The Mahraja Treatment!!??. Review on Air India

I happen to be sitting and just browsing the different reviews on the MOUTHSHUT when I came across the AIR INDIA review by ''davieboy'' and that reconfirmed my 'mis'faith in our national carrier!

Last year in December I had the experience of boarding the ''Mahraja'' airlines.I was suppose to fly from Delhi to Bombay along with my ''dulhan''( I was married in December itself) . We were actually suppose to a Flight number XXX(forgot the number) but the guy who was suppose to xray our luggage told us that flight XXX doesn't exist and was pleasently surprised when we showed him the number on the prominently displayed flight schedule and in the list that he was holding in his hands!! But he was still somewhat shaky and referred us to the AIR INDIA staff who instead of replying to my doubts asked me to queue up and wait for my turn.

When my turn came I was informed that I was being packed in an earlier flight ( I should be grateful for that) and I should move as fast as my & my dulhans legs would carry as the flight would depart in '' FIVE MINUTES'' .Well we picked up the pace and being the knight in shinning armour I had to juggle with the dual hand baggages in addition to the re-assuring smile on my face.Finally we reached the plane and I asked the bored flight attendant where we should be seated and we got the reply '' seat yourself anywhere in the back'' ....great...After being seated in the ''back'' I was contempelating to ask for a blanket when a couple (possibly tourist) asked for the same from the Air Hostess who replied...''SIR, VERY SOON THE TEMPERATURE WOULD BE SUCH THAT YOU WON'T NEED A BLANKET..WE HAVE STOPPED KEEPING BLANKETS''..Talk about MAHRAJA treatment...

And yes ....the flight never took off in the promised ''FIVE MINUTES'' it was rather ''TWO HOURS FIVE MINUTES''!!