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.

Deal: Get the iPhone XR at INR 36K with your HDFC Bank Credit Card

May 2, 2019 Updated on December 6, 2023 by Ajay 5 Comments

Combine the new iPhone XR price drop with an old trick in the book to make sure you get the iPhone XR for the cheapest you will ever get it. At INR 36,000. Check inside for how.

KLM Air France JPMiles redemptions to be honoured

May 2, 2019 Updated on December 6, 2023 by Ajay 3 Comments

JetPrivilege has confirmed that if you have award tickets booked using JPMiles on KLM / Air France, your tickets are still going to be honoured by these airlines.

HDFC 10X SmartBuy offering 33% Cashback through May 2019

May 1, 2019 Updated on December 6, 2023 by Ajay 3 Comments

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The HDFC 10X Smartbuy promotion has returned for the month of May 2019, which means you can go back to shopping on your HDFC Bank Credit Cards and avail of 10X rewards up to INR 25000.

Delta Mumbai to New York flight to launch in December 2019

May 1, 2019 Updated on December 6, 2023 by Ajay 3 Comments

Delta is finally coming through on their promise to launch flights to Mumbai. The Delta New York / Mumbai non-stop flight will commence operations on December 22, 2019, and be a daily service.

Amex supplementary card offer: bonuses for adding new users

April 30, 2019 Updated on September 12, 2023 by Ajay 6 Comments

A new Amex Supplementary Card offer helps you add a bounty of Membership Rewards points or earn shopping vouchers for your existing American Express relationship. Here is how to get this new bonus.

British Airways’ Avios changes coming on May 30, 2019

April 29, 2019 Updated on December 6, 2023 by Ajay 3 Comments

British Airways is going to move on making changes, probably negative, to partner redemptions in the coming days. So, you have the next 30 days to book partner redemptions at current prices. Go for it.

IHG Accelerate 2019: Register now! [103K points for grabs]

April 29, 2019 Updated on December 6, 2023 by Ajay 10 Comments

IHG is back with their newest Accelerate promotion, which gets you anywhere between 20,000 bonus IHG Rewards Club points to all the way up to 103,000 IHG Rewards Club points. Here is how to get in.

Air India will allow you to cancel or amend tickets within 24 hours

April 29, 2019 Updated on December 6, 2023 by Ajay 3 Comments

With effect from May 1, 2019, onwards, you will be able to cancel or amend a ticket free of charge within 24 hours of booking on Air India.

Vistara moves to induct Boeing 737 aircraft subfleet

April 29, 2019 Updated on September 12, 2023 by Ajay Leave A Comment

Vistara seems all set to take over some 737 aircraft in their fleet in the coming days and add new flights across the country.

Air India servers down for 6 hours: 155 flights affected

April 27, 2019 Updated on December 6, 2023 by Ajay 1 Comment

Today, Air India’s servers that process passengers and planes across airports crashed at about 3 AM in the morning. Due to this snag, the airline has had countless flights delayed or cancelled across airports globally today.