Special Offers For Indian Students Travelling Abroad From British Airways
Excess baggage allowance and benefits worth more than Rs. 10,000 through partner offers from American Express, Matrix and Safari Luggage
Tweet-- British Airways today announced a special offer for the thousands of Indian students travelling abroad for studies out of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai. The offer will allow each student to carry 23 kilos of free excess baggage when flying to to the UK, Europe, Canada and USA. Students travelling from Hyderabad benefit from a discount of INR 4,000 on all bookings.
Additionally, British Airways is offering a range of offers from its partners including: American Express, Matrix and Safari luggage.
The partner offers are worth over Rs. 10,000 and include:
- Special forex rates on American Express Travellers Cheques with a dual time wrist watch on purchase of cheques worth USD 3,500 and above,
- Free call back to India from UK (free 255 minutes worth £89.23) and USA (free 50 minutes of talk time worth $35) on Matrix connections
- A buy one, get one free offer on Safari Upright luggage and 30% off on laptop backpack.
According to industry statistics, about 160,000 students from India go abroad for higher education, every year. The UK, Europe, Canada and USA are popular student destinations and British Airways is extending these offers keeping in mind, student travel needs.
Judy Jarvis, British Airways' Regional Commercial Manager, South Asia, said: "Our experience shows that students travelling abroad need to take a lot of extra baggage, especially if they are on their maiden trip. But the cost of excess baggage can be a serious problem for them. So, with this offer, we have increased the baggage limit for students and their dependents traveling with them. Clubbed together with a student aimed package from our partners, we hope to help them on their way and off to a flying start with the studies abroad. "
The offer is valid for students holding a valid student visa to the UK, Europe, USA or Canada only. The outbound travel must be before 15 November 2010. Any dependents accompanying the student can also benefit from the free excess baggage. The offer will also be available for students travelling to the UK for the medical exams (PLAB).
For more details on our student and partner offers, please contact our call centre on 1800 102 35922 (toll free) or through travel agents.
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About British Airways
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