Etihad Airways
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My Etihad Air lines Booking Refrence # MVGMCF and Refrence #UROXAJ of Sudhir Kumar Varma and Seema Verma.
JetBlue Airlines Baggage report receipt lodged complaint for delayed luggage is: BOSB600819206

I had my flight Through Etihad Airlines from New Delhi to Boston (US) with changing flight through their partener Airlines JetBlue from Newyork (JFK) to Boston .
My booked flight from New York to Boston was cancelled and jet blue arranged another flight to Boston .After reaching at Boston around 10:30 pm on 17th July, 2018 I checked my check in luggage at Boston Airport and was informed that my luggage shall come next day.
My all medicines toiletries and clothes were there . I had to spent around 450 USD to manage essentials for my wife and my self as I received my luggage next day of arrival at around 11pm(18th July, 2018).
Will Etihad reimburseme me my expanses and discomfort arising due to delay in receiving luggage. Appreciate if Etihad takes up their responsibility arising with their Partner Airlines and compensate me.
My contact details :
Sudhir Kumar Varma
Email: [protected]@gmail.com
Mobile# +[protected] and +[protected]

Dear Sir /Madam.

On 3 July 2018, I travelled on Etihad flight number EY18 from London Heathrow to Abu Dhabi. (My booking Ref: 3931372, Ticket number: [protected] and Airline Ref: DZNVBG).

As I was waiting for a toilet to become free nearby the kitchen area toward the end of the flight, amazingly one of your heavy drinks trollies toppled over injuring my leg and toe. There was no seatbelt sign on nor turbulence at the time. It had obviously not been secured properly by the crew. There was clearly a significant degree of carelessness in that regard. The crew members did attend to me but I felt that they were not very sympathetic or apologetic. I have also attached a photo of my injury, medical report and details of a witness if required.

After landed in Abu Dhabi, I was immediately taken to the medical service at the airport and regrettably no other help was offered.

I trust that the cabin service manager on the flight reported my injury in her flight incident report accordingly as the crew member answered me inappropriate manner when I enquired about it prior on landing.

Before then can you please look into this matter to find out why the trolley toppled, what should have happened so the accident did not happen and finally what recompense you will offer me for someone's negligence causing me to be injured. I have been working in the aviation industry for many years. I do take Safety and Security are extremely important for all passengers and I believe Etihad respects the same.

Due to this accident, it caused me so much distress, cancellations of plans, works and difficulty caring for my grandmother who is currently ill and needs care.

I look forward to your reply

Yours faithfully

Ronarong Pichaironnarongsongkram.

I flew from Chengdu to Abu Dhabi on flight EY 811 on 21June. I sat in business class seat 7K and I left a laptop power cable, an iphone charger and a converter plug in the seat pocket where you store the headphones.

I had a connecting flight to Dublin and I realised I had left them behind me when I got to the lounge in Abu Dhabi airport so the concierge checked with the cleaning staff and the items had already been moved so she assumed that the crew had taken them and handed them to lost property.

I emailed your baggage services on 27 June who confirmed they had the items . I asked for them to be delivered to Dublin Airport and received an email to say that I would be advised when they would be available for collection and that they would only be held for a maximum of 90 days.

I heard nothing further and sent a follow up mail last week to ask if the items were in Dublin and if so where could I collect them as I was going through the airport last Friday 13 July.

The following is the reply I received from your baggage team:

Dear Clare,

Unfortunately as the items have been with us more than 15 days and upon checking for this item physically it seems to have been regrettably handed over for disposal as our procedure is to send items for disposal after 15 days.

Regards,

Fletcher Smith
Guest Service Agent - AUH Baggage Services

ETIHAD AIRPORT SERVICES - GROUND
Abu Dhabi International Airport
P.O. Box: 35566, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Phone: +[protected]

This is clearly completely unacceptable and completely at odds with the previous email. I am really shocked by this response from an airline that prides itself on customer service !

These items will need to be replaced and I am not happy that I should have to incur this cost because your returns process does not appear to work.

I travelled business class with you from Dublin to Chengdu via Abu Dhabi and thoroughly enjoyed the experience and have indeed shared that with my work colleagues who have now adjusted their commute to Chengdu to your airline. I will be travelling there at least once a month from September and had planned to travel with yourselves but I now may need to reconsider this.

I sent a reply to your baggage service expressing my displeasure with the response last Wednesday 11 July and have yet to receive a reply.

I would appreciate if you could revert to me and advise how you would like to deal with this matter..

Regards,

Clare O'Flynn

My Etihad Guest No. is [protected]
My name is Syed Fazlur Rahman
I have booked ticket for me and my wife, route MAA-AUH-JFK-AUH-MAA under booking reference NQTHXJ
On 15 July, 2018 I contacted Etihad Call Center to enquirer about the seat nos.

They informed that my name in the name format should be Syed Fazlur Rahman FNU which is currently Syed Fazlur Rahman LNU

The creation of LNU is by Etihad, Subsiquently Etihad had changed their policy to issue the ticket as FNU and not as LNU.

But still in the Etihad Guest data system is reading as LNU after my name
the travel agent when tried to enter my guest no. In the ticket he was restricted to enter my name ending with LNU

I as a guest is completely unaware of this proceedings

1. The creation of LNU is by Etihad
2. Policy change of FNU from LNU is by ETIHAD
3. The Etihad Guest Data in the Etihad system is still reading LNU and restricting the travel agent to enter only LNU
4. As a guest I was not informed of the changes and the name foremat requirement

5. NOW I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO PAY USD 150 FOR NAME FOREMAT CHANGES FOR NO FAULT OF MINE. ETIHAD PEOPLE FORECED ME TO PAY AGAIN NO FAULT OF MINE. THE AGENT IS REFUSING TO PAY AS HE IS INSISTING HIS ACTION IS INLINE WITH ETIHAD GUEST DATA SYSTEM.

KINDLY LOOK INTO THE MATTER AND UPDATE ME OF YOUR ACTIONS.

Syed Fazlur Rahman
[protected]@yahoo.com
16-Jul-2018

Had a very bad experience in Etihad business class on my 14th July trip from MXP-KUL. Business class seats were overbooked and I was downgraded to economy. Staff refused to book me into a different flight on the same day and the only other alternative was to go on the same flight the next day which I can't do as I have an important meeting planned! They offered a refund but did not make it easy for me as I have to contact my travel agent upon my return who will then have to contact Etihad's global contact centre! I am not sure how long this will take and do not understand why is it me that have to go through all these trouble when it is clearly not my fault the flight was overbooked. I just want to have my compensation without having to go through my travel agent, wouldn't even mind just voucher/miles!

Dear Sir,

Myself, Ranjit Kumar Das, Etihad Privileged Guest No.. [protected], booked a flight ticket on Etihad Airways online on 09/07/2018 night.

I am travelling with my entire family along with following details:-

1) Ranjit Kumar Das - Self (Sr. Citizen) ] Booking Reference No. RKNBHN

2) Gitali Das - Wife (Sr. Citizen) ] --------------DO---------------------

3) Ruchira Das - Daughter ] Booking Reference No. XFRBOC

4) Nabarun Sarkar - Son-in-law ] -------------DO---------------------

5) Adyant Sarkar - Grand Son (1 yr) ] -------------DO---------------------

The flight details are EY 256 From Abu Dhabi to Kolkata at 13.45 to 20.10 on 12th October, 2018.

At the time of booking, we have booked Seat 15 C, 15D, 15 E & 15 F, so that 1 yr old kid can safely travel together.

But after completion of booking, it was found that my daughter Ms. Ruchira Das Seat 15 E has not been booked, though during booking it was showing 15 E against her name.

I tried to correct the booking through your " Manage my booking" option, but could not succeed. Even Today morning also I tried the same, but could not succeed.

Subsequently, only after contacting Customer Care, I was informed that 15 E is a "Blocked Seat" & cannot be booked online.. It is to be allocated by Airline staff at Airport only. This is not shown online & online 15 E seat can be booked.

Now mother & 1 year kid cannot be accommodated other place, it is simply not possible.

My request to you, kindly let your good sense be prevailed & ensure Ms. Ruchira Das be accommodated at 15 E. Necessary needful action from end is requested.

Now Customer Care is not at all responsive & informed me that 15 E seat is already booked.

Customer Care is also informing me that 17 A, B, C, D is vacant and can be accommodated me, but for that I need to pay additional.

My question why on your system fault, I need to pay?

During booking of Seat selection, it was perfectly displayed each seat against their individual name. Only after booking completion, I came to know that my daughter Ms. Ruchira Das Seat has not been booked. Why? If for infant, that particular seat is not to be allocated, it should have displayed at the time of online booking, which has not done. Then why I should be penalized?

Urgent action is appreciated on above issue.

Regards,

Ranjit Kumar Das, Mob No. [protected]

Dear Etihad Airways

I'm writing in regards to a very distasteful experience I had with your company. I booked a flight to visit my family in India with my wife and my 7 year old daughter from Brussels to New Delhi via Abu Dhabi with our four bagagges with tag no EY812581, EY812580, EY812574 and EY812572 on 23.06.2018 .But the flight from Brussels to Abudhabi was delayed by 1 hour. I and my family including by 7 year old kid ran through the Abu dabhi airport to our connecting flight to New Delhi in 30 minutes.
After reaching New Delhi airport on 24.06.2018 at around 2.30 a.m, we were shocked to know that our above mentioned four luggages had not been arrived to Delhi and were stuck at Abu dhabi airport. We were informed at baggage information counter that our luggage will arrive at 10 AM on the same day. Since we had our next connecting flight to Ranchi at 7.20 am, We were promised to receive our luggage at Ranchi airport at 1 pm on 24.06.2018 via AirIndia flight AI417.
Our flight reached Ranchi at 9.10 am and we waited approx for 4 hours at the Ranchi airport for our luggage, as we desperately needed those .After my continuous follow up at customer care, I was informed that my luggage would arrive at 8 pm at night.We had no option but to wait for our luggage as all our clothings, medicines and all other necessary stuffs were in it. I am suffering from high BP and I am adviced to take BP medicines daily but due to this delay in receiving the luggage I missed the one on 24th june morning which caused an uneasiness to me for the whole day .
We all were exhausted and frustrated by travelling and continuous waiting for almost 36 hours. My 7 year old daughter was crying as she wanted to change and sleep.
At last we received our luggage at 8.30 pm on 24th june 2018. This late receving of luggage created another big problem for us. We had to travel from Ranchi to Bokaro thermal which was our final destination. Since this area is badly affected by Maoist, it was life threatening to travell at night. So we booked a hotel for that night.Also the taxi my father booked from Bokaro Thermal to Ranchi charged for extra 1 one in total 2 days as it arrived at 1 pm on 24th june.
We had a frustrated and harassing journey with no fault of ours. We spent a large amount in addition to the huge amount for airline tickets.
As a result of these failures, we lost our baggage for 18 hours and incurred expenses for an extra nights and the 11+ additional hours we spent in the airport. Besides the significant inconvenience caused, there was a huge monetary loss too.
I would appreciate if your company would compensate for our loss as we spent a large amount due to these delays. Also, that we can give Etihad the chance to provide a better experience next time we fly.

Please let me know if you require any further details.
Regards Animesh Kumar Pandey (me) Ankita Sharma(my wife) Khyati Pandey(my daughter) 

My travel details
Flight Number (e.g. EY 256): EY58 
Flight date: 23/06/2018
Ticket number: [protected] 
Class of travel: Economy 
From: Brussels (BRU) 
To: New Delhi (DEL) 
Booking reference: NUFTRB
My personal details
Title: Mr 
First name: ANIMESH 
Last name: PANDEY 
Email address: sporty.[protected]@gmail.com 
Mobile phone number: BE472626035 
City: ANTWERP 
Country: BELGIUM

Hi,

I was travelling to business trip from Pune to Dublin on 1st July.

Etihad Airways missed my baggage in Abu Dabhi and it was delivered to me after to days . When i received my bag it was sevierly damaged and all contents were spilled all over place in spite of marking baggage as Fragile.

Not i am in Dublin and trying to reach Etihad team via mail or phone but they are not responding.
Very poor service and no way to reach Etihad Team.

On the 11th of August 2017, I purchased travel tickets from Wakanow for three passengers, Myself, my mum and my dad from Lagos to Hyderabad and back. The flight fares were N978, 684 for my parents and N515, 459 for myself.

The itinerary is attached for your reference. In line with the flight reservations made, my parents were expected to return on the 30th of September 2017, unfortunately the day before the trip (29th) my father had a stroke and was rushed to emergency. I had already returned to Nigeria since the 1st of September.

The date for the flight elapsed and we had to wait to ascertain his conditions before rescheduling the flights. My father passed away in Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad, India on the 24th of October and my mother's ticket was rescheduled for the 28th of October through the same Wakanow and an extra charge of N301, 291 was paid on her ticket.

I had filed for a refund on the return leg of my fathers ticket since December last year and have several times pleaded with Wakanow to ensure that my pleas got to Etihad air so that the refund can be initiated since it was a case of death. I sent all the requested documents to them and they assured me that the process was on.

In February 2018, I had grown impatient as there was no feedback and Adetoun Sulaimon (Wakanow) told me that she had tried reaching Etihad air several times and sent them all the information they requested but they were unresponsive. She then decided to put me in their emails so I would know how far she had gone.

After several un returned mails from John Akpan of Etihad airline (I was made to understand that he is their Account Manager), I decided to pull his phone number and give him a call. I introduced myself and he responded that he had been busy and would return the email. He did a few days later and said that they were working on my refund. I would receive value by the following week (See mail trail) this was in March 2018.

I kept sending emails, calling both Adetoun and John consistently and yet I hadnt received any concrete feedback. At some point, John stopped picking my calls or responding to my emails till I sent him a text message. He returned my text and apologized for the silence. He sent me Mr Giwas number who I was supposed to follwo up with and he assured me that I should give Giwa sometime and he would sort my request out.

I started converstations with Giwa and as before, sent him all the emails and correspondence between Wakanow, myself and John. To my surprise he said he hadnt come across my request before and wondered why it was a "difficult" task to do a refund since it was death. He assured me once again that he will be on the matter and get back to me with a solution.

In May, Giwa wrote to Wakanow with me in copy that N215, 649 had been approved for payment. I spoke with Adetoun and was very happy that after all the back and forth I was finally seeing the result. Adetoun told me she was on leave and said she would speak to a colleague of hers (Mobi) to follow up and provide me with feedback.

Once again I wa sback to calling Wakanow and sending emails to them to at least confirm the email but to no avail. I decided to wait for Adetoun to come back from leave since she was the only one I could trust to push the request through. Mobi called me to say that my request was going to take another 6 weeks for refund to be processed. I was devastated.

Once Adetoun was back from leave, I called her and she said that Etihad had sent 19, 249 to them as refund for the ticket. I couldn't understand how that was possible. She said I should speak with Giwa. I called Giwa and couldn't reach him, then I called John. John said I shouldn't take that from Wakanow and ask them how they arrived at the 19, 000 they said they will pay. He said since Giwa had written what I was entitled to, I should meet Wakanow for the full amount quoted.

When I called Giwa, he said I shouldn't call him and that ordinarily he isn't supposed to liaise with me directly. That I should go and meet Wakanow for a refund as he has done his own part.

As we speak, there has been no head way on this as both Wakanow and Etihad have been pushing me to each other

Giwas Phone Number: +[protected]
Giwa's Email Address: [protected]@etihad. ae
John Akpan's Phone Number: [protected]
John Akpan's Email: [protected]@etihad. ae

11/06/18

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to complain to you about our recent flight (Sunday 17th June 2018: 17:30) with Etihad from Perth Australia to Abu Dhabi which took approximately eleven hours. This flight (VA 7200 Airbus A3 30-200) has had a really traumatic effect on my whole family which will have a long term impact on their mental health and well-being when flying.

For the duration of the flight all four members of my family suffered from difficulty in breathing and extreme fatigue, yawning, dizziness and confusion, which would appear to be caused by a lack of oxygen and a very hot cabin on the flight.

When we tried to alert the flight attendants to inform them of our worries and extreme discomfort, ringing the bell multiple times, we were ignored continuously and no one came to help. The seat belt sign was on constantly therefore there was no attendants to speak to, which added to the anxiety.

There were very young children crying constantly and in a very distressed state for the majority of this time and we witnessed that they were also not helped by staff.
There was no water offered to any of us for the whole of this flight, the reclining seats did not work and the personal in-flight entertainment also did not work. We received no packs with ear plugs etc.

We are returning on Sunday 15th July, flying from Edinburgh Airport at 9:05am (EY28) and we are all extremely anxious about experiencing this again. My family have flown with Etihad for over twelve years now, taking annual vacations to visit our family in Scotland and have always recommended your airlines to family and friends in the past. However, we will be reluctant to recommend or use Etihad Airlines again in the future due to this extremely distressing experience.

Yours faithfully
Mr and Mrs Blunden and family.

Etihad asked for proof of relationship after my father passed away and I needed to get back to the UK urgently

I supplied a death certificate for my father and my birth certificate

I did this so I cold get the refund fee for change of flight date that they initially informed me I could do

But this is not enough what else can I do to satisfy this arrogant airline they keep asking for more proof

I was supposed to take a flight from Istanbul to Abu Dhabi on April 8, 2018. However, upon check in, the Etihad staff told me and my companion that they cannot accommodate us because the flight was full. As compensation, Etihad will provide us 600 euros each (cash payment to be deposited to our bank accounts), one way flight c/o Turkish Airlines and lounge access that day. We took the offer because it was already the last leg of our trip. Three months later, after several phone call, email and social media follow up, I still have not received my compensation. My friend already got his on June 19, 2018. Etihad, this has been going on for 3 months and we are not going anywhere. What kind of service is this? Your customer service is useless. You have to provide me my compensation asap.

Airmiles Ref Numbers

ETIHAD GUEST NUMBER [protected] - AIRMILES NOT CREDITED

SCUFOM 15th February - 10th March Credited 24th April

Complained by Phone end of March
Chased by Phone April 4th
Chased by Email April 4th
Chased by Email April 13th
Etihad gave personal apology April 18th - finally credited 24th April

IOHIKS EY428 14th April - AUH - MANILA No Credit
EY19 14th May AUH - LHR No Credit

Complained by Email 16th May
Etihad promised to sort out within a week on 21st May
Chased by Email 4th June
Etihad said already credited 7th June
Complained as not credited 7th June
Phoned to complain 15th June spoke to call centre
20th June Email saying missing miles would be credited EY 428 14APR AUH to MNL
EY 19 14MAY AUH to LHR
Phoned 4th July advised the miles would be credited.

Etihad phone number [protected] 1 - 2 - 1 - Numerous promises to credit guest and tier miles but without action.

Complaints
Head Office address
200 Hammersmith Road
P.O Box 35566
London
W6 7DL
Phone number: [protected] - Number out of service!

Etihad Airways was very kind to get me a visa in less than 2 hrs, but here's what happened. I had a ticket from Toronto bound to Abu Dhabi (Direct) 14 May, 2018, and Abu Dhabi-Toronto on the 17th of June, 2018. The statement on your website stated that the multiple visa was valid for 60 days but did not mention that I needed to exit on the 13th of May 2018 in any way. Despite the multiple entry visa that cost a fortune, we had to reapply for a new visa for me to exit and enter the country again as I had a trip scheduled in between to Beirut. The point is, you should at least alert your customers before making them pay triple the amount of money for their trip, especially that you are the sponsors and you knew this was going to happen! The customer service on the phone mentioned that later too! We work hard to make money people, just don't rip us off intentionally! Also, it is ridiculous that you make people pull out their luggage, with all the stress they are going thru, for 800g extra in a bag especially when the flight ends up empty! That is not only unethical, but you lost a customer who was once loyal forever. I am very disappointed from your service (so is my family) and would not trust to have my life in control by people who did not demonstrate that they are capable to manage a simple ethical customer oriented service on the ground! Not only is your service free falling, your food is crap! Budget airlines have better food options than yours. If you wish to know more details I have all the documents ready for you to have a look and take corrective actions if you care.

I was travelling from abu dhabi to cairo on flight number EY 653 on 6 july 2018 and i forget a duty free bag with 2 alcohol bottles .. i tried to call all your numbers but i can't reach anyone please help i called your office in UAE and the office here in Egypt and they give me an email to contact i sent 3 emails and no replies please help as soon as possible

Dear Team.

This is unprofessional way to deal with the customer without any alternative option to cancel my ticket. Which results to me a losses of time and money to reschedule every thing and date...😡

Now almost 4 week still I have not received my amount.ever time I called customers care only one answer you will receive amount in two day.

I highly appreciate if you proceed for refund of my amount ASAP. In order to book my new ticket. Below is the ac detail of my K-Net which use to purchase the ticket.

Booking reference number CB2093691

✏ Account: 0080568001
📝 a/c Name : Syed Mazher

ℹ IBAN: KW04BBYN0000000000000080568001

Regards,

My parents travelled from Kochi to Calgary under the same booking.. Kochi to Abu Dhabi ( EY 283), Abu Dhabi to Toronto ( EY 141) and Toronto to Calgary ( AC 143) . We did not receive checked in baggage at Calgary.. We were told the baggage would be required to be collected only in Calgary at the ticketing counter at Kochi operated by Etihad ... After contacting baggage services of Air Canada in Calgary ; we were told that they have not received the baggage yet in Toronto from Etihad ... My parents medications and walking aids were in the baggage ... Please do the needful urgently

Baggage details : 0607 EY837289 ; 0607 EY837288

my itinerary was as follows...
name.. gautam kumar mohan
airline booking no nbodny
ticket no...[protected]
ey0016 manchester uk to abu dhabi
ey0218 abu dhabi to new delhi

facts...
was scheduled to board n fly at 8.10am on 10/01/2018 from manchester uk but the flight was cancelled and I along with all other co passengers were kept in the dark about the next flight and made to wait at the airport for at least 8 hrs and after that given an option to either get on board a bus to travel down to london (4 hrs again) or to sit at manchester without any info or hope fir the next flight!
I took the bus... was served no refreshments on the way.!
managed to get on the flight to abu dhabi and then had to wait another 7 hours for the flight to my final destination.. new delhi
as if the torture wasn't enough... found out that my luggage had not arrived on the same flight and would come next day...
had to buy a set of clothes n toiletries...
reached almost a day n a half later than scheduled

have been a regular traveller of etihad airlines but this experience has really disturbed me esp the arrogant attitude of the staff at manchester airport
would definitely want an explanation and adequate re imbursement as per policy

My family and I were travelling back from Phuket on the EY431 flight on 19th July - 3 young children, my husband and I. My son Oran Pegman became unwell on the flight with a tummy bug and was getting sick the whole flight. One of the flight attendants was extremely helpful, providing sick bags, wet towels and tissues.

At one point the seat belt sign was on, our seat belts were fastened and I had gathered a sick bag (used) and some tissues in another clear plastic bag. We called asked another flight attendant could she take it and dispose of it as the seat belt sign was on. Her response was to ask 'what is that?' pointing at the bag, clearly understanding what it was as the Etihad sick bag was visibly full(but inserted into another clear plastic bag). My husband said it is a sick bag pointing to my son who was clearly unwll. She replied, 'I can't touch that, bring it to the toilet.' So my husband had to undo his seat belt and dispose of it. All the time the seat belt sign was on.

We found this particular flight attendant to be very rude but most of all had disregarded the safety aspect of my husband moving around the cabin when the seat belt sign was on. As I said another flight attendant (possibly of Phillipino or Malaysian origin) had been extremely helpful and kind. This one other attendant was the opposite.

Regards
Elaine Keating

Pathetic disappointed service by etihad airways
Booked 3 ticket online on 23rd june 2018, booking ref : kuyjjp,

I have entered every passenger details very carefully, when I checked ticket received on my email, my daughter last is showing incorrect, when I called customer care number [protected] they said you have to pay 7000 for my daughter name correction
Is this only because of cheaper ticket I booked through online.. Now they are leveling money by this way..

Contact center is asking for 7000 to update last name?
Why should I pay is this is not my mistake
It was your system who picked incorrect name of my daughter
I have entered each an every details very carefully
Why should I pay more?
Why I booked eihad ticket only because of good price.. Was not aware you people are making fool by this way... Asking for extra money in the name of name correction