[Resolved]  Indigo Airlines — indigo airlines - missing new mobile phone from the checked in baggage

Name : Muthukumaraswamy Gnanasankar
Airline Booking Reference: HBSTTS
Flight: 6E1706
Seat: 22A
Date of Travel: 14 Oct 2018

I travelled from Doha to Chennai in Indigo Airlines 6E1706 on 14th Oct 2018, and reached Chennai International Airport by about 09.30pm. I received my checked in baggages and came out of airport. Then I noticed that one of baggage (out of the two) was mishandled and the zip was partially opened. Subsequent check of the mishandled baggage for the items integrity, revealed that my newly purchased mobile phone in Qatar has been missing from the subject baggage.
Immediately reported the case with Indigo Airlines customer care through phone, and I was told that the complaint is registered and I will receive the update from them after investigation. When I sought for the acknowledgement of the complaint made, I was told that no such acknowledgement by mail or SMS will be provided, and my complaint reference is only the booking reference number. Despite repeated requests to provide my complaint reference number, the above same message was repeated.
Today (15th Oct), as I did not receive the update from the customer care, I approached them and sought for the update. I was told that no such item was identified in both the departure and arrival airports, and no further investigation will be progressed further.
The proclaimed investigation made by the airlines was very superficial and not performed in depth to really identify the root cause of the item missing from the checked in baggage, such as checking the CCTV footages. Communication by the airline staff and customer care was unprofessional, rude, non-commital and acknowledgement in writing for the complaint received was deliberately denied, probably with the agenda to remain non-commital.
Latest feedback from the airlines customer care is that nothing further could be done from the airlines to trace the missing item, and the case is closed, without resolving the issue.
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Nov 20, 2018
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IndiGo customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.
Verified Support
Oct 17, 2018
IndiGo Customer Care's response
Hi,

We sincerely regret the inconvenience caused to you in this regard. Our endeavour has always been to deliver bag at the destination in good condition. We are therefore concerned to note your comments about the baggage services. We have gone ahead with our investigation with the concerned airport team and staff on duty and have established that no complaint was raised on arrival.

As per our conditions of carriage, a customer who leaves the baggage delivery area without reporting a bag as missing or damaged to an IndiGo representative will be deemed to have received his/her bag correctly and in good condition. Therefore, we are unable to assist you further on this. Nevertheless, we have shared your experience as a feedback with the concerned airport teams for further review and to ensure baggage delivery as per the standard practices. We would request you to kindly treat this in isolation and we hope to serve you again in the future as well.

Regards,
IndiGo Team
Oct 17, 2018
Updated by sankavi98
Hi Indigo team,

The complaint is about the missing item and not about the condition of my baggage. How could the missing item be identified at the airport? Do you consider your feedback logical? The missing item was identified only after opening the baggage after reaching home. Please respond to the actual complaint and rather than pushing away the airlines responsibility of the the things in baggag to be handed over in complete, engage a representative from your end to understand the case and act appropriately.
Verified Support
Oct 20, 2018
IndiGo Customer Care's response
Hi,

We believe you wrote to our customer relations team on 17th October 2018 and have responded you on 18th October 2018. We regret to inform you that we won’t be able to advise otherwise from what has been shared in the email. We sincerely hope for your cooperation and understanding in this regard.

Regards,
IndiGo Team
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I have booked my air ticket well in advance when it costed me 5800 inr, now 4 days before the journey date that too in peak season, the fare for same flight is 4300 inr. Moreover when I want to bring forward my journey date still they are asking for hefty penalties whereas I have already paid much more than the present fare. Please resolve.
IndiGo Customer Care's response, Oct 16, 2018
Verified Support
Hi Samya,

We understand your plans can change so we have a cancellation/rescheduling policy to take care of it.
Changes or cancellation can be done no later than 2 hours before the scheduled departure time. You can do this by contacting IndiGo Call Centre, at the Airport, on our website, or through the Travel Agent who made the original booking.
Any rescheduling will result in a fee of INR 2, 250 or Airfare charges, whichever is lower (per person per sector), plus any difference in the fare between the original fare paid and the fare for the revised booking. Further, we would like to inform you that fares are dynamic in nature and are subject to change at any point in time. We appreciate your adherence to our policy.

Regards,
IndiGo Team
IndiGo Customer Care's response, Oct 16, 2018
Verified Support
Hi Samya,

We understand your plans can change so we have a cancellation/rescheduling policy to take care of it.
Changes or cancellation can be done no later than 2 hours before the scheduled departure time. You can do this by contacting IndiGo Call Centre, at the Airport, on our website, or through the Travel Agent who made the original booking.
Any rescheduling for domestic will result in a fee, plus any difference in the fare between the original fare paid and the fare for the revised booking. Further, we would like to inform you that fares are dynamic in nature and are subject to change at any point in time. We appreciate your adherence to our policy.

Regards,
IndiGo Team

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