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The lean quarter is in and so airlines have started their promotions, this is generally a good time to travel if you are not going to be affected by the rains. Jet Airways had a 50% points back promo last year and that too on economy and business both, but this year there is a 25% promo on business class.  Here is the link to the Offer

If you are planning to travel and have ample miles with you, this is a good opportunity to book. You can even visit exotic places like Bhutan, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir or the north east using this promo.

The list of the promotional sectors is given on Jet Privilege website. The tickets move fast so book early on. Bookings open from 18th June - 30th June for travel from 1st July till 30th September 2016. Booking can be done for both one way and round trips and you must have enough miles for the full redemption on business class as the pointsback will come only after you fly.

Rocketmiles is running a cool promotion for the first time bookings on their website. If you have a Jet airways cobranded card, then you would have a chance to get upto 9000 JP miles for your booking with Rocket miles. 

You simply get 1000-5000 points based on the hotel you book and 4000 points for using your jet Airways co-branded card, this apart from the mile sthat you earn on using your co-branded card. Valid on cards issued by American Express, ICICI, HDFC bank & Indusind bank. One of the best promotions this summer to book your holiday and get bonus points.

Airlines since a very very long time have suffered from an acute crisis to fill its dynamic inventory and for the very same reason invented a loyalty or a frequent flyer program. Initially it was targeted for those who travel often on business but slowly over the years as more and more leisure travelers flying, it has been pointed towards the new lot too. 

There are around 300 odd scheduled airlines all over the world and most of them have some or the other frequent flyer program ( FFP from now on). These FFPs offer you different miles when you travel destinations based on the distances you travel or the money you spend. These miles can further be used to book flights later for free ( well almost barring taxes) and then you can fly for free. 

The world over there are three major alliances of airlines which allow passengers from one airline which is the member of one such consortium to redeem his or her FFP miles onto another partner airline. The three alliances are Star Alliance (*A) with 27 members, Oneworld Alliance with around 15 members, and Skyteam with another 20 members. There are few smaller alliances like Value Alliance about which I will talk later. 

For the folks in India, Air India is part of the star alliance, along with United & Lufthansa. Jet Airways though formally is not a part of any of the alliances as of now, talks are hot about it joining one soon, but it has a number of partner airlines including United & Lufthansa.

FFP miles can not only be earned by flying, a number of airlines have tied up with credit card companies where your spends are converted into airmiles or some other hotel and lifestyle partners which give you miles for stay or specific purchases. As for any other program they have their offers too and if you are smart enough to redeem on time, you get pretty good value for your airmiles.

We will be talking about all such offers and strategies in the future posts so keep your FFP numbers ready.

Cheers PJ