I visit Coimbatore frequently and I’ve crossed this property over 10 times in past couple of months but i had never even thought of checking it out. To my surprise, i found that it has lot to offer once i started exploring for Starwood Hotels around me. Quick Info: Le Meridien Coimbatore is an upscale business hotel designed… Read More »
Dragon Pass is one of the largest independent Airport Lounge access program that provides Lounge service for frequent travelers across the globe. Their coverage is as good as Priority Pass and they also provide other airport related services like meet & greet and discounts at airport dining outlets. So, to provide access to lounges in India, they need… Read More »
While there are better hotels in Coimbatore, I had to go with aloft as I’ve to complete the targeted offer from SPG. The offer that I received was: take 1/2 paid stays and get 1/2 nights free in cat 1-5 properties. This could potentially save 40k INR by taking free nights at cat 5 properties. Additionally, there was… Read More »
HDFC Bank has recently added a new credit card to its portfolio under Diners Club network called “ClubMiles”. Design front, the card looks identical to the HDFC Diners Premium Card with the only difference being the card numbers printed are gold in colour. Having a look at the features and benefits, its a nice card that comes with 2.6%… Read More »
HDFC bank is known for its good set of merchant offers both on credit and debit cards. Since Diwali HDFC seems to have gone high with endless offers thrown every other day. With their 1000’s of offers scattered here and there, it has reached a point that HDFC is sending their customers to Analysis Paralysis. #1 Get 5X rewards… Read More »
Hotel rates in India are incredibly low for past 2-3 years with the entry of Goibibo & other online travel operators. I’ve stayed at 50+ hotels in past 2 years and almost all of them were booked at ~50% discount using a combination of coupon codes, credit card promo’s, cashback’s, etc. All of these hotels were decent 3/4 Star… Read More »
We all know the traditional way of getting complimentary access to airport lounges through debit cards and credit cards. Now, a local cab operator OLA is trying to innovate the cab service by providing complimentary lounge access through its paid membership plan named: OLA Select. What’s OLA Select: Monthly membership Fee: Rs.499 While the service has been there… Read More »
On one fine day, I received a call from Yesbank credit card department saying that I’ve consumed more than 80% of my credit card limit and that I can opt for a temporary limit enhancement if I wish to. Though I’m fine with my existing limit, I agreed for a temporary limit enhancement, so I get some cushion… Read More »
I started my relationship with Indusind Bank ~2 years back, just because I was able to select my own bank account number except first 2 digits, which will be the branch code. Whenever I want to receive some funds from my friends, I give them my Indusind A/c and they’ll be like.. “is it really your AC?!” Well,… Read More »
Believe it or not, for most people in India the word SBI is synonymous with “trust” in banking. The reasons are obvious, the amount of time it is around an the second thing is that it’s a govt. bank. Both these factors became instrumental in roping in huge number of customers when SBI decided to introduce it’s credit… Read More »