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If you were thinking of flying into India or heading outside the country over the next few weeks, let’s forget it. India has announced that for now, only travel under the Vande Bharat Mission and air bubble flights are allowed.
IndiGo will be switching to Terminal 1 in Mumbai and Delhi on October 31, 2021. Make sure to check your terminal in case you are arriving/departing/transiting from one of these airports in the coming days.
Coming up next, Marriott Bonvoy moving away from fixed pricing to dynamic award pricing in 2022. Small enhancements as well, including extension of status and points expiration and so on as well. We win the battles but lose the war to Marriott.
Air India has seen the transaction to sell the airline to the Tata Group enter the next stage, with the signing of the share purchase agreement today. With this, Tata Group comes one step closer to acquiring Air India.
Great news, most of the rules for travel to India will be simplified. Coming October 25, 2021, only an RT-PCR negative report will be required to travel to India for most people, and for many countries, just a fully vaccinated certificate will do as well.
The USA will open up for non-essential travel for fully vaccinated travellers from India, China, the EU and many other countries where a presidential ban was imposed under Presidential Order 212(F) so far. Here are the details!
The United Kingdom has done away with their traffic light system, and will no longer require quarantines from people arriving from some countries, including India as long as they are vaccinated. Here is the low down of everything you need to know about the new travel rules the UK is putting in place.
India plans to restart the issuance of Tourism Visas to India as of October 15, 2021, with riders, and without riders from November 15, 2021, onwards. Details inside.
Marriott’s news Week of Wonders promotion is offering discounted pricing on redemptions across Marriott Hotels for bookings till October 14 and stays till October 31, 2021.
In a bizarre set of incidents, I’ve been charged much higher than the price of the ticket twice in a row. Here is how I got me a refund, and why you should be keeping an eye on those tickets.
Raffles The Palm Dubai is all set to open, and it looks majestic. The timing of opening coincides with the opening of the Expo 2020 in Dubai as well.
