“Are you cheating or following discriminatory/racist policies?”: Indian bureaucrat slams British Airways

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An IAS officer, Ashwini Bhide came down heavily on British Airways and said she was downgraded from premium economy at check-in on the false pretext of overbooking...

Bhide, a 1995-batch IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre took to social media platform X and wrote, Are you cheating or following discriminatory/racist policies @British_Airways ?.

How come u downgrade a premium economy passenger at check-in counter on false pretext of overbooking without even paying price difference forget about compensation?.

Im told this is a common practice by BA @CSMIA Mumbai, tagging British Airways, Mumbai Airport, DGCA and Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia...

"I was too downgraded from business class to crappy premium economy and am still awaiting the fare difference..