SpiceJet fare sales are back - tickets staring Rs 1499 all-in

It looks like beleaguered low-cost airline SpiceJet might be seeing a turn in fortunes. That, or they're in desperate need of operational cash. Either way, looks like a bonanza for passengers, with Super Sale, their first fare sale of 2015.



The sale offers a total of 500,000 seats starting at an all-in price of Rs 1,499. The sale is available for all bookings between 28 and 30 January 2015, for travel between 15 February and 30 June 2015. This is a fairly large travel window, if you have confirmed plans that you can book between today and this Friday. As always, there will only be a limited number of seats per flight that are on sale, so do take note of that.

My personal litmus test for pricing are the MAA-DEL-MAA and BOM-DEL-BOM routes. The fares on these are pretty good, I must say. For instance, MAA-DEL has fares around the Rs 3,600 mark each way, and the total fare comes to Rs 9,200 including taxes, fees, etc. 


BOM-DEL has base fares in the region of Rs 1,800-2,000 each way, resulting in a total cost of Rs 6,000 for a return ticket. 


These are both great examples of excellent prices, which include fuel surcharge. However, please be careful and note that the prices displayed against the radio buttons are NOT the final prices. These will go up by the amount of CUTE fees, passenger service fees, UDF, and government taxes, which can often add up to around Rs 2,000 for a return trip on many sectors (PSF and UDF amounts vary depending on your departure and arrival airports). Click here to read an earlier post on the various components of a ticket cost.

Big question is, how long do we have to wait for competition to respond? Maybe they won't this time, if SpiceJet's reasons are simply to generate cash for their immediate turnaround plans.


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