Time for a giveaway for the readers of the blog. I have a Jet Airways roundtrip discount code worth Rs. 750 which can be used for booking and completing your before February 28,2013. Since my personal travel before this date is pretty much lined up and booked, I’m giving you all a chance to take it off my hands and make good use of it on your travels if you are planning some.

First, a note about how this works:

• The voucher entitles the guest (passenger) to receive a discount of Rs. 750 on return revenue tickets for travel only on Jet Airways’ domestic flights within India
• The discount is available only for return travel, in Economy cabin, and in any booking fare class
• The discount code cannot be partially utilized for one-way travel
• Against the discount voucher, the base fare component of the ticket will be discounted to the extent of Rs. 750/-. In event the actual base fare is in excess of Rs. 750/-, the card holder will have to bear the difference of base fare and discount offered, in addition to other charges such as taxes, surcharges and additional levies/fees as applicable on the ticket at the time of booking and/or travel. In event the actual base fare is less than the discount of Rs. 750/- then the excess amount will not be refunded to the card holder
• The discount voucher is voluntarily transferable
• The discount code is valid for six (6) months, for booking and travel (outbound and inbound), from the date of issue of the promotion code (both days inclusive)
• The discount code can be redeemed only through www.jetairways.com, India country site
• The promotion code will be available for one time usage only and will become invalid upon utilization
• Payment for the balance fare and applicable taxes/surcharge/fees/levies must be made using the JetPrivilege – HDFC Bank Credit card only
• If the ticket is cancelled, then the amount of refund will be less of the discount amount availed
• Upon cancellation of the original booking, the discount code will be deemed utilized and will not be reinstated under any circumstances

Now, how do you get your hands on it?

In the comments section below, do share with me your best travel memory with Jet Airways.

The giveaway is open till 24 January 2013, 2359 IST and you can have one entry per person per day. Do remember, you can only pay with an HDFC Jet Airways MasterCard, so make sure you have one. Please use your correct name and email address for the comments for me to be able to contact you in case you win.

I will randomly pick up the winner from all the entries, and contact them latest by 26 January 2013 to deliver their promotional code to them.

Best of Luck!

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Thanksgiving came and went, but not for everyone. This year, I am working with Passports with Purpose, the annual fund raiser of travel bloggers. Passports With Purpose was founded in 2008 as a way to build community among travel bloggers and to give back to the society.

In 2009, Passports with Purpose blew past its initial goal (which was to raise $14,000 to build a school in Cambodia) raising nearly $30,000 to add improvements to the basic school. In 2010, with overwhelming support and assistance from the PwP raised $64,128, over 25% more than the original goal of $50,000 and built an entire village in India.  Construction is now underway. In 2011, through partnerships with the participating bloggers, PwP raised $90,000 to build two libraries in Zambia through a partnership with Room to Read.

Now, it is time for the 2012 fundraiser. The 2012 project goal is to finance water wells in Haiti through Water.org.

A $10 raffle ticket is your opportunity to win some beautiful packages, trips, hotel views, and others,procured by over 200 travel bloggers, including yours truly. We are aiming enough walletshare in the next two weeks so that you can earn miles, points or cashbacks of choice, and PwP can raise $100,000 for water wells in Haiti.

Four Seasons Hotel Mumbai, Weekend Stay in a Deluxe Sea View Room

Four Seasons Hotel, Mumbaiis sponsoring Live From A Lounge through Passports with Purpose with a 2-night weekend stay in a Deluxe Sea View Room, which could be yours if you purchased a $10 raffle ticket. The room with a view is located on a highrise floor, and has a sweeping view of the city.

The Delux Sea View Room

You could also have a look at interesting collection of prizes brought together by 200 bloggers and take your pick to give your $10(s).

About the Four Seasons Hotel, Mumbai

The Four Seasons Mumbai, Mumbai is located right in the city centre, overlooking the Arabian Sea, the Mahalaxmi Racecourse and the Mumbai skyline. Launched in 2008, and one of the youngest premium hotels in the country, this one is equipped with all the trappings of a good stay. 33 floors high and 202 rooms large, the hotel has a contemporary architectural feel to it.

The last time I stayed over for a weekend, I was raving about the view and the lip-smacking breakfast served at Prato. Not just that, I keep heading to their multi-cuisine restaurant, San-Qi, which is one of my favourite places in the city of Mumbai to meet up for a business lunch, or a leisurely weekend brunch with the champagne glass not being allowed to empty. I’m frequently tempted to and do head to their rooftop lounge Aer very often too, and it has perhaps one of the best sweeping views of Mumbai.

And though I am not a Spa person, I am told their Spa is the only place to be in Mumbai if you wanted to get a luxurious 24 karat pure gold facial.

The AER lounge, one of the most breathtaking views of Mumbai

San-Qi, the multi-cuisine restaurant. One of these days you could run into me here

A pool with a view… no less!

Terms & Conditions: Winner will be mailed a voucher prepared in their name, valid for 6 months from the date of issue and to be mailed by the hotel to them. Reservation would need to be made with the executive office and voucher would need to be presented on arrival. Offer is made on a room-only basis for 2 people.

So… out with your Bluebirds, Sapphires, Amex or whatever is your preferred credit card. And if you’re in India or the rest of the world, your newly acquired mileage earning cards need some spending too… here is the link to draw some raffle luck. From Wednesday, November 28 through Tuesday, December 11, 2012, you receive one raffle ticket entry for the prize of your choice with each $10 donation.

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A few days back I’d put out a small contest, asking all of you to identify various airline logo mistakes with a kiosk placed outside Mumbai CSI Airport Terminal 2.

Now, I received a whole lot of replies, but here are the ones I was looking for. Most of you got 2 right, but not the third one:

a) Continental Airlines merged with United, and operates under the United name now, the board still stated Continental

b) Qantas no longer flies from Mumbai

c) Kingfisher is there and is stated as a oneworld member.

Now, this picture was clicked before Kingfisher’s license to fly was suspended, so the real catch there I was looking for was that it was a oneworld member as per the Mumbai Airport management.

But, a giveaway is a giveaway, and somebody should win. So, I’m giving away the Rs. 500 Gift Card to the reader who came up with the most number of identified mistakes on the board. That is Mahesh Murthy.

I found 11 mistakes with the board:

1. Air France logo is wrong. It’s the old one. The new logo is different

2. Qantas doesn’t fly from Bombay any more.

3. Turkish Airlines logo is old (red-on-white). The new one is white-on-red.

4. Kenya Airlines logo is cut off- doesn’t have the swirly K symbol

5. Air Arabia logo is old- new one is white on red and has no symbol.

6. Malaysia Airlines logo is wrong – it should be red-and-blue pointing right – this is red-and-grey pointing left.

7. Royal Jordanian logo is wrong.

8. Continental is no called United

9. Iran Air logo has bird pointing the wrong way – it should point to the right – not the left as shown.

10. Saudi Arabian Airlines is now called “Saudia” with a different logo etc.

11. Swiss logo is wrong.

Congrats Mahesh. Drop me a line at aj(at)livefromalounge(dot)com with your address, and I will send your little package along!

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