A Reddit user said how a simple typo in an Air India ticket of 1.10 Lakh ₹ almost transformed his dream vacation into a financial disaster, alleging that the airline used fear to push the rejection of rereading at exorbitant prices.
The author said: “We had reserved our tickets for South Korea in advance – 1.10 l spent, all ready to leave. Then a disaster struck. ” Only one additional “e” in the name of the wife – “preeeti” instead of “preeti” – triggered a panic in a spiral the day before the departure.
“Panic strikes and we make desperate calls for Makemytrip. They tried, but the airline office was closed,” said the user. “We tried to contact Air India directly. And their answer was completely useless and added fuel to the panic fire.”
According to the post, the only Air India council was to cancel and straighten – at business class rates due to the lack of economic seats – by pushing the new price to a shocking of 2.75 Lakh after the cancellation costs. “Again, we were so stressed that our incredible dream trip was about to be canceled.”
After traveling Reddit, the user found a strategy allowing name corrections if it is carried out more than 24 hours in advance. But when he contacted again, “they denied their own rules” and left a note saying that “will not work for international flights”.
Despite two white nights and a dozen frantic calls, the couple went to the airport early. “The CISF officer let us pass even after noticing the typo,” they said. At the registration counter: “No questions. No problems. The agent printed the corrected boarding pass. Just like that. “
Ironically, their flight had “more than 15 to 20 seats … even the seat next to us was empty”. The return trip had another hiccup – a boarding pass with the bad name – but the staff of Incheon airport raised the shoulders: “The typing of a letter is correct.”
The couple therefore managed to enter and get out of the nation without any major problem or without losing huge sums of money.
However, the Redditor was not alone. Other users have shared similar horror stories – gender errors with birth dates – lightnings of the way in which airline policies and third -party reservations leave passengers blocked.
A user shared: “Similar incidents also occurred with me, reserved Jaipur-Bali (Airasia) by Cleartrip and the date of birth was wrong, that is to say that we were 4 people and the date of birth of everyone was wrong (Cleartrips error), Cleartrip customer support was on call for more than 30 minutes and we were issued by the Having spoken with the director of Airasia Airport.
Another advice of users, “some tips that have saved me in the past: always book directly from the airline. They are more ready to help you if you book directly with them. Second, for international trips, always follow the maker of the maker of the maker. A reserve person, before making the payment, the other person checks the flight. In addition, you can make unlimited changes within 24 hours before the flight.
