| Address: Mumbai City, Maharashtra |
I would like to express my utter dissatisfaction at the horrible experience i had with my flight booking to colombo via jet airways.
The pnr is jnkdrj for the flight to colombo from bangalore international airport on november 4th at 01:45am ist.
I was travelling with my wife and we had completed the immigration check procedures and were even handed the boarding passes.
While seated in the lounge having dinner, i noticed one of the flight status display monitors that the flight was cancelled.
We walked up to the gates as per our boarding passes to inquire about the flight status; there was no official from jet airways to address this. There were two other sri lankan nationals too who had no idea of what was going on and were awaiting an explanation.
I volunteered to seek help from a staff at an adjacent airline counter and he was kind enough to contact the jet airways staff on duty that night: mr. Sujith and mr. Arun.
After 30 long minutes, mr. Sujith and mr. Arun arrived at the gates and announced that the flight is cancelled & there is no other way than to go on the same flight the next day. It came as a horror to us and the other passengers present at the gate.
On seeking an explanation about why was the flight cancelled, we were bluntly told that it is due to technical issues.
Nonetheless, sujith and arun accompanied us to the immigration counter to get our immigration cancelled and they made us wait there for 180 minutes without specifying any further plan of action or advice.
My wife who was already tired of this agony, walked up to the jet airways representative she spotted on the immigration floor who directed her to mr. Virender rai, the duty manager for jet airways on november 4th at the bangalore airport.
Mr. Rai had no idea about the flight cancellation and what had transpired. Frustrated, she demanded an explanation on what was happening and he had absolutely no answer. Apparently the concerned staff personnel, mr. Sujith & mr. Arun didn’t deem it necessary to apprise mr. Rai of what had happened.
It was already 2:00am and we had not been provided with any suitable explanation; nor were we provided with seating arrangements or refreshments. A very clear example of ill treatment by the jet airways staff which i’m sure or rather hope is not in accordance with the standards and ethos set at jet airways by the founders and stakeholders.
After numerous requests (Which i must add got to the point that we customers were compelled to beg for a solution), we were provided with a flight booking from bangalore to chennai via indigo and then further to colombo via srilankan airlines.
I must add that even the immigration staff at bia were inconvenienced due to the confusion. The immigration authorities especially their chief officer present there helped us even though that is not their job to do.
We were stranded and left unattended at bia from midnight till 6:00am on november 4th. This was a clear mismanagement, negligence and ill treatment by the jet airways staff. A complete disgrace to us passengers – your customers.
I am a jet privilege customer and it is nothing that i am proud of.
There were sri lankan nationals flying with us to colombo that night and i hope you do realise the trauma and inconvenience they went through. You do realise the kind of impression they have got about our country and our hospitality after this ordeal. Their luggage in fact was left behind in bangalore international airport due to the chaos and they are trying to get their luggage back. I vividly remember the words of one lankan gentleman travelling with me, “sir this is not good. Your country treat us like this.” i was ashamed that we couldn’t treat our guests from abroad well. Needless to say that i apologised to the sri lankan nationals saying that this is not what india is all about. None of your staff apologised to the passengers and i’m shocked by that attitude. Infact they would say that they’ll check and just disappear.
Jet airways is a full-service carrier and with all the marketing that you folks do, you do not stand up to it. I was not treated like a customer, my wife was not treated like a customer, and none of the other 21 customers were either. My hotel booking and holiday plans all went for a toss.
We had to stay dehydrated, hungry and tired for a good 10 hour period beginning from the check-in at 10.00pm on november 3rd till 6:00am november 4th.
I need the jet airways authorities to know this. You folks need to get the management skills in place to run your airline operations.
This could have been avoided if there had been:
1. Proper communication plan
2. Contingency plan & plan of action
3. Accountability (Most important)
The irony is that my parents received a courier from you folks containing a jet privilege passport with various bonus and reward opportunities on the very next day when i finally landed in colombo. My mother calls me to tell about the courier while i describe my ordeal to my parents. Do you really think that i will be motivated to utilize the rewards/bonuses provided in the courier!!!
I now have second thoughts while flying with jet airways which was never a thought in the last 7-8 years that i have flown with jet. I’ve lost confidence in travelling via jet airways.
Jet Airways customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.
She said she will allow 10 kgs over 30 kgs (for my wife and 5 years kid) and would charge for additional 6 kgs. On that my wife Said that she will manage one 6 kgs bag as cabin and asked her to check-in rest baggages...
But she said either you check-in both bags and pay for 6 kgs or take both handbags as cabin (without paying any amounts, as there was no excess weight considering the weight allowed in cabin) ...so finally we paid 2100 for 6 kgs.
My wife asked her to request for Attendant at Mumbai airport, for which she confirmed that she has done from her end... However on reaching Mumbai, air hostess informed that no such request is placed. Good about the air hostess she understood the situation and called for Attendant, which took almost 30-45 mins.
If no action taken, I would never fly jet airlines and also request my known to avoid jet airlines... Such a pathetic experience my family had in the airlines.
Same situation with go-indigo was smooth and staff helped to check-in allowed weight of cabin.
Please take stringent action and provide feedback.