Flight to USA is now cheaper

Flight tickets to USA were averaging 1 lakh rupee few months ago and one had to be lucky to spot a ticket around 80k INR return

Now the prices are down to 60-70k INR return.

Due to recent trade wars and other political reasons Canadian and Europeans are reducing travel to Europe so flights are going empty. There are new rules that require visitors staying more than 30 days to register themselves, risk of random inspection and arrest and deportation etc. So tourists are thinking twice.

Need to see how this fares going forward over next few months. Keep an eye. If you want to travel to USA and if you get a return ticket around 50k INR from India, it is a very good deal

BLR, COK-Kenya 24k return! Masai Mara fans can plan

Return ticket to Kenya is available for 24k on Indigo from Bengaluru, Kochi etc for various dates in next few months

This one stop flight from Indigo connects to Nairobi from Mumbai. But Mumbai-Nairobi return is expensive at 27-28k... Fly less but pay more!

July to October is good season to visit Kenya, for the famed Masai Mara migration season. Of course land package you've to book separately and will cost a few lakh per person easily.

Tickets to Nairobi for March 2026 cost 40k+ Indigo doesn't give any discount if you're booking 1 year in advance. Better wait and book closer to travel date.

 

Flyarystan suspends India flights

Fly Arystan has suspended flights to India. Fly Arystan used to operate Delhi Almaty flights

They had already suspended Mumbai Almaty flights. Now Fly Arystan website is not showing any Indian airport on their list. The low cost option to fly to central Asia is gone. Now we've to shell out 25-30k minimum to Indigo, FlyDubai or Air Astana to fly to Kazaksthan

I had flown Fly Arystan Delhi to Almaty in March 2024 for just 7400 INR, one of the cheapest international trips in recent times. The experience was fine.

Sad to see Fly Arystan stopping India flights. Hope they come back soon. 

Related: Almaty trip planning tips *

Mumbai-Mangaluru flight vs train vs bus!

I had to travel between Udupi & Mumbai (as my Baku flight was cheaper from Mumbai)

Train: I tried bookin train tickets 59 or 58 days in advance (booking opens only 2 months in advance now) but all the seats were already taken. I got waitlist 95 in one train (Mathysaganda express) and Pool Quota Waitlist 15 in another train with chair car. With 1 month to go, the probablity of confirmation is very slim.

Train was my preferred option but due to holiday season, bookings opening only 2 month advance, I couldn't get lucky. Tatkal is too late to wait and not reliable.

Next option was Bus- VRL, KSRTC and few other operators ply buses between Mumbai and Mangaluru- but a seat in AC bus costs 3000 INR + and takes 18-20 hours of journey. Bus operators have about 10-12 different pick up points all around Mumbai and half of day time will go in travel.

Flight- one stop flights via Hyd or BLR is available for 5k, direct flights 6k to 7k. Cost of traveling home from airport extra.  Flight fares shoot up to 12-13k if not booked in advance.

I finally booked an early morning Indigo flight- that goes to BLR first and then I've to change plane to land in Mangaluru. Hopefully all goes well. 

This is the hotel I stayed less than 1 km from Mumbai airport T2

What is your preferred mode of transportation for distances of about 1000 kms accessible by overnight bus or train? Do you prefer to save money or always prefer shortest mode of transport? Do share.

ANA Mumbai Tokyo 38k return sale

 ANA's 38k sale is back. Mumbai Tokyo 38k return available for about 38k. You can try Delhi as well