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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World of Hyatt Peak Pricing coming on March 22, 2020

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Hyatt has made some changes to the World of Hyatt programme, which will go live on March 22, 2020. One of the major changes will be a move to the peak/off-peak pricing model, which will be different as compared to the Marriott Bonvoy implementation of the concept.

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Air India 787 routes to see reduction in frequencies in Summer 2020, Sydney sees most cuts

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Air India is reducing frequencies on many flights during summer 2020, including flights to Milan, Sydney, Hong Kong, Seoul and Vienna. Let’s take a peep into how the Air India summer schedule looks after all the cuts, some of them very deep!

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Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Partners Bonus on flights through December 2020 (Unlimited)

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Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan is offering an interesting bonus on flights coming in and out of North America for the rest of 2020. You get at least 5,000 miles per segment when you credit your flights to Alaska’s programme.

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