Comments on: Weird and Wonderful World

By: chinbaj

chinbaj — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:29:44 +0000

Hmmm…

Me travelling to Mumbai.
But you need to chk out the one way fares to M’bai at this tme of the year.
Malaysian - 588 sgd
SQ - 600 somehing sgd
so on and so forth….

So came up with this novel idea of reaching b’lore by jet star and then hopping on to kingfisher flight to m’bai at 7 morning.
If the flight reaches 2 hrs late,even then i m safe, considering tht i dont have to cover much distance from international to domestic terminal.
BTW the whole thing is costing me arnd 450 sgd(considering 3500 INR for kingfisher)…so some savings..

Hope things fall in place.

By: popagandhi

popagandhi — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:59:06 +0000

I haven’t had that issue on Jetstar going to thailand, while with the other budget airlines this happens frequently.

You need to know, however, that any flight within india Ã¢â�¬â�� or going into, or out of india Ã¢â�¬â�� you NEED to expect delays. i’m not sure why but that’s just the way it is. So while jetstar hasn’t delayed me on any route, flying in to bangalore was a 1 hour delay. when you get on a 3pm flight in india.. what that means, it seems, is that they start preparing the gate for boarding at 3pm and you finally get to board at like, 4pm :) That’s india for you! Indian stretchable time!

By: chinbaj

chinbaj — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:40:57 +0000

Hey Popagandhi,
Recently I flew to bangkok by air asia.
Both times, (while leaving frm Singapore and thn while come back)
the flights were delayed by 2.5+ hrs.
Made a mess of the whole holiday schedule.
Now I am set to fly JetStar to Banglore.
Anybdy who has travelled on this route on jetstar and experianced
schedule changes???

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Counterjumper » Blog Roundup — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:46:39 +0000

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By: mo

mo — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 23:12:36 +0000

Dammit, I was afraid you’d say that :)

By: James Gallagher

James Gallagher — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 13:43:10 +0000

That’s just selfish Adri, shame on you :P

By: popagandhi

popagandhi — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 09:52:49 +0000

All these deals are available from the various budget airlines’ websites.

jetstarasia.com
tigerairways.com
airasia.com

just to name a few.

However, to get insanely cheap tickets (as i had), you kinda have to jump on the buy button, pay instantly, and plan your vacation around the date you bought tickets for. :) suffice to say insanely wonderful deals come around maybe 3 times a year and getting on their mailing lists, or checking the sites everyday (like me) is the best approach.. so, no links to deals. :) you have to make your own deals.

By: mo

mo — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 06:50:00 +0000

Umm. (This is going to come out sounding so lazy…) Could you also post links to these travel deals that you come across seemingly by magic? Spread the joy not the envy? :)

By: Jace

Jace — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:54:34 +0000

Next time you’re tech shopping in Bangalore, call me (If such a bizarre scenario ever comes to pass). I’ll show you where the best deals are. The retail stores are usually overpriced.

By: popagandhi

popagandhi — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:56:56 +0000

Ah. Maybe i’ve been shocked too frequently every time when I want to buy something on the road. Most of the items I checked Ã¢â�¬â�� compactflash, apple accessories, even high end PC stuff Ã¢â�¬â�� but it could also just be the products I looked at. At least in places much less techie, like Jaipur, a simply spec-ed up PC or notebook usually went for a figure that seemed too high for my head to handle. Heh. Enjoy your new MBP! I want one too!