Tag: garuda

GarudaMiles axed from Citibank’s list of transfer partners

With the removal of GarudaMiles, only one SkyTeam frequent flyer program remains with Citibank.

Reflections on Garuda’s 90% promotion and my visit to Garuda’s offices

Years from now, when we look back at Garuda's 90% off award tickets promo, we'll still be arguing about just what it was that Garuda wanted to achieve with this. The most convincing theory I can conjure is that Garuda management intended from the start that this would be a publicity stunt....

Garuda pulls 90% award sale early, promises to honor existing award holds

Well that didn't last long. Garuda Indonesia has pulled its astounding 90% off award ticket sale, a full 7 days before it was originally scheduled to end. In a way, it's not surprising. Once the deal got picked up by the travel blogs, it was only a matter of time...

Garuda is offering 90% off redemptions. How do we make this work?

Garuda has announced a 90% off award redemptions sale for all routes, all cabin classes. This is real. This is happening. The interweb is going crazy. The biggest upside of this promotion for us in Singapore is that it excludes the majority of US-based flyers because (1) Garuda doesn't fly to the...