It seems India’s biggest cab hailing service, OlaCabs, may have been in on but did nothing about a scam where their own systems were gamed by drivers for a long while. Here is how it worked…
About Ajay
DGCA bans crew pictures!
The Indian Aviation regulator is not just terrified of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones, but also crew taking pictures on the plane.
When Etihad Guest left me hanging!
Etihad Guest, the frequent flyer program of Etihad Airways, is still to earn its wings in the customer service department. When they mess up, they mess up real bad. One time, they took about a year to credit an Oman Air flight. This time, they almost made me miss my flight…
An easy 1000 IHG Reward Club Points
IHG Rewards Club, like the other hotel chains, is promoting guests to book direct with them. Even if you don’t want to book direct, this is an opportunity to pick up 1000 IHG Rewards Club points off the table with them. Just register for the promotion here.
SpiceJet adds loyalty benefits for SpiceClub Members
Finally, SpiceJet has added some sort of loyalty benefits to the SpiceClub program. You get up to 4% points, which is a decent start for a no-frills carrier such as SpiceJet
HDFC Bank Credit Card points to devalue as of November 2016
HDFC Bank Credit Cards is unveiling a wholesale devaluation on their credit card reward programs from November 1, 2016. In case you did not hear about it yet, here is the update. Act before you lose the value of your points!
Indigo offering flight vouchers for INR 99
Indigo has launched a new promotion where they are offering vouchers worth INR 899 for just INR 99, as long as you book directly with them. This is a sweet deal if you are a regular Indigo flyer.
SpiceClub has further changed colors!
SpiceJet’s SpiceClub is a privileges program which you get membership for after paying a fee to SpiceJet. The program was launched earlier this year, and here are some of the recent changes to the program, which is the third time within a few months they are changing the program. Maybe time to name it Chameleon Plus or something?
20% off on Uber all week
Uber and PayTM have come together to offer a 20% discount to the users of both products all this week. If you are interested, here is how you can get 20% discount on your rides all of this week.
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones usage banned on Indian flights
Samsung Note 7 seems to be the next big problem for airlines to solve. The Indian regulator just applied a prohibition on using the phone inflight, and issued an advisory on how to carry it if you are on an India originating flight. Know more!
The lies behind “Air India offloads Katrina Kaif & Sidharth Malhotra”
The mainstream media thinks Air India offloaded two movie actors earlier this week. I can’t believe they were not in on this, and did not do this happily. So, here is how I interpret how the entire circle of events worked out and a movie releasing today benefited in the process!
