When it comes to flying to Australia from India, Etihad is a wonderful option if you are willing to back-track a bit and fly via Abu Dhabi. Shipra and myself arrived at Abu Dhabi last night, and we are on our way to Australia shortly. Find out what is in store!
Jet Airways’ JetPrivilege and Delta have tied up for a frequent flyer partnership which allows one’s members to earn and burn on the other airline as well. Here are the details of the announcement.
If you are passing through the 6 metro airports in India, you will notice the queues move faster here on. This is because there will be a simplified security process going forward at these airports. How does that sound??
Jet Airways has amended the policy applicable for Platinum members, now making their domestic tickets upgradable using vouchers or miles, and also extending them a higher baggage limit. Here are all the details.
American Express is offering the Membership Rewards Credit Card free for life in case you apply by November 30, 2016. Check it out, all the information you need to apply is here.
One of the byproducts of not having enough high value currency in circulation is that people no longer have money to pay parking charges at the airport. Hence, parking across all Indian airports is free for the whole week going forward.
With the sunsetting of the INR 500 and INR 1000 currency notes, today is the last day you could use them to book any kind of travel with them. Here is how to get some air tickets out of those pieces of paper around your home!
Bangalore airport has issued a notification about their plans to close the runway in 2017 early for about 2.5 months for the construction of new rapid exit taxiways. This is going to affect everyone’s schedules I presume. More details inside.
Etihad’s loyalty program company has signed up a deal with Visa to focus on issuing co-branded cards across the world with Etihad Airways Partners and Visa as the network. Maybe this means I can get an Etihad Guest co-branded card in my home market?
Bangalore Airport is considering the use of Biometrics to allow access to the airport terminal. This is a new use case for the Aadhar system, so let’s see how they move forward from paper first to thumbprint first without going through the mobile first processes.
Qatar has introduced a new 96-hour free transit visa if you are using Doha airport to transit the country, which is available to all nationalities under certain conditions. Certainly may be worthwhile to check out Qatar while you are there!
