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Air Asia which claims to be the world’s best low cost airline at the moment and indeed they seems to be the very low cost airline across other airlines at the moment. Airasia.com Airlines seem to be the lowest without any admin fee, no fuel surcharge airlines but with only fare and the airport tax. Their mantra seems to be Low Fares, no frills and they are indeed making it true with their truly unbelievable airlines tickets costs to major international destinations in Asia like Malaysia and other Southeast Asian and Asian, European and Australian destinations, including around 18 countries and 70 destinations.

Here is a mini Air Asia Review for you to benefit from it.

You can get airlines tickets for even below Rs. 3000 inclusive of all charges to fly to Southeastern destination which when compared to other airlines fares is really a fractional amount and is truly a great savings for all those who avail their service. This rate is applicable only if you book their tickets online at www.airasia.com and available on the destinations in which Airasia.com operates like Jakarta, Bangkok, Singapore, Australia, London, Kaula Lumpur, and more.

For example during January 27, 2010 to January 31, 2010 you can fly between Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, New Delhi or Mumbai to Kaula Lumpur and Penang for just Rs. 2999 only. Similarly you can fly to Trivandrum to Kaula Lumpur for just Rs. 1990 if booked between January 18 to January 31, 2010. And Kolkata or Kochi to Kaula Lumpur is just Rs. 2490. The bare minimum fare starts from Rs. 421 which is in fact the lowest fare even when compared with the lowest domestic flights in India. You can book now and can travel between June 22, 2010 to September 30, 2010.

They also have acquired some of the brand new Airbus like Airbus 320 for short haul flights and Airbus 330 and Airbus 340 for long-haul flights.

Their other specialty is their self check-in option which you can do it online 48 hours before you actually fly.

They have also introduced a new service which they claim as brand new beginning airasiago.com where you can book both air tickets as well as hotel and tours at the same time. Check more details about Air Asia Airlines here.

With all these benefits and low fares, it is indeed true that AirAsia.com is the lowest cost airline, probably in the whole world and they are best as well.

Citibank has a wide range of offers to choose from when it comes to travel, holiday and hotel bookings. There are some exclusive offers both international and national available when you use you Citibank Credit Cards for the same.

One among it is with the TravelGuru portal. Both Citibank and Travel Guru have come together to offer us Citibank Travel Rewards where we can avail great discounts exclusively on hotel bookings booked through travelrewards.co.in (a partnership between TravelGuru and Citibank). If you book hotel tickets on various international and national hotels like Ginger, Trident, Royal Orchid, The Leela, Best Western and more, you will get a flat cash back of either 20% or 25% on your Citibank Credit Card. This offer is valid till March 31, 2010.

Also you will get a flat discount of 10% off on all domestic hotels booked with your Citibank or Diners credit card. You will need to use the special discount code TGCT along with your first 6 digits of your Diners Credit Card or Citibank Credit Card while booking the same, online, to avail this discount. You will also earn triple rewards points while doing so.

Also you can save up to 20% if you book tickets on Taj Hotels in India with your Citibank Credit Cards. You will need to book the tickets 10 days in advance to avail the offer.

With Citibank credit cards you can also get benefits if you book railway tickets online at IRCTC. You will earn 2x rewards points if you use your Citibank Credit card at IRCTC during the entire offer period, i.e., till April 30, 2010.

Also with Swissotel you will get 50% off on the weekend stay there and a free complementary breakfast for 2 people and a guaranteed late check out even at 3 in the evening. This offer is valid only on Citibank Platinum and Ultima cards in India.

Check out other offers and details on Citibank Credit Cards for travel here.

If you own a SBI credit card and have accumulated rewards points on it and was planning to get something out of it and you are a Jet Airways traveler then you can convert your SBI Card rewards points into JPMiles which is nothing but a loyalty program of Jet Airways with which you can you can use them to travel by redeeming it while traveling in Jet Airways.

Do you know that if you convert your existing SBI Credit Cards rewards points to JP Miles between January 1, 2010 to March 31, 2010 you can actually get up to 50% bonus on conversion. If you convert your rewards points up to 5500 JPMiles then you will get 25% bonus on conversion, while if you convert them to more than 5501 or more JP Miles from Jet Airways then you will get 50% bonus from it.

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HDFC Bank and Yatra have come together with exclusive offer which can be availed by using either the HDFC Bank Debit Card or HDFC Bank DirectPay. You can get 10% discount if you use your HDFC Bank Debit Card or DirectPay. This can be availed to book hotel bookings or air tickets at Yatra and is applicable on both domestic and international air tickets as well as domestic hotels.

You would need to use the special promo code “HDFCYATRA” at the appropriate place while booking air tickets or hotel bookings at Yatra to avail it.

This offer is valid till March 31, 2010.

Visit this page to know more details.

Cox & Kings, one of the leading holiday or travel service or portal have come up with an exclusive offer of up to 200% cash back on all holidays booked through them, either online or offline. This offer of up to 200% cash back is valid for 100 people. While the rest can enjoy up to 50% cash back on holiday bookings made at Cox and Kings. With the 200% cash back you will get your 100% cash back and a free holiday the next year and thus literally you are getting 200% of your cash back.

You can visit www.coxandkings.com or contact your nearest Cox & Kings office, franchises or agents or can even visit www.ezeego1.com and book an holiday for a minimum of Rs. 3000 and just answer three questions as well as write a slogan on

“Why do you want to travel to your chosen destination with Cox and Kings?”

And after that pay for your holiday package and sit back and relax and check if your name is on the winners list which will be announced on February 19, 2010 at Cox and Kings website. The winners will be selected based on correct answers and good slogan. While the top 100 winners will get 200% cash back while others will get up to 50% cash back depending upon their slogan and other factors.

You can even call Cox and Kings helpline at 1800 22 1235 or 1800 209 0400 or 98675 65599 or alternatively SMS CB to 5757513 to get details about this offer.

Visit Cox and Kings for more details.

This offers is valid till January 24, 2010.

It is learnt that IRCTC, India’s top online shopping or transaction website, which is a subsidiary of Indian Railways is planning to launch airline ticket bookings as well. We all know that IRCTC attracts huge amount of traffic for train tickets and this additional service air tickets bookings will only make it even more attractive and more powerful in terms of customer base and transactions.

Now we can just book both train tickets as well as airline tickets at one place rather than moving around different websites and services to get them. It is worth waiting to see whether IRCTC is going to come up with some better offers for airline ticket bookings as well as on what airlines are it going to target, whether all the private players like Kingfisher, Jet Airways, GoIndigo, Deccan, GoAir, Paramount, SpiceJet will also be included in their ticket booking system or whether they are only going to target only Air India tickets, i.e., the Indian Government owned airlines service.

Anyway, it would be better if they improve their customer service as well since they are going to cater to the need of a more range of people. It is indeed a long way that IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) has come from being a catering service to the Indian Railways to become the top most online portal in India.

Yatra.com and SBI Card have come together to offer some cool discounts on holidays, air tickets and hotels across India and abroad. You can get great discounts from Rs. 200 and from 20% off, etc. These offers are valid only if you use your SBI Card to book tickets. There is a special promo code that you will need to use to avail this offer, which I will explain below.

You will get Rs. 200 off on all airline tickets you book from Yatra.com as a special offer for SBI Card holders. This discount is on base air fare only and other surcharge and

Similarly you can get 20% off on all the domestic hotels and holiday bookings you make at Yatra.

Also Rs. 5000 discount on all the European destinations you book from them and Rs. 2000 off on all Far Eastern destination holidays.

You will need to use the promo code "SY" followed by your first 6 digits of the SBI Card number that you hold to avail this offer. You can call the SBI Card helpline number or 09871800800 to know more details about it.

This SBI Card offer is valid till March 31, 2010.

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SBI, one of India’s leading Visa card issuers, in association with Indian Railways, offers SBI railway cards which can be quite beneficial for railway travelers. The face of the card has a sketch by famous cartoonist R K Laxman. It is an internationally valid credit card and also a traveler IRCTC loyalty card. This is one of the few exclusive credit card which you can use at IRCTC and earn special benefits, cash back and discounts. SBI Railway Credit card can also be used as a regular credit card and can be used for regular shopping as well. You can even apply for it even if you already own a SBI Credit Card. Here is a mini review about SBI Railway Credit Card.

Exclusive benefits for Railway travelers
Whenever a booking is made at IRCTC site through this card, the cardholder can earn points. It offers exclusive benefits to frequent railway travelers. Using the SBI railway card at retail outlets can earn point to you which can be redeemed later. At IOC and BPL petrol pumps, you can save on the transaction fee every time you tank up your car. An SBI railway credit card transaction made at IRCTC website can see you getting a 1.8% transaction charge waiver. The cardholder can earn up to 10% of AC ticket fare as railway points through complimentary membership to Shubh Yatra, which is the Frequent Traveler Programme for Indian Railways.

Additionally, the card holder gets a complimentary personal accident cover of Rs. 10 Lac, if the cause of death is a train accident and his ticket is a valid ticket.

Global benefits
World wide acceptance, 0% fuel surcharge, utility bill payment facility, online railway booking are some benefits that can be enjoyed through this card. There is an Add- on card facility, through which spouse, children or parents of the card holder can enjoy the benefits of a credit card at a very low annual fee.

Teledraft facility offers lot of convenience and all the card statement can come to an active e mail id. With this card, you can avail the benefits of Flexipay, which is an easy installment plan that lets you buy anything at easy monthly installments. Protection Plus gives complete protection to the cardholder through Personal Accident Cover and Credit Shield.

Indian railway’s subsidiary IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited) has launched a Frequent Traveler Programme called Shubh Yatra, in association with SBI card.

Benefits of Shubh Yatra
Only those who book tickets at IRCTC site can avail the benefits of Shubh Yatra programme. The programme entitles travelers to get back 10 % of the ticket fare as railway points on all AC classes, except 3AC. The points, thus collected can be used for buy free railway tickets online.
Railway points can be earned at all AC classes, except AC III. The points accrued reflect in the account 5 days after the journey date.

Earn reward points
There are two types of reward points- Express rewards, which earns 4 points for every Rs. 100 spent and Super Fast rewards, which earn 10 points for every Rs. 100 spent, the dates of both vary.

Points can only be accrued on full fare tickets and not on any concessional tickets or vouchers.

Redeeming Railway points
Only when a person has minimum 500 points, can he start redeeming his points. While redeeming the points to free railway tickets, each point corresponds to Re. 1 of the ticket fare. Railway points will be valid up to 3 years from the date of registration.

For redeeming points, you will have to choose the option of Pay through Railway at the payment gateway.

On canceling a redeemed ticket before the journey date, you will have to part with 50% of the railway points in addition to the cancellation charges.

How to register for Shubh Yatra?
One needs to be a registered user of IRCTC to apply for Shubh Yatra. Any new user can sign up and old users can log in using their id and password.
The first year membership fee Rs. 500 and annual renewal fee is Rs. 300.