A social media user traveling on IndiGo posted a question asking the airline, after which a discussion started on the internet. While posting on ‘X’, the user asked the airline what is the ‘cute charge’ charged from it. A social media user named Shreyansh Singh shared a screenshot of his airline ticket in the post, in which it has been told that apart from the fare, the airlines have collected Rs 50 from him as ‘cute charge’.
The user wrote in the post, “In the breakup of the ticket fare, ‘cute charge’ was written in front of Rs 50.” Sharing the screenshot, the user wrote, “Dear IndiGo6E, what is this ‘cute fee’? Do you charge users to be cute? Or do you charge because you think your planes are cute?”
He further wrote that what is this ‘user development fee’? When I travel in your airplane, how do you develop me? What is this ‘Aviation Security Fee’? Am I not paying taxes to the government for my safety while traveling? Or has the Civil Aviation Ministry outsourced aviation security to businesses? Please answer, because now you guys are getting overloaded.
In response to Shreyansh Singh’s questions, Indigo Airlines said that ‘cute charges’ means common user terminal equipment charges.
IndiGo said, “This is basically the amount that is charged for the use of metal-detecting machines, escalators and other equipment being used at the airport.” “Additionally, the User Development Fee is a charge for development and maintenance of airport infrastructure and the Aviation Security Fee is charged by IndiGo for and on behalf of airport operators in India, on bookings from customers across sectors,” the airline said. is the charge to be collected in respect of.
Apart from this, many other users also gave their reactions on the question of ‘cute charge’, due to which an online uproar broke out on social media.
A user named M. Thareja wrote, “Now I understand why IndiGo was quoting me three times the price, apparently looking good is also a crime!”
Another user Sagar M replied, “Ok now that you have asked the question, they can now add ‘explanation fee’.
