🚨 [Hotel Review] JW Marriott Masai Mara Lodge We had an excellent 6-night stay and this is the comprehensive review ⤵️ Grab a drink and popcorn... 🍿

Lewis wins his first for Ferrari! Hopefully the first of many and the 8th WC title. Forza Ferrari!

🚨 Amazon Now - 50% cashback up to Rs 150 It is supposed to work for 5 times per account (specific accounts) but got cashback 6 times this month. Paid with APay bought with 2% discount. 🤩 Rs 900 cashback 🔥

🚨 Axis TravelEdge Vs HSBC Rewards Marketplace While everyone knows Hopper is priced higher, I found that Axis TE was 6.8% higher than direct. Even without convenience fee. HSBC RM was 7.6% higher. I still prefer HSBC since we get a price match and price protection. 🔥 Not to mention the 40% as Accor (60% when 50% transfer bonus) 🔥

🚨 Amazon Pay vouchers at 2% discount miles! Right now there is a 2% discount on Rs 5k gift cards. These are physical ones. Best card is M4B during AEP for 14% miles Or if you prefer to earn in Accor, then HSBC Premier for 3% (if 50% transfer bonus, then ~10% as Accor) 🔥

🚨 Japan Airlines Discover Japan Sale for Delhi is here! Book a round-trip flight to Japan for Rs 72k! Plus 1-2 free domestic flights!! 💥 Travel dates till January only. ANA just had a sale for Rs 56k, and I'm not sure why JAL's fare is much higher. These fares don't make sense and might as well do award flights at these costs. P.S.: Singapore Airlines Rs 42k fare from Mumbai is still available, but only for the month of September.

🚨 What’s the best way to watch World Cup? Any way to get ZEE5 complimentary? Airtel shows this but doesn’t really have live TV. Otherwise any other way? ZEE5 gift vouchers are there with Amazon at 15% discount but only the 399 thing is there. Better way to do it? Please let us know.

🚨 Hilton - Turkish Airlines 2k miles bonus (plus Qatar 1k bonus)! Hilton is running a promotion where you earn 2k (4k if Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus) Turkish Miles bonus for one stay. 😀 The thing is there is also a Qatar promo where we get 1k Avios! The thing is you can double dip! First stay and earn Qatar and then change preference to Turkish and get 2k on another stay. 😉 Note that you can't earn both HH points and air miles.

🚨 Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways - booking award flight for others Both JAL and ANA have clear rules on who can book an award ticket. These are JAL's guidelines. Pretty much covers the whole family. 😀 ANA uses a slightly stricter method: you have to add it as a nomination first (max 10 allowed), but with JAL you just select the relationship and you're good to go.

🚨 Sale fare vs award flight to Japan We have two nice offers: 1. Singapore Airlines’s Rs 42k fare from Mumbai 2. ANA’s Hello Blue Sale Rs 56k fare from Delhi (with 1-2 free internal flight; ending today) In light of such fares (JAL’s discover Japan offer also comes occasionally), should you even book award tickets? ➡️ Why these sale fares are good and you should book them? 1️⃣ High taxes The taxes and fuel surcharge has recently been more than doubled. Taxes and fees can be high as Rs 42k return. With JL/NH, even if the mileage requirements are lower (sometimes we even get sale) it could be better to book cash only. 2️⃣ You get free domestic flights We get 1-2 free flights. Shinkansen tickets aren’t cheap and even those are Rs 8k on popular routes 3️⃣ You get some miles for flying SQ gives ~6k and NH about 2.5k 4️⃣ Opportunity to earn even more with accelerators If you are ok to forgo the free domestic flight, we can even book through SmartBuy/iShop/Hopper/TravelEdge for more miles. 5️⃣ Mileage on award flights aren’t competitive (or difficult to earn) JL/NH has competitive mileage but the taxes are Rs 42k. UA/AC/SQ has lower taxes but mileage is high. AI is among the better who charge 60k plus Rs 5k. Still the mileage is higher when you can get sale fares. There are sometimes when award makes sense but for more people and most times, booking sale fares is the best way to do Japan! 🇯🇵

🚨 Best way to buy Accor Plus membership Right now there is 2k bonus points offer which brings down the membership cost to ~Rs 15k But we can do better! 💥 1⃣ Buy via Rovemiles There is a 4.6x miles offer which gets you about 938 miles as airmiles or 625 Accor points 2⃣ Buy via Maximize for Rs 1500 cashback I prefer to earn miles and will buy through Rovemiles (DM me for referral) but Rs 1500 literally will make this effectively Rs 13.5k 🔥

🚨 Buy Accor Plus and get 2000 points as a welcome bonus! The offer of 2k points on buying an Accor membership is back. 2k points is worth Rs 4,400 and effectively makes it ~Rs 17k (22% valueback) 🔥 Gold status right away. 💥 In my opinion, getting Accor Plus is a must if you have even 5 nights planned. Most stays get an extra 10% discount, plus occasionally RHR up to 50%. Plus 30% discount on food and dining. Fora/HERA rates get $142 valueback! Amex Platinum Reserve also gives this for free, but without the stay plus nights. This is a good way if you are starting out and not want to spend much. DM me if you wish to apply for Amex card with my referral (also can help in further getting Platinum status)