Axis Vistara credit cards stop working for spends after 15 Dec 2026

Axis Bank's pages for the Vistara, Vistara Signature and Vistara Infinite credit cards now carry the same line: the Axis Bank Vistara Credit Card will be discontinued for spends post 15 December 2026, following the merger of Vistara with Air India. Axis asks holders to apply for another Axis Bank credit card to keep earning rewards. The notice is not dated. The Wayback Machine copy of the Vistara card page from 2 August 2026 does not have it.

Axis has also posted terms for an exclusive offer, in a file dated 21 September 2026. Select Vistara cardholders can apply for an alternate Axis credit card in place of the Vistara card. Axis picks who gets the offer on credit performance, customer profile and internal risk rules. It is only for the primary cardholder and cannot be transferred.

Any fee reversal or bonus under that offer needs a first transaction within 30 days of the new card being issued. Axis says it processes those benefits within 60 days of the first spend, and only on the first new card a holder takes. All other features and charges follow the new card's own terms. The offer terms do not name a card, a fee waiver amount or what happens to the old card's annual fee.

Until 15 December the cards earn Maharaja Club points, the Air India programme that replaced Club Vistara. The pages list 2 points per Rs 200 on the Vistara card, 4 on the Signature and 6 on the Infinite, with 2 domestic lounge visits subject to a spend rule. Axis does not say on these pages what happens to milestone ticket vouchers that are not yet earned.

Our catalogue lists all three cards as closed to new applicants: Axis Bank Vistara, Vistara Signature and Vistara Infinite. Holders who fly Air India can compare travel credit cards, the Axis Atlas and Axis Horizon from the same bank, and the new Air India SBI Card. See every Axis Bank credit card.