Is business class to India worth it?
Business class on a US and Canada to India route buys a flat or near flat bed, lounge access, a larger baggage allowance and priority handling on a fl…
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The things people actually ring us about, written down. Baggage that varies more than the fare does, assistance that has to be filed 48 hours ahead, transit visas that catch people out, and when a fare is genuinely worth waiting for.
Should you fly into Amritsar or land at Delhi and travel up?
Flying through to Amritsar adds a connection to your ticket in exchange for skipping roughly 450 km of ground travel into Punjab. Landing at Delhi mea…
Seasonal booking windows for India flights
Seasonal booking windows are the periods when demand on US and Canada to India routes rises or falls predictably. Three are genuinely peak: Diwali and…
Booking flights for elderly parents flying alone to India
Booking a flight for an elderly parent traveling alone from the US or Canada to India means arranging standard special assistance, not an escort servi…
Do you need a transit visa? Hub by hub
A transit visa is permission to pass through a country you are not entering. Whether you need one depends on your passport, the hub, and whether you s…
When to book flights to India for Diwali
Diwali 2026 falls on Sunday 8 November, with the five-day festival running roughly 6 to 10 November. Flights from the US and Canada to India across th…
Baggage allowance to India, by airline
Baggage allowance on a US and Canada to India ticket is set by the fare you bought and the carrier written on the ticket, not by the aircraft you happ…
How wheelchair and special assistance actually works
Special assistance is the airline service that takes a passenger from the terminal entrance to their seat on the aircraft, and the reverse on arrival.…
Unaccompanied minors flying to India
An unaccompanied minor is a child flying without a parent or guardian, carried under the airline's own supervised program from check in to a named rec…
Flying to India with infants and toddlers
A lap infant is a child who has not turned two on the travel date, ticketed at a reduced fare and carried on an adult's lap rather than in a seat of t…