Club Vistara (CV) is the frequent flyer miles program of the TATA-Singapore Airlines joint venture airline in India. The airline seems to be very aggressively rolling out tie-ups with its parent company and the subsidiaries, which is a clear sign of its intent to fly abroad soon. Vistara has won rave reviews about its quality…
The Street ran an interesting article about the most innovative routes that are now being run using a B787. One of those interesting routes is 7,071 mile Beijing-Boston flight on a B788 flown by the China’s fourth biggest airline, Hainan. Hainan is a unique airline given that at a time when most of the Chinese…
Qatar Airways is running a promotion whereby you can earn up to 100,000 bonus Qmiles from April to December 2015 by simply travelling to at least one of the destination cities in each themed segment city during that theme’s offer period. You need to register for this offer by signing into your Qmiles account here….
IHG is a running a promotion whereby it lets you buy up to 60,000 points along with 36,000 points as bonus for USD $690 which amounts to a 60% bonus on your buy. The promotion runs untill March 29th, 2015. Head over to the link here and enter your IHG account details to buy the…
AMEX privileges itself on exclusivity, doesn’t matter whether it’s exclusively high transaction charges or the amount of privileges it offers to its customers. I am a big fan of AMEX and enjoy the way they offer such a unique outstanding experience to their customers. Their Membership rewards program is one of the best programs to…
Trident Privilege, the hotel loyalty program of the Trident Group of hotels in India is running a referral promotion whereby existing members can refer new sign ups to join the program and in return both of them earn a free stay when the new sign up successfully completes their first stay at the participating Trident…
Reuters has reported that Lufthansa pilots’ strike has entered the 3rd consecutive day leading to hundreds of cancellations with the worst affected being the long haul flights. The strike called for by Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) the union representing the pilots demanding better contracts is expected to continue on Friday also. For more details check out…
According to a Wall Street Journal article, Priceline group is going to buy Rocketmiles, a hotel booking website which allows you to earn frequent flyer miles on various airline partners. Priceline intends to pay about $20 million for the deal which seems to be part of the trend of travel website consolidation happening the industry…
Earlier this week a Turkish airlines flight TK726 overshot the runway at Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal’s capital city of Kathmandu before landing to the right side. The A330-300 experienced a nose gear problem and went skidding all the way. All 224 passengers on-board the plane were evacuated. A passenger seems to have shot the video…
Starwood has been at the forefront in innovating in the Hotel rewards space. Be it running creative partnerships with Emirates and Delta or the Make a Green Choice campaign to the setup of Starlabs to spur new ideas. Starwood has now gone a step further and setup an exciting collaboration to earn point while riding…
Consumer goods giant ITC which operates The Luxury Collection and the Sheraton brand hotels in India for Starwood along with its own brands of WelcomHotel and Fortune has acquired the first Park Hyatt property in India, the 251 room Park Hyatt Goa Resort and Spa from state run lender IFCI Limited for approximately $83 million….
Ever since I took my first flight with Indigo in August of 2006, I have been charmed by their efficiency and how they have been very using their innovative solutions to ensure consistent profitability in the chaotic Indian aviation sector. Recognizing this fact IndiGo has been named on the Most Innovative companies list by FastCompany…
Jet Airways is offering a promotion via which you can earn 3X JPMiles with a weekend stay at any participating hotels and resorts within the Hilton Portfolio in South East Asia and India. For stays within India, you are also entitled to 20% off on weekends, including complimentary breakfast and Wi-Fi, you can find all the deals here….
Most of us are so focused on the earning capabilities of our credit cards that we sometimes end up forgetting the not so visible benefits of our cards. One such sweet benefit is the extended warranty on our qualifying purchases. Over the years I have personally had the credit card provided extended come to rescue…
My favorite airport, Changi Airport at Singapore has recently overhauled its rewards program to make it more rewarding and enhance the shopping experience out there. Starting this April every spend you accumulate at the airport until March 2015 will count towards your status and so reward you with benefits as shown in the table below….
China’s prized high-speed trains are having an unintended effect on the airline industry. Given the recent drop in profits of the domestic airlines it is clearly visible that the high-speed trains are robbing the airlines of potential customer base growth. With long delays becoming a norm for both international and domestic travel at the Chinese…
