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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An English Summer: British Visa or Irish Visa?

Irish Visitor Entry

In preparation for our visit to the UK and Ireland, we had the time and effort to do only for one trip to the Visa office. We had to decide if we make a trip to the UK consular or the Irish Consular. Here is how we decided how to go about it.

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What? I paid more tax on my hotel stay in India than in UK or Ireland??

a calculator with a digital display

I am red all over my face seething with some sort of pent-up anger. I’ve just discovered that luxury is taxed differently in the western world as compared to India as compared to south-east Asia, and boo-yeah, we are paying a lot more taxes on those hotel stays now as compared to earlier. Nice moneygrab, eh?

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Is Jet Airways’ Zone Wise priority boarding being quietly buried?

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Evidently, Jet Airways is no longer making a fuss about Economy Class Elite passengers preboarding ahead of the rest of the back of the plane. This is based on anecdotal experiences, but maybe you’ve heard or observed something as well? Do let us know.

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