Re: [silk] CTR in Malleswaram stands for....?

2007-04-01 Thread Anil Kumar
That's the old and popularly known name. Don't go looking for it, 'cos the restaurant sports a different name, one I cannot recall right now. Good idea to reach Malleswaram Club / Grounds and look for a oldish looking restaurant in a corner on other side of Margosa Road. Of course, easier to

Re: [silk] indian budget airlines

2007-04-01 Thread ashok _
Hmm... Jet is sort of pricey i am looking for fairly reliable cheaper alternatives... (cheap as in not crash land cheap) On 4/1/07, Danese Cooper wrote: I swear by Jet. I even have frequent flyer miles with them (although I live in San Francisco). IMHO, they are the only domestic

Re: [silk] indian budget airlines

2007-04-01 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Danese Cooper said the following on 01/04/2007 20:50: I swear by Jet. I even have frequent flyer miles with them (although I live in San Francisco). IMHO, they are the only domestic Indian carrier that has their act together. I have flown

Re: [silk] indian budget airlines

2007-04-01 Thread ashok _
On 4/1/07, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: For fare comparisons, you should look at makemytrip.com or yatra.com. Did not know about this site ... thanks. ashok

Re: [silk] indian budget airlines

2007-04-01 Thread Tarun Dua
Did not know about this site ... thanks. yatra.com makemytrip.com cleartrip.com travelguru.com Hopefully you can see them all in the google ads ;-) -Tarun

Re: [silk] indian budget airlines

2007-04-01 Thread Deepa Mohan
Apart from these travel sites ,one could also check out individual airline websites; for example, Travelguru doesn't give Spicejet or Paramount listings at all, whenever I have tried it. I have travelled several times by Spicejet and my experience has been good so far, a fair amount cheaper

Re: [silk] Be it ever so humble...

2007-04-01 Thread Devdas Bhagat
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 06:42:56PM +0530, Biju Chacko wrote: It's small by Bangalore standards -- but not unreasonably so. 1000 sq ft is fairly big in BOM. and Bangalore isn't exactly expensive housing. Devdas Bhagat

Re: [silk] indian budget airlines

2007-04-01 Thread Alok G. Singh
On 2 Apr 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I am price conscious about a trip I usually choose the cheapest on cleartrip.com - they don't seem to have an extra fee for booking. I like the general layout of cleartrip.com. The price you see when you make the selection of flights is the amount

Re: [silk] indian budget airlines

2007-04-01 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2007-04-02 06:09:22 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still get mail from makemytrip for one booking I made 6 months ago. Oh great. They haven't yet finished processing one booking for me, and I already hate them. Their web site is dismal. Their feedback form doesn't work. Their people are

Re: [silk] indian budget airlines

2007-04-01 Thread Biju Chacko
On 4/2/07, Abhijit Menon-Sen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- ams, who will avoid makemytrip.com in future. My wife, who is a travel agent, has a ready supply of online booking horror stories. Everything from broken websites that bill you but don't actually book a ticket, issued tickets that the

Re: [silk] indian budget airlines

2007-04-01 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Binand Sethumadhavan [01/04/07 19:42 +0200]: For fare comparisons, you should look at makemytrip.com or yatra.com. cleartrip.com is far better - and has a nice, clean and uncluttered interface

Re: [silk] indian budget airlines

2007-04-01 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Biju Chacko [02/04/07 09:09 +0530]: Her advice: use online booking sites to help you negotiate with your travel agent, but don't actually book tickets through them. for domestic, that doesnt hold good for international - agreed 100%.. besides a good TA can do stuff like book you into specific

Re: [silk] indian budget airlines

2007-04-01 Thread Binand Sethumadhavan
On 02/04/07, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Her advice: use online booking sites to help you negotiate with your travel agent, but don't actually book tickets through them. Exactly. Use the travel sites for fare comparisons, schedules and possible connections, nothing more. Here in

Re: [silk] indian budget airlines

2007-04-01 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ashok _ wrote: Any suggestions on which budget airlines in india to avoid / go for.? Have been warned about the one called Air Deccan by many people... Air Deccan seems to be taking a large bundle of flak these days it was good earlier.

Re: [silk] indian budget airlines

2007-04-01 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote: They haven't yet finished processing one booking for me, and I already hate them. Their web site is dismal. Their feedback form doesn't work. Their people are as broken as their web site. Yeah, that site needs some love