I recently recharged my Airtel mobile#[protected] with Rs.5 for 30p/min tariff plan for 81 days for all local calls. However, Airtel is continuously deducting pulse rate charges at the default rate of 2paise/sec.
This has been an ongoing issue for the last few months as they have deliberately locked up my rate cutter plan to 2paise/sec or Rs.1.20 per minute, regardless of the rate cutter tariff that I install. Even their customer care staff is a big fraud as they shamelessly defend themselves that the deductions are legal.
However, when I dial the USSD code *121*13#, I can clearly see that the tariff has been locked to Rs. 0.0195/sec or 2p/sec for all local mobile calls until 25 January 2018.
I request the concerned authorities to quickly take some serious action against this fraudulent act of Airtel as I am losing 10 times more currency than what is promised by the service provider.
Airtel customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.
Nov 22, 2017
Updated by Vinod Yalburgi FYI... My wife's mobile number is [protected] and she is facing the same rate cutter issue as mine. Kindly note this is not an individual problem as it is a deliberate fraud from Airtel. I had recently recharged her mobile number with Rs.5 for 30p/min for 81 days and she is not getting the rate cutter benefits.
Check out the relevant screenshots showing the USSD screen which is attached below. Note: My wife's number is showing validity until 28 Jan 2018 for the same 2p/sec tariff plan when you dial *121*13#. Mine is showing 2p/sec with validity up to 25 Jan 2018.
I request the concerned authorities to take serious action against this fraudulent act of Airtel.
If any further process is there to issue the duplicate Sim card, pl. let me know. please help me out my insurance