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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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Earn up to 10X Membership Rewards points on Vouchers Purchased with American Express Cards

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American Express has launched a new ability to purchase vouchers with your American Express Credit and Charge Cards in July 2021. This will allow you to gain more points for your voucher purchases going forward as long as you put it on your American Express.

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American Express offering 10 Membership Rewards points/INR 100 on utility bills to select customers

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A new American Express promotion is offering 10 points/INR 100 spent for various credit cardholders in the coming months. Here is how to register and use this promotion for stocking up some Membership Rewards points.

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Here is how to link your Passport to your Covid-19 vaccine certificate in India

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It is evident by now that to travel internationally, one would have to expect to show a fully vaccinated status to the other countries over some time. However, the Indian Covid-19 vaccination certificates did not display the passport numbers if one used another national identity document to register for the vaccination drive.  One of the most asked questions so far, then, has been about how to link the passport to the certificate. Now, thanks to updates on the Cowin portal, this is possible. Here is how to link your passport to your Covid-19 vaccination certificate if you get your vaccine in India. The information was shared on the official Twitter handle of the Aarogya Setu app. Now you can update your…

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