Dear Sir,
We were booked on Spicejet SG-152 on 03/02/2015, Goa –Bom, 5:50 am flight. Our PNRs were V66CQC and FEKWNR. When we arrived on the airport, there was only one gate open and only one security guard (even though there were two Qs formed at that gate) checking the tickets
with the ID proof before letting us in. The crowd at this gate was huge. I ASK, ” WHY ONLY ONE GATE OPEN AND ONLY ONE SECURITY GUARD WHEN WE HAVE SUCH A HUGE AIRPORT?” Seeing the crowd, we went and informed the security guard about our flight and he told us just stand in the Q till your turn comes. When we got to the check in counter, we found another two passengers before us and the staff (Stephanie Fernandes) at the counter refusing to let them in, saying the counter is closed. There was this doctor who like us was a frequent flyer with SG. He told her that he had to be in Bombay at 9:00 am. He asked her to allow him to speak to her supervisor. She called up the supervisor (Barwin Gaur) and spoke to him and put down the phone.
He again requested her. She repeated the same action yet again. On his third request, she finally allowed the doctor to talk to Barwin Gaur, who simply told the doctor, why didn’t you talk to me earlier? I ASK, WAS HE ALLOWED BEFORE?
The flight was still on the ground and no one was asking them to bring it down from the skies and even when the supervisor and doctor spoke with each other, had she given us our boarding passes and allowed us to go, the flight would still take off on schedule. She was so ruthlessly inhumane. My daughter had to report on duty at 9:30am. She ruined our two tickets amounting to Rs.3199/-; our taxi to come from North Goa at that early morning hour Rs.2500/-; our taxi to go back Rs.2000/- and my daughter’s one working day salary. We asked for the next flight which was at4:45 pm same day. They quoted difference in fare of Rs. 6172/-. We left for home and then booked our tickets by Neeta Volvo which was at 10:30 am Goa-Kholapur-Pune-Mumbai. That was the only bus available at that time and we were not ready for another setback. We reached Bombay at 2:30 am on 4th. I ASK, WHAT DID THEY GAIN BY VICTIMISING US? WHAT DID THEY DO WITH OUR SEATS? SHE CALLED IT “ NO SHOW”, WAS IT? DON’T YOU THINK THEY SOLD OUR SEATS AND POCKETED THE MONEY BETWEEN THEM. WE WERE FOUR O[censored]S. NO IDEA IF THERE WERE MORE.
She told us, there is a procedure and as such she could not allow us into the flight now. Didn’t we travel by air before? We travel all the time both domestic and international so much so, we lost count how many times we did it. Did they even try to come out and take us in/call us up and find out where we were? They say they were there, if so how come they did not take us in. They have our contact numbers. For what purpose do they take our contact numbers? Of course, I got a message from them saying ‘DUE TO UNAVOIDABLE CIRCUMSTANCES, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE MEAL ON BOARD’. SG never delays? Then how come when I travelled with them Goa –Bom in the last week of June 2014; Goa-Bom-Hyd. We were put into the flight
and kept on the tarmac for more than 20 mins while the passengers trickled in one by one well beyond the scheduled departure time. Why was the counter kept open, for whom, the VIPS or SG’s family/or for some last minute cash passengers?
Very recently, my daughter was booked on SG early morning flight on 05/01/2015, PNR No: KEDLNE. During the course of her stay, she got a call from SG informing her of her flight cancellation. She was asked to reschedule her travel plans to 5th evening by the 4:45 flight. If she did that, she would miss one working day. So, they gave her another option, to fly on 4th evening . She accepted it in order to save her working day but in the bargain had to sacrifice her events on the evening of 4th. I ASK, WHEN THEY RESCHEDULED HER TRAVEL PLANS, WHY DIDN’T THEY GIVE HER THE DIFFERENCE IN FARE WHICH WE WOULD BE ENTITLED TO IF WE HAD TO CHANGE ANYTHING ON THAT TICKET? Our poor airlines are always at the mercy o[censored]NAVOIDABLE
CIRCUMSTANCES, be it weather, engine failure, technical problems, crew partying, crew sleeping, you name it and we have to understand it all and suffer all the consequences of nature and man made. At such times, no one gets delayed, there are no procedures to follow, no difference in fare required to be paid to the innocent victims, who are going through all the difficulties and
inconveniences of all sorts because of our MAGESTIES’ WHIMS AND FANCIES. We, the passengers, who are their means of earning their daily bread and butter are treated like some piece of junk. What will they do with their airplanes if they have no passengers? And they behave
like beasts with us and display their ugly attitude with us? Such airlines should go to the dogs. There should be no compassion on them.
Their great logo, ‘WE LOVE YOU WITH ALL OUR HEARTS’ Does it suit such rotten hearts? It should rather read, ‘WE LOVE OUR DEAR SELFISH SELVES WITH ALL OUR HEARTS, BODY, MIND
AND SOUL’. The big guys like the co-founder and the COO are talking of reviving the airlines to old times. Dear Sirs, please first check the attitude displayed by your management and your staff/employees in whose sick hands you have placed our lives to mess it up in full swing.
I HAVE NOT SEEN/MET THE SUPERVISOR BUT DID MEET SOME OF THE STAFF BESIDES THE COUNTER MADAM (STEPHANIE FERNANDES) WHO DISPLAYED HER ARROGANCE AS IF WE WERE SOME THRASH. YOUNG THAT THEY WERE, CAN JUST IMAGINE THE
GREAT FUTURE AWAITING US ALL WITH THIS KIND OF YOUTH WORKING IN OUR
HOSPITALITY AREAS.
I wonder how much they earn on daily basis for them to make us suffer looses of such magnitudes without feeling a pang of guilt on their consciences. I hope these wealthy staff of theirs will not find it one bit difficult to pay us back what we lost due to the laid back
attitude of the SG staff on duty and their dictatorship. Our total loss that day was Rs. 7699/- + Rs.300/- to go to catch our bus. Bus fare we will not ask as we used the tickets to take us to Bom. However, you could compensate for the loss of our entire day and night in travelling and my daughters loss of salary for that day and the torture your staff put us through.
For Employees of an ailing airlines, this should work out to nothing.
Maria Rodrigues
We are sorry to read about the issue. Please accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused.
In reference to your complaint, we have validated your case with our concerned team and found that refund for INR 6463.00 has been initiated from our end on 17-Feb-15 with RRN#[protected] and same should reflect in your account as per your bank processing cycle. We thank you for contacting us.
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