Building @MagnifyClub | ex Product @AxisDirect_In & @Valuefy | Love Rewards & Credit Cards | Frugal Traveller
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I was grilled at the check in counter for 10 mins & I won’t blame them. One of the crazy itineraries that I never imagined I would do. Thanks to the million miles :)
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Whats happening to the big teams here?
This is going to be an interesting world cup.
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Jun 13
Hence proved.
India needs a model of its own.
Jun 13
The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees.
The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance.
Access to all other Claude models is not affected.
We apologize for this disruption to our customers. We believe this is a misunderstanding and are working to restore access as soon as possible.
Read our full statement: anthropic.com/news/fable-myt…
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Jun 12
What if Samay Raina roasted your mutual fund portfolio?
Maine bana diya. Video 👇
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Jun 12
Launched ZEE5 FIFA World Cup packs on Magnify today because, honestly, I wanted one.
First buyer of our own voucher. 10x Mag Miles on my own purchase feels like a conflict of interest I can live with.
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Jun 12
One of the best uses of HDFC Infinia points: last minute flights.
Booked an IndiGo ticket on SmartBuy with points, then used IndiGo's retro claim page (works for flights in the last 90 days) and got 407 BluChips credited too.
Last minute fares hurt a lot less when points are footing the bill.
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Jun 11
Did some digging on the SAS India mess. Their first flight to India in 17 years turned back mid-air over Azerbaijan last week, and ticket sales are now paused till June 16. Turns out the whole thing is about ownership.
Most bilateral air agreements have an old clause called "substantial ownership and effective control". If Denmark designates an airline to fly to India, that airline should be majority owned and controlled by Danes, and India can refuse the permit if it isn't. This has been around since the 1940s and sits in almost every bilateral in the world.
SAS never had this problem earlier. When they last flew to India (Copenhagen to Delhi, until 2009), they were owned by the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish governments along with Scandinavian investors, and India had accepted that three-country structure for decades.
The ownership today looks very different. After their Chapter 11 restructuring, per SAS's own announcements:
Castlelake (US private equity): ~32%
Danish State: 26.4%
Air France-KLM: 19.9%
Lind Invest (Danish family office): 8.6%
Former unsecured creditors: ~13%
The single biggest shareholder is American. Air France-KLM is buying out Castlelake and Lind to reach 60.5%, but that deal closes only in the second half of 2026.
You'd think the EU angle saves them. India has a horizontal agreement with the EU since 2018, where India accepts EU-wide ownership instead of single-country ownership. That's how SWISS flies Zurich to Mumbai and Delhi while being 100% owned by Lufthansa (a German company), and how KLM flies here while sitting inside a French-controlled group.
And that's where this stops adding up. SAS's own EU operating licence requires the same majority EU ownership, and the post-bankruptcy structure was built exactly for that - Danish state, Air France-KLM and Lind together hold about 55%, and Brussels signed off on it. So an airline that clearly clears the 50% bar in Europe couldn't clear it in Delhi.
What's really happening here? Am I missing something?
Jun 11
TNIE EXCLUSIVE: Scandinavian Airlines stops ticket sale from Copenhagan to Mumbai till June 16. Sources @DGCAIndia said operational authorisation was denied due to incomplete docs & no clarity on ownership. @SAS assumed they could somehow get into India @NewIndianXpress @xpresstn
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Update: the whole thing went great.
Coming back, my flight was on T2. Took the free shuttle to T1 and it drops you right at P4 parking. On @shyampsunder's tip I asked if there's a 20% EV discount, and the attendant gave it instantly. I flashed my card to pay, and thankfully he didn't debit FASTag right away.
Which makes me wonder: shouldn't FASTag already know my car is an EV and auto-apply this stuff? He clicked a photo of the car after, looks like he had to show his bosses why he gave the discount.
Final tally:
₹480 (20% discount on ₹600) parking
₹30 toll both ways (vs ₹240, thanks to the NHAI pass)
~₹150 charging
Cheapest, calmest airport run in ages.
Jun 10
First time today I actually felt like those people in movies who just drive to the airport and park their own car. Did exactly that at BLR, and I don't think I'm going back to cabs for short trips.
The airport being far from the city actually works in your favour for a quick one or two day trip. You just drive down, park right outside T1, and walk in. The drive itself was the best part. Set it on cruise control, put on a podcast, and the whole stretch just went by. No anxiety about reaching on time, and no worry about waiting in a queue for a ride later when I'm coming back home tired.
I used to dread the other way of doing it. Standing there 45 minutes, sometimes a full hour, for an Uber to even accept the ride, and then the driver wanting to stop at a CNG pump somewhere on the way. There's a direct bus too and I've tried it, but that easily takes two to three hours. Driving myself skipped every bit of that.
And it isn't even the expensive option. Parking came to 600 for the first day and 350 after that, while a one way cab from HSR is already 1200 plus. Mine's an EV, and BLR gives 200 free units of charging at home on top of it. Quietest, most stress-free airport run I've had in a long time.
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Jun 10
First time today I actually felt like those people in movies who just drive to the airport and park their own car. Did exactly that at BLR, and I don't think I'm going back to cabs for short trips.
The airport being far from the city actually works in your favour for a quick one or two day trip. You just drive down, park right outside T1, and walk in. The drive itself was the best part. Set it on cruise control, put on a podcast, and the whole stretch just went by. No anxiety about reaching on time, and no worry about waiting in a queue for a ride later when I'm coming back home tired.
I used to dread the other way of doing it. Standing there 45 minutes, sometimes a full hour, for an Uber to even accept the ride, and then the driver wanting to stop at a CNG pump somewhere on the way. There's a direct bus too and I've tried it, but that easily takes two to three hours. Driving myself skipped every bit of that.
And it isn't even the expensive option. Parking came to 600 for the first day and 350 after that, while a one way cab from HSR is already 1200 plus. Mine's an EV, and BLR gives 200 free units of charging at home on top of it. Quietest, most stress-free airport run I've had in a long time.
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Jun 10
One more thing which I forgot to mention.
I took the 3k NHAI Pass offering 200 rides. Guess what BLR Airport toll of Devanhalli is covered. So it’s pennies on the dollars,
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Jun 8
Among some Apple lovers in Indira Nagar
Watch Party for WWDC. BLR is crazy.
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Jun 6
This will be fun.
Going live tomorrow (Sat, June 6) at 8 PM IST with @ameyakarve .😊
We’ll be chatting about Miles & More sweet spots, points buying opportunities, and some interesting redemption ideas that are worth a look right now.
Feel free to join us and bring your questions!
📺 youtube.com/live/P6F9hK0EpPo…
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Hi @AkasaAir
Taking QP1516 for 3rd time in last 30 days and guess what everytime it's delayed. For today it's even worse with ~2 hours delay.
Change the flight timing itself
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Jun 5
On my first job my manager told me once that if you are about to write a nasty email, go for a round, come back & then write.
This is me after a 5 mins walk.
Jun 5
Check DM.
Let’s catch-up on a call and let me explain you one more time.
Proposition of Mag Miles didn’t change and will not change without notice.
I agree with free speech but at times please understand then talk. It will only help you
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Jun 5
One of the best redemption in Business for a ~9hr flight using Lufthansa Miles & More
If you run a business, you fly more than most people and get less out of it than almost anyone. The miles pile up in accounts you never log into, and the best seats go to people with more time and less reason to be on the plane.
So we built Globetrotter, our first travel membership, in partnership with Lufthansa and GHA DISCOVERY. One membership, set up in your name, built for the year you actually fly.
This isn't a booking service. The airline miles and the hotel status sit in your own accounts, in your name, yours to use whenever and however you travel.
How it's best held and used is a conversation we're glad to have privately. Take a look, or reach out and we'll explain how it works.
magnify.club/memberships?utm…
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Pranav Date retweeted
✈️ A simple way to buy Miles & More miles at just ₹1.5 per mile.
No flying.
No transfer partners.
No waiting years to build a meaningful balance.
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For a one-time payment, you receive:
💳 300,000 Miles & More miles
🏨 GHA DISCOVERY Platinum status
⏳ Miles valid for 3 years
A great option if you've been planning redemptions on Lufthansa, SWISS, ANA, Singapore Airlines, Turkish Airlines and the wider Star Alliance network.
If you've been looking for an easy way to jump straight into premium cabin redemptions, this is worth a look.
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Jun 4
In India, Miles & More is almost impossible to earn at scale. One co-brand card, zero transfer partners, and an airline programme that gives you some of the best premium-cabin access in the world. Those two facts rarely sit together.
So we did the hard part. Globetrotter puts a serious Miles & More balance into your own account, in your name, ready to fly.
If you run a business, you fly more than most people and get less out of it than almost anyone. The miles pile up in accounts you never log into, and the best seats go to people with more time and less reason to be on the plane.
So we built Globetrotter, our first travel membership, in partnership with Lufthansa and GHA DISCOVERY. One membership, set up in your name, built for the year you actually fly.
This isn't a booking service. The airline miles and the hotel status sit in your own accounts, in your name, yours to use whenever and however you travel.
How it's best held and used is a conversation we're glad to have privately. Take a look, or reach out and we'll explain how it works.
magnify.club/memberships?utm…
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Jun 4
Rough start for SAS, their inaugural Copenhagen–Mumbai flight had to turn back. I'd been looking forward to a fresh European option out of India. Hope they get it off the ground soon.
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