The week that was - 29 May 2016

Both Vinay and I have been quite tied up this week, with work and travel, which explains the rather limited activity here at the blog. So limited, that we published only 4 posts this week, which must be an all-time low after we decided to resume the blog 10 months back. Hopefully, things will get better starting next week!

So 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!



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