SpiceJet Is Charging Money For Issuing Boarding Pass! Govt Will Investigate This Extra Charge

Spicejet is once again in the headlines and this time it is for a very petty reason. 

Getting Too Spicy

A Twitter user brought to attention the airline’s new rule in which a person will have to pay extra to get a boarding card at the check in counter.

Passengers are being charged an extra sum of Rs 200 for getting their boarding passes at the airport.

Users were rightfully frustrated over being forced to pay for something that a) they already paid for (via flight ticket) and b) may require the pass if they don’t have a phone.

Not Just Spicejet?

And not to mention the environmentally unfriendly move of using paper or boarding passes, especially since the pass can simply be accessed on the phone.

Some users have noted that low-budget carrier Indigo is also guilty of this practice.

Union Civil Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Twitter that he will look into the case. 

He was replying to journalist Madhavan Narayanan who retweeted the complaint and tagged Scindia, to which Scindia replied, “Agreed, will examine this asap!”

Agreed, will examine this asap! https://t.co/KkY8b0xP93

— Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia) May 13, 2022

Related Complaints

Others also complained, without naming airlines, that passengers are asked to pay for what should be a free seat after web checkin.

Ridiculous rules by Indigo and Spicejet. Seat selection is charged. If you opt for default selection, you invariably get a middle seat. Only one hand baggage. Everything else is charged. How are senior citizens going to carry just one bag when it is inconvenient for them.

— Manishaa Suryavanshi (@ManishaaSuryav1) May 13, 2022

If one opts for default selection, they get the uncomfortable middle seat. 

Airlines r fleecing passengers after booking. They charge you for seat selection, charges for boarding pass. Hope they don't charge for usage of aircraft toilets.

— Raghunathan tk (@raghunathtk) May 13, 2022

Another user hoped charges for using airplane toilets is not the next big move.