[Resolved]  Indigo Airlines — flight departure - missing the flight

This is with regard to my saga of missing the flight, as per below details.

My booking ref. Zg4e7g, from bangalore to visakhapatnam.

Reached kempagowda airport at 3.39am (Reference my meru booking 57833108. On 29th dec, 2018). Cleared my boarding by 4015am, boarding pass ref. Seg. No.140, seat 5a, gate no.20. Completed my security checks by 0445am, proceed to gate no.20.

Now the story begins. When i reached the gate 20 at 0546am, i could see bubaneswar flight delayed, now boarding. I started waiting in front of the gate, but no passers for bhubaneswar were ready to pass the gate. After a while, they started the boarding, during the process i checked with the gate indigo personnel, what is the status of visakhapatnam flight? Then i was told that the flight time is already over and the gates were closed. The indigo personnel claims that they had announced the final call and also called my telephone (I am resident o[censored]ae, carry my uae mobile phone, which is given at the time of booking my ticket). Immediately, i showed them my telephone, there was no missed call on my phone. Finaly, i could not board the flight and i had to repurchase a ticket vide ref. Zg4e7g, departure time 12350hrs, on the same day. I had to wait in the airport 7 to 8 hrs.

Question: 1.

Indigo personnel knows very well i checked in and i have a valid boarding pass.

Question2.

The final call announcement was not done, otherwise i would not have waited at the gate for some, when i developed a suspicion about my flight to visakapatnam.

Question 3:

Why did indigo personnel changed the flight information (Bhubaneswar flight boarding - delayed), when i actually they were not boarding at 0546 hrs? Still, they should have shown visakhpatnam flight gate closed or final call over? At least, i could have approached the gate personnel at 0546hrs, so that some mitigation measures would have taken place.

Question 4:

Indigo should have given a free boarding pass to any other airlines, such as air india, spicejet which are flying via hyd, or chenai to visakhapatnam.

Instead they forced me to check out from the airport to buy a ticket, when my baggage was off loaded and lying in the open baggage section of airport area.

Question 5:

Am i stupid to miss my flight, when i traveled to the airport and reaching airport at 0339hrs. I booked my itinerary 2 months well in advance, it means my itinerary is 100% valid. Paid for my ticket rs.4234, indigo airline txn[protected], dt, 29th dec.

Summary:

The indigo personnel behaviour is not acceptable and no efforts have done to trace or locate the bonafide passenger, who has boarding pass. I could see some confusion at the gate 20, when couple of flights are mixed up at the same gate, and the bhubaneswar flight was delayed.

Along with me there was another passenger to visakhapatnam, who also missed the flight. Please investigate and check your records.

A lady with infant, travelling to bhubeneswar were also of the same case of missing the bhubaneswar flight.

There were many ways the indigo personnel could have averted and enable the passenger to board the flight, no positive attitude shown by personnel. Airline received their money, no caring the customer until a bonafide passenger completes his journey.

Please investigate and revert. I have all supporting documents, if necessary, i can scan and send it.

Very much disappointed with indigo, very unprofessional in enabling and managing bonafine passengers.