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After two weeks of looking, ordered the US Traveler New Yorker 4 Piece Luggage Set on [URL="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005TFV3NE?ie=UTF8&tag=jazzthingsup-20&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B005TFV3NE"]Amazon.com[/URL]

These were on-sale for $68 and hopefully will last couple of trips to India.

Mod, if this isn't the right forum - please move it to appropriate one. We travel to India every other year and often, with 6 large suitcases. Most of the time, the suitcases held up well and other times not-so. We are looking for light-weight ones but still sturdy enough to make the round trip ...

I was looking to book tickets on Emirates when I ran into this disclaimer below. Apparently, you can't book tickets for others on Emirates! "[B]Important Information: If payment is made online by credit card, Emirates holds the right to verify that the same credit card used for the transaction is ...

[QUOTE=oasis138;334689]looks like you didn't take my comments well...... if you are here to learn then focus on dimensions such as what's the best rate you can get from the bank....maybe breaking 100k into 5* 20k isnt the best way to structure it from a "best rate" perspective...also how soon would ...

[QUOTE=oasis138;334552]tampa304 sorry to go off topic but when you are talking about 100k why are you so worried about 10-20$ of transfer fee?[/QUOTE] If it were a one-time 100K, I wouldn't worry but if you read my initial posting, am looking to break this down into atleast 5 smaller transactions so ...

Thanks..I see two aspects to the SBI program. They want customers to wire domestically to their account at Bank of America(this involves me paying for domestic wire transfer fee which is $20) plus they don't charge any fees to remit to India(which is good) but make money off the exchange rate ...

I was looking at the cost involved..

My credit union charges a flat fee of $30 for outgoing international transfers(not sure how competitive their exchange rate is)

How does this compare to remitance thro' the SBI link above?

The registration link to SBI requires SSN.

Is it a common practice to ask for your SSN when you wire money from US to India?

The SBI link has changed to : [url]https://remit.onlinesbi.com/glsus/[/url]

A good family friend of ours is building about 15 apartments near Tirupathi, A.P and they want me to get involved as a passive partner. Am looking to invest about $100K(~Rs 50 lakhs) and they want about Rs 10lakhs transferred into their account during several phases of construction. What is the best ...