Air India Complaints & Reviews

I am priya jain I had booked a ticket from mumbai to abu dhabi on 31/12/2019 but no confirmation or message or e mail came from air india.
I booked the ticket again from mumbai to abu dhabi on 2/01/2020 which on confirmed.
mail comes from air india on 7/01/2020 that my ticket which was done on 31/12/2019 was confirmed.
booked on 2/01/2020 and please be able to give refund with a minimum cancellation charge.
please check your email on 07/01/2020 which you sent.
humbly request to you please refund my money as soon as possible.

Hello sir/madam,

My husband and i recently travelled on air india flights and experienced several issues / headaches, for which i am seeking financial compensation.

1. Flight no 102, jan 10 2020 jfk to delhi: on this 14 hours flights, tv screens were not working on our row. Despite asking the hostesses several times, and repeated reboots, the issue was not resolved on the entire 15 hours flight, and we had to seat through the long flight with no entertainment.

2. Flight no ai 820, jan 20 2020 vadodara to delhi: the check-in agent incorrectly scanned my passport when checking in my husband, that triggered further scrutiny, re-scan of all of our luggage, and calls to delhi to sort things out at vadodara airport. This whole ordeal took nearly an hour, and we were not kept abreast of what was going on and what was to be expected.

3. Flight no ai 820, jan 20 2020 vadodara to delhi: this flight was delayed 2.5 hours. At delhi due to additional security screenings and longer walking distances to the gate, we barely made to the gate 15 min before scheduled departure of our next flight from delhi. This caused unnecessary stress, as we thought we were going to be denied boarding due to not making it on time to the departing gate in delhi.

4. Flight ai 127, jan 21 2020 delhi to chicago: again tv screens were not working on this 16 hr long trip. This is especially a problem on longer flights like this. I wonder problems like this ever get reported to maintenance when the plane is on ground to be looked at. It is unacceptable to not have working screens - especially when many other folks around you are enjoying tv, but all you can do is stare at blank screen.

I booked Air India flight from Delhi to Bhopal for 11th January 2020 at 5:55 AM,
Business Class and I paid 16, 139 INR.
When I reached airport on 11th Jan, I was told that due to some technical issues the flight was changed, and the flight which is leaving at 5:55 AM does not have any business class.

They issued me a seat in the economy class and said that the money will be refunded after deducting the economy...

Air India Refund not yet received after 37 days .
They have past their 21 days policy and the customer care staff are not of much help .
They keep lying that I will get the refund after two days and then I never got my refund.
I've called them 10 times.

I've only got excuses from the staff.
One staff told me to go ahead and file a complaint if i wanted. It was very rude of her.

I cancelled my flight on 24th December, 2019 for a flight due on 28th December, 2019. According to the policy, cancellation of flight before 24 hours of departure is refundable in 21 days maximum and i booked a flight which was refundable. Its been 37 days which is more than a month.

My flying returns number is[protected]. I've uploaded my kyc document (Passport) 3 times, giving a better resolution scan copy the 3rd time. But every time, they reject my kyc stating that the passport number on my first page of passport doesn't match with that on the last page, which is weird because passport number is only printed on the first page.
Same scan copies have been accepted in banks which is supposed to have the most security feature.

This is complaint against the air india srinagar staff, me and my
Wife were travelling from srinagar to surat on pnr number z3495 and
Yj4eb ticket numbers with[protected] and[protected]
Respectively. Our flight was scheduled on 15th jan 2020 but flight
Got cancelled due to heavy snow on 15th jan 2020. It was important for
Us to reach surat at any cost as our marriage was scheduled, so we
Approached srinagar on 16th again they told us that they will provide
Us seat if there is any “no show” and they did provide the boarding
Pass for the two seats with in flight number ai 828 on 16th jan 2020.
But after providing boarding pass when we were boarding the flight
They offloaded us saying that the seats are fully occupied. If seats
Were fully occupied then how they had provided us the boarding passes
Earlier. We tried to talk to the air india srinagar supervisor mr
Tariq, he was continuously saying the same thing that there is no
Space in the flight. This is the pathetic behaviour i had ever seen by
Any airline staff.
Moreover, somehow we managed to reach delhi airport on 19th jan 2020
By our own conveyance via road and i told the airline staff to atleast
Reschedule my ticket from delhi to surat she replied that there is no
Remarks in front of your tickets so i can not reschedule your ticket.
I told her the complete story but she denied and she asked me to book
Another ticket from delhi to surat so as per her saying i booked
Another ticket from reservation counter with tkt number[protected]
And[protected]. Now when i want to cancel my ticket she said she
Can not till there is no remarks. I want to ask this from air india if
Srinagar staff hasn’t put any remarks after offloading us from flight, what’s my mistake in it.

I want complete compensation on this. Cancel my earlier tickets from
Srinagar to surat and credit the amount back. Also i had to pay extra
On fresh tickets i want that too to get reimbursed.

I would like to highlight the recent harrowing experience of air india staff at goa airport on 7thjanuary, 2020.

I was on vacation to goa from dubai and had a return flight on 7thjanuary, 2020. At the check-in counter air india staff ms. Manisha ripped off my passport into two parts - the book was detached from the cover. On checking with manisha how the passport got damaged she mentioned that when she opened the passport it ripped. That can’t be possible because the passport is not a rs. 5 noteboook which will rip when opened and just a few minutes before, the security at the airport gate opened the same passport to check details, how come it didn’t rip at that time. When we told mr. Pradhan (Air india duty supervisor) to check the cctv cameras he just changed the topic to cover for his staff & refused to do so.

After checking with mr. Pradhan and airport immigration authorities, it was confirmed that i could not travel with the damaged passport. I was advised to apply for a new passport. As a result of this my family which includes my wife and two minor children (3 & 10 years) also did not travel.

I was told by air india reservations team that i would have to pay the penalty and no show fees and also fare difference if any for my family. How can i let my wife travel alone with 2 minor children and luggage?

My question is why should i bear all these charges when it is air india's staff fault.

- is it right that i should allow my wife to travel with 2 minor children and luggage especially when our tickets have been booked together as a family?

Detailed below are all of my other loses because of the incompetency of air india staff.

- i had to pay for the taxi back home from airport to vaddem.

- i had to apply for a new passport where i paid rs. 3000 which is an added expense for no fault of mine.

- since they don’t accept tatkal applications for damaged passport i have to wait approx. 20 days for issuance of new passport which is precious time lost since i can’t resume my duty.

- the additional new tickets, penalty and no-show fees have to be paid by me which is very unfair.

- i & my wife had to resume work on 8thjanuary, 2020 and because of this incident both o[censored]s had to extend our leave which is unpaid till the time we resume our duties.

- also my daughter has missed her school days resulting in absenteeism and loss of school work.

On receipt of my passport on thursday 16th january, i went back to reservations department at the airport as advised before to book my tickets. However when i approached the air india reservations in-charge, she mentioned that i was not entitled to free ticket since i had made a formal complaint (I was previously told that i would not be charged for new ticket nor pay penalty charges) and as a result i had to pay rs. 45, 000 for tickets and penalty fees for me and my family.

In conclusion, i would like to request a full investigation in this matter by checking cctv cameras from 4:30 – 7:30 pm on 7thjanuary, 2020 and compensation of rs. 5 lacs by air india authorities for all the mental, physical and emotional trauma they caused me and my family and request for termination of air india staff manisha so that this kind of incident won’t be repeated in future.

The air india authorities refused to help us and we were left hanging with no solution.

I had already sent a registered letter to air india head office in delhi, but till today i haven't heard anything from anyone. Requesting for swift action from concerned authorities since this incident has left me and my family mentally traumatized.

Your immediate action in this matter will be highly appreciated. For any any additional queries please feel free to contact me via email on [protected]@gmail.com.

Attached is pnr copy with mention of damaged passport for your kind reference.

Kind regards,

Savio sanches

Troubled passenger

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Attachments area

I have booked ticket from visakhapatnam to hyderabad on 23 december 2019 through www.airindia.in website. However an amount of rs.17, 192 got deducted for failed transaction also i. E. Against card number : 5546xxxxxxxx8313 and transaction details

Air india ltd (Inr) www.airindia.IN | 85215229357950688455221. And my credit card statement for the month of january 2020 is showing the amount of rs.17, 192 deducted for failed transaction also as due. So please resolve the issued and credit rs.17, 192 to my account.

Amount debited against card number : 5546xxxxxxxx8313 for rs.17192.0 against the transaction details air india ltd (Inr) www.airindia.IN | 85215229357950688455221. I have booked flight tickets from visakhapatnam to hyderabad through flight number ai 951 vide booking reference hetsf which got debited twice. The failed transaction number is as given above. Pl resolve and credit my credit card account with rs. 17192

Hi sir/madam

I had cancelled my online ticket booking with pnr no. Hhz4j (Ai)

Ticket no.[protected] on 17th nov 2019

I booked it online on airindia website using my debit card. I cancelled it due to a family emergency.

But still i have not received the refund amount it's been over two months now.

Please clarify the same!

I have also emailed at [protected]@airindia.in

Hi team
I hd booked d flight from Delhi to srinagar which ws cancelled on 11 dec
Full return ws guaranteed with in three to 7 days... Its one nd half month nw bt still dre is no refund yet
Inspite of reapeted calling...first of Al no one picks up the phone nor it is attended... Its very uncomfortable for d customer... Nd dre iz no source of help...
Plz do something otherwise... I wud nt have any choice left other dn filing complaint in consumer court
Thankue

Sir
My flight no. Ai-454 pnr no. Yrt19 from amritsar to new delhi and flight no. Ai-455 pnr no. J4gtf from new delhi to shri naded sahib on dtd 09.01.2020 time 15.20.
Sir after reached at new delhi airport we feel that our two baggages were opened during the flight or at new delhi airport.
Our valuable goods and holy book guttka sahib was not at their place and not in good condition in the baggages.
Also note that one passenger mrs. Inderjit kaur marwaha is from canada. What kind of impression was imaged in her mind for new delhi airport and india.
Kindly look into the matter and try to solve this problem.
Yours truly
Gurmeet singh
Mob-[protected]
Amritsar (Punjab)

I had got my ticket numbers (098-[protected], 098-[protected]) cancelled by calling air india helpline on dec 14, 2019 due to flight schedule change where the delay was more than 1 hr from schedule departure on part of air india and i had sent the e tickets to ecommerce email id on the same day for processing refund. But even after calling multiple times to air india support desk for refund processing still after 29 days my refund amount has not been credited to my bank account. Please let me know why even after multiple follow up and being told that the amount would get credited to account within 21 days i am not getting any positive response from ecommerce team and also by when the amount will be credited to my account. No one receives call at ecommerce helpline number [protected]/4

My flight was delayed without any advanced notice by almost 6 hours all in the night with nowhere to go but the airport. There were no announcements and the staff did not offer any guidance on what was happening. They did not provide lounge access and i had to spend all my time at the airport gate. I've traveled to 36 countries and this is by far the worst airline company. Absolutely unprofessional.

On 21 december 2019 i tried booking tickets for me and my family from chennai to port blair (15 jan 2020) and return on 19 jan 2020 but due to technical issue bookings were repeatedly cancelled but during the fourth attempt money was deducted from my account but ticket was not booked. I immediately called the customer care who instructed me to send email to [protected]@airindia.in with all the booking details which i did promptly and was assured by them that i would get refund within 14 working days but even after 16 working days there is no refund and there is no information regarding its status. Kindly consider my request.
Here are the booking details:
Booking date : 20 december 2019
Flight no : ai 549 chennai to port blair
Date of journey :15 jan 2020
Passenger details : sundar a
Shanthi s
Bhavani s
Brindha s
Flight no ai 550
Journey date 19 jan 2020
Passenger details : sundar a
Shanthi s
Bhavani s
Brindha s
Total amount deducted : 1, 19, 253 rs
Pnr:y7ccb
Pnr: j0keh
Pnr:z1k03
Pnr:j0wkf
Bank details : state bank of india (Online)

I tried booking ticket from chennai to port blair on 21 dec 2019 and return ticket also for four people. But due to some technical issues my money was deducted from my bank account but ticket was not booked. I called the customer care and they told to send an email to [protected]@airindia.in with booking details which i propmtly did but even after 15 working days there is no refurnd nor is there any information regarding the refund status.
Please look into the matter immediately

Dear sir,

I have tried to book air ticket from air india on date 7th january 2020 at least 5 time,
But each time in final step i got error message,
Then i download air india mobile application and try to make book ticket,
Finally i successfully finished all steps on application and also
Make payment of 178571.80 inr, from axis bank.
But after payment done i can't get confirmation and got error message again.
After i contact customer care and thy ask me to email on (1) [protected]@airindia.in (2) [protected]@airindia.in,
And also said that your ticket is auto cancell.
I send mail on both email id, but can't got even confirmation.
Please help me for my amount back.
My detail is as given below.
I have booked four flight for two person for

Surat to new york via delhi.

(1) ramesh balar

(2) varsha balar

Flight no;

(1) ai 490 for date 5 jun 2020, selected seat : 9a, 9b

(2) ai 101 for date 6 jun 2020, selected seat :27a, 27b

(3) ai 102 for date 5 aug 2020, selected seat :27a, 27b

(4) ai 489 for date 6 aug 2020, selected seat :9a, 9b

Total payment deduct : 178571.80 inr for

Inb/[protected]/air india (Bill desk)

My transaction refernce no :ruti[protected]

Date of trnsaction : 8 jan 2020

Bank : axis bank

Isfc code : utib0002083

My bank account no : [protected]

Please guide me to solve this.

Thanks,

Ramesh balar

Mo: [protected]

I have booked flight tickets through online mode from www.airindia.in on 23 december 2019 for four passengers to travel from visakhapatnam to hyderabad on 27 december 2019. The booking reference is hetsf and flight number is ai 951. Amount of rs. 17, 192 was debited twice from my citi mastercard bearing number 5546 3702 xxxx 8313. I was waiting positively that the excess deducted amount would be credited back to my credit card account. But...

Sir/madam i request to you please refund my money... Airindia says they refund my money full because the canceltion was airindia not mine..in 30 december 2019 and they says contect to site to confirm your money return... I ticket confirm on akbar travels.. And i email to akbar travel to return my money but they excuses to airindia they i will try but today i 10 days but i dont my canceltion money so request to you plz returns the money
Ticket no =[protected]

Dear sir,

I alongwith my wife and daughter traveled from chicago-delhi, as per the following details :-

Flight no. – ai 126

Date – 31st dec 2019

Sector – chicago – new delhi

Name of passenger –

1. Rajesh mittal – seat no.37f

2. Prarthna mittal - seat no 37 e

3. Madhu mittal – seat no 40d

Immediately after boarding the aircraft, we noticed that the rows we were sitting in were inordinately heated. The fact was brought to the notice of the crew, who explained that after take-off, the cabin temperature would settle down to a comfortable level. Even after taking off, we were assured to bear the exorbitant temperature for some time on the pretext that captain of the aircraft is looking into it and it will settle down to a comfortable level.

However, the high temperature (Unbearable levels) continued in the cabin for entire 15 hours of the duration of the flight. Several passengers (Including three o[censored]s) started vomiting and fall sick. The passengers (Including three o[censored]s) were mostly standing at the rear of the aircraft, or sitting on crew seats on alternate basis. The facts can be verified from your cabin crew, who was quite supportive but unable to help the situation.

The situation was so bad, that it actually called for grounding of the aircraft. Through this mail, i demand compensation for the huge physical and mental discomfort undergone by us during the flight.