Jet Airways has sent out emails to several members of the Jet Privilege program, where they are crediting 20% of the flown miles for the last 20 flights flown with Jet Airways/Jet Konnect between the period 05 May 1993 to 05 May 2013. The mileage credit is exclusive of cabin bonuses, tier bonuses or any other bonus, and has already been credited to some accounts, while some others have received the emails but not the bonus credited into their account. In case of my own family, I’ve received the credit into my account, while my mom has received the email but not the credit, and my brother and my dad have not even heard from Jet Airways. I intend to wait up a few days to see how this plays out, because Jet Airway’s does take a while implementing promotions across the board.

The interesting bit at the end is a clue of things to come:

Do look forward to many more such surprises as we continue with our celebrations through the year.

Enjoy the bonuses, and if they did not come your way, do write to jetprivilege@jetairways.comto make a formal request.

Tell me how many miles did you get in the comments section.

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There, I said it! I’ve covered all the 3 co-branded partnerships between Jet Airways and different banks on this blog whenever they were introduced. I’ve also gone through the process of acquiring all these cards over a period of time, proof enough of how much I love collecting JP Miles.

There has been a certain amount of enthusiasm and confusion wrapped around all the three products launched by the various banks, but ICICI takes the cake. Let me share my experience with acquiring all the 3 cards and the story so far.

• HDFC Bank: HDFC Bank was the first off the block in August 2012, announcing their credit card partnership with Jet Airways. Since I already had a HDFC Bank World MasterCard, I was supposed to just flip my card to the new one. However, it looked like there was a special process for that as well. I had to tweet to @HDFC_Bank and ask someone to call me. Once I got the call, I explained to them the situation. They required me to fill up a paper form for ‘upgrade’ of my credit card, while all I was doing was switching from a World MasterCard to another one. All my papers collected, including a copy of my last Citibank PremierMiles statement, and they offered the card free for the first year along with the bonuses and the free ticket. The card arrived in 2 weeks or so, and since then, every transaction I’ve made on the card, gets a separate entry posted on my JetPrivilege account. Kind of irritating but I could live with that.
• ICICI Bank: ICICI Bank followed up on a half-baked mission to be the next one to launch their credit card product with Jet Airways. They announced the card before it was ready for launch and went around collecting applications. The bait was an extra bonus miles, 50% of the sign-up bonus eligible for your card variant. But you could forget hearing from ICICI Bank for a month or two or three. Sometimes they would tell you they never received your application, sometimes they wouldn’t turn up to collect your application or make a verification, and sometimes you just wouldn’t hear from them for months at a stretch. In my case, yet again, I already had an ICICI Bank credit card and I wanted  to switch to the Jet Airways American Express + Visa combination. I applied in November, and never heard from ICICI Bank till late December, when I had to make an escalation. Then, I got a call to confirm some details and in early January, I received my American Express version of the ICICI Bank Sapphiro with Jet Airways. Since I was a Jet Airways Platinum member, the card was given to me complimentary. Next, the Visa version came about 10-12 days later. It was interesting how ICICI Bank, which really intends to reward you to use their card over the others, wants you to really make an effort to use the card. First and foremost, I could not use the card online to make payments because their joint server with American Express was blocking me out (and many others). That only got recently sorted. Next, both the Visa and American Express versions would get declined on their own mind, while the credit history and payments are perfectly in line. Third, ICICI Bank is as clueless as ever on when do they intend to credit the miles earned. I’ve done two billing cycles on the card, and I’ve still not received any miles for the spend. The bonus miles got credited only after an escalation. And the story goes on and on…In a nutshell, they really make you work hard and keep you on the tenterhooks. Some might feel this is not worth the effort. If you still think it is worth your time, do jump on the bonus offer valid till March 31, 2013.
• American Express: American Express also bungled up in the beginning but smooth sailing there on. American Express launched their Jet Airways CC after much preparation in December 2012. They offered an introductory offer to everyone who was going to apply before December 25, 2012 for 10,000 extra JP Miles on approval of their card. I applied during this period,  and never heard from Amex till January, when I asked for an escalation again. My card came quickly, and the miles were deposited in my account within a few weeks after, even before I had paid the fee for the card. Though, I am still waiting for my ticket code from them which was supposed to come maybe a while back.

Have you folks had a similar experience, or do you have a better experience than me in case of your JP Miles cobranded credit cards? Drop me a line in the comments section below.

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Last year in March, Jet Airways had introduced a promotional discount of 20% for domestic redemptions in Jet Airways Economy and Premiere Cabins, only if you booked the redemption tickets online. This promotion was extended till March 31, 2013, and now has been further extended till September 30, 2013.

As per this promotion, if you redeem your Jet Privilege miles online (and complete the ticketing online), you get a 20% discount which is automatically factored in while displaying the redemption. If you want to know the redemption cost (100%) for your sector, you can check the mileage calculator here.

However, the T&C clearly state that We will be unable to extend the 20% OFF on redemption JPMiles offer, towards such cases wherein regular JPMiles have already been redeemed prior to March 13, 2013 for award travel to be undertaken between October 1, 2012 and September 30, 2013.

In this case, if you see more seats open on your dates of travel of your redemption tickets, it may be an idea to first book new tickets using your miles, and then cancel the existing ones. Be aware that if you are not Gold or Platinum with Jet Airways, cancellations will cost you 500 JP Miles. Also, all cancellations will be charged a transaction fee on Jet Airways.

Jet Airways, building on the success of the domestic redemption promo, also introduced a new promotion in January 2013, where the Gulf & ASEAN country routes would get a 25% discount on online redemptions, but only for Economy cabin. Like I had written earlier in my analysis of this promotion, I don’t find this a specially lucrative promotion, because you’d potentially be out of pocket for a lot of money, including fuel surcharges. If the same promotion was for business class, I’d give it a thumbs-up, however, in this case, it is a no go for me, because I can book revenue tickets on slightly higher pricing than this.

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