“Not Positive If It is A Rip-off”: R Ashwin Doubles Down On IndiGo Airline After Harsha Bhogle’s Criticism

Only a day after cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle slammed IndiGo Airline for troubling an aged couple over blocked seats throughout a flight, Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has come out all weapons blazing in opposition to the identical airline. Ashwin, narrating his personal expertise of reserving a flight on the airline not too long ago, claimed that blocking seats within the aircraft does not assist a lot because the administration can nonetheless determine to allot your blocked seat to another person. 

“That is turning into an everyday menace @IndiGo6E, my latest expertise with them via a third-party reserving platform was horrible, they make you pay after which find yourself doing no matter they select to do.

“Undecided if it is a rip-off !! heyyy who’s ever going to drag them up ??? All we are able to do is to not belief them. Even for those who pay, they will not give your blocked seats, Do not waste your time or power,” Ashwin wrote on X (previously Twitter).

Earlier, Harsha Bhogle narrated the story off an aged passenger who was made to run across the contained in the aircraft regardless of blocking the specified seat prematurely. The commentator posted on X: “One other instance of #IndigoFirstPassengerLast. An aged couple on my flight had paid for seats in row 4 so they would not should stroll a lot. With out an evidence, #Indigo modified it to seat 19. The gentleman was going to battle to stroll until row 19 in a slim passage. However who cares. A couple of individuals needed to make a noise, level out the immorality and solely then, due to the nice cabin crew have been the unique seats restored. However, and that is the purpose, they needed to make a noise in any other case Indigo was going to get them to stroll until 19, and examine after boarding was full, in the event that they might be assigned 4, which meant they must stroll again. 

“The aged woman was meekly complaining about how this can be a frequent incidence and the way it’s nerve-racking for individuals their age to journey #Indigo. “I want they did not have a monopoly” she stated. Such a pity. I’m positive @IndiGo6E, you possibly can sensitise your floor employees to place the passenger first sometimes. It was so disappointing to see how casually they have been transferring aged passengers. With success comes duty. As somebody who’s happy with a profitable Indian enterprise, I hope you may be extra delicate and never institutionalise  this uncaring angle.”

After Harsha Bhogle’s outburst on social media, the airline additionally took to X and responded to the cricket commentator’s criticism.

“Mr Bhogle, thanks for bringing this to our consideration and taking the time to talk with us. We sincerely remorse the confusion that brought about inconvenience to the shoppers. Our crew shortly intervened, guaranteeing they travelled comfortably of their initially assigned seats.

“We have additionally reached out to the shoppers to handle this personally. We really admire your understanding and sit up for serving you once more quickly,” the airline stated in response.