Nov’23 – Dec’23: India Trip – Introduction

Just came back from my yearly family trip to India. My parents had always wanted to visit the Andaman Islands and so I decided to do some quick planning and squeeze in a 5 night trip to these islands. At the beginning of my trip to India, in order to redeem some Delta Skymiles for the outbound journey, I had to position myself to Cabo San Lucas to start the trip (pricing arbitrage).

Airline reviews, hotel reviews and trip reports for this trip:

Total Cost:

Airfare:

$580 for 3 round-trip coach tickets between Kolkata and Port Blair
$90 for 1 one-way coach ticket on Volaris from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas
$300 for 1 round-trip coach ticket on Spicejet between Bangkok and Kolkata
$138 for Airport taxes and Fuel Surcharges for BKK – LHR – DEN for 1 one-way Business Class redemption on Avianca Lifemiles
$214 for one way coach ticket on Southwest Airlines from Denver to Ontario

Hotel:

$95 for 1 night (1 room) at Hampton Inn Los Cabos
$102 for 1 night (1 room) for Lemon Tree Hotel Port Blair
$700 for 2 nights (1 room) for Tilar Siro Andamans – CGH Earth (Havelock Island)
$140 for 1 night (1 room) for SeaShell Samssara, Neil Island
$170 for 1 night (1 room) for Bayview Sinclair Port Blair
$ 124 for 2 nights (1 room) for Park Plaza Radisson Bangkok

Ferry:

$155 for 3 pax island hopper ferry tickets on Makruzz (Port Blair – Havelock Island – Neil Island – Port Blair)

Miles/Points Redeemed:

90,000 Delta Skymiles for 1 one-way Business class ticket from Los Angeles to Bangkok
90,000 Avianca Lifemiles for 1 one-way Business class ticket from Bangkok to Denver