My friend travelling to Delhi by Air India flight with his family was charged ?300 per seat during ticket booking which he had not preferred. So for random booking also the airline charges extra money for seats whether u prefer or not.
— Bala Vardekar (@BalaVardekar) February 13, 2026
Pls also raise the issue of
— Luciferase 666ml (@yossarian121) December 20, 2025
1) Abnormally high convenience fee on flight bookings aross platforms
2) Seat reservation charges (95% of seats ) have additional charges for reserving seats
These are extortionist charges and tourism will never take off with such practices
@IndiGo6E , why there is mandatory charges applied on seat allocation during web check in ? Especially when I have already paid for the flight !!
— rahul pandey (@rhlpnd89) August 8, 2025
I am ok with any seat , still I have to pay 350 rupees, this is just a loot@MoCA_India pic.twitter.com/rz6KDcWEf9
Air India is doing day light robbery by charging to senior citizens mandatory seat charges by blocking all the seats in flight AI 180 - Request to unblock seats or refund the charges collected
— prs (@shahpr57) July 12, 2025
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Thus will STOP THE LOOT by Airlines going on for long in Seat Allocations!