Mumbai: When Minaz Bagasrawala and Vinit Sawant, two private company
executives, boarded an Air India flight from Mumbai to Indore on
Thursday, airport procedures around the world were much the same.
Only, at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, things were slightly different. The two arrived at the airport, unaware that they had forgotten one of the most basic travel etiquettes.
Upon arrival at airport, their e-tickets were checked by the CISF personnel manning the gates. They then proceeded to the Air India counter where the tickets were re-checked and boarding passes issued.
AI-635 left Mumbai at 6:30 am. What Bagasrawala (32) and Sawant (28) forgot to do was to check the travel dates. Both were flying on tickets booked for the next day (Friday, June 27).
The CISF men who first checked the tickets at the entrance and the Air India staffers at the counter, too, missed the date, and the two had a smooth journey to Indore.
Bagasrawala later told dna what had happened. “I had sent an email to my administrative department to book tickets from Mumbai to Indore on June 26 and two return tickets the same day. Instead of June 26, I inadvertently mentioned June 27,” he said.
Accordingly, the administrative staff booked two tickets for Friday, June 27. “I received my e-ticket, and without verifying the details, took a print-out and reached the airport on Thursday morning,” Bagasrawala said.
“Me and my colleague went to the airport entrance. The CISF personnel checked our e-tickets and allowed us in. Then, we went to the AI boarding counter. There also, AI officials checked our e-tickets and issued boarding passes,” Bagasrawala said.
Read news in full 28/06/14 Daily News & Analysis
Only, at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, things were slightly different. The two arrived at the airport, unaware that they had forgotten one of the most basic travel etiquettes.
Upon arrival at airport, their e-tickets were checked by the CISF personnel manning the gates. They then proceeded to the Air India counter where the tickets were re-checked and boarding passes issued.
AI-635 left Mumbai at 6:30 am. What Bagasrawala (32) and Sawant (28) forgot to do was to check the travel dates. Both were flying on tickets booked for the next day (Friday, June 27).
The CISF men who first checked the tickets at the entrance and the Air India staffers at the counter, too, missed the date, and the two had a smooth journey to Indore.
Bagasrawala later told dna what had happened. “I had sent an email to my administrative department to book tickets from Mumbai to Indore on June 26 and two return tickets the same day. Instead of June 26, I inadvertently mentioned June 27,” he said.
Accordingly, the administrative staff booked two tickets for Friday, June 27. “I received my e-ticket, and without verifying the details, took a print-out and reached the airport on Thursday morning,” Bagasrawala said.
“Me and my colleague went to the airport entrance. The CISF personnel checked our e-tickets and allowed us in. Then, we went to the AI boarding counter. There also, AI officials checked our e-tickets and issued boarding passes,” Bagasrawala said.
Read news in full 28/06/14 Daily News & Analysis
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