40% of Indians Overpack, Pay Excess Baggage Fees

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Jun 172011
 

Many Indian travelers are stuffing their travel bags with too much clothes and/or other things and end up paying steep excess baggage fees to the airlines. A recent survey by online travel agent Expedia found that 40% of Indians have forked out excess baggage fees. With travelers spending as much […]

Air India Launches Unlimited Travel Promotion

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Jun 162011
 
Air India Launches Unlimited Travel Promotion

India’s national carrier Air India has rolled out a limited time promotion of unlimited travel for 10-days for passengers in its domestic network (i.e. within India). The new Air India promotion, which took effect June 15, 2011, comes in two varieties: Silver Pass and Platinum Pass. Both passes are valid […]

British Airways Rolls Out Luxury Sale

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Jun 062011
 

British Airways is slashing fares by up to 29% in business class and up to 60% in its First Class cabin in its Luxury Sale for bookings made between May 26 and June 21, 2011. The airline announced that over 80 destinations are included in the sale based on various […]

Travel & Expense Management Firm Concur Sets up Shop in India

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Apr 212011
 

Integrated travel and expense management services provider Concur has established operations in India. The move is designed to to expand the Redmond, Washington company’s customer base and seek growth in new geographic markets. Concur said that besides assisting MNC clients in the region that already use its services, the company’s […]

Folks, Check Out Qatar Airways’ 2-1 Deal

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Apr 122011
 
Folks, Check Out Qatar Airways' 2-1 Deal

To mark its 100th destination milestone, Qatar Airways is offering a limited-time promotion that provides you 2 tickets for the price of 1. We dicked around around with the booking engine on the Qatar Airways web site and the savings for two people traveling from New York City to Mumbai […]

India’s Tourist Visa on Arrival Program Now Covers 11 Countries

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Apr 122011
 

Keen on attracting more tourists, the Indian government’s Visa on Arrival (VoA) program launched in January 2010 has been expanded to 11 countries from the original five (Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand and Singapore). Since January 2011, citizens from six more countries – Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam,