3 New Offers Flyers, Include Air India Student Discount And Air India Senior Citizen Discount

Air India is now offering a 50% discount to select categories of flyers. Effective from September 1, 2017, the concessionary fares are available for armed forces personnel, students and senior citizens, and the discount is applicable on basic economy class fares on domestic routes. To avail the Air India student discount, tickets need to be purchased at least seven days ahead of the intended travel date.

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Tickets can be booked from the Air India website, call centre, or Air India booking offices.

Air India senior citizen discount

For Air India senior citizen discount, the travellers needs to be 60 years of age on the date of travel. This discount doesn't apply to any of their family members, though. For armed personnel, one should be an active member of the Indian armed forces. The offer extends to their family members as well.

Air India student discount

To avail Air India student discount offer, students need to be enrolled in a full-time course, for at least an year, and should be between the age group of 12-25. They need to provide the official ID of their educational institute. Also, students can only avail this discount from their hometown to place of study and back, and points between North-East and Kolkata, if they form a part of their journey.

Other than these three categories, a discount is also available to civilians who are recipients of Gallantry Awards and police personnel who are recipients of President's Medal for Gallantry and Police Medal for Gallantry.

Apart from this, flyers also get an offer to carry 25kg of check-in baggage free of charge. You can read more about these offers here.

So, have you already availed Air India student discount and other offers by the national carrier? Let us know about your experience in the comments below.