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Best award travel plan for travel to India (COK or BLR) with a 1 week stopover in Israel.
Best award travel plan for travel to India (COK or BLR) with a 1 week stopover in Israel.
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lily1 New MemberHi Ben,
I have 100,000 bonus points on the Chase Reserve and over 80000 points on the Chase United Explorer card. My dream itinerary for May 23 – June 13, 2017 is a trip to India (ORD to COK or BLR), to celebrate my dad’s 80th ( his first milestone birthday after cancer), with a one week stopover in Israel. Which is the best way to plan this trip to maximize on miles and money and stay in Israel? I also want to open a hotel rewards card in the next few days. Been thinking about the Marriott Rewards card vs. IHG card. Given that I frequent India via the middle east atleast once a year, which card would serve me best?
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MidSouthSkier Community Ambassador
*bump* hoping someone will have some ideas
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rickyw Community Ambassador
Not an expert on Star Alliance awards, but for the hotel question:
Marriott has 39 properties in India (8 in Bangalore, 2 in Kochi) while IHG has only 8 in the entire country.
If you frequent India at least once per year, I think you’ll find IHG to be relatively pointless, unfortunately.
For the flights… are you trying for coach or business?
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Gaurav Community Ambassador
[USER=1436]@rickyw[/USER], I don’t think that’s accurate re: IHG. I think they have 30 or so properties in the country as well.
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rickyw Community Ambassador
Hmmm. I’ve never been to India, I just did the explore properties on ihg.com…..
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David W Community Ambassador
Your best bet for flights might be to book a multi city itinerary with United miles. Awards are cheaper for US-Europe (and India/Asia-US on the return) if the overwater leg is on United’s own planes. Saver awards for Europe to India seems to be 35k for business class.
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Gaurav Community Ambassador
Yeah, that’s not accurate, it’s only showing the hotels around Delhi. Try this (there is some overlap)
[URL]https://www.ihg.com/destinations/gb/en/india-hotels[/URL]
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Gaurav Community Ambassador
Yeah, that’s not accurate, it’s only showing the hotels around Delhi. Try this (there is some overlap)
[URL]https://www.ihg.com/destinations/gb/en/india-hotels[/URL]
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Gaurav Community Ambassador
Yeah, that’s not accurate, it’s only showing the hotels around Delhi. Try this (there is some overlap)
[URL]https://www.ihg.com/destinations/gb/en/india-hotels[/URL]
Strange website coding on IHG’s part.
[QUOTE=”rickyw, post: 25093, member: 1436″]Hmmm. I’ve never been to India, I just did the explore properties on ihg.com…..
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