Portals shower discounts on foreign travel

New Delhi: Leading travel portals are selling attractive packages at an affordable price for trips abroad.
Along with weekend packages, there are special fares for students.
Most operators, in association with select airlines, are offering great deals on airfare and extra incentives till September for destinations such as the UK, Europe, the US and Canada.
A student can fly to London, Rome or Milan for just Rs 9,450 and to Dallas via New York and Helsinki for as little as Rs 19,000.
In a tie-up with international airlines, Yatra.com, is giving extra baggage allowances from 23kg to 40kg for students, depending on the flight and destination.
Jet Airways’ “eduJetter benefits” is offering excess baggage between 40kg and 69kg for students travelling to the US, Canada, Australia, Europe, the UK and Singapore.
Jet has tied up with Matrix Cellular, a Delhi-based telecom solution provider, to offer free talk-time of up to Rs 3,500 and a rental waiver for the first month with a connection. It is also offering many other incentives such as shopping vouchers.
“While some airlines are offering custom-made packages, others operating on a system fare are offering extra baggage allowance, considering the first-timers who carry extra baggage,” Bhawna Agarwal, head of air business, Yatra.com, said.
According to a study conducted by research agency AC Nielson, travel portals such as Yatra, MakeMyTrip and Travelguru are the biggest players in the business with others such as cleartrip.com and travelocity.com following in their trail.
20/09/09 Garima Singh Neogy/The Telegraph

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Categories: Foreign Sep 2009, Indian Aviation- In General Sep 2009