I had booked an Ola Rental Cab from Kolkata Airport to my home (The Study Park School, Kolkata) on[protected]CRN [protected]). While booking the ride, normal fare was shown (i.e., Rs. 479 for 20kms & 2hours). There was no notification of any surge pricing before booking, while booking and after start of ride/during the ride.
However, when the ride ended and bill was generated, Surge pricing additional fare of Rs. 535 was added to the total fare without any notification in advance and the total amount was shown as Rs. 1297.
This is illegal and extremely unprofessional as without notification, such high surge price was added in the final bill. Even after several complaints to the customer care executives, they are not ready to refund the fraudulently charged surge pricing (without notification).
It is also possible that Ola has programmed their App in such a way to cheat all passengers going to or coming from Airport as people are generally in a hurry and won't complain later on.
They should be penalized heavily for this fraudulent act.