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Marriott Bonvoy has tweaked the Points Advance feature a bit, which should effectively make the use of the feature more judicious by people who like to block a redemption without having the points. Here are the details
I sit down with Marriott’s APAC Head of Marketing, Loyalty and Partnerships to understand more about how Marriott plans to up their loyalty offering in the Indian market and deliver on their promised benefits. Here are the details.
Bahrain has stopped accepting travellers from India with effect from May 24, 2021, closing out one more way for Indians to travel out of the country for the time being, in the wake of the pandemic.
Air India has announced that its customer data was compromised as a part of a global attack on SITA systems which ended up affecting other major airlines across the globe as well.
India might not have reason to rejoice in the reopening of the European Union anytime soon. The EC has proposed travel from India be kept to the bare minimum, for the time being, exercising their ‘Emergency Brake Mechanism’
Hilton Honors and Hilton Effect Foundation are asking members to donate their Hilton Honors points and they will match the contributions with equitable cash from their end on a one-to-one basis.
Europe is on track at the moment for reopening for travel in the Summer of 2021. Fully vaccinated travellers and those from countries deemed safe will be allowed to come in for non-essential travel soon. Details inside.
Those Vaccination Trips to Russia everyone on the internet is talking about, may not be a real thing. Here is why.
Lufthansa India has established a crew-swap operation in Bahrain to ensure their crew does not get stuck in India on a layover while India battles the second wave of the pandemic.
Air India might be in for some fresh hell as the airline has been made a scapegoat in the ongoing tug of war between Cairn Energy plc of the UK and the Government of India. The airline has been sued by the energy major and they want to take “joint control” of the airline.
Airbus will resume work on installing a new A320/A321 Final Assembly Line in the space earlier occupied by the A380 line. This decision reflects Airbus’ expectation that demand for their narrowbody jets will go up in the days ahead. Airbus already has a backlog of over 5000 jets for this family type.
