Hello from Srinagar, folks, where we are playing hide and seek with the sun in a generally Zero degree Centigrade. Also the reason we have not yet broke you the bad news about the devaluation of the SBI-AI co-branded credit card. I don’t want to get my head out of the cold just yet to melt it away on this. Here is a roundup of all that happened in the week gone by.
Dal Lake, Srinagar from the Vivanta by Taj, Dal Lake
Aviation News
There has been movement on Jet Airways’ cutting out another of their international flight, and since it was Women’s Day last week, Air India pumped a lot of effort into operating a lot of all-women crew flights to mark the occasion. Other airlines did the same, but did not talk about it as much.
- Jet Airways ending Ho Chi Minh City service as of March 2016
- Air India to operate 22 flights with all-women crew for Women’s Day
Loyalty Program News
JetPrivilege is going to turn their award chart for partner bookings into a new one, more expensive, from April 1, 2016 onward. So, if you want to know how you can book some trips per the old award chart, read the post below. And Air India’s upgrades have also moved north in terms of number of miles required.
- How to book JetPrivilege Partner Awards with old chart
- Air India Upgrade Awards become (very) expensive!
Credit Cards
IndusInd Bank was the most lucrative mileage earning partner for Jet Airways on weekends. And now, its coming down towards the median. Here is the scoop:
Fare Sales
Jet Airways has dropped prices drastically on business class flights across India, and Vistara and Air India matched up the discount toe to toe. Here is how you can get yourself some luxury travel in the cheap over the coming month:
Giveaways
As a part of our ongoing tie-up with RocketMiles, we gave away 15K JPMiles to one person who booked up. You can still get a special bonus of 4K Miles on your first booking, which is higher than the general bonus.
That’s it folks. Have a good weekend ahead!
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Why is SBI-AI card devalued ? I actually got some mailer, & was about To apply