Domestic flights within India are getting very expensive. It is lot cheaper to fly via international hub for domestic destinations Example one: Guwahati to Calicut: Domestic flight by indigo via BLR is 11000 INR, 12 hours flying time If you book 2 international tickets, it costs less Guwahati to Kuala Lumpur: 4100 INR Kuala Lumpur to Calicut: 3500 INR Total: Just 7600 INR Check screenshots below Malaysia is visa free for Indians as of now. It is unfortunate Govt of India doesn't allow flying domestic destinations via international hub. So we've to book two separate tickets, clear i ..read more

Tickets to Baku from India cost around 35000 onwards. Indigo flies to Baku via Delhi. Delhi Baku return ticket costs around 30-32k onwards. If we're booking one stop from other Indian cities- say Mangaluru or Mumbai or Kolkata that is another 10-12k taking total cost to 42-45k INR onwards. Air Azarbaijan flies direct to Baku from Mumbai and costs around 35000 INR onwards for a return ticket. https://azal.az/en/ As I was scouting for a better option, I suddenly came across this on Skyscanner. 24k for a return ticket to Baku felt relatively cheap compared to other options. However, I tried to c ..read more

Spotted a sweet deal on Air Asia. You can fly from Calicut in Kerala to Kuala Lumpur and come back in under 8000 INR, which is a good deal, cheaper than flying to Delhi. Available for few select date combinations in October, November and other months. Calicut (Kozhikode)-Bali is available for 20k return, which is also decent. You can try other one stop destinations as well. If you are in Kerala or Mangaluru or nearby it is good opportunity to make use of this offer. You can take a train to Calicut and board from there. If Kochi is closer to you, try that as well, costs about 3k INR more thou ..read more

Air Asia has started offering flights from Guwahati. Indians from north east now have an easy way out to international destinations in South Asia and don't have to fly to Kolkata for everything. Air Asia's pricing seems to be fair. Guwahati-Kuala Lumpur return ticket can be had for under 8000 INR, which is a good deal. A flight to Kolkata or Delhi would cost more. This is same price as Kochi or even a bit cheaper. Other destinations such as Bali or Australia etc are also available for fair price. Check for your destination and dates. Thanks https://webguy.in/ for the tip off ..read more

Alliance Air website seem to have an intermittent bug. The website goes blank when we try to select an origin or destination. We can't select anything and can't book tickets. However this seem to get resolved later in the day- when I checked in second half website was working fine, but only to return to same issue next morning. I am not sure what is the issue. Let us see how long before this gets fixed. Official website: https://allianceair.in/book You can check it for yourself ..read more

When I was transiting through Changi this month, I asked an information counter guy what is new at Changi in past 6 months (I had last passed through Changi in October 2023)- he asked me to check out Dream Scape. Dream Scape is a small garden area with a digital roof which plays animation of fishes moving around or other attractions. There are 18 plants on the ground surrounding the area and passengers can walk in between, looking up at the sky and looking below with fishes moving around. The visuals are accompanied by a curated sound of over 100 creatures. Changi calls it "immersive indoor g ..read more

This post shares my observations at Taipei's main airport, Taoyuan, TPE. #1 Outdoor observation deck: Taoyuan airport in Taipei has an outdoor deck for passengers to visit and see the runway up-close. This is before clearing immigration, so accessible to all. #2 Lots of passenger rest area.  Usually airports want arriving passengers to leave the airport asap and departing passengers to do check in and enter gate area. But TPE airport has dedicated area accessible to all- arriving passengers, departing passengers who haven't checked in yet. This area has sitting benches, food courts, kid ..read more

While Almaty has city buses, none of them come inside Almaty international airport. Thus if you ask about bus service anyone in airport, they will say NO buses are available and will trick you into paying for taxi. A taxi to Almaty city from Almaty international airport costs 7000 KZT or 1300 INR while a bus costs only 80 KZT or 20 INR. Here's how you can travel to Almaty city by bus from Almaty international airport. Step 1: Understand that bus stand is about 500-550 meters away from ALA airport arrival gate. Thus you will have to follow the cars leaving the airport and get out of airport pr ..read more

Almaty airport is pretty small (I feel it is smaller than our Mangaluru airport). #1 The airport name boards are both in local language and not English.  Airports world wide display one board in local language, one more in English, but Almaty airport has both is name in Kazak language (or maybe one in Kazak, other in Russian?) #2 Very small airport Almaty airport is very small. Customs area, check-in counters, immigration all 3 are cramped into one hall. The waiting area are also pretty small with just a few gates and shops inside. #3 Bus stop is 500 meters away Though there are city b ..read more

If you're able to commit to a trip 1 year in advance, Mumbai to Jeju (South Korea) tickets are available under 30k I feel it is a good deal due to following reasons If you are visiting Jeju island alone, it is Visa Free. Jeju has several attractions to keep you busy for a week or more. If you delay, price will increase- if booking 2-3 months prior, it will cost 60k Above ticket is Singapore airline from BOM-SIN- food, bag, entertainment included, Scoot from SIN to Jeju- you will get 1 meal but anything more you've to pay. I've visited Jeju in 2023, for 4 days. Still a lot left to see, so ..read more