Spice Jet Airlines — extra charge for carrying sitar as checked-in baggage

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Flying from kolkata in sg 264, i was shocked to be asked extra rs. 1000/- as handling charges. My wife being a performing artist and we fly across a number of airlines (Incl spicejet, from varanasi in month of feb 18) and cities.

This is the first time we have been charged. This is clearly a discriminatory action against musicians and artists. Even after charging, airlines absolves themselves of any damages, etc.

Such adhoc charges must be refunded and made sure that musicians and artists are not charged when they are within airlines scheduled weight limit.