About Ajay

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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Indian Airports to offer RT-PCR testing for international arrivals (transferring passengers only)

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New provisions being put in place in India will allow you to skip institutional quarantine as long as you have a CoVid-19 negative test conducted within 96 hours of departure, or will test negative on arrival.

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Indian airlines hold over 1000 flights a day for a week; get a higher cap of flights they can operate

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100 days after opening up domestic flights, Indian airlines have finally managed to operate 1,000 flights for a week in a row. Is this the start of a good trend or just a coincidence? What does the data for domestic flights show us? Let us find out.

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Vistara & Japan Airlines flyers can now earn and burn on each other’s loyalty programmes

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Vistara and Japan Airlines are now fully cooperating on earning and burning sides of their loyalty programmes. This means you can put your Mileage Bank number and earn miles for your vistara flights on JAL going forward as well.

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