What's the point of buying a plane ticket if it doesn't come with a seat. Like BC wtf do we pay for then? Airlines are scummy af

Founder

Application Engineer

Arey bhai, isilye they sell every service/ product as add on. Isliye bola budget

Indigo did that with me once. And worse if you check in at the airport counter, you have to pay extra as convenience fee or something.  
  
 What I did: paid the fees and picked a seat. After clearing security check, filed a complaint with consumer forum online. In a week, I got a quiet refund of the seat price (300). That felt good 😀

Growth Manager

ps: i always do webcheckin at last moment, just before reaching the airport.

Product Manager

Software Engineer

> Want to milk every penny from customers

Bruh, that's just how the system operates!

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Does anyone feel like domestic flight rates increased 1.6x -2x for 2024?

what's the reason for this surge even when there are no long weekends?

Any tricks to get back to old prices atleast at 1.3x?

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Airport/flight experiences is decreasing day by day, meanwhile the flight prices are increasing like crazy.

Flight costs are like anything

Why they keep price so high even when 90% seats are vacant...

I simply couldn't understand.

They are against unit economics or what...

Case 1, Price of Ticket 10k if 90% seats available

Case 2, Price is 11k if 10% seats available

Chal kya rha h ?

Flight Firms gone mad 💢

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Aviation industry is going through a lot lately. Any PM would not have thought of this problem

Spice jet not for beginners

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What’s a startup idea you had but you never built it

I’ll go first. Mine was a high quality alcohol delivery service. But I later realised how difficult it is to pull it off due to regulation.  
  
 BevMo is a huge company in the US doing the same

Business Development Manager

I'll go first. 

Narcissistic AF, named a whole product after his name!

Awkward things about Byju's. Let's do a thread!

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Such a shame. Almost all the Indigo flights I have taken in last couple of months have been late. New benchmark of Indigo standard time now 🤮

Indigo has become pathetic!

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The colors. The Hello 6E. The food menu, packaging etc.

Does anyone know who worked on it?

Indigo’s branding is so well done! Stands out amongst all the brands in India.

Marketing Manager

Dear all, 

Please discuss scams which you faced so that our community will learn and Save energy and time before scammed

Story should be very small and to the point

Thanks

Fraud which we never think and Scammed

UX/UI Designer

Now imagine, we did not have Zomato, Swiggy, Blinkit, Zepto, Dunzo (its pretty much there)
What would your next bet be?
Well 
1. You have some of your local grocery stores who would deliver for you, but it might take a bit of time 1-2 hrs etc. and you need to build a relation, and only some stores do that
2. Restaurants need to have delivery available who if anyone remembers, it was a pain to coordinate, sometimes they dont do beyond 3 kms. You will have to go on your own. Which will also cost you money. Restaurant deliveries usually have a delivery fee, plus the cost of food. There is still a lot of coordination involved to get what you want. Brochures, phone number etc. 
3. Having a full time person who will do all of these for you, Building tends to have someone who also delivers ( like a chotu or someone )

So lets take the cost of 3 for now if you needed full time
1. Monthly cost - ~ Rs. 10,000 - 15,000 if you needed full time
2. What are you spending on swiggy etc?
 1. No of times you are ordering: lets say twice a day
  1. 2 * 30 * 20 = Rs. 1200
  2. Lets say total amount you are paying is 10000 in amount
  3. Some folks might even argue that you restaurenters are charging 30% extra. ( lets say 30% on 10,000 ). 
  4. So lets factor in 3000 Rs more, so we have total sum, 4200 now.
  5. Time saved = 20 * 15 minutes = 5 hrs a month

So we saw three choices
You can do things on your own
5 hrs of your own time ( which does not cover your cost to move around, so if anyone does not have a vehicle, they have to either walk more, or pay for auto etc )
Spending on convenience Rs. 4200 
Spending if you had a chotu - Rs.10,000. This is debatable, you can argue, this person can also will end up cleaning and doing 3-4 other things.

Some will also say restaurants mark to and sell. My request to you is, even with all the markup how much extra are you paying. And then compare to your alternatives before them.
If someone has a better math or see any flaws in this. share input

For the folks who complain about charges by Swiggy/Zomato etc

Founder’s Office

Psa 🚨 book your flight tickets today!

Has anyone travelled with this new Star Air airlines?
Is it safe or good?
I am looking for from blr to nag which is newest from this airlines wanted to get some reviews before booking.

How is Star Air airlines

Software Developer

First you've to travel for 2/3 hours to reach airport. Pay toll, now pay for entry woah! Everyone is just trying to milk money from working class

Bangalore Airport- Experience keeps getting worse

- **Tier 1** (Should Book These): 
Vistara (for comfort, feels, food)
Indigo (for being cost effective, on time, no frills) 

- **Tier 2** (Doable): 
Air India (some planes are good now, but still inconsistent)
Spicejet (if you are in luck, it's not too bad anymore) 

- **Tier 3** (I Don't Value My Life)
Air India Express (fka Air Asia - avoid for life)
Akasa (it's a great flight, as long as you assume your takeoff is at T+2 hours by default) 

Feel free to opine but this is how it is. I fly every month and have done so for years now. 
Hope this helps before you book for Diwali.

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