A few weeks back I had written about the 25% Jet Airways transfer bonus that is valid for your Card reward points, if you transfer and receive the transferred points in your Jet Privilege account by May 31st. This is just a quick reminder that the transfer bonus will go out on the 31st of May and if you want to transfer out your points you should do that now! With a few banks that I have experience with, HDFC Bank will take a few days, ICICI Bank will happen within 48 hours and Citibank will transfer overnight, so will American Express. So go on, pick up the phone and make those requests now if you want to receive the…
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Burn Notice: Citibank and Jet Airways – friends turning foes!
I did not intend to put out such an attention-grabbing headline out here, but considering I feel cheated and walked over, I might as well. And that too with brands such as Jet Airways and Citibank which I profess all over the place. I’m glad this happened before I wrote my Sunday Review series on the Jet Airways Citibank Credit Card though. The bad news…something I can claim proudly I was ahead of the curve on. The Jet Airways Citibank Credit Card partnership, which is was about 12 years old, is over. Yesterday, a lot of Jet Airways Citibank Credit Card members received the following email informing them of the move: Dear Card Member, We would like to thank you…
If you can’t book Spicejet, don’t lose heart just yet. 7th Anniversary offer to be extended
If you woke up early morning in India like me to take benefit of the SpiceJet 777 fare sale like I did, and are only getting an overloaded server to boot, don’t lose heart. Enough people have cussed them at 0700 IST for them to be able to make up their mind to extend this offer. I’ve been trying to book tickets for a while but can’t get through their first page. Here is the official line on the SpiceJet Facebook page, just in: All the best with making Rs. 777 bookings. More later when I find some information. UPDATE: Spicejet went ahead and extended the promotion for another 90 minutes till 10 AM IST. They claim to have sold…
Spicejet offering tickets for Rs. 777 + taxes on their 7th Birthday!
Spicejet, one of the first low-cost airlines in India, is celebrating its 7th birthday on 23rd May 2012, and is giving out ‘cheap’ tickets on the occasion to those who want to buy. Here are the details. Spicejet is offering tickets to people on 23rd May 2012 for its 35 destinations serviced within India, for a base fare (plus fuel surcharge) of INR 777 only. Airport charges and taxes will be extra. The offer is valid for all tickets booked on May 23rd 2012 between 07:00 am till 08:17 am IST on all direct and via domestic flights, for travel till October 27, 2012. To book these tickets, you need to use the SpiceJet website www.spicejet.com, Spicejet airport counters or…
Jet Airways offering upto 40% bonus miles on purchased miles.
Jet Airways has come out with a new promotion for flyers wanting to purchase Jet Privilege miles on their program. Here is the offer they make: • 500 JPMiles to 2000 JPMiles -> 10% more JPMiles • 2001 JPMiles to 4000 JPMiles -> 20% more JPMiles • 4001 JPMiles to 6000 JPMiles -> 30% more JPMiles • above 6000 JPMiles -> 40% more JPMiles JP Miles are usually priced at INR 1.25 per JP Mile (about 2.3 cents). Using this promotion at the highest end of purchasing more than 6,000 JP Miles per transaction, the cost per JPMile becomes INR 0.90 per JP Mile (about 1.6 cents) accounting for the 40% bonus. The offer is valid till 31st August 2012.…
moneylife: My new column on the various ancillary fees charged by airlines
This week, I wrote up on the various creative fees being imposed by airlines these days in India, including the 50 bucks for a ticket printout from Jet Airways. You can read it here! You can look up the previous columns here! Live From A Lounge is also present on Facebook, Twitter and available via RSS.
How you can benefit from the Radisson 50K promo across India?
I wrote about the Radisson Big Night Giveaway where registered participants would get a 50,000 Club Carlson points in their account after 1 stay. I figure this is vacation season in India and this is the best time to scoop the 50K bonus if you are planning a trip out of home anyways. First and foremost, the 50K registrations have still not hit the 100K mark yet. We don’t even know if they want to control it on the 100K mark or will let it go way afterwards. So, you can still go to www.radissonbignightgiveaway.com and register with your Club Carlson membership. If you don’t have one, you can get one at www.clubcarlson.com. I figure Radisson has over 40 properties…
Turkish Airlines status matching up to Star Alliance Gold
Turkish Airlines, as a member of the Star Alliance, has started to status match members of the BMI Diamond Club program on the announcement of BMI getting sold to IAG (British Airways) and hence breaking away from the Star Alliance. However, as it is now turning out, Turkish is also status matching into other alliances. As of today the following status matching is being done: Silver on another carrier (BD/Another alliance) –> TK Miles and Smiles Classic Plus (*A Silver) Gold on another carrier (BD/Another alliance) –> TK Miles and Smiles Elite (*A Gold) No status match to the Miles and Smiles Elite Plus (TK’s top tier) Status is good for 2 years from the date of status match. Requalification:…
Jet Airways’ new 50 bucks snafu!
Through a friend working for Jet Airways a while back, I had heard the murmurs of Jet Airways planning a new 50 Rs. fee. This time around, for all the (e)ticket printouts, but I laughed it off when I heard of it in March. I thought, a full-service carrier of that stature would not really go to these extents, but they did. Yesterday morning, some flyers were surprised to see a new charge come up ‘with immediate effect’. And later in the day came an email to all JetPrivilege members: Dear Mr. AJ, This is to bring to your notice that effective immediately, requests received for duplicate e-ticket printouts at Airline Ticketing Offices and City Ticketing Offices in India across…
Radisson and Country Inn promotions are now live
Confession. I had to waste some bit of time at my workplace registering for the Club Carlson promos, however, I am now done! Like I wrote about it a few days back, Club Carlson, the loyalty program of the Carlson brands (Radisson, Radisson Blu, Country Inn, Park Inn, Park Plaza) was planning to bring back the Big Night Giveaway and also extend it to other brands. As of an hour back, the following promotions went live: Radisson Big Night Giveaway: Here, you stay one night at any Radisson/Radisson-Blu property across the world, for a stay booked after 15th May 2012 and completed between 15th May 2012 and 15th July 2012. You need to first register a Club Carlson membership account at…
Sunday Plastic: Citibank Premier Miles Credit Card
Last week I reviewed the American Express Gold Charge Card for you all. This week, it is the turn of looking at the other card which has a place of pride in my wallet and gets a lot of my spend: Citibank Premier Miles Credit Card. I picked up this card in December 2011, when the benefits on the Citibank Jet Airways Platinum Credit Card were downgraded, and I must say I am very happy with it so far. Sign-up bonus: You get 2 ‘complimentary’ ticket codes which allow you to book domestic flight segments at least 15 days ahead of travel on any airline in India. These codes have to be used via the PremierMiles portal and you get…
