Grubby cabins aren’t limited to educate. A high-rolling entrepreneur who shelled out over $6,000 for a first-class seat on Air India was flabbergasted to search out that it had ripped furnishings, grime around his seat and a broken-down in-flight entertainment system.
He detailed this veritable inflight Fyre Festival in a clip with over 2.6 million views on TikTok.
The flyer, named Anip Patel, had reportedly booked the high-priced airplane seat for a 15-hour nonstop flight from Chicago to Delhi, India, the Independent reported.
Nevertheless, when he boarded the plane, the bigwig realized that his so-called sky throne wasn’t exactly fit for a king.
Within the accompanying footage, titled “worst airplane ever,” Patel shows of his shambolic accommodations, which included ripped and scuffed seats and compartments, a chilly towel, and dirt and mold caking the whole lot from the headphones to the facility outlet.
There was also hair within the socket and duct-taped furnishings like a youth hostel at 30,000 feet.
“Include me on the worst first-class cabin I’ve ever been on,” griped the apoplectic passenger. “All the things was ripped, ruined or had mildew on it. I understand regular wear and tear but this was next-level.”
While the food menu looked “very promising” with delicacies reminiscent of Thai red curry and mini samosas (a deep-fried pastry filled with spice potato), they were out of 30% of the items despite there only being 4 passengers in first-class, the flyer claimed.
The items that they did have, meanwhile, were very average excluding the soup, which Patel described as “absolutely delicious.”
To make matters worse, the high roller claimed that there was no Wi-Fi and the entertainment system didn’t work for your complete trip — even after the crew members reset it 4 or five times.
To make matters worse, the high roller claimed that there was no Wi-Fi and the entertainment system didn’t work for your complete trip — even after the crew members reset it 4 or five times.
In consequence, Patel said he was relegated to “rawdogging” — staring into space — for your complete 15 hours.
“It was a nightmare,” declared the bedraggled traveler, who said he took the first-class freebies, including the pajamas, as a consolation prize.
TikTok commenters commiserated with Patel over his flight from hell.
One sympathizer wrote, “Air India is garbage.”
“Rattling what’s economy like,” wondered one other.
A 3rd fretted, “This gave me a lot anxiety I hope you bought your a refund.”
Thankfully, after the video went super viral, Air India reportedly refunded the Patel in full for his ramshackle seat.
“I didn’t file any criticism with Air India but through social media they saw this video — they called me today and refunded my entire flight they did make it right and it’s value noting,” he wrote.
