Like I’ve written in the past, Jet Airways has been offering a promotion, where they top up your credit card points converted to JP Miles. There is a 20% bonus added by Jet Airways for converting your credit card points from the following banks: American Express Axis Bank Citibank HDFC Bank HSBC IndusInd Bank Kotak Credit Cards Payback Punjab National Bank SBI Card Standard Chartered Bank Tata Cards RBS The promotion is valid for conversions which credit to your JetPrivilege account by the 30th of September 2013. So, in case you want to convert some credit card points to JP Miles, here is your chance, and act now. All the details required are in these posts here and here. Related…
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Credit Card Review: Air India SBI Visa Signature
With this post, I am reintroducing the Credit Card Reviews series in India, which I had to stop a while ago due to paucity of time. Air India & GE/SBI Credit Cards recently teamed up to launch co-branded credit cards which could earn you quite some miles, making me think of calling it perhaps the best credit card to earn miles in India at the moment. They’ve launched 2 credit cards, one at the Signature level and one at the Platinum level, and I will review both separately. Sign-Up Bonus: This credit card offers a tidy sign-up bonus of 20,000 Air India miles to start you up with the credit card product. You also get an upgrade voucher from Air…
Free Marriott Rewards Silver status for new signups
Last week, I posted about how you could get yourself a bump-up to Hilton HHonors Silver status, without any stay requirements & get Gold status with 4 stays. It seems, for the same corporate entity, there is also a link to get enrolled with Marriott for a new account, and you get Silver Status with Marriott Rewards without the 10 nights stay requirements. Here is the link: Unlike the previous cases, this works with only a new account signup and you get your confirmation for Silver status 24-48 hours later. You could always merge your accounts later! Live From A Lounge is present on Facebook, Twitter & available via email, RSS.
Some more FlightTrack Pro codes going away
While not all of the FlightTrack Pro codes I put out yesterday are reported to be taken, there are a few more codes I have now, courtesy of Jagadish Gandhi, which some readers could use to download the $9.99 app free of cost. Here they are. Please drop us a note in the comments section so that people know of the codes that are already successfully used. 47P4P9MNYW3R HJE9WMNJTK3J MFTRATML3R6M 76R7W7LYH3ML HXTKM6WWNRFK 3T7KNF4A6796 Like I said yesterday, here is how to install the app using these codes: Thanks again, Jagadish. Live From A Lounge is present on Facebook, Twitter & available via email, RSS.
A few iOS FlightTrack Pro download codes going away today
Back in July, Starbucks was giving out FlightTrack Pro as its App of the Week complimentary in their North American stores, something which is usually $9.99 to buy. A reader Jagadish Gandhi was kind enough to send over a stack of codes to me yesterday, and I am sharing these with you. The only thing you need to remember, is that these work only if you’re in the US App Store. Here are the codes: W7P4WFNXTW6W AHN9F73KNJA7 RFJ366K3HJL9 FLHYLKNX3P73 FEK6F3FE67Y3 6PN63JEE3TJJ WXX33YXNLP3R Please feel free to send me along some more codes if you have any, and I’ll be happy to post them here. And if you are able to use one of the code, please let everyone know via…
Singapore Airlines & Tata join hands to launch an airline in India
I was travelling all day yesterday and hence could not bring you the good news! The Tata conglomerate, some of whose family members have been really passionate about aviation, put their hat back in the Indian aviation game earlier this year. First, they signed up to be a 30% shareholder in Air Asia India, which plans to launch a low cost airline in India by early 2014. And just yesterday, a new press release from the Tata group announced that they have signed up to make a 51:49 joint venture with Singapore Airlines, which will aim to launch a full-service airline in India with an initial investment of $100 million. While I am totally surprised by the move to cover…
Instant Hilton HHonors Silver & Gold after 4 stays
There is a new link which is available for Hilton members to sign up, which gives members HHonors Silver status instantaneously, and HHonors Gold status after just four stays within 90 days. Status availed is valid till March 2015. You can use this link here, and get instant upgrade to Silver status. On upgrade to Silver status you get the following benefits: 15% HHonors bonus points 5th Night free on standard room rewards of 5 nights or more Complimentary access to health club Complimentary water On becoming Gold, you get the following additional benefits: 25% HHonors bonus points Complimentary internet You also get eligible for breakfast & upgrade benefits You can find out the details of HHonors benefits here by…
Air India offered oneworld invitation by Qatar Airways?
This is just a news report at this moment, but it looks like Air India has grown tired of insisting upon Star Alliance to let them into their group, and is now using other tactics to try and get them to make up their mind. Air India’s application to join Star Alliance was put on hold at the last moment in July 2011. As per this news publication, Qatar Airways is ready to sponsor the entry of Air India into oneworld. What beats me, is that they aren’t even a full member themselves yet (will be inducted on October 30), but they’re going around promising airlines their support for membership. A senior Air India official said that Qatar had approached…
Jet Airways to move hub to Abu Dhabi after effecting the alliance with Etihad
With rapid progress being made on the Jet Airways equity alliance with Etihad Airways (the deal is expected to go through by September 30), details have begin to emerge about the commercial cooperation between 9W and EY. The fear of this being just one-sided and everyone travelling on EY metal after changing planes at Abu Dhabi seem to be unfounded. Here are some pointers into the game plan which will emerge going forward: Jet Airways will develop Abu Dhabi as an exclusive hub for flights to North America, South America, Africa and the UAE. Jet Airways will have to route its services to Dubai & Sharjah via Abu Dhabi when it becomes economically viable. However, it seems exceptions can be…
American Express Gold Charge Card changing Membership Reward points earning
It seems there is quite some amount of rework happening with the American Express Gold Charge Card offered in India. The card was being offered for free for the first year, and a fee of Rs. 4,500 (plus taxes) from the second year onwards. One of the key benefits of the card was the ability to earn a 1000 Membership Rewards points bonus by just making 4 transactions for Rs. 250 each per month. However, quite some things seem to have changed now. First, the card does not come free for the first year, but for a fee of Rs. 2,500 (plus taxes). And secondly, the feature to get 1000 bonus points after 4 uses of the card in a…
How am I supposed to keep up with some lousy Hilton HHonors service?
I’m kind of beginning to wonder what exactly happens at the backend of HHonors which sometimes makes it so lousy. Regular readers would remember that I had a disappointing experience with the Hilton Shillim a couple of months back, and the hotel’s General Manager offered to refund the points & money for the stay. Now, while the credit card reversals did happen in due course of time, I’m quite surprised that the credit back of HHonors points has not, in spite of the fact that the reversal was supposed to take only 30 business days after the order was placed. I’ve written several reminders to the Hilton team at the hotel, and thereafter I also tweeted HHonors about 10 days…
