Online travel company EaseMyTrip has offered fresh discounts on flight ticket bookings on its portal. The company’s CEO and co-founder Nishant Pitti announced on social media platform X that users can get the discounts by using ‘NATIONFIRST’ or ‘BHARATFIRST’ codes.
“Now use discount codes NATIONFIRST or BHARATFIRST at EaseMyTrip to avail better discounts,” said Pitti in his post on X.
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He also shared some screenshots, where it showed that by using these discount codes, individuals booking flights through the portal will be able to avail discounts worth Rs 600-700.
The discount codes were announced by the company just days after EaseMyTrip co-founder Prashant Patti said the firm had suspended all Maldives flight bookings over derogatory posts against PM Modi. He also wanted Ayodhya and Lakshadweep to be top international destinations for tourists.
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“Our company is entirely homegrown and made in India. Amid the row over Maldives politicians’ posts on PM Modi’s visit to Lakshadweep, we have decided that we will not accept any bookings for the Maldives. We want Ayodhya and Lakshadweep to turn out as international destinations,” Prashant Patti.
Following the company’s decision, several Maldives travel agents urged EaseMyTrip to resume flight bookings on its portal.
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Soon after EaseMyTrip’s decision, the Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators requested EaseMyTrip to re-open flight bookings to the island nation, stating that “tourism stands as the lifeblood of the Maldives”.