One of the easiest way to earn points is to do nothing, which is almost true in the current case. Hilton HHonors has been revamping their security procedures for the website. Earlier, they used to allow a 4 digit passcode, which could be used in combination with your username or membership number. However, with recent security breaches, they are moving to a system where you can choose a new password. To be able to earn these 1000 HHonors points, you need to have an existing HHonors account as of March 12, 2015 and you can earn these points if you change your password by March 25, 2015. To change the password, log into your HHNonors account and navigate into the…
Etihad Guest redemptions at 25% off
While we discuss Etihad Guest in the context of the ability to redeem Etihad Guest miles for Jet Airways tickets all the time, Etihad is running its own award fare sale between March 13 to March 20, 2015, for redemption on Etihad flights to and from Abu Dhabi to the following destinations: Brussels (BRU) Kolkata (CCU) Paris (CDG) Chengdu (CTU) Dallas (DFW) Moscow (DME) Dublin (DUB) Dusseldorf (DUS) Yerevan (EVN) Frankfurt (FRA) Geneva (GVA) Washington – Dulles (IAD) Jaipur (JAI) Karachi (KHI) Kuala Lumpur (KUL) Los Angeles (LAX) Cyprus (LCA) Lagos (LOS) Madrid (MAD) Manchester (MAN) Melbourne (MEL) Munich (MUC) Milan (MXP) Nairobi (NBO) Toyko (NRT) Perth (PER) Seychelles (SEZ) San Francisco (SFO) Zurich (ZRH) There are two Indian airports…
The Novice Perspective: Airline loyalty pays off
Shipra is my fiancée and the first of contributors at the blog. She has worked with one of the largest airline conglomerates in the world, and is now based in Mumbai. Shipra has lived, worked and travelled across 4 continents. We travel often enough, together and separately. These are her perspectives, as she gets used to the world of business and leisure travel and our hobby! The Novice Perspective: Initiating my Fiancée to Points & Miles The Novice Perspective: Getting used to Airport Lounges The Novice Perspective: Benefiting from hotel loyalty programs The Novice Perspective: Maximising hotel promotions is a fun game! The Novice Perspective: Choosing credit cards to fuel the travel passion Like many, for a long time the…
Starwood postpones India property opening, leaves me in the lurch
One of the anticipated hotel launches for the year for me is the Le Meridien Mahabaleshwar Resort & Spa. This is a resort that has been in the making forever, and I was very excited when they decided to open up March 1, 2015. Eager to check it out earlier than everyone else, I went ahead and made reservations for the coming weekend, except, the property has not opened doors yet. I got an email from the sales team of the hotel, a month ago informing me about the fact that the hotel is not opening. No remorse, nothing except an apology. As if, I am supposed to take it as fait accompli that the hotel decided not to open…
The Novice Perspective: Choosing credit cards to fuel the travel passion
Shipra is my fiancée and the first of contributors at the blog. She has worked with one of the largest airline conglomerates in the world, and is now based in Mumbai. Shipra has lived, worked and travelled across 4 continents. We travel often enough, together and separately. These are her perspectives, as she gets used to the world of business and leisure travel and our hobby! The Novice Perspective: Initiating my Fiancée to Points & Miles The Novice Perspective: Getting used to Airport Lounges The Novice Perspective: Benefiting from hotel loyalty programs The Novice Perspective: Maximising hotel promotions is a fun game! If some asked me this question a year ago, “When choosing a credit card, how would you decide…
Massive downgrade to third-party lounge at Terminal 2, Mumbai
Over the last year, ever since Mumbai’s Terminal 2 was opened for public use, I used to have access to the Clipper Lounge via the airline or the Priority Pass or somehow. The airport also operated a temporary lounge, which they converted into a permanent lounge, called the GVK Lounge, as of the end of 2014. The permanent lounge is pretty beautiful, and I’ve accessed the Business and First sections both. This past week, I was travelling back to Delhi and I chose to take an Air India flight from Terminal 2. The earlier time I did this, I was invited into the Business Class section of the GVK Lounge, however, this time, I was invited to something they called…
[Video] SpiceJet celebrates Holi at Delhi Airport
SpiceJet is known to be the airline that does have some fun on Holi, even if this means they get a whack from the regulator. This year, they did play a safe Holi, by making it happen on the ground rather than in the air. The enthusiastic crew of Spicejet got a wider space to dance to Holi tunes, at the Delhi Airport a couple of days ago. Here is the video: I assume since they have not heard back from the regulator yet, they must have done fine with the regulations this year. I hope you all had a safe Holi as well. Join over 4000 people who check-in daily to find out about the best in travel. Free…
5 reasons why it is a good time to be earning airline miles in India right now
I often get asked about how to score a mileage ticket, but I don’t get asked as often about how to earn the miles. People think miles are earned only by flying, something that has changed over the years. Miles can be earned with so many activities, and every activity counts towards your goal for that reward ticket. So stay with me for a moment and let me build my argument. As someone who has been travelling for a lot of years (maybe not as long as some of you who have been flying since I was in my diapers!), I’ve noticed a genuine shift in the way airlines have moved from rewarding loyalty to withdrawing all the perks to…
This JetPrivilege upgrade is so cool!
JetPrivilege, the frequent flyer program for Jet Airways, has been in upgrade mode over the past 6 months. They did a few awesome (couple not so awesome) things over the months: More benefits for Platinums, including a +1 guest at the lounge Convenience fee goes away on online redemptions Extended validity for your miles if you have a Jet cobranded card Introduced mileage earning for kids, and also upgrade mileage burning for kids Launched family mileage pooling Enhanced domestic redemptions and removed fuel surcharges Enhanced mileage earning but my favourite one is where they made it easier to become or retain an elite tier by offering higher tier points on more expensive tickets. Now, lets come to the point. This…
3 Etihad Guest bonus miles promotion you must sign on with today!
Etihad Guest is out there making a lot of waves with big sales (like the 35% off global sale) and also various promotions they launch from time to time. For the moment, these are the promotions you should absolutely sign on for, regardless of the fact that you may have plans to fly Etihad next few months or not. 1000 bonus miles for signup If you don’t have an Etihad Guest account, you should sign up for one with this promotion by March 31, 2015 and when you make your first transaction (including sending some credit card points to Etihad), you get 1000 bonus miles. The Economy & Business Double Bonus Miles promotion (registration till March 3, 2015) You will…
JetPrivilege offering 20% bonus to convert Card & Hotel points to miles
c JetPrivilege, Jet Airways’ frequent flyer program, runs a campaign to offer you a bonus for all your points (credit card points etc.) to be converted into miles. In 2013, they offered a 20% bonus on converting hotel points to miles, apart from a credit card conversion bonus of a similar amount. They’d have run higher promotions in the past, and in 2012 it used to be 25% bonuses. The promotion is back, albeit for a limited time, for 2015, and this time around, JetPrivilege is offering 20% extra miles for your conversion of points to JP miles. The conversion bonuses run between March 2, 2015 to March 31, 2015. Which means any request that gets completed within this time…
