Air India Upgrade Awards become (very) expensive!

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Amongst the long list of changes Air India made recently in their December 2015 program refresh, Upgrade Awards were taken to very high number of miles required as compared to the earlier standardized upgrade levels.

Here is how we can find out how miserly the Air India program has become, in spite of their claim of being the World’s Most Rewarding Airline Loyalty Programme

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Less than a month before Jet Airways flies to Amsterdam

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Jet Airways will be moving operations from Brussels to Amsterdam at the end of March 2016, when the summer 2016 schedule gets underway. This move solves a lot of problems for Jet Airways and also opens a new city for Jet Airways.

Here are all the details of the new route and how it will work for Jet Airways’ European operations here on.

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Weekly Roundup : February 28, 2016

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Hello from Mumbai. I have been extremely busy all of this week, but Ajay in spite of a busy week did manage to cover a variety of topics. So, here is a quick round up from the week gone by. Credit Cards Citi Prestige Credit Card offers a British Airways Executive Club upgrade, enabling Ajay to get a 2-year oneworld Emerald status. Also, there are changes the changes in benefits Citi Prestige is implementing April onwards. Among other things, the Gold upgrade status on Etihad is going away. 2 years of OneWorld Emerald with the Citi Prestige Credit Card Citi Prestige benefits changing w.e.f. April 2016 Loyalty Program News Jet Airways has published adjustments to its partner award charts effective this April, the result being we will need a lot…

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