An unannounced change for Air India members. More miles for your Air India flights coming up in the days ahead. A lot more miles in some cases. Here is the lowdown on that!
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Air India upgrades being capped at 100% of redemption miles
Air India is moving towards the use of miles for upgrades in a big way, and hence they are dropping the prices on mileage upgrades across the board from domestic as well as international segments. No upgrade will now cost more than 100% of Economy Class Miles Redemption!
Air India launching Family Pooling on Flying Returns
Air India’s Flying Returns program will shortly allow you to pool miles with up to 9 members in your immediate and extended family! That just means more miles for you to spend on that next redemption!
Take a guess how many elites Air India Flying Returns has?
Fun fact, Air India has only 1225 Platinum Elites. For an airline which is the national airline of a country of 1.25 Billion people. Let that sink in!
Air India’s Flying Returns will not go away after AI sale
Air India will perhaps be sold in the near future. How does that affect the frequent flyer program Flying Returns? Here is why it won’t be going away anytime soon.
Good news! Air India planning to reduce miles for upgrades
Air India is working on a plan to reduce the number of miles required for an upgrade to Business or First Class in their aircraft. The new plan limits the number of miles required to 100% from the current 190% of economy redemption required.
So I missed my First Flight Today!
In my years of flying, I’ve never missed a flight. Until today that is. Gah! That untarnished record is now broken thanks to Air India.
Air India will reduce cost of mileage upgrades
Air India is expecting to drop the price of upgrades using miles shortly. Under the current structure, it could cost up to 190% of an economy class redemption. Here is how this could proceed further.
Tomorrow onwards, ID needed to book flight tickets in India
Airlines will need you to present ID at the time of booking tickets, and not just when you arrive at the airport from tomorrow onwards. This is apparently required to check if you are on the no-fly list or not.
You can now renew your Flying Returns miles over the phone
AIr India Flying Returns will now allow you to call them up to re-instate your Air India expired miles and put them to use. This makes life easier and better. Here is how you go about it.
Bad News: Air India’s CMD Ashwani Lohani moving out
Air India just lost one of their best men. Under Ashwani Lohani, the airline finally started to get its act together a bit, and got a sense of purpose and belonging, again. Until now, when it is going to start all over again… Or will it be the airline is sold before that happens?
