Delhi DEL to Washington Dulles IAD Air India direct flights are live on AirIndia.in

Delhi DEL to Washington Dulles IAD Air India direct flights are live on www.airindia.in. Test round trip fares for July to October came to ~ Rs. 69,000 (approx $1060).

The flights start in July 2017, three days a week: Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. The flight time is 14 to 15.5 hours covering ~ 7500 miles on a Boeing 777-200LR (AI 104 and AI 103 respectively).

This direct flight route was announced in January 2017 (USA Today news article)

Open a Wells Fargo Checking account and get $250

If you open a Wells Fargo Everyday Checking account by March 3 2017, you will get a $250 account opening bonus after: a) making 10 debit card purchases/payments or b) set up direct deposit of $500. Either of these need to be completed within 60 days of account opening.

Sign up link: www.wellsfargo.com/welcome250

Also see forum discussions at:

Trash Doves – Purple Pigeon – Viral Internet / Facebook meme

During the last couple of days, I started seeing this purple pigeon all over the internet. Did a little bit of research and looks like it is called “Trash Doves”.


For more info, check out this BBC article: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-38967825

Trash Dove, a Facebook sticker which has bowled over social media in Asia, is the cartoon baby of American artist Syd Weiler.

American Airlines – 350 Free AAdvantage Frequent Flier Miles + 350,000 Mile Sweepstakes through June 1, 2016

https://www.aa.com/milesformilestones

Now through June 1, 2016, you can get 350 free American Airlines AAadvantage miles by signing up at the link below. This is a great way to keep your AA miles active.

https://www.aa.com/milesformilestones

From the page:

“OUR 35TH IS YOUR CHANCE TO WIN
AN UNFORGETTABLE MILESTONE TRIP.
We’re celebrating the 35th anniversary of the American Airlines AAdvantage® program by recognizing your milestones. As part of our 35th, you can enter for a chance to win 350,000 miles for your next milestone trip. We’ll pick 35 lucky winners in all.
Plus, you can also earn up to 700 miles.”

Bonus Miles earned by each Entrant will be allocated to entrant’s AAdvantage® account approximately eight (8) weeks after the end of Promotion Period

Also see: http://slickdeals.net/f/8716451

CNN iPhone app displaying Dotomi/ConversantMedia ad scripting code instead of actual ad

I was browsing through the CNN iPhone app today and noticed that I was seeing web scripting code instead of the actual ad. At first I thought it was an ad from some cool startup trying to attract programmers :). But at the end, I concluded that this was an incorrectly functioning ad module on the CNN iPhone app.

The CNN iPhone app dev team should probably update the ad module to display a generic ad image or message instead of the code in cases where the ad display fails.

Screenshot 1: Example ad code being displayed instead of the actual ad.

 


Screenshot 2: What a working ad should look like.


Ad code
Note: Looks like it was a Symantec/Norton ad which did not get displayed. Also, dotomi.com (now ConversantMedia.com) appears to be the marketing agency which delivers the ads.

var dmo = {
“trid”:”446003040531067668″,
“trmagic”:115125044,
“pid”:250,
“mediasize”:11,
“mediaWidth”:300,
“mediaHeight”:250,
“companyId”:2474,
“companyName”:”Symantec – Norton”,
“companyMagic”:”0bf727″,
“msgCampId”:52076,
“parentTemplateId”:52476,
“templateId”:52480, “objectSrc”:”http://usweb.dotomi.com/res/2474/56983/52480.js”,

Amazon Prime Day Deals

AmazonPrimeDay2015Amazon Prime Day (July 15, 2015) starts in about 4 hours (12 midnight Pacific time). Bookmark these links because they have the best information regarding the deals.

Key links:

  1. *** Slickdeals Master thread: http://slickdeals.net/f/7948697-heads-up-amazon-20th-anniversary-sale-on-july-15
  2. Official press release (with preview of deals): http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2067573
  3. Official page: http://www.amazon.com/PrimeDay
  4. Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1639606549630094

Other notes:

Deals Preview (from the official press release):

The following are examples of some of the deals that will be available at various times throughout Prime Day.

  • Fire TV Stick, fastest selling Amazon device of all time, $15 off
  • Kindle, $30 off
  • Fire HD 7, $60 off
  • Fire HD 7 Kids Edition, $60 off
  • 32-inch LED TV, $75
  • 40-inch 1080p LED TV, $115
  • Brand-name 32-inch Smart HDTV, under $200
  • 50-inch 4K TV bundle, under $1000
  • Bose headphones at the lowest price ever on Amazon
  • Chromebook laptop, only $199
  • Over 50% off two Nikon COOLPIX cameras
  • Highly rated binoculars, under $120
  • Two security camera-kits, $279.99
  • K’NEX 2-in-1 Ferris Wheel Building Set (Amazon Exclusive), $35.99
  • K’NEX Crossfire Chaos Roller Coaster Building Set (Amazon Exclusive), $23.99
  • Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots Optimus Prime Figure (Amazon Exclusive), $9.99
  • iRobot Roomba Pet Vacuum Cleaning Robot, under $300
  • Husqvarna mower, under $300
  • 40 lightning deals on DVDs up to 75% off
  • Up to 50% off any of the Harry Potter books
  • Save more than 70% on the Divergent Series Complete Box Set of books
  • Save up to 70% on select kitchen products from top brands like Cuisinart, KitchenAid, Foodsaver and Thermos
  • Save up to 50% on select tools for the DIY auto enthusiast
  • Connected Car and Scan Tool products starting at 60% off
  • Road-trip-ready automotive products starting at 50% off
  • Save more than 50% on Drinkwell Platinum Pet Fountain
  • 30% off select clothing, shoes, jewelry, watches & more
  • 60% off Amazon Elements Baby Wipes with code ELEMENTS60
  • Free luxury beauty sample box with $50 purchase of luxury beauty products, with promo code LUXSAMPLES
  • Buy an Amazon.com Gift Card multipack, get $10 in Amazon.com promotional credit
  • Get 25% bonus Amazon Coins when you buy 5,000 or 10,000 Amazon Coins
  • Prime Now will also offer deals in the six cities where the service is offered