Hyatt did an excellent 50% off promotion in India earlier this year, which allowed me to earn Diamond status with them on a cheaper price than what I would have usually paid. The good news is that for a limited period, under the Google Online Sale Festival, they are back with the promotion again. Now, as the lean season sets in, Hyatt has brought in promotions for buy 1 get 1 night free yet again, valid for bookings made by December 31, 2014 and stay between December 20, 2014 and January 11, 2015, excluding the night of December 31, 2014. Under this promotion, the second night is priced free on use of the code, GOSF14, along with guaranteed 2 pm…
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A shot at winning 10,000+ JPMiles/Membership Reward Points during GOSF
The Great Online Sale Festival is Google’s initiative to promote e-commerce in India, where they offer promotions from various e-commerce vendors. This year, there are discounts from Jet Airways, Indigo and GoAir, amongst others (full list at www.gosf.in). Now, American Express is offering an opportunity to win 10,000 (or more) JPMiles/Membership reward points by using your American Express cards at the following e-commerce websites, to get a shot at the draw. www.flipkart.com www.snapdeal.com www.amazon.in www.jabong.com www.ebay.in www.infibeam.com www.myntra.com www.shopclues.com All you need to do is to do transactions worth INR 5,000 or more (in one go) during the duration of GOSF to be participating in the draw for miles. The prizes: 10,000 JPMiles/MR for 10 winners on 10th December 2014.…
SpiceJet limited to bookings 1 month ahead only by regulator
Looking at the troubles Spicejet is undergoing at the moment, the regulator for aviation safety in India, DGCA, ordered them to stop accepting bookings beyond the 30 day period, amongst other measures they took against the airline over last weekend. First things first, here on, because Spicejet’s schedule integrity has gone for a toss, the DGCA ordered it to stop bookings for a period more than 30 days out. Initially, Spicejet did not comply with this decision, however here on, you cannot book Spicejet tickets more than 30 days out. Their website displays this notification very clearly. When I tried searching for a ticket more than 30 days out, I got nothing. However, they are still selling tickets for the…
20% off on GoAir till 12 December 2014
As a part of the Great Indian Sale Festival, GoAir is offering a 20% discount on select flights for the travel period between February 1, 2015 to September 30, 2015. You need to use a coupon code G8GOSF20 to be able to get the 20% off on base fare, and ticketing needs to be done on the GoAir website by December 12, 2014. While the site says the offer is valid on select sectors, it does not present a list of which sectors it is valid on. Here are the salient T&C: Use Promocode G8GOSF20 and get 20% Off on base fare. Booking Period: Before 10-Dec -14 till 12-Dec-14 Travel Period: 1-Feb-15 till 30-Sept-15* Applicable only on www.GoAir.in Offer available…
15% discount (or not!) on Indigo flights for booking till Dec 12, 2014
As a part of the Google organised Great Online Sale Festival, Indigo is offering 15% discounts on base fare on all domestic and international flights. To get these discounts, you need to be booking a roundtrip, and use promotion code 6EGOSF to avail the discounts. The tickets can be booked between 10-12 December 2014, for travel between 15 January 2015 to 30 June 2015. Now, unlike with the Jet Airways’ discount, the Indigo discount is slightly more difficult to obtain. Firstly, the discount can only be applied to round trips, and on regular fares. Indigo also offers round-trip fares which are slightly discounted (called Return Fares). Secondly, your discount does not show up till you get on the payment page,…
20% discount on Jet Airways Indian flights till December 12, 2014
As a participant with the Great Online Sale Festival, Jet Airways is offering a 20% discount on flights in Economy as well as Business Class (Premiere) around India. Just like most discounts by Jet Airways, this one is on the total amount of the base fare + fuel surcharge. Discounts under this promotion are being applied automatically, however tickets have to be booked between December 10 and 12, 2014 for travel around India, at least 30 days out. The discount is available only when you book via www.jetairways.com or the Jet Airways apps. Here are all the important T&C: 20% discount is offered on all flights within India* This discount is offered only on jetairways.com (India country site) and Jet…
Vistara completes proving flights, on track for license
Air Vistara, the upstart full-service carrier which is backed by Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, seems all set to receive its license soon. The airline had received their first plane a few months ago, but getting their paperwork together turned out to be a little more time consuming than they thought it would be. Anyhow, it turns out, in the late nights of last week, Vistara’s crew operated DEL-BOM-AMD-DEL and DEL-JAI-DEL to complete the 5 proving flights that are required to get an Airline Operator Permit in India. With this move, Air Vistara looks all set to take off, and hopes to receive its license next week. We still don’t know a date for launch of operations, but it should…
Spicejet cancellation update
Spicejet has been in the middle of a storm recently. The airline has been trying to restructure itself by trimming operations, but has a huge backlog of tickets it has sold over the year and multiple sales (called as Market Stimulation Efforts). Hence, there has been a spate of cancellations over the past month or so, and I wrote a post the other day summarising the list of cancellations being made by Spicejet till December 2014. However, Spicejet has now come out with an official list of its own, where it summarises all the cancellations for the current date and up to the month end of December 2014. As much as it is unfortunate, if your flight is on this…
#avgeeks, watch 5 Airbus 350s flying in formation
A friend sent me a couple of video links last night and I’ve been watching in awe on loop ever since. The first video is of the planning and execution of a formation flight of 5 Airbus 350 planes, which was done about two months back. The video is the back-end story of how they went about planning the flight and the various maneuvers that went about it. Have a look: The second one is the final product, which looks awesome, with Airbus 350s flying around in Arrow, Echelon and Diamond formations. Quite frankly, I always thought only military planes would have display formations, but this is awesome to see it with regular airplanes as well. Enjoy the view! Join over…
Jet Airways’ First & Business pax can now book meals on international flights
One of the recent enhancements that Jet Airways has rolled out, albeit quietly, is the ability to book your meals ahead of the flight. With effect from December 1, 2014, passengers who fly their First or Business class cabins on international flights will be able to pre-order a meal ahead of the flight, between 60 days to 48 hours prior to departure. You can choose to book a meal when you are booking your ticket online, or using the manage your booking section on the flight. The choices work surprisingly smoothly. To take the feature for a test drive, I pulled up a reservation for later months, and here is what I saw… I further poked the Select Meal…
Air Canada to launch non-stop flight to Delhi in 2015
Air Canada is throwing their ring in the hat for a pie of Indian aviation. With significant population of Indian origin, they are going to connect the Toronto – New Delhi route on a non-stop flight with a Boeing 787-9 as of November 2015. As per Air Canada’s announcement today, they are going to be the only airline to connect this long-haul market with a non-stop flight. The only other carriers on this route is India’s Jet Airways which operates via their Brussels hub. Unfortunately, there is no information about the timing of the flight at the moment, but this will be a three-class configuration flight, including Business, Premium Economy and Economy. The flight will be operated from November 1, 2015…
