Hilton is moving away from an HHonors program to an Honors program. Many new benefits and changes under the hood. Good or bad or just marketing speak? Let’s find out inside!
Hilton announces revamped Honors program
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Looking back through January 2017 at the Lounge
Here is everything we wrote in January 2017, in one place. Don’t miss any of our updates, and if you did, right now is your chance to catch up. Interesting stuff from Vistara, Emirates, Etihad, JetPrivilege and Starwood inside. Read on!
Austrian Hotel suffers Cyber Attack, Hackers are paid Ransom in Bitcoins
Last week hackers disrupted the entire software of this Austrian Hotel and guess what; they demanded the ransom to be paid in Bitcoins!
This Week At The Lounge: January 28, 2017
This week at the Lounge, there is some great news about a Vistara status match, and some sweet deals on airfare across India and abroad. And yes, hotel deals from IHG across the world. Check it out!
IHG releases list of hotels for 5000 Points under PointBreaks
IHG Rewards Club has just released the details of their next Point Breaks promotion. These hotels will become bookable from January 30, 2017 and are about 120 + hotels participating this round.
Jet Airways Sale: Upto 30% off on International flights + Domestic discounts
Jet Airways is making a sale to mark the Republic day of India tomorrow by offering up to 30% off across all classes in Domestic and International flights. But you will have to hurry since the discounts are only available through end of this week.
Breaking: James Hogan leaving Etihad Airways
Etihad’s CEO James Hogan and the CFO will be leaving the company 6 months later. Evidently, their strategy of buying stakes in carriers around the world may have lead to them being shown the door… Read on.
A horrible travel day to Bengaluru!
I had a long and troublesome travel day yesterday with quite some amount of delays creeping in. However, we shall overcome! Here was how I hedged myself from going further into the trap. That too without having coffee on hand for 14 hours.
Taj Hotels & Resorts are offering up to 20% off until June 2017
Taj Innercircle is currently running a promotion where Innercircle members can get up to 20% discount when booking stays directly using this link. This offer is valid for is valid for stays through June 30,2017 and keep in mind that black out dates may apply at hotels. The offer page says that members can get up to 30% off, however I searched through almost twenty various Taj hotels and the maximum discount I could find was only 20%. Here are a few hotels where you can get a 20% off. I wouldn’t really switch my stay plans from other hotel chains to make use of this 20% discount.However, if you have a stay upcoming at any Taj property in the…
Jet Airways now asking for Aadhar during bookings
I’m slightly chaffed with Jet Airways this morning given my flight is 1.15 hours delayed, but still want to report on this nice enhancement they have made to their booking engine, something I envisage all other airlines in India will start emulating sooner or later. The other day, when I was booking up some travel on Jet Airways, I found a new optional field asking for my Aadhar number to be input as well. Why would anyone now need Aadhar you may ask? From what I know, the intention is to move to a fully biometric system at some point in time, where the airport entry would be granted to Indian residents only on their ability to clear the access…
Deal: 15% Discount on Jet Airways through March 2017
Jet Airways is running an upto 15% discount on flights domestically and international flights across their network which may be of interest to you if you have plans of travel over the next couple of months. Here is how to get those discounts
