Indian airlines can weigh a cabin bag at three points: the check-in counter or bag drop, the airline desk before security, and the boarding gate. Enforcement tightens on full flights and small regional aircraft. Most economy fares here allow about 7 kg plus stated dimensions, though the exact limit depends on your airline and your
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If your bag is over the limit at the counter, you usually have five moves: shift weight into another bag or a fellow traveller’s allowance, wear or carry heavy items, buy prepaid excess online if the airline’s window is still open, courier the extra separately, or pay the counter rate, which is typically higher than
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Your bag tag carries a 10-digit licence plate number, and that number is how airlines track your bag. The first digit is a leading code, the next three identify the carrier that issued the tag, and the last six are the bag’s serial number. The three-letter code printed in large type is the airport your
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If a runway or an airport closes, your flight is rescheduled, cancelled or diverted, and DGCA rules generally entitle you to a full refund or a seat on an alternate flight at no extra cost. Planned closures are announced weeks ahead and airlines rebook in advance. Sudden closures for weather, an incident or security usually
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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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