Interesting Story about Saudi Airlines (Must Read)
Dear Readers,
I want to share one of my current incident happened with Saudi Arabian Airlines - Domestic Departures from Jeddah to Riyadh and other nationwide cities yesterday.
I had my flight yesterday from Jeddah to Riyadh SV 1046 - Jeddah to Riyadh - at 8:00 pm. I had my check-in and booked my luggage and went to departures lounge. At 7:20, they announed that First Class and Business Class Passengers are kindly requested to proceed at Gate No: 05.
At around 7:35 pm Gate was CLOSED, and some of the Saudi Passengers started fighting on Departure Gate, Saudi Staff was telling to these passengers that the GATE IS CLOSED. All of them were having valid boarding pass and were already check in and the departure gate was CLOSED.
Upon asking, they told me to go back to Sales office in airport. I went to Sales office, they asked me to go to Supervisor. Supervisor told me to go to Waiting Counter. Waiting Counter people asked to submit your request through LCD screen through SGS. I took the number and went back to departure lounge. They asked me to wait. I wait from 8:00 pm till 3:00 am, but none of the SMS received.
I asked the Standby Passenger counter, they told me that you have to pay SAR 70/- as penalty for Non-Show fees. Which is haram, I was in the lounge with boarding pass, but they put me a wrong allegation that I didn't show up.
So, please don't travel in Saudi Airlines if you want to save your money and headache.
Thanks