Presenting Offers Bonanza to all the visitors

Dear Visitors,

Most of you might have noticed the new link Offers Bonanza on the top of the top right-sidebar box. This is my new blog on offers including all but travel offers. Here goes the formal announcement:-

Encouraged with the tremendous response shown by all the visitors of this blog India Travel Offers, I decided to create one more blog covering all types of offers except the travel offers. This new blog will mainly bring Card - Credit/Debit, Sale, Shopping, and Online Survey offers to you. Hence, the combo of these two blogs will cover almost all offers available to benefit you one way or the other. Presenting the blog Offers Bonanza to all of you in anticipation of getting a similar participation and response what I have been receiving for India Travel Offers.

I'll continue to filter, analyze, and post only decent offers with my own understanding, analysis, and suggestion. Very few offers may be termed good for everyone. So, as always, I would encourage you all to go through any offer carefully and then decide if it's really worthy of your consideration. You may find an even better offer waiting for your attention here only.

I welcome all your suggestions or queries regarding any of the posts. If you find any good offer missing here, please don't forget to bring that to my notice by posting a comment. I'll try to include it ASAP.

Thanks for the participation friends. Keep visting/posting/sharing!


Regards,
Niraj

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The "Experiential Offer" exclusively on HSBC Platinum Card

Offer: The "Experiential Offer" exclusively for HSBC platinum card holders.

Validity: offer valid till Feb 28, 2009.

Description: Arzoo.com has come up with various experiential offers for HSBC platinum credit card holders apart from some decent discounts on holiday/airline booking. Let me first list all experiential offers available here:

• Combat Flight experience - Fly the L-39 fighter jet in Moscow for Rs. 2,40,000 know more
• Euro Challenge - Test drive premium cars like Ferrari, Porsche etc. for Rs. 58,000 know more
• The Formula One - experience F1 at Leicestershire, UK for Rs. 1,55,000 know more
• Formula Renault - Drive Renault at Bangkok for Rs. 58,000 know more
• Zero Gravity- Experience the space in Moscow for Rs. 4,75,000 know more
• The Antarctica Adventure- experience virgin Antarctic for Rs. 1,85,000 know more
• Private Jet Party for Rs. 1,90,000 know more

Apart from these exotic offers, there are other discounts also, which are:-

• 10% cash back on Indian holidays and hotel bookings. This is also applicable for international holiday bookings excluding airfare.
• 5% cash back on all domestic flight bookings and international airline bookings to Europe. 3% cash back on all other international airline bookings.

For booking domestic airline ticket and hotels log on to arzoo.com and book your ticket / hotel. Make the payment online using your HSBC Platinum credit card. The discount amount will be credited to your account subsequently.

For booking international airline tickets, call 1-800-209-2020 (Toll free from any phone) or 022-6713 4444 and book your ticket. After confirmation, when you login to your Arzoo.com account, you will see a “Make payment” link in “My Account” page. Click on the link and pay using your HSBC Platinum credit card.

For Experiential offers / Holiday Packages, select the offer of your choice from experiential offer / holiday packages. Fill up the online form and submit. A customer service executive will call you back to confirm your booking. After confirmation, when you login to your Arzoo.com account, you will see a “Make payment” link in “My Account page”.

You can also Email at sales@arzoo.com OR SMS your travel requirement to 5676755.

You may find at least few of the offers intersting provided you're planning any exotic holiday, especially an international one. You're getting few offers for domestic bookings as well, but I don't think they are the best available currently on offer.

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Domestic and International Holiday packages at MakeMyTrip - Holiday Plus offer

Offer: Domestic and International Holiday packages at MakeMyTrip

Validity: till Mar 14, 2008 or later

Descripion: MakeMyTrip is currently offering many domestic and international holiday packages, which they term as bestseller holidays.

International packages include holidays in Europe, America, and Australia. Whereas domestic packages inlclude Kashmir Special, Delightful Kashmir, Enchanting Kashmir, Sights of Kerala, Captivating Kerala, Delightful Kerala, Mesmerising Kerala, Simply South, Chardham, Fascinating North East, Mystical North East, Himachal Delight, Scenic Himachal, and Picturesque Himachal.

MakeMyTrip claims this about this Holiday Plus offer on its web site "For all of us at MakeMyTrip.com, every customer is extra special. We therefore ensure that your entire holiday is a unique and unmatched experience, filled with nothing but wonderful memories. Planned, coordinated and directed by our team of in-house industry experts, your holiday has been flawlessly engineered. Everything - from the locations to the accommodation, meals to the coaches - has been tried, tested and inspected with the utmost care and diligence by our experts. We want you to have more than a great holiday...we want you to have a perfect one by feeling cared for the whole way. That is our promise, our guarantee."

Some of the domestic holiday packages are:-

Char Dham - Rs. 18,000.00 per person. Rs. 13,999.00 per extra adult. Rs. 13,999.00 per extra child. Duration: 11 nights/12 days. Destinations: RISHIKESH – Syanachatti ( YAMUNOTRI ) - Uttarkashi (GANGOTRI) – Guptkashi – KEDARNATH – Pipalkoti – BADRINATH– Devprayag – HARIDWAR– Delhi. Package Inclusions:

• Accomodation on twin sharing basis
• All taxes

Kashmir Special - Rate is Rs. 18,999.00 per person. Rs. 13,999.00 per extra adult.Rs. 9,999.00 per extra child. Duration is 8 nights/9 days and destinations include Srinagar-Gulmarg-Pahalgam-Katra. This package includes:

• Accomodation on twin sharing basis in mentioned star category hotels.
• Non air conditioned transportation.
• One travel bag per family and one complimentary bottle of mineral water and a bag of munchies daily.
• Sightseeing as per the itinerary on point to point basis.
• Meals as specified in itinerary and services of experienced tour escort
• All hotel taxes

Delightful Kashmir - Rate is Rs. 20,999.00 per person. Rs. 14,999.00 per extra dult. Rs. 11,999.00 per extra child. Duration is 9 nights/10 days and destinations inlcude Jammu, Srinagar, Pahalgam, and Katra. Package inclusions are more or less the same as in the above package.

Simply South - Rs. 16,999.00 per person. Rs. 12,999.00 per extra adult. Rs. 8,999.00 per extra child. Duration: 6 nights/7 days. Destinations: Kodaikanal, Ooty, Mysore, Bangalore. Package inclusions are again the same.

Sights of Kerala - Rs. 20,999.00 per person. Rs. 13,999.00 per extra adult. Rs. 11,999.00 per extra child. Duration: 9 nights/10 days. Destinations: Kanyakumari-Kovalam-Kottayam-Periyar-Munnar-Cochin. Package inclusions are again the same.

Fascinating North East - Rs. 24,999.00 per person. Rs. 16,999.00 per extra adult. Rs. 11,999.00 per extra child. Duration: 10 nights/11 days (including 2 nights in the train). Destinations: Kolkata-Gangtok-Darjeeling-Kolkata. Package inclusions are again the same.

Himachal Delights - Rs. 17,999.00 per person. Rs. 12,999.00 per extra adult. Rs. 8,999.00 per extra child. Duration: 8 nights/9 days. Destinations: Delhi -Shimla-Manali-Chandigarh. Package inclusions are again the same.

Most of the Rajasthan and Uttarakhand packages are no longer valid. Few of the offers for other parts of the country are valid even upto mid of Oct, 2008. But, most of the offers are valid only till March 14-21, 2008. So, if you're planning a holiday soon then you may like to consider these options. MakeMyTrip claims so much to provide you a nice holiday experience. Based on their reputation I suppose that they won't disappoint you :-)

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50% Cash back on HDFC Credit Card at Cleartrip

Offer: Instant 50% Cash back on HDFC Credit Card at Cleartrip

Validity: booking between Mar 05, 2008 and Mar 14, 2008 for any travel date

Description: Get instant 50% cash back on your HDFC Bank Credit Card on booking roundtrip flights for at least 2 people or one-way flights for at least 4 people in a single booking for adult or child at Cleartrip.com.

The maximum cash back amount is either 50% of the base fare or Rs. 2000 - whichever is less. You can avail this offer only for Deccan, Spice Jet, GoAir, IndiGo, and JetLite flights that are currently available on Cleartrip.com.

Though, this offer is valid for all the bookings made online on Cleartrip.com for select airlines during the above mentioned period only. But, the travel date can be any date of your choice. This offer can be availed only once during the promotion period - once per credit card.

Rs.2000 or 50% of base fare per booking looks to be a decent gain, so you may definitely like to consider this offer in case you're planning to book tickets during the promotion peiod, especially when the travel date is also either during the same period or if that's only a few days after the promotion expires. You can surely get better offers in case your date of travel is not very near. But, people having a habit of booking their tickets not so early or those who are forced to do it due to various reasons can enjoy this promotional offer:-)

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Deccan tickets @ Rs. 499/- on SBI Credit Card

Offer: Deccan tickets @ Rs. 499/- for SBI Credit Card holders

Validity: for bookings till Mar 15, 2008 and valid for travel from Jan 15, 2008 to Mar 31, 2008

Description: Deccan in association with the State Bank of India (SBI) has announced its special fixed fare offer called the "SBI card - Flat Fare' offer, for all SBI Credit Card holders. A fixed fare of Rs. 499/- (Basic fare) will be offered to passengers booking on Deccan using their SBI credit card. Taxes and surcharge, as applicable will be borne by the passenger.

This offer is valid only for bookings made through the Deccan call centre (39008888). As with the case with most of the other offers, this offer can also not be combined with any other package/scheme.

This offer is non transferable and applicable only for SBI credit card holders. A credit card holder can also avail the offer for a maximum of 3 passengers per sector on a single flight. The credit card holder has to be one of the passengers availing the offer and traveling on the flight, else the offer will be invalid.

Rs. 499 per ticket may not look very attractive in case you're booking your tickets well in advance as you may get few better offers or schemes to book your tickets through, but you will certainly find it decent if you happen to book your tickets not much prior to your date of travel. Since you can book a maximum of 3 tickets per flight (including your ticket), so this can turn out to be quite a good offer if you're travelling with 1-2 friends. I've already posted few other good offers for air/train/hotel/holiday bookings applicable on SBI credit card and I've been noticing for quite a while that SBI credit card is becoming better and better for most of the travel needs. If you don't have this card by now, you may like to think if you really don't need it :-)

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2 x 2 = 5 & 4 x 2 = 10 offer at Indiatimes Travel

Offer: 2 x 2 = 5 & 4 x 2 = 10 offer at Indiatimes Travel

Validity: Feb 21, 2008 - Mar 31, 2008 for travel any day before Apr 15, 2008

Description: 2 x 2 = 5 because you'll be entitlled to get one free domestic one way ticket on purchase of 2 domestic round trip tickets. Similiarly, 4 x 2 = 10 as you'll get 2 one way free domestic air ticket on purchase of 4 domestic return tickets.

This promotional offer is not valid for tickets purchased on Low Cost Carriers, which includes Air Deccan, Go Air, IndiGo, and Spice Jet airlines. On purchase of international ticket for any sector you'll be entitled for one free domestic one way ticket. A purchase of a domestic holiday package for a minimum of two adults will offer you one free domestic one way ticket. On purchase of an international holiday package for a minimum of two adullts will reward you two free domestic one way tickets.

All the free tickets will be on GO Air network on Non Stop Flights and these free tiekcets are non-refundable and exclusive of taxes, fees, & surcharges.

This promotional offer is not valid for Travel Agents. Travel Indiatimes Ltd. reserves the right to cancel the order as well as the free ticket if such a case is brought or comes to its notice.

Book your tickets online on http://travel.indiatimes.com/ovt/faces/ovt/travelIndex.jsp to avail the offer. For Redemption of GO AIR tickets passengers may call on 1800222111 (MTNL/BSNL) or 09223222111 (GSM/CDMA) or can send e mail on wyb@goair.com. TIL will not be responsible for any changes /cancellation or quality of service for these free tickets booked directly through GO AIR.

So, if you're planning to travel via Indian, Air India, Kingfisher, and Jet Airways then this promotional offer may be of interest to you.

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Flat 10% cachback - MasterCard benefits at Yatra

Offer: Yatra.com is offering flat 10% discount/cashback to all cardholders of Titanium, Platinum, and World MasterCard branded payment Cards - Debit Card or Credit Card issued in India.

Validity: this offer is in operation from immediate effect from Feb 28, 2008.

Desciption: A Cardholder is eligible for 10% discount/cash back on the base fare of Air tickets and on basic room rate for Hotel Bookings subject to the under-mentioned maximum limits per calendar year ( January – December ) :

• Domestic Flights - INR 10,000
• International Flights - INR 20,000
• All Hotels & Holidays - No Limit

The Discount/Cash Back is valid only for such bookings where holder of the Card through which payment was made is one of the travelers/guests OR the surname of at least one of the travelers is the same as that of the holder of the card through which payment was made.

The Discount will be in the form of cash back. Discount will be valid on bookings on all scheduled Domestic and International Airlines (Full service and Low cost carriers) and all Domestic and International Hotels & Holidays made through Yatra. However, bookings on Air Deccan shall not be valid for discount/cash back.

If you have a Titanium, Platinum, or World MasterCard then you may consider this offer in few situations namely - you've used your other cards for other bookings and can't enjoy the other better offers on those cards, other offers are also as good as this one only, etc. If you're aware of the offer, it can definitely be of some use at some point of time. Reason being, there is no expiry date announced for this MasterCard offer. It has just started and I hope it'll continue for at least few coming months. 10% discount on base fare may not save you lots of money, but you can certainly enjoy that bit during a lean-offer period :-)

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