The week that was - 3 April 2016
Here's a round up of the week that was; a summary of posts on this blog as also other things travel, aviation, points and miles that we found interesting. Hope you had a great week, and here's wishing you the very best in the next one!
Hotels
- Anbang has left the building. The Chinese pull out of the race for Starwood, and leave Marriott as the winners, for now.
- Hotel review: JW Marriott Juhu, Mumbai.
Aviation
- One runway at Delhi International Airport (DEL) to be shut for a week starting 5 April 2016. Expect delays.
- Boeing announces massive job cuts.
- In what gives you new meaning to the mile high club, a pilot gets busted for a different kind of ground operations.
Promotions
- Now that most Design Hotels in India have joined SPG, this promotion is a good one. Earn a free SPG night (Cat 1-5 hotel) after 3 nights with participating Design Hotels.
- Here's a simple hack that can save you beyond the promised 40% at Hilton's India hotels, under the Hilton HHonors up to 40% off promotion in Asia Pacific. Hurry, because the promotion closes tomorrow (4 April 2016) at 9.30 pm India time.
- Hyatt's great new promotion offers 75,000 points on a graded basis for a total of 25 stays, and is now open. Register here.
- Fairmont offers free breakfast on most stays till 31 May 2016.
Credit cards
- Citibank Premier Miles card holders can get a 25% bonus when transferring Citi PMs to Virgin Atlantic's Flying Club program.
Good reads
- Travel and it’s divisions...I found the comments to be quite misplaced, and the post itself, very relevant.
- Here's a rare & interesting video from Pan Am’s archives of an evacuation from Da Nang, Vietnam.

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