If you fall asleep and miss boarding, the gate closes without you and the airline records you as a no-show. Your checked bag is offloaded before the aircraft departs, onward legs on the same booking can be cancelled automatically, and any rebooking is at the airline’s discretion. Statutory taxes and airport charges stay refundable even […]
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Your diversion airport is usually chosen before you leave the gate. Almost every flight plan names at least one alternate, with enough fuel loaded to reach it, and the crew picks from that plan when the destination becomes unusable. Weather, a runway closure, a medical emergency or a low fuel state can trigger it. Updated
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Through check-in means your bag is tagged at the first airport and sent to your final destination, so you do not collect it at the connecting airport. It generally works when your flights are on one ticket with the same airline, or on airlines that hold an interline or codeshare agreement. Separate tickets usually mean
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India has a national no-fly list for unruly passengers, run under DGCA’s civil aviation requirement on handling unruly passengers. Behaviour is graded into three levels, from verbal abuse and harassment up to life-threatening acts such as damaging aircraft systems or breaching the cockpit. An internal airline committee headed by a retired judge decides the ban,
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An airline can refuse to carry you if your condition could get worse in flight, needs care the crew cannot provide, or puts other passengers at risk. Many carriers ask for medical clearance, often on an IATA style MEDIF form completed by your doctor, for recent surgery, unstable heart or lung disease, infectious illness or
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YQ is a carrier-imposed surcharge, not a government tax. It sits in the tax and fee column of your ticket but goes to the airline, so its refundability follows the airline’s fare rules rather than DGCA’s statutory-refund protection. Genuine taxes and airport charges are returned even on a non-refundable ticket. YQ often is not. Updated
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An Indian flight ticket is built from a base fare, carrier-imposed charges such as the YQ fuel surcharge, airport charges like the User Development Fee and the Aviation Security Fee, and GST, currently 5 percent in economy and 18 percent in business. Booking platforms may add a convenience fee. If you cancel, statutory taxes and
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The User Development Fee (UDF) is a per-passenger charge on your ticket that helps pay to build, upgrade and run an airport. In India the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) sets or approves it at major airports, so the amount varies from one airport to another. It sits inside the taxes and fees, and it’s
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If your last flight of the day is cancelled, DGCA rules let you choose a full refund or a seat on the next available flight. When the cancellation is the airline’s fault, it typically must also provide meals and, for an overnight wait, hotel accommodation, plus compensation. Weather and air-traffic delays are treated as beyond
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Under the DGCA’s passenger-care rules (CAR Section 3, Series M), Indian airlines must provide free meals and refreshments during long delays, and hotel accommodation when a delay stretches overnight, as long as the delay is within the airline’s control. The exact wait before meals depends on your flight’s length. Weather, ATC and other extraordinary events
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