Hello from Nashik, where we are for the long weekend.
It has been a week catching up on some loyalty program news, but mostly about the #redcarpettrip and other trip reports which we have added to the blog.
Here is hoping you will find the posts useful.
On the #redcarpettrip, we were travelling Mumbai to Los Angeles on the first leg of the trip. We chose to fly Singapore Airlines to the west coast, in their Suites F product.
This is a review of the trip between Tokyo Narita and Los Angeles. SQ was the first carrier to start flying an A380 from India, and if you fly in their F class product, you are in for a suite surprise!
Marriott has kicked of 2016 by announcing their first promotion for the year, the Marriott MegaBonus 2016. This time around, the promotion only unveils the first part of the promotion, where you get a free night certificate for Cat 1-5 hotels on completing two stays. There is more…
Find out how to use the Marriott MegaBonus promotion here.
Singapore Airlines uses the ANA Lounges during a brief stopover at Tokyo Narita while flying SQ12 to Los Angeles. We used the ANA Suite Lounge, which is exclusive to First Class passengers, on our brief halt at this airport.
Inside is a review of the amenities and services of this lounge, and how a top notch product leaves so much to be desired.
On the #redcarpettrip, we were travelling Mumbai to Los Angeles on the first leg of the trip. We chose to fly Singapore Airlines to the west coast, in their Suites F product.
This is a review of the trip between Singapore and Tokyo Narita. SQ was the first carrier to start flying an A380 from India, and if you fly in their F class product, you are in for a suite surprise!
JetPrivilege frequently rejigs its lounge access policies. For 2016, it has determined it won’t want you to have a colleague or a family member to be with you in the lounge. All the details are inside!
Club Vistara recently announced the ability to book your flights using Club Vistara points online. They have also announced a 50% discount on redemption tickets in case you make a redemption ticket booking using their website.
Here are all the details about the redemption capability on the Vistara website and how to make use of this promotion.
Mumbai Terminal 2, Level 3 has a new lounge which is accessible for domestic passengers. This Lounge is an integral part of CSIA and has a very nice assortment of food and drinks, apart from power plugs for everyone to use.
With that kind of attention to detail, this could easily be my favourite lounge for use during domestic transfers at this point of time via Mumbai
Citibank Prestige, my favourite credit card, is going to have a new concierge service provider with effect from February 1, 2016.
Read the details here and what you need to do to be able to work with the new service provider.
Singapore Airlines operates the exclusive The Private Room for its own First Class and Suites Class passengers who originate or are transiting Singapore Changi Airport.
While transiting Singapore onwards to Los Angeles, we had an opportunity to spend some time at this very exclusive lounge. Drop in for my review of this lounge.
To celebrate 1 year of Air Vistara, Club Vistara is giving out 500 bonus Club Vistara points for every two flights taken on Air Vistara between January 9, 2016 to March 31, 2016.
Here are all the details for this promotion.
