Air India gets a lot of flak for its sub-par long-haul economy and business class products. I wanted to try their domestic service for my trip to Agra. Air India runs an ‘Express’ from New Delhi to Varanasi, Agra, Khajuraho and back to New Delhi every other day. The new Terminal 3 in New Delhi […]
The day before my outbound travel to Kathmandu, Jet Airways had just announced the possible shutdown of the airline if employees did not start taking concessions. However, operations seemingly weren’t affected (as far as I could tell). Jet Airways operates from New Delhi’s Terminal 3, which is a new world of Indian aviation and looks more […]
– surprisingly there are still reports about people able to book the amazing $580 US – Asia (we informed subscribers a few minutes after it became bookable) Business Class Round Trip that Hong Kong Airlines published yesterday Does that mean it will be honored? We shall see… – apparently Qatar Airways has opened up more […]
– Barclays is out with an improved offer for the JetBlue Business card worth 40,000 points The points are worth about $600 in airfare (to be used on JetBlue only). Good deal! Keep in mind that annual fee of $99 is not waived! – Go Air is suing IndiGo COO Prock-Schauer who has a colorful […]
– Air Canada has good Business Class fares at $2,076 Round Trip from Vancouver to Tokyo right now (HT Flyertalk) – Air India is offering the Round Trip from Colombo, Sri Lanka to Milan, Italy for $1,099 in Business Class The booking class Z earns 200% on many Star Alliance programs and the new 787 […]
– Amazon has a cool promo code BIGTHANKS if you have at least $50 in your cart – you will get $8.63 off (HT FrequentMiler) Note this does not work on Amazon Gift Card – Amazon is so smart. – Hilton gives us a preview of the new ‘category’ assignments some hotels have a huge […]
– AirBerlin topbonus and Rocketmiles are offering up to 20,000 miles for a hotel stay I made some example searches for Hanoi that came up with a $300 and 18,000 miles offer right away. The double miles are only for stays booked before December 31st. Still a great offer! The biggest risk AirBerlin might not […]
– Note to self – when in Iceland – don’t drive the Rover over an icy lagoon – Wait – Air New Zealand has a fully owned lounge at Nadi airport in Fiji? And now they have made it really nice as well! – Korean Airlines Skypass and US Bank now have the 25,000 miles […]
– Air India has snatched an unofficial new world record with their flight from New Delhi (DEL) to San Francisco (SFO) over the Pacific at 9,506 miles last week – However aviation safety in India can be a real issue as these two incidents show – this is from the investigation into a Jet Airways […]
– American Airlines offers 30,000 bonus miles when you travel frequently to Australia and New Zealand – Mexican LCC Volaris offers many $99 fares (one-way) for their new, major US expansion – TripAdvisor gives you $50 if you book a hotel for more than $150 on their app – Qatar Airways has a 10% off […]