Air India Maharaja Club / Air India Express just delivered on one of the promises they have been talking about since early 2025. Air India Maharaja Club can now offer redemptions on Air India Express, the first step in its plan to fully integrate Air India Express into the Air India Maharaja Club.
Air India Express seats are now showing up on Air India Maharaja Club for redemption
Air India Express routes are now showing up on Air India’s Maharaja Club for points redemption, effective May 21, 2026. For instance, when I looked for Delhi – Mumbai tickets for redemption, I was also shown also a ticket between Delhi – Navi Mumbai Airport for redemption on Air India Express.
And on another date, even Delhi to Mumbai tickets showed up.
And this is not a fluke, because many routes on many dates are showing up, and even ticketing. Upto 4 tickets generally show up in the Economy cabin. And they follow the same redemption rules as Air India. For instance, for redemption cancellations, here is what the fare rules say:
– SILVER MEMBER – FREE CHANGE PER BOOKING UP TO 30 DAYS TO DEPARTURE.
– GOLD MEMBER – FREE CHANGE PER BOOKING UP TO 07 DAYS TO DEPARTURE.
– PLATINUM MEMBER – FREE CHANGES PER BOOKING UPTO 2 HRS TO DEPARTURE.
Also, when you book an Air India Express ticket on a codeshare with Air India, you get served a sandwich on board, as I recently discovered on an Air India Express flight booked as Air India. In particular, the Vegetarian Sandwich.
Also, tickets booked into the flex fare, so that gets you a 20-kilo baggage allowance as well.
Overall, an amazing redemption value and a force multiplier for Maharaja Club, because their coverage just went from Metro-operated routes to routes across India, which are served by Air India Express in many cases.
Bottomline
Air India Express just launched redemptions on Air India Maharaja Club for redemptions, and there is a large number of seats showing up for redemptions across the country at the moment. This can be a soft launch or a full launch, but it works, and it will deliver on the promise made by Air India a year and a half ago to integrate Air India Express into the Air India Maharaja Club.
What routes do you expect to redeem on Air India Express via Air India Maharaja Club? Also, do share your experience redeeming in the comments below.
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