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There is a plan to travel! You can get free air tickets on these credit cards, know how

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Are you planning a holiday at the end of the year? Then you can consider applying for a credit card that offers travel benefits. There are some reward credit cards where you can get travel benefits by converting earned reward points into air miles or by redeeming hotel or flight bookings. If you’re not specifically looking for a travel-focussed card, but want to convert points a few times a year to get such benefits, then the rewards cards listed below should be helpful for you. Paisabazaar has prepared a list of such best credit cards. Credit card information is updated as of November 17, 2022.

YES FIRST Preferred Credit YES FIRST Preferred Credit

Card offers conversion of 10 Reward Points into one Inter Mile or Club Vistara Point. You can redeem reward points for flight or hotel bookings through YesRewardz. It entitles the primary cardholder to complimentary Priority Pass membership. 2 domestic airport lounge access during the quarter. You can earn 16 reward points for every Rs.200 spent on travel and dining and 8 reward points for every Rs.200 spent on all other categories. The annual fee of this credit card is Rs 999.

HDFC Diners Club Privilege Credit Card

The HDFC Diners Club Privilege Credit Card offers to convert 1 Reward Point into 0.50 Air Miles. You can redeem reward points for flight or hotel bookings through SmartBuy. You get access to 12 airport lounge access worldwide annually. The card charges a forex mark-up fee of 2%. You can earn 4 Reward Points on every Rs.150 spent on retail and up to 10X Reward Points on spending through SmartBuy. The annual fee of this credit card is Rs.2500.

Citi Premier Miles Credit Card

Using the Citi Premier Miles Credit Card, you can earn 10 Air Miles per Rs 100 spent on airline transactions and 4 Air Miles per Rs 100 spent on all other categories. You get 10,000 air miles as Belcom benefit on spending Rs 1,000 within 60 days of card issuance and you can earn 3,000 air miles on card renewal every year. You can redeem Earn Miles on various airlines including Air India, Etihad Airways. Cardholders also get access to select domestic and international airport lounge access. The annual fee of this credit card is Rs.3000.

American Express Membership Rewards Credit Card

The American Express Membership Rewards Credit Card lets you convert reward points into air miles or loyalty points. A card users can redeem reward points against vouchers from top brands such as Taj Hotels, Myntra, Big Basket and more. You can earn 5,000 Membership Reward Points on payment of the first year’s annual membership. The annual fee of this credit card is Rs.4500. Annual fee is waived off on spending Rs 1.50 lakh or more in a year.

Air India SBI Signature Credit Card

The Air India SBI Signature Credit Card offers 30 reward points for every Rs 100 spent on Air India tickets booked through Air India portals and app. Apart from this, card holders get complimentary membership of the Air India frequent flyer program. Along with complimentary Priority Pass membership, lounge access is available at more than 600 airports. You can convert one of your Reward Points into one Air India Miles. Cardholder gets 8 domestic lounge access per annum. The annual fee of this credit card is Rs.4999.

IRCTC Tour Package: Celebrate New Year and Christmas on the seashore of Andaman and Nicobar, hotel and food included in the package

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IRCTC Tour Package: If you are planning to travel somewhere with your family on Christmas and New Year, then IRCTC has a great offer for you. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a subsidiary of Indian Railways, has come up with a tremendous tour package of Andaman and Nicobar. Andaman and Nicobar Island is the best place. Where you can have adventure and a lot of fun. You can celebrate the new year by sitting on the beach.

6 Days Andaman Tour Package

Offering you a tour package of 5 nights and 6 days. According to the official website of IRCTC, tourists will have to pay Rs 46,600 for this tour package that takes them to Andaman and Nicobar. However, it may be different for different tariffs. This tour package includes hotel and local transport, food. This does not include any flight cost. You will have to make the flight on your own. You can take this tour package anytime, there is no fixed day in it. You have a good chance to visit Kashmir cheaply on Christmas and New Years.

IRCTC has come up with amazing tour packages of Andaman and Nicobar.

Tours starting from Rs 46,600 IRCTC tour packages

IRCTC tour package includes hotel and local transport, food ie breakfast for 5 days. This tour package starts from Rs.46,600 onwards. If you take a tour package for one person, then you will have to pay Rs 37,410. If two persons are traveling then Rs 59,800 will have to be paid. Government employees can avail LTC on this. You will get all the information on the official website of IRCTC. You can book this tour package on IRCTC official website www.irctctourism.com. Apart from this, you can go to your local IRCTC office.

Good News: Free WiFi will now be available in flight, the preparation of this airline is complete

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Air Asia Sugar Box in-flight WiFi : Air Asia, in partnership with cloud technology company Sugar Box, has started providing WiFi facility inside all its aircraft during flight.

This will allow passengers traveling on AirAsia India to enjoy buffer-free content from OTT apps as well as episodes of web series, short films and more than 1,000 Indian and international movies through the on-board system, a joint statement said. Will be seen.

Rohit Paranjpe, Co-Founder, Sugar Box said, “We are delighted to partner with Air Asia India to launch ‘Airflix’ with multiple features. He told that the benefit of ‘Airflix’ will be available to all the passengers through local WiFi without any extra charge.

Siddharth Butalia, Chief Marketing Officer, AirAsia India said, “We are keen to leverage this platform to deliver a differentiated flying experience in an extremely competitive market.

 

IRCTC Tour Package: Tour the beautiful valleys of Kashmir in the budget, IRCTC brought the best offer

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Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) from time to time launches tour packages for different states of the country. In this episode, IRCTC has introduced a wonderful air tour package for Kashmir. In the tour package, people will get a chance to visit Srinagar, Gulmarg, Sonamarg and Pahalgam. This tour package will not operate through train but through aeroplane.

Tourists throng Jammu and Kashmir throughout the year. Srinagar, Gulmarg, Sonamarg and Pahalgam are famous tourist places. At these places you will get a chance to see the beauty of nature from close quarters. Here you will get to see spectacular views of mountains and attractive views of greenery. By going here, you will feel that you are really roaming in the ‘Heaven on Earth’.

The journey will be of 5 nights and 6 days.
IRCTC has announced this air tour package through its Twitter account. This whole journey will be of 5 nights and 6 days. This package will start from Chandigarh. You don’t have to worry about food and drink in this package. Breakfast, lunch and dinner facilities will be available. Apart from this, the facility of staying in the hotel will be provided at night.

Tour Package Highlights
Package Name- Jewels of Kashmir Ex Chandigarh (NCA01)
Destination Covered- Srinagar, Gulmarg, Sonamarg & Pahalgam
Tour Duration- 6 Days/5 Nights
Tour Date- February 25, 2023
Meal Plan- Breakfast & Dinner
Travel Mode- Flight
Class- Comfort
Departure Time- Chandigarh Airport/08:20 AM

The starting price of the package is Rs 26,470
Talking about the cost of the package, the cost per person for triple occupancy in comfort class is Rs 26,470. The cost per person for double occupancy is Rs 27,155. Whereas the per person cost of single occupancy is Rs 40,345. For a child of 5 to 11 years, there is a charge of Rs 25,095 with a bed. Apart from this, for a child of 5 to 11 years, it will cost Rs 20,815 without a bed, while for a child of 2 to 4 years, it will cost Rs 13,500 without a bed.

How to book Booking
for this air tour package can be done online by visiting IRCTC website www.irctctourism.com. Apart from this, booking can also be done through IRCTC Tourist Facilitation Center, Zonal Offices and Regional Offices.

Train Cancellation: 182 trains canceled today, some routes changed, check full list before going to station

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Indian Railways has to cancel a large number of trains every day due to operational issues. Today, on Monday 28 November also 187 trains have been canceled (Cancelled Train list 28 nov. 2022). 

Passengers will have to face a lot of difficulties due to the cancellation of trains. To avoid inconvenience, one should always check the train status before leaving home. Passengers can do this work online sitting at home.

Railways have to cancel trains due to bad weather, maintenance of railway tracks and other operational reasons. On Monday also, the Railways has completely canceled 147 trains. 35 trains have been partially cancelled. Apart from this, the Railways has also rescheduled 21 trains today. Apart from this, today the railway has to run 44 trains by changing the route. The canceled trains include passenger, mail and express trains.

Check list like

This Information about canceled, rescheduled and diverted trains is given on the website of Indian Railways and IRCTC. You can check the status of the train sitting at home. To know the status of the train, one has to visit the railway website https://enquiry.indianrail.gov.in/mntes or the link of IRCTC website https://www.irctchelp.in/cancelled-trains-list/#list2. This is the way to know the train status from the Indian Railways website.

  • To check the status of the train, visit enquiry.indianrail.gov.in/mntes/.
  • On this you will see the Exceptional Trains option. Select it.
  • Now you have to fill captcha.
  • After doing this, click on the Exceptional Trains option again.
  • Here the option of canceled, rescheduled and diverted trains will appear.
  • By clicking on these, you can know about the canceled, rescheduled and diverted trains.
  • By clicking on Train Exceptional info, you can check the status of the train by its name or number.

New technology will increase the speed of Vande Bharat Express To increase the average speed of Vande Bharat Express, the Ministry of Railways is going to change the technology used in the train, so that there will be no need to slow down the train in the curve. At present, trains slow down on curvy railway tracks. 

Because of this the average speed of the train decreases. According to the Ministry of Railways, out of 400 Vande Bharat Express announced, 100 trains will be made with tilted technology. At present, trains with tilted technology are being run in many countries including Italy, Finland, Russia, Switzerland, China, Germany, Romania.

Indian Railways Alert! Railways has 167 trains canceled today, know how to check status online

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Pravesh Maurya
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The process of cancellation of trains continues even today. Indian Railways has canceled 167 trains (Cancelled Train list 25 Nov. 2022) on Friday 25th November as well.

Apart from this, the railway has also diverted the route of many trains. Railways keeps updating its list of canceled trains. Hence the number of canceled trains may increase or decrease. Therefore, to avoid inconvenience, you must also check the status of your train before going to the railway station from home.

Railways have to cancel trains due to bad weather, maintenance of railway tracks and other operational reasons. Today Indian Railways has completely canceled 133 trains. 34 trains have been partially canceled today. Apart from this, Railways has also rescheduled 22 trains today. Today, the Railways has to run 34 trains by changing the route. The trains that have been canceled include passenger, mail and express trains.

Such check list

Most of the services of Indian Railways are now available online. This has brought a lot of convenience to the passengers. Information about canceled, rescheduled and diverted trains is given on the website of Indian Railways and IRCTC. You can check the status of the train sitting at home. To know the status of the train, one has to visit the railway website https://enquiry.indianrail.gov.in/mntes or the link of IRCTC website https://www.irctchelp.in/cancelled-trains-list/#list2. We are telling you how to know the status of the train from the website of Indian Railways.

  • To check the status of the train, visit enquiry.indianrail.gov.in/mntes/.
  • On this you will see the Exceptional Trains option. Select it.
  • Now you have to fill captcha.
  • After doing this, click on the Exceptional Trains option again.
  • Here the option of canceled, rescheduled and diverted trains will appear.
  • By clicking on these, you can know about the canceled, rescheduled and diverted trains.
  • By clicking on Train Exceptional info, you can check the status of the train by its name or number.

Air India Guideline: Air India fixes bindi size and earring style for women crew members

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Pravesh Maurya
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Air India- In the new guideline of Air India, it has been said that female and male employees, whose hair has turned white, will have to color their hair. The color should also be natural.

The Tata group is engaged in making Air India one of the best airlines in the world again. Since the command of Air India came in the hands of Tata, many changes have been made in it. Now a new guideline has also been issued for the grooming of the crew members. Now female and male crew members will have to prepare themselves according to these guidelines. According to the new guideline, now the size of bindi, number of bangles and color of lipstick and nail paint have been fixed for women crew members.

In the new guideline of Air India, employees have also been advised not to wear off-duty company uniforms and accessories. Air India has now made it mandatory to apply hair gel. Also, the male crew members who have some hair flying from their heads, will now have to keep their heads clean-shaven. Crew cut has now been completely banned.

Size of bindi and number of bangles

Women crew members have now been advised not to wear pearl earrings. They can put only gold or silver round shaped earrings in their ears. The crew members of Air India who wear saree, can apply bindi only of 0.5 cm. Apart from this, they will be allowed to wear only one bangle in their hands, which will neither have any design nor stones.

A very detailed guideline has been issued for women cabin crew. She will no longer be able to do high top knots hairstyle. Only four black bobby pins will be allowed in the hair. Apart from this, eyeshadow, lipstick, nail paint and hair color have also been prescribed. They also have to be followed strictly. It will be completely prohibited to apply lipstick and nail paint of the color of your choice.

It is necessary to color hair

In the new guideline of Air India, it has been said that for female and male employees, whose hair has turned white, they will have to color their hair. The color should also be natural. Application of fashion color and henna will not be allowed. Apart from this, no religious symbol will be allowed to be tattooed on the neck, wrist and ankle. Air India has advised its employees not to wear company uniforms and accessories while off duty.

IRCTC Tour Package: Want to have darshan of Baba Bhole? So visit Kashi Vishwanath with this package of IRCTC – it will cost this much

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IRCTC Tour Package: IRCTC continues to offer many tour packages for tourists and religious devotees.

If you also want to visit Lord Bholenath, then you can enjoy the tour package of IRCTC. In this package, along with Kashi Vishwanath, you can also visit Maa Vindhyavasini. Through this cheap tour package, devotees can visit Kashi Vishwanath Temple and Maa Vindhyavasini Temple. Let us know in detail about this tour package of IRCTC.

This tour package is of 5 days and 4 nights

This tour package of IRCTC is 5 days and 4 nights through which devotees can visit Kashi Vishwanath Temple and Maa Vindhyavasini Temple. The name of this tour package is Kashi & Maa Vindhyavasini Darshan (SCBSR11). In this tour package, the journey will be through train.

IRCTC has given information about this tour package through a tweet. In the package, devotees will be able to travel in third AC and sleeper. This tour package will start from Durg every Thursday. Like other tour packages of IRCTC, in this also your accommodation and food will be arranged for free.

Tour Package Fare and Booking

In this tour package, traveling with three people in comfort class will cost Rs 85,00 per person. At the same time, the cost per person in Standard Class (Sleeper) will be Rs 6400 and for a group of 4 to 6 people, the cost per person in Comfort Class (c) will be Rs 8330. While in Standard Class (Sleeper) per person expenses will have to be paid for a fare of Rs 6235.

The area of ​​Varanasi and Vindhyachal will be covered in this tour package and passengers will get breakfast and dinner. The journey of this tour package will be on every Thursday. More information about this tour package and its booking can be done through the official website of IRCTC www.irctctourism.com.

Air India: Air India will start many non-stop flights, international flights expanded

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Tata Group-owned Air India on Wednesday announced the launch of new flights connecting Mumbai to New York, Paris and Frankfurt from February next year. Apart from this, the airline has also announced the resumption of non-stop flights connecting Delhi to Copenhagen, Milan and Vienna.

Tata Group-owned Air India on Wednesday announced the launch of new flights connecting Mumbai to New York, Paris and Frankfurt from February next year. Apart from this, the airline has also announced the resumption of non-stop flights connecting Delhi to Copenhagen, Milan and Vienna. Air India said that the daily service of Mumbai-New York (JFK International Airport) will start from February 14 next year.

Air India said it is making steady progress towards augmenting its fleet with newly leased aircraft and bringing existing aircraft back into active service.

Option given to cabin crew to extend VRS date The international expansion comes at a time when Air India is facing shortage of both cockpit and cabin crew. Amidst this shortage, the airline is considering hiring pilots who work abroad. Apart from this, Air India has given the option of extending their tenure till January 31, 2023 to the cabin crew opting for voluntary retirement scheme.

The Tata Group-owned airline had offered Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) to its employees, including cabin crew, in June this year. The release date of those who opted for VRS was fixed on 30 November. Sources said that around 4,500 employees had applied for the scheme.

Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson said that a key element of our five-year transformation plan, Vihaan.AI, is to strengthen India’s global network and connect India’s major cities to even more destinations. Paris and Frankfurt are another step in that journey, which will accelerate with the expansion of our aircraft fleet, Wilson said. He said that will take Air India’s India-US frequency to 47 non-stop flights per week.

Air India will start non-stop flights to Europe, Air India will start four weekly flights on the Delhi-Milan route from February 1. Tri-weekly flights to Delhi-Vienna and Delhi-Copenhagen will commence from February 18 and March 1, 2023. In addition, there are plans to start new flights from Mumbai to Paris (thrice/week) and Frankfurt (four times/week). All these flights will be operated by Air India’s B787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, which has 18 business class and 238 economy class seats

With the resumption of these flights, Air India said it will serve 79 weekly non-stop flights to seven cities in Europe – 48 to the UK and 31 to continental Europe.

 

Indian Railways: Railways canceled 185 trains, know what is the reason, see here the list of canceled trains

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Indian Railways gave huge relief to passengers, now new trains running on these routes too

Railways has canceled 185 trains on Tuesday 22 November due to various reasons like weather and track maintenance. Out of these, 127 trains have been canceled completely while the remaining 58 trains have been partially cancelled. You can see the list of canceled trains by visiting the official website of the Railways.

Indian Railways sometimes cancels passenger trains due to weather conditions and maintenance. Railways canceled 185 trains on Tuesday, 22 November. Out of these, 127 trains have been completely cancelled. While the remaining 58 trains have been partially canceled due to various reasons in many railway zones of the Indian Railways network.

If you have booked train tickets, then you can see the list of canceled trains by visiting the official website of the Railways. For this, you can see by opening the direct link (https://www.irctchelp.in/cancelled-trains-list/). Here you will get to see the updated list of trains canceled by the Railways.

Meanwhile, Northeast Frontier Railway General Manager Anshul Gupta told ANI that the survey for laying the railway line at Moreh in Manipur till the Myanmar border has been completed and the project has been formally approved for two years. Will expire in no time. Gupta said, “As the works are being approved, the railway line till Moreh will be completed in two to two and a half years.

Special focus on connectivity of North Eastern states On connecting railways to state capitals in North East India region, he said that they have connected state capitals of Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh far and wide. These railways will be part of the expansion of Indian Railways in the North Eastern region, which will boost strategic needs, tourism and all-weather connectivity.

Projects are in advanced stage in other three states; In Sikkim, work up to Rangpo will be completed by December 2023. In Mizoram, the Sairang Railway Line project will also be completed by December 2023. In Manipur, we are targeting the state capital connectivity to be completed by December 2023,” he explained. At the same time, rail connectivity is also being done on a war footing in Kohima, the capital of Nagaland.

Rail connectivity survey for Bhutan beginsz

Railways has started the survey for the first rail connectivity for Bhutan and it will be completed by March 2023. Gupta said that once the work is sanctioned, the project will be completed in two years. Gupta says that there was some delay in land acquisition and it is expected that by March 2026 connectivity will be operational till the capital Kohima. In addition, the railway line between Karimganj (India) and Shahbazpur (Bangladesh) will be completed by March 2023. The lines between Agartala (in India) and Akhaura (in Bangladesh) will be completed by 2023.

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