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Domestic flying in Australia isn't that cheap. But with a little help from miles and points it doesn't need to be expnesive either! Join me as I compare Economy and Business on the Spirit of Australia, each for an incredible price of only INR 3070: youtu.be/o2xZ6ev51OM

My favourite letters are I, O, U what are yours? #IYKYK

@VoyageBliss Yeah and idk if we’ll get bonuses again, or maybe now that they’ve devalued they’ll consider reinstating. And the fact that they still can’t book AI 2XXX flights is laughable.

Another silent devaluation from LifeMiles. India to EU now at 34.8k in economy and 60.1k in business India to US at 65.4k in economy DEL to SYD close to 90k in business That’s the second devaluation in under 2 months. Seeing similar increases across multiple routes as well. There’s still a small workaround where adding a domestic AI leg shows older pricing, but that clearly looks like a bug and won’t last. Feels like the end of the road for LM as a go to program.

@virsanghvi @BLRAviation @airindia 9W was notorious with last minute op ups (received more than I can even count) and AI’s cash upgrades at check in have high uptake among other reasons. High PLF does not mean high yields @networkthoughts

@BLRAviation @airindia So why was jet airways business class always full? Why is business class on every @airindia flight I have taken always full? We have too many aviation experts on X & not enough business class regulars 😀

Every full service airline in the world is increasing business & first class seats to improve profitability. The exception is @airindia which has reduced the size of business in each domestic flight despite a monopoly position. $2.4 billion loss anyone? telegraph.co.uk/travel/advice/…

@Mayank_RMP Yeah although some would disagree

@_djsuvan_ Better than SQ A380 Business?

Singapore Airlines offers an excellent and consistent experience and I can vouch for that having flown each type they operate: the 7M8, 359, 781, 77W and 388 But the Best Business Class in South East Asia is on Malaysia Airlines’ A330-900neo, and by quite some distance!

@Upintheair380 Nope, the IATA code of the 787-10 is 781. The ICAO code for this type is B78X.

@_djsuvan_ True! B 781 to be written as 78X :)

@atulvora Around 8500 INR

@_djsuvan_ How are the taxes for redemption booking?

@ibreathemarkets That is on the A333 and is the same product that SQ operates on their 7M8s

@_djsuvan_ Dont their planes have a 2-2-1 config? Is that even business class?

@imYadav31 @book_1A Congrats on 1A from 1A :)

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@ameyakarve @VoyageBliss Not seen one Indian registered that has it this time. Suspect Mr. Maharaja has something to do with it the same way United forced every partner to increase the miles required for UA operated flights.

@VoyageBliss @_djsuvan_ Not coming for mine either

@VoyageBliss @ameyakarve and anyone else in the miles buying world, are you seeing a bonus on your LM account? This is the second sale in a row where there is an active bonus (onemileatatime.com/deals/buy-avia…) and I see nothing in the accounts I manage.

@ameyakarve @VoyageBliss Yes, bonus percentage has always been targetted. But for the first time in two back to back sales I'm seeing no bonus being offered across multiple accounts which is surprising.

@_djsuvan_ @VoyageBliss Lifemiles is targeted a lot. Will check if I have this and let you know

@Boopathy_SA @ccg33k @abhi_abs77 That’s great, I’m too scared to retry now so I will skip 😂

@_djsuvan_ @ccg33k @abhi_abs77 My HDFC CC name & Krisflyer name isn’t same but transfer went through smoothly, no issues 👍

Interesting update for HDFC Card holders ! KrisFlyer is now available on Smartbuy portal for 1:1 Transfers !! (You don't have to go via netbanking to transfer points to Singapore Air) H/T: @abhi_abs77 for sharing

@ccg33k @abhi_abs77 Yes unfortunate :(

@_djsuvan_ @abhi_abs77 yeah that doesn't work.. from what I heard... interesting that test transfer went thru.. I never tried, but looks like the check is on the Krisflyer side, so it should continue to fail now as well..

@KrishnaDash93 @MyIndusIndBank That surprisingly worked easily over email for BKK. This was more of a surprise rather than anything why the difference between Taiwan and all other countries.

@_djsuvan_ @MyIndusIndBank They won’t reply you. They say International meet n greet and I have selected Far East location for card as well. Interesting thing they don’t have meet n greet in Japan 😂

@MyIndusIndBank why is Taiwan in the "Europe and North Asia" region when China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea etc are in the "Australia, New Zealand, Far East and Others" region for the Avios Card?

@ccg33k @drabhaydaga @grfinvisors @imYadav31 Yay it’s back!

@drabhaydaga @grfinvisors @imYadav31 @_djsuvan_

Was trying to book Delhi → Hanoi using Air India points, but both the website and app kept throwing errors. Interesting part? The same Air India flight was showing perfectly on Singapore Airlines’ Star Alliance partner search. 👀 Called support, raised a complaint, and flagged it on X too. Seems there was a technical issue in mileage calculation. Happy to share it’s fixed now ✅ @airindia team fixed within hours. You can now book the direct flight for: • 30,000 Maharaja points per adult • Approx 28,000 KrisFlyer miles via Singapore Airlines And yes — 7 economy award seats are currently available.

@karanaggarwal86 Pelago

Which Affiliate are you using to book Activities/Tours?

@Vinamralongani @airindia Probably because equipment is still 32N with no flatbeds

@_djsuvan_ @airindia Haha! Yeah for sure. Interestingly, they don't offer them on flights to KUL which is the same flight time.

Greetings from T3 in Delhi! Flying the @airindia A321neo to Singapore tonight. Flew the Vistara B787-9 last time. Sadly it isn't used anymore on the DEL-SIN route. Bag drop was quick. Now heading to the brand new Maharaja Lounge to grab some pre-flight bubbles 🥂 #AvGeek