Hi readers! don't get surprised to see the title in pure telugu, just out of feeling of missing my home I had typed it in telugu. Well, for as long as my journey is concerned I had the best experience on air. I had to face what it would have taken approx. 4/5 flight journeys.
---Chennai---
My flight from Chennai to Delhi was an domestic flight and I had to change to international flight from Delhi to Chicago. All of those who have booked their flights in Air India, just get your ticket checked before you start your journey including the allowed baggage for your tickett. I had a thirty minutes drama at the chennai airport before they allowed the extra baggage; regular baggage limit is 2 pieces. Well, the entire airport crew and staff are a bunch of ignorant fools who don't even know where the security check goes on in their airport esepecially Air India staff, A-holes, they don't know the offer which has been displayed right on their homepage and the comic part was they were using unix. OMG! he had to check each and every command right in he manual. Somehow luckily I did board my first flight, the experience was exciting to see the entire city which i roamed in cars dimnish itself beneath us.
---Delhi---
Delhi airport was much grander than the Chennai airport and the goodness was there was a fusion of modernity and Indian tradition in the architecture. GMR rocked yaar!. The moment I did checked in for my flight, they said the next twist in the story and that was "sorry sir! Your flight has been delayed by 9 hours and the time of departure is tomorrow morning at 9 subject to weather conditions". Well, the relief was they said they would provide accomodation at free of cost but I had to wait for 2 hours right in airport and with so many cancelled flight, the airport has become much worse than the Bihar railway station. I was enquiring at the Air India counter over my accommodation and he was quite reckless, so I did scold "Jaffa bathuku ni dobba!" and suddenly a lady who was co-enquiring about herself turned back. She's a software engineer in IBM and had a chat with her right till next day morning my boarding. The next morning I was quite busy in my breakfast that I missed my bus to the airport. Somehow I did catch some vehicle and went to airport only to find out that my flight has been delayed by an hour.
---Chicago---
I was so excited seeing US from such high altitude. Chicago airport is large enough to fit in 2/3 Chennai airports. As soon as I entered into Chicago, it was my port of entry so I had some regular check and verification. Now, I had another twist in my story and that was I had to re-schedule my flight and since it was the responsibility of Air India, he did it for me at free of cost. And as I was about to check in my baggage, he blatantly said that he wouldn't allow the third baggage and I had to pay a 100$ fine, OMG! Adugu pettina muhurtam bagunatlu ledu. Due to some intelligence and stroke of luck, I escaped my fine. Security check at Chicago airport not the regular kinda check up, it's an out and out body scanner and can you imagine a 200-300 meters waiting queue in united states!! To my stroke of misfortune, even the flight here which has been scheduled at 0820pm is delayed by 0130hrs. Finally, after a long 33-hour journey turning into 42-hour journey and a series of mishaps, I did reach my destination wherein I'll be having to spend next 2 years.
---Chennai---
My flight from Chennai to Delhi was an domestic flight and I had to change to international flight from Delhi to Chicago. All of those who have booked their flights in Air India, just get your ticket checked before you start your journey including the allowed baggage for your tickett. I had a thirty minutes drama at the chennai airport before they allowed the extra baggage; regular baggage limit is 2 pieces. Well, the entire airport crew and staff are a bunch of ignorant fools who don't even know where the security check goes on in their airport esepecially Air India staff, A-holes, they don't know the offer which has been displayed right on their homepage and the comic part was they were using unix. OMG! he had to check each and every command right in he manual. Somehow luckily I did board my first flight, the experience was exciting to see the entire city which i roamed in cars dimnish itself beneath us.
---Delhi---
Delhi airport was much grander than the Chennai airport and the goodness was there was a fusion of modernity and Indian tradition in the architecture. GMR rocked yaar!. The moment I did checked in for my flight, they said the next twist in the story and that was "sorry sir! Your flight has been delayed by 9 hours and the time of departure is tomorrow morning at 9 subject to weather conditions". Well, the relief was they said they would provide accomodation at free of cost but I had to wait for 2 hours right in airport and with so many cancelled flight, the airport has become much worse than the Bihar railway station. I was enquiring at the Air India counter over my accommodation and he was quite reckless, so I did scold "Jaffa bathuku ni dobba!" and suddenly a lady who was co-enquiring about herself turned back. She's a software engineer in IBM and had a chat with her right till next day morning my boarding. The next morning I was quite busy in my breakfast that I missed my bus to the airport. Somehow I did catch some vehicle and went to airport only to find out that my flight has been delayed by an hour.
---Chicago---
I was so excited seeing US from such high altitude. Chicago airport is large enough to fit in 2/3 Chennai airports. As soon as I entered into Chicago, it was my port of entry so I had some regular check and verification. Now, I had another twist in my story and that was I had to re-schedule my flight and since it was the responsibility of Air India, he did it for me at free of cost. And as I was about to check in my baggage, he blatantly said that he wouldn't allow the third baggage and I had to pay a 100$ fine, OMG! Adugu pettina muhurtam bagunatlu ledu. Due to some intelligence and stroke of luck, I escaped my fine. Security check at Chicago airport not the regular kinda check up, it's an out and out body scanner and can you imagine a 200-300 meters waiting queue in united states!! To my stroke of misfortune, even the flight here which has been scheduled at 0820pm is delayed by 0130hrs. Finally, after a long 33-hour journey turning into 42-hour journey and a series of mishaps, I did reach my destination wherein I'll be having to spend next 2 years.
