Axis Bank transfer partners updated September 2026: Accor back, Cathay and Hilton added
Axis Bank transfer partners changed overnight. If you hold Atlas, Magnus, Reserve or any Axis card that earns EDGE Rewards or EDGE Miles, the list you checked last week is stale. From 23 September 2026 Axis has reshuffled partners, ratios and which programmes sit in the tightly capped Group A.
There is upside: Accor ALL is back, and Cathay Asia Miles, Lufthansa Miles & More and Hilton Honors join. There is also clear downside: Club ITC is gone, Accor returns at a much weaker rate, and Air India, Flying Blue and Qantas move into Group A — which cuts how much you can send them in a year by about 75%.
Accor is back — not at the old rate
Axis pulled Accor in April 2026 (with Marriott and Qatar). Accor now returns in Group A. The logo is familiar. The math is not.
On a Magnus for Burgundy–style EDGE Rewards path, 2 lakh EDGE Rewards used to buy 1.6 lakh Accor points at 5:4 — roughly ₹3.5 lakh of hotel value on the comparison many blogs use. At the new 5:2 rate the same 2 lakh EDGE Rewards buy 80,000 Accor points — about ₹1.75 lakh. Half the Accor points for the same balance.
Atlas is worse. Accor used to be 1 EDGE Mile → 2 ALL points. It is now 2 EDGE Miles → 1 ALL point. That is a quarter of the old rate, and every transfer still eats into the Group A yearly cap.
Three new partners
- Cathay (Asia Miles) — Group A
- Lufthansa (Miles & More) — Group B
- Hilton Honors — Group B
Miles & More and Hilton in Group B matters more than the names alone. Group B has about four times the yearly transfer room of Group A, so those two are the easier places to park a large balance.
New Axis Bank transfer partner ratios by card
Read 5:4 as 5 EDGE Rewards → 4 partner points, and 1:2 as 1 EDGE Mile → 2 partner miles. Left block of columns = EDGE Rewards cards; right block = EDGE Miles cards.
| Partner | Burgundy Private | Magnus for Burgundy | Reserve / Magnus | Select / Privilege / Rewards | Other eligible cards | Olympus | Atlas | Horizon | IOCL Premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accor ALL | 5:4 | 5:2 | 5:1 | 10:1 | 10:1 | 1:2 | 2:1 | 2:1 | 2:1 |
| Cathay Asia Miles | 5:4 | 5:2 | 5:1 | 10:1 | 10:1 | 1:2 | 2:1 | 2:1 | 2:1 |
| Miles & More | 5:4 | 5:4 | 5:2 | 10:1 | 20:1 | 1:4 | 1:1 | 1:1 | 2:1 |
| Hilton Honors | 5:4 | 5:4 | 5:2 | 10:1 | 20:1 | 1:4 | 1:2 | 1:1 | 2:1 |
A few reads jump out. On Magnus for Burgundy, Miles & More and Hilton keep 5:4 while Accor and Cathay drop to 5:2. On Atlas, Hilton at 1:2 and Miles & More at 1:1 beat Accor and Cathay at 2:1. Olympus is still the EDGE Miles card that gets a positive rate on all four.
Air India, Flying Blue and Qantas move to Group A
This is the change that will sting the most people who actually redeem. Axis splits partners into Group A and Group B with separate yearly caps. Group A gets only about a quarter of Group B’s room.
Moving Air India Maharaja Club, Flying Blue and Qantas into Group A cuts their usable yearly volume by ~75%. On Atlas that is often framed as falling from 1,20,000 EDGE Miles a year to 30,000.
Club ITC is out
ITC Hotels is no longer an Axis transfer partner. EDGE Rewards and EDGE Miles will not move into Club ITC Green Points through Axis any more.
If you were building an ITC stay on Axis points, pick another door — for example Maximize’s 1:1 Club ITC transfer if you hold MaxCoins, or start from the Club ITC guide.
Burgundy Private is unchanged
Burgundy Private still converts EDGE Rewards at 5:4 to every partner, Accor included. This reshuffle does not touch that rate.
What I would do next
- Open the live Axis Miles Transfer page for your exact card before you move anything — the same partner can be 1:2 on one product and 2:1 on another.
- Atlas holders: budget the 30,000 Group A miles for the year. Air India, Flying Blue, Qantas, Accor and Cathay compete for that pool. Prefer Hilton and Miles & More when you need volume — they sit in Group B.
- If Accor was the reason you held Magnus or Atlas, price the new rate before you transfer.
- If your plan was Axis → Club ITC, redirect those EDGE points now.