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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Have you given our 15K JPMiles giveaway with RocketMiles a spin?

RocketMiles is a website which helps you earn miles when you book hotels using their website. We have collaborated to help you with earning a 4000 JPMiles bonus for your first booking, over and above the miles you will earn per night.

Also, here is a chance to win a 15,000 JPMiles bounty as well! Read up to find out more!

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My first UberPool Experience

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Uber has recently launched the UberPool functionality in India which allows you to share a ride with someone else going in the same direction. As a result, you can get a cheaper ride, and the car can get more passengers. Win Win!

Have a look of my review for UberPool in Bangalore.

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IHG adjusts award charts on Feb 17: Indian hotels going down, new category introduced!

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IHG Rewards Club is coming up with new changes to their categories, where they are making 200 hotels more expensive for redemptions, and making 200 hotels cheaper for redemption as well. This, apart from the fact that they are going to make new redemption categories for some of their most aspirational properties.

All the Indian properties stay the same or go down in redemption pricing. Read the full post for all the details.

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Weekly Roundup: January 31, 2016

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Hello from Mumbai, where we are rounding up the first month of 2016.

It has been a week catching up on some loyalty program news, including Air India dropping a devaluation bomb but also about the #redcarpettrip and other content which we have added to the blog. Also, there is a big JPMiles Giveaway inside.

Here is hoping you will find the posts useful.

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#redcarpettrip: Review: Andaz West Hollywood, Penthouse Suite

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On the #redcarpettrip, our first stop was Los Angeles. We chose to stay at the Andaz West Hollywood hotel there for three nights and had the iconic Penthouse Suite to ourselves.

This is a review of the stay at the Andaz West Hollywood Penthouse Suite. You are in for a suite surprise, so come in and read!

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