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Ajay Awtaney is the Founder and Editor of Live From A Lounge (LFAL), a pioneering digital platform renowned for publishing news and views about aviation, hotels, passenger experience, loyalty programs, travel trends and frequent travel tips for the Global Indian. He is considered the Indian authority on business travel, luxury travel, frequent flyer miles, loyalty credit cards and travel for Indians around the globe. Ajay is a frequent contributor and commentator on the media as well, including ET Now, BBC, CNBC TV18, NDTV, Conde Nast Traveller and many other outlets.

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Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer to extend PPS Club and Elite statuses in 2022 (again!)

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Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer programme has decided to extend the elite status for all their elite members by one more year, besides their revenue based PPS Club members. New milestone rewards have also been introduced for elite members of Singapore Airlines.

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Effective Jan 11, 2022, India will require 7-days home quarantine for all international arrivals + post arrival RT-PCR Testing on Day 8

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India will require travellers arriving into the country from all countries to quarantine for 7 days and upload a negative RT-PCR on Day-8. Here are the new requirements, effective, January 11, 2022.

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Covid19 Impact: As demand dips 38% in two weeks, IndiGo to reduce operations by 20%; SpiceJet, IndiGo, Vistara, Go First offering free rescheduling of tickets

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IndiGo has decided to cancel up to 20% of their flights in the coming days on the back of a 38% dip in demand over the past 2 weeks itself, arguably caused by the virus!

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