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@gurumilespoints Fair enough. Wouldn’t travel on this route then if this was not offered.

@CalmNeighbour1 Unfortunately this flight didn’t have business class.

Dear Indian parents, please teach some basic civic sense to your kids instead of hiding under the guise of, “He’s just 6 years old.” Story time: On my flight from Phu Quoc to Da Nang, two kids were seated behind me. They were super noisy and constantly kicking my seat. I politely asked them to stop three times. The fourth time, I had to get up, turn around, and call out their parents. Instead of being remorseful, they started defending their kids. Mom: “They are on their third flight.” “They are just 6 years old.” I replied, “How is that my problem? You need to teach them how to behave in shared public spaces or atleast take care when you can clearly see what they are doing.” Dad: “If you have any issues, please talk to the cabin crew. Take business class next time.” Mom: “When you have kids, you will understand.” Actions like these are part of why Indians often face racism abroad. It’s not all Indians but it only takes a few to damage our reputation and become a global embarrassment.

@SamsungIndia @Samsung Facing so many issues with your refrigerator. CS has declared it beyond repair. Customer care of no help as well. Kindly help asap as it is causing significant problems.

Keeping everything aside in cases of fights departing from EU, EU law mandates that rebooking onto the most feasible option regardless of alliance. Known many being rebooked onto different airlines for travel plans from EU just cause of this EU law. Rest big EK fan myself.

@iSatishAgarwal @ccg33k @ankurmittal @ProfessorCardz Haha surely satish ji. The dm comment was a joke. Sure will reach out to them and see what can be done.

@CalmNeighbour1 @ccg33k @ankurmittal @ProfessorCardz I see & reply >99% DMs 😎 Best route is BP RM

@iSatishAgarwal @ccg33k @ankurmittal @ProfessorCardz any way to get olympus approved for BP customers?

@iSatishAgarwal @ccg33k @ankurmittal @ProfessorCardz Haha for sure. Waise aap bade sahab log ke paas itna free time kahan dm check karne ka 😅🤣🤣. Just kidding satish ji. Worth reaching out to BP Rm for Olympus or some other way to reach out for Olympus approval?

@CalmNeighbour1 @ccg33k @ankurmittal @ProfessorCardz DM me the good news, when you get Olympus 🤫

@iSatishAgarwal @ccg33k @ankurmittal @ProfessorCardz Haha. Got my answer. Gonna shift all offline jewellery expenses to this card now.

@CalmNeighbour1 @ccg33k @ankurmittal @ProfessorCardz 🤭😉

@iSatishAgarwal @ccg33k @ankurmittal @ProfessorCardz Sure. Will enquire about it. Btw satish ji does it give 4% PP on domestic gold transactions?

@CalmNeighbour1 @ccg33k @ankurmittal @ProfessorCardz Afaik Olympus was being denied to even BP customers earlier. Can't say if that changed in recent past Having said that, no harm in Pushing them if you are a BP

@ccg33k hopefully they dont or they increase the limit of 3 cc to atleast 5 cc as they do to ex-citi cc holders.

@CalmNeighbour1 yeah, unlikely now.. but you never know.

~6% miles back on bookings done via points (SmartBuy / iShop)? Yes, please. 😌 One of the most underrated hacks to stack miles: Whenever you book flights via SmartBuy / iShop / OTAs, always add the frequent flyer ID for each family member on their ticket (You can do it after booking too, via manage booking option on AI app) Then set up a Family Pool so all those miles automatically flow into your account. Boom - that’s an extra ~6% back on a booking you already paid for using points. (And if you hold a higher tier, it gets even sweeter.) Bonus reminder: If you’ve flown Air India (revenue tickets) with family in the last 12 months, you can still retro-claim miles for them and have everything auto-transfer into your pool. Free miles just sitting there otherwise. These small stacks up fast. Set up the family pool once, and let the miles quietly pile up in the background. PS: My wife was already in the pool - 248 points auto-transferred. Kid wasn’t added earlier (oops), fixed that today and all pending miles moved instantly (1168 miles). ❤️ | 🔖 | ♻️

@ccg33k majak nahin akash bhai. asli screenshot dikhao. 7 digits balance is minimum for our gold lord 🤣

Hmmmm....

@tkanthh @ccg33k AI said will be launched by end of this year or something in the year end email they sent out to everyone. though looks likely that partners will be hsbc and some other banks no partnership with axe-is.

@ccg33k @CalmNeighbour1 Any idea on when these are scheduled to launch?

@ccg33k true. hopefully they launch one with our favourite bank tho is it likely that they will since they launched one with indigo now?

@CalmNeighbour1 waiting for AI cards for building status again.

@ccg33k true. shifted loyalties to LM now. always travelling business😅 but that doesnt always guarantee good treatment in india atleast specially with AI biz class. post for it coming out soon on how badly AI treated us. have to deal with AI shenanigans as lesser of two evils.

@CalmNeighbour1 credting to LM makes sense if you use it often.. you don't need status if you always travel business :P

@ccg33k @Kenu73 oh. so many hacks that im unaware of. did transaction on M4B anyways. worth checking if infinia does 5x points credit for this transaction or not?

@CalmNeighbour1 @Kenu73 Well.. it used to work earlier.. random gyftr sites were tagged as gyftr via smartbuy, and they used to give 5x / 5% on hdfc cards.. this may work too..

Same issue faced by me when doing transaction on M4B. Might be worth checking if 5x points on infinia 😏. @ccg33k @Kenu73 merchant name popping up wrong cause of issue with merchant name or is it actually processed via smartbuy on their end?

@CenturionGuy1 @Deaphen Very tough to get. 100 CR TRV must with the bank last I heard and then also have to jump through hoops to get the card issued 🫠

@Deaphen Axis Primus because “no limit”

Need new credit card that allows points for tax payments. With no limit preferably (on points).

@Deaphen Know of a payment instrument that is not a credit card giving unlimited points on tax payments subject to availability of funds in account.

@ameyakarve @OntheRoadAJ Done this recently. Multi city itinerary booking with LM. Free cancellation & rescheduling availed which was included in the LM+ plan, not charged anything. Hack:- LM+ 20$ 4 10% disc while booking, upgrade to 50$(wait for it 2 be posted), then call, no canc./res. fees to be paid.

@OntheRoadAJ Btw I have never done this, but the lifemiles plus free cancellation looks very lucrative

Finally someone said this