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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India’s Fast-Track Immigration – Trusted Traveller Programme (FTI-TTP) launched at seven major airports in India

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India has launched its own version of the US CBP’s Global Entry Programme, where Indian citizens and OCIs won’t have to wait to get back into the country and they can use biometric gates to enter the borders. Here is how it works at Delhi Airport.

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Virgin Atlantic Flying Club offering Status Match and an opportunity to win One Million Miles for elites of 11 airlines, including Air India and Emirates

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Virgin Atlantic has launched a new status match promotion, where you can use your status with other carriers in their markets (Including India, USA and the UAE). You can match all the way through to Gold Status with Virgin Atlantic.

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Air India to continue adding First Class; New co-brand credit cards on the anvil; Air India Express will join loyalty programme soon

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Air India takes us inside some of the new plans the airline has for the times ahead, where new planes come in, and the airline will platform Air India Express as an airline on the loyalty programme while planning to launch new loyalty co-brand credit cards.

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