I thought I bored you guys enough with the barrage of fare sales that hit yesterday. There were one too many: Jet Airways, Indigo and then Spicejet. I know all of you are not being able to get through, so I will try and do the best I can to help you.

First, lets go with Jet Airways. In the post I wrote yesterday, I told you the basics of their offer. There was a small footnote there, which I was not sure of at that moment, and hence not in the main text.

Small tip: look for one-way tickets. Round-trip will not show the correct fares!

It turns out that Jet Airways has now included this in their terms and conditions. The following changes have been made to the T&C:

• Offer valid only for bookings on jetairways.com, jetkonnect.com, our offices and and also through travel agents in India.
• Offer valid for one way flights only

So, basically, the fare sale is now open to travel agents, including online travel agents such as Cleartrip, MakeMyTrip and others. You can also call your friendly neighbourhood TA to check and book. The other change is to make it official the one-way policy, which was earlier an omission.

Also, here is how the fares are divided. So, not all fares are at Rs. 2,250 but according to distances, as mentioned in this chart:

Also, now that all these fares are available on the various portals, and their apps, it makes it very easy for you to book them online rather than having to work the Jet Airways website which is very very slow at this moment and frequently throws up such screens:

I booked some tickets using Cleartrip’s mobile app, and in the process foregoed 500 JPMiles per segment booked online, and some more JPmiles that I would have received on booking the tickets directly with Jet Airways, but at least got myself the peace of mind of not having to refresh Jet Airways’ website every now and I have some confirmed tickets.

TIP of the DAY: Be a little flexible with your plans. You will not perhaps get the Exact flight you are looking for, but that does not mean the sale is over. There may be a flight before or after, or a day before or after. So, stay flexible!

MONEYSAVING TIP:  Use the Cleartrip mobile site or mobile app to book and apply coupon code CTVALENTINE to get a Rs. 500 discount on a roundtrip booking.

Cheers and happy bookings!

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I’ve had a long day full of meetings, and I’ve been not exactly in front of the computer all day long. So to recap, Jet Airways made the biggest fare sale in recent times this morning, and if you haven’t got in, there is time ahead. Next, Indigo matched it and undercut by a small amount.

Now, Spicejet took it upon themselves to be in the game as well. So, as if the 2013 INR fare sale they made in January was not enough, they announced the new sale a short while back on Facebook.

While I am not clear at this moment if this covers all their sectors, I checked randomly and I found some good deals on a few sectors. For Instance, Mumbai – Jaipur in June 2013, came to Rs. 3,192 while the normal fare on this segment is Rs. 4500+

Update: The terms & conditions were just published here, and it states the tickets are valid for travel between 19th Feb. to 15th Apr., 2013 and 01st Jul to 30th Sep’13. Bookings are open till February 24, but limited tickets on each flight.

Book away guys, I think this should last as long as February 24, the date the Jet Airways sale ends, but won’t have as much inventory.

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• Indigo undercuts Jet Airways Fare Sale!
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• The economics of Spicejet’s fare sale and justifying the regulator’s action
• Spicejet sale: Rs. 2013 a.i. for travel anywhere in India
• Indigo & GoAir matching SpiceJet sale on some routes

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Spicejet has been working on a maverick strategy to open up new routes rather than just operating on the tried and tested ones. They were the first ones to set up operations to Pondicherry with a Bombardier Dash Q400 a few days back, and opened up ops to Kabul, Male and Riyadh, places not frequented by your everyday airline in India. The strategy to work with new airports is working out for them it seems, with profits back in place this year.

Now, they fly a Boeing 737 fleet (800 and 900ER series), and a Q400 fleet. They are going with a Boeing 737 to Guanghzou (South China) with a Delhi (DEL) – Guanghzou (CAN) flight ready to go this Friday, four times a week. This route was only serviced by a China Southern flight till so far, who looking at the competition, has doubled their service on this route.

The flight schedule will look as follows:

Considering SpiceJet operates an all-economy configuration, there will be no special seats on the plane except for the much coveted row 1 which has lovely legroom, but the 6 hours flight time requires a little more comfort than SpiceJet has in store for us. However, with competitive pricing, I assume, the route should see good loads from the trading & industrial community which frequents China. As per the news reports, SpiceJet is also planning to go to Hong Kong, Makau and Chengdu.

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