Starwood is not yet merged with Marriott, but they have a new proposal on the table for a much higher cash amount. Will the board of Starwood choose this deal over the Marriott one?
About Ajay
GoAir to move to Terminal 1B from March 15, 2016
GoAir, the no-frills airline owned by the Wadia group, is consolidating operations at Mumbai’s Terminal 1B as of tomorrow. They have been running a split operation across terminals for about 6 months now.
Check in the details here.
The Air India SBI card nosedives!
SBI Cards offers a co-branded credit card with AI, which allowed you to earn Air India miles and status on spending on the card.
This card is going to undergo a significant restructuring as of the coming month. Check in if you are affected by the changes.
Weekly Roundup : March 13, 2016
Hello from Srinagar, where we are catching up with a bit of the cold .
It has been a week catching up on a lot of loyalty program changes and credit card stuff apart from new stuff that has been coming up about Jet Airways, Vistara.
Here is hoping you will find the posts useful.
Jet Airways business class at 40% discount! Air India & Vistara matching
Jet Airways has unleashed a fare sale where they are offering business class fares at 40% off in most cases. Vistara and Air India are also matching these fares.
This may be a good opportunity to line up those business class trips while they are still cheap!
IndusInd Jet Airways co-branded card to cut mileage earned
For long, IndusInd Bank offered the best opportunity to earn miles in India, especially if you were a weekend spender. They are changing their paradigm as of April 1, 2016.
Come in to know more!
Winner of RocketMiles 15K JPMiles Sweepstakes
We recently organised a giveaway where we offered 15K JPMiles to people who made their first booking via RocketMiles, a website which offers you airline miles for making your hotel bookings with them.
What we have on offer is a special 4K Miles link for our readers, who can get more miles for their first hotel booking using our special link.
How to book JetPrivilege Partner Awards with old chart
JetPrivilege is moving towards changing the partner awards redemption requirements as of April 1, 2016. There is an opportunity to book your awards using the old prices as of date. Read inside to find out how to redeem with the old prices.
Jet Airways ending Ho Chi Minh City service as of March 2016
Since November 2014, Jet Airways has been offering a flight to Ho Chi Minh City from Delhi and Mumbai. It looks like the time is up for this flight, and it is being discontinued as of the end of March 2016.
Air India to operate 22 flights with all-women crew for Women’s Day
Air India is going to operate 22 all-women crew flights on March 8, 2016 including the longest flight operated by an all-women crew between SFO and DEL, on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
Air India Upgrade Awards become (very) expensive!
Amongst the long list of changes Air India made recently in their December 2015 program refresh, Upgrade Awards were taken to very high number of miles required as compared to the earlier standardized upgrade levels.
Here is how we can find out how miserly the Air India program has become, in spite of their claim of being the World’s Most Rewarding Airline Loyalty Programme
