As 2018 is around the corner, lets look back at what has been a good, challenging and rewarding year. 2017 has been quite a good year for me in many aspects, but unfortunately not so great compared to 2016. Almost half of the year i was busy with business and rest half busy with illness. That being said,… Read More »
While YES bank is running a cool spend based offer to grab 5000 bonus points, here comes a similar offer during similar dates from HDFC bank. Not to wonder, because Yesbank credit card system is actually built by the ex-HDFC people but its surprising to see them compete at same time. While i haven’t received the offer for… Read More »
Yesbank has been playing around with 2X Reward Points and 10X reward points for a while and now they’ve come up with a new kind of Bonus Reward points offer for New Year/Christmas, based on the spend. Everyone has different spend threshold and when you meet it, you get 5000 points. The spend threshold is designed to push… Read More »
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 »