[Resolved] Indigo Airlines — harassment by indigo staff | |||
Complainant: dr dodul mondal Contact number: [protected] Resolution wanted: finacial compensation and apology from harassing company Complain details: Let me introduce myself first. I am dr dodul mondal, practicing oncologist in delhi. I have been travelling by air since more than last 15 years which include countries like usa, european and other asian countries and i have travelled via all available commercial flights in india. This introduction is necessary for your understanding that i am not a novice about air travel and related affairs. Coming to my incidence, i was travelling from kolkata to delhi on the evening of 27th february 2018. My flight number was 6e 974. My pnr was d95lhf. I did my web check in as i always do for my journey to save time as i hate waiting to collect check in bag. Accordingly, i keep my luggage light and handy. For your additional information i use hp spectre laptop which weighs 1kg only (This is important again, so please note this information). On 27th february evening, i reached airport on time and completed my security check without any hassle. After scanning my boarding pass at gate no 23b, i was just about to board the bus when this man named mr. Rahul kumar kaushal (As evident from his id card) intervened and stopped me boarding the bus with my cabin bag. He insisted that i should drop my handbag for manual check in and should collect it from check in luggage belt once i reach delhi. He told me that i could not board the flight with my handbag and laptop bag as per the rules (And he told that only one bag is allowed). As i was travelling with only few things, i wanted to put my laptop bag inside the cabin bag and wanted to board the bus (Which i could do as per the rules, till the total weight is 7kg). At this moment, to my surprise i came to know that rahul kumar kaushal was equipped with superhuman power and could measure the weight of a bag with his eyes only without help of any weighing machine! He told me that my cabin bag was more than 7 kg! He also ridiculed me and asked what was laptop’s weight to which i replied only 1kg. After listening this, he changed his reason of not allowing me to board the bus and told me that my bag was not as per the size fixed by airlines. I was again surprised to see that he could measure dimensions as well without any measuring tape! However, i told him that the cabin bag meets all criteria set by airlines. He was in no mood to listen or to go by logic and ultimately, i had to leave my cabin bag to him for manual check in as it was delaying my boarding. To my utter surprise, the same guy allowed many more passengers to board the flight with multiple bags which were even bigger than my bag! When i asked him why he was doing so, he could not justify his activities and told me that few passengers can do so! The bad experience was not over and once i got my bag at delhi airport i found that my bag had some damage and scratches due to mishandling by airlines staffs. The indigo staff at delhi airport denied giving any compensation for my damaged bag. I called at the indigo customer care number and described the entire episode to settle my damage. Here i was shocked to know the following 1. Rahul kumar kaushal has documented false and fabricated information that i had two large bags weighing 14 kg each before boarding the bus I reiterated to this false information and stated firmly that i had only one bag following all rules laid down by airlines. I have at this moment few questions and complains related to the same: 1. Can a staff force me to take my cabin bag when i can take the same rightfully? 2. I claim compensation for the damage to my bag, mental harrassment and stress caused by the incidence, wastage of my time at airport and attemt to tamper with my self respect by presenting false fabricated facts by indigo staff. Dul mondal Was this information helpful? | |||
Apr 15, 2018 Complaint marked as Resolved IndiGo customer support has been notified about the posted complaint. Verified Support Mar 03, 2018 IndiGo Customer Care's response Hi Dodul, We are concerned to note your experience during your journey with us on 6E-974 from Kolkata to Delhi on 27th February 2018, and understand that a piece of baggage was reported to have been damaged. We wish to mention that we certainly put focus on displaying customer service skills at all times during conversation with the passengers, thus we realize that there is certainly a scope of improvement. We would like to assure you that we have shared your feedback with our concerned team to ensure that the concerned staff member is counseled to be extremely courteous, responsible and sensitive while assisting passengers at the airport. Further, our endeavor has always been to deliver all passenger’s baggage at the destination in a good condition. We would like to confirm that as per IndiGo’s Conditions of Carriage (“COC”), the damage reported by you is categorized as minor wear and tear of a baggage. In addition to this, we have shared a strong feedback with our Kolkata and Delhi airport manager for further review and to ensure baggage delivery as per the standard practices. While we apologize the inconvenience caused to you, such minor wear and tear would not warrant any compensation. Therefore, we have to respectfully decline your request for any compensation in this regard and are hopeful that you will understand the need for our policies and see this matter in the right spirit. In case any further assistance is required, please feel free to contact us. Regards, IndiGo Team Verified Support Mar 06, 2018 IndiGo Customer Care's response Hi Dodul, At the outset, we sincerely regret the experience you had and would like to inform you that we make every effort to ensure that check-in baggage of customers arrives in a good condition. Further, we have already shared strong feedback with our concerned departments for non- occurrence of such incidents. However, someone from our team will contact you on this regard at the earliest. Regards, IndiGo Team Verified Support Mar 14, 2018 IndiGo Customer Care's response Hi dodul, As checked, one of our representative contacted and assisted you with regards to the raised concern. Further, we have taken a due note of your feedback into account to avoid the recurrence of such incidents. Please be rest assured we try to assist our passengers in best possible manner. Regards, IndiGo Team | |||
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