Ajay, Author at Live From A Lounge

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.

Giveaway: 2 United Club Passes

July 13, 2016 by Ajay 39 Comments

Here is an easy giveaway to earn two United Club day passes worth 118 Dollars. Just come on in and tell us about one of your favourite travel experiences, and we might just hand it over to you!

Vistara Axis Bank Credit Cards launched. The most power packed now!

July 13, 2016 by Ajay 24 Comments

Vistara and Axis Bank pulled out a great one at the launch of the new Vistara Axis Bank co-branded credit cards. There are 3 tiers to be affordable to every pocket, and lots of freebies rolled into the card. Here are all the details!

Axis Bank Vistara co-branded card to come this month?

July 11, 2016 by Ajay 2 Comments

Vistara and Axis Bank are expected to launch a co-branded credit card shortly. Vistara has worked a short teaser to show how this one is going to work. Check it out!

Amex offering 40K MR points for hotel bookings

July 9, 2016 by Ajay 4 Comments

Amex has launched a new promotion, where for using the Amex travel portal, you get 10K Membership Rewards points up to four transactions till August 31, 2016. Here are all the details in case you love some MR points for yourself!

Jet Airways to start B77W service to Amsterdam

July 8, 2016 by Ajay 1 Comment

Jet Airways is going to bring their First-Class equipped Boeing 77Ws to service their flights to Amsterdam going forth from October 2016. This is good news for the frequent travellers on this route!

Flying Returns website is up and running

July 8, 2016 by Ajay 1 Comment

Heard a few times that Air India Flying Returns was having an outage. Turns out the website is working fine and you can book your Flying Returns tickets online.

Air India to connect London to New York in a few weeks

July 7, 2016 by Ajay 3 Comments

Air India is almost all set to go back to historic route they’ve operated mostly since 1960. They will be operating flights between Ahmedabad and London, going forward to Newark three times a week! This flight seems to be on my list of options to try out!

Hyatt to adjust hotel categories on August 1, Indian hotels drop categories

July 5, 2016 by Ajay 3 Comments

Hyatt Gold Passport is putting a refreshed list of hotel categories for stays with effect from August 1, 2016. About 50 properties in the USA went up in prices, but a lot of Chinese and Indian properties went down in price. Check out the impact here!

Ola launches privileges program Ola Select

July 5, 2016 by Ajay 9 Comments

Ola has recently launched a new proposition called Ola Select which provides you benefits such as No Peak pricing, Airport Lounge Access and car upgrades. We find out the ins and outs of this launch, and see how much is it really beneficial for you and me…

Superstar Rajini gets his own plane!

July 4, 2016 by Ajay 1 Comment

Superstar Rajinikanth has done it again! He has made it to the livery of a plane, something that few others have to their credit! Enjoy the first look of the Rajiniplane!