Jet Airways is considering knocking off the First Class Service on their flagship Boeing 777-ER planes. This is something that may go into effect next year. Here is all that we learn so far.
First Class may go away on Jet Airways?
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An English Summer: British Visa or Irish Visa?
In preparation for our visit to the UK and Ireland, we had the time and effort to do only for one trip to the Visa office. We had to decide if we make a trip to the UK consular or the Irish Consular. Here is how we decided how to go about it.
Hey Hyatt, thank you for putting my safety at risk!
I just checked into a brand new Hyatt hotel, and I find a very essential safety element missing around here. I’ve tried my best to contact the hotel management as well as corporate, but no one seems to be worried. What would you do in my place?
These Hotel Sales will save you 25 to 35 % if you book by August 15, 2017
Home or away this long weekend? Do not miss these hotel sales from Hilton, Hyatt & IHG which will slice off your next hotel stay bill by anything between 25 – 35%. Act fast, because the sales will end by August 15, 2017, however, you could stay much into the future!
Reminder : 40,000 IHG Rewards Club points just to register & stay 3 times!
IHG’s most interesting promotion is the Book Direct promotion where you can earn 40,000 points by just completing 3 stays in 2017. You get 1000 points just to register. Not just that, I maximized this offer last year by combining it with Accelerate and earning 75,000 points. Here’s how you can do it too.
Air India will launch flights to Los Angeles in Q42017
Air India seems all set, slots in hand, to launch their flights to Los Angeles. Bollywood to Hollywood ain’t happening though, given the flights will be from Delhi to LA and not Mumbai to LA. Here is a lowdown on all the planning they’ve done so far!!
Deal: Jet Airways’ 30% off Economy, 20% off Business, all sectors
Jet Airways’ Freedom sale has some great fares across sectors, and a 30% discount for Economy fliers and a 20% discount for Premiere Fliers. Time to book your next round of tickets before the long weekend hits!
What? I paid more tax on my hotel stay in India than in UK or Ireland??
I am red all over my face seething with some sort of pent-up anger. I’ve just discovered that luxury is taxed differently in the western world as compared to India as compared to south-east Asia, and boo-yeah, we are paying a lot more taxes on those hotel stays now as compared to earlier. Nice moneygrab, eh?
Deals: 20% discount on weekends with Uber
Is Jet Airways’ Zone Wise priority boarding being quietly buried?
Evidently, Jet Airways is no longer making a fuss about Economy Class Elite passengers preboarding ahead of the rest of the back of the plane. This is based on anecdotal experiences, but maybe you’ve heard or observed something as well? Do let us know.
An English Summer: Introduction
In this edition of The English Summer, Shipra & I travel to the UK and onwards to Ireland for some rest & recuperation in luxury. We flew some new airline this time around, and stayed at a few new luxury hotels. Check out the trip report which spans U2, Hyatt Regency London, InterContinental Dublin, JW Marriott Sahar Mumbai and Park Hyatt Goa Resort & Spa along with travel on Air India and British Airways.
