India Meet a Flyertalker Thread 2010
 

Lots of FlyerTalkers live in and pass through India whether for tourism or business. Over the past years I've met a ton of FlyerTalkers due to the Starwood and Thailand meeting threads. Today I met my first gracious FlyerTalker in India.

I'll be moving to the New Delhi area in the coming weeks and while I will still be traveling extensively, I'll be happy to meet FlyerTalkers who find themselves in town. I'm sure there are like-minded individuals in all of the other major cities in India.

If others agree, perhaps we can make this into a sticky so that it is one of the first things people who are coming to India see when they enter to forum.

PLEASE CLICK TO THE LAST FEW PAGES FOR THE LATEST INFO ON AVAILABILITY OF MEMBERS AND TO SCHEDULE OR FIND AN ALREADY PLANNED MEET IN CASE THIS POST HAS NOT YET BEEN UPDATED.


Please post your visits as follows:

SAMPLE

Mar 17 - Mar 19 / BOM / Grand Hyatt / yosithezet
(Arrival - Departure) / (City or Airport) / (Hotel) / (Nickname)



Please post your upcoming trips in India and I will include them into the list

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August 2010
Aug 2 - Aug 6 / DEL / Sheraton Maurya / yosithezet (likely be in BOM at some point during the week)
Aug 13 - Aug 17 / DEL / Intercontinental Nehru Place / TheBeerHunter
Aug 15 - Aug 21 / BLR / Taj West End / CAlex
Aug 22 - Aug 31 / Gurgaon / abcx
Aug 31 - TBD / DEL / ITC Maurya and/or Hyatt Regency / troyb


September 2010
Sept 13-17 / DEL / ITC Maurya / yosithezet

December 2010
DEC 14 - DEC 16 / DEL / ITC / psyflyer
DEC 16 - DEC 18 / AGRA / ITC / psyflyer
DEC 18 - JAN 9 / GOI / Various mostly Hyatt / psyflyer

good idea....would be great to meet people passing by delhi....

I've been trying to set up a meet in MAA (2 other resident flyertalkers, and Superflyboy from BOM who is interested in coming over). That meet's been jinxed the last 3..4 times we've tried to organize it (sudden meetings / business trips, personal stuff etc .. something or the other crops up for one or the other person).

I guess with a larger enough number of FTers coming in that shouldnt matter as much if one or two of the FTers has to drop out.

Mind finding somewhere a bit more central than DEL or BOM, please, for us deep south types?

I think that you've been trying too hard. ;)

The idea is to simply see if there is anyone else in town that wants to get together. So when I happen to find myself in BLR for a meeting I'll post and ask if anyone is around. If they are and are free we grab a drink.

It looks like I'm still in Delhi through Tuesday or Wednesday. Then I'm in BOM at the Grand Hyatt until Friday night. Anyone in BOM want to grab a drink Thursday evening at the Hyatt?

check out this thread....

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hilto...ng-thread.html

flygva keeps updating the thread every few days & people can figure out who is where by just reading the first thread....maybe we can have something like this here....i would be willing to help yosithezet keep this thread active....

I have a trip booked to BOM (and who knows where else) in June, but it's still up in the air really. Would be happy to meet some FTers :D

I'll be in Goa 2-9 April...maybe I should try riding a two-wheeler topless :p
Also most likely overnighting in BOM on the night of 9th April.

Amazing - you always come into BOM when I get back from SIN! :p

(We'll touch base...)

Give me a yell - I might still be around before the monsoon hits!

I might be up for it, but may have to head down south...will keep in touch.

Not *completely* jinxed - we got to have a mini-mini-DO in BOM to watch "up in the air", right? :p

(Not a great movie - at least the one shown on the Indian screen - did anyone enjoy the inaccurate AAdvantage program portrayal + flight interiors of the MD-80's??)

heh, that sounds like fun. I've watched the movie a few times now, the latest being on an AC flight yesterday. Obviously the details of AAdvantage are incorrect (10 MM benefits?) but the flight interiors seemed like the ones on the 762/3, not like the MD80s, which was what he was supposed to be in lol.

trust flyertalkers to catch these mistakes....

+1 ^

I'll try to travel to BOM sometime but not this month .. did all the traveling I need to, maxed out for work.

*Exactly*!!

How idiotic - they do a film on frequent flying and then think we'll miss these details??

Let's try to stay on topic so we don't have to search for the information of who is going to be where. :)

(Biting my tongue to keep from commenting on the movie/book ::D)