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Etihad Airways lost cell ifone in flight no ey 313 on 27th m

Salam

My sister forget/left/falldown her cell I fone in flight no ey313

On the way from abu dhabi to jeddah on 27th may 2018

Boarding pass and ticket attached here with

Please help her for find out her mobile phone

They are performing umra so please contact me at my email
[protected]@hotmail.com
Or cell no [protected]
Thanks
Regards
Iqbal Jiwani

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Etihad Airways missing miles

Despite writing numerous times and substantiating previous emails claiming my travel within the 6month period, below is the lame response I got once again from this Etihad. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!

Etihad Guest Number: [protected]
Dear Mrs Christou,
Thank you for your email.
Kindly accept our sincere apology for the inconvenience caused to you however, we are unable to credit your claim for flights dated Oct2017 as we have received your claim only on 07May18, by when the flights had already crossed the 6 month claim period.
Further to your email, we take this opportunity to remind you that you can claim miles for your flights taken up to 3 months prior to your enrolment date and all missing miles have a claim period of 6 months from the respective transaction date.
Should you require any further assistance, please contact us.
We look forward to welcoming you again as our guest in the future.
Kindest regards,
Smita Bhosale
Etihad Guest

I strongly advice and discourage anyone to not fly with Etihad. Not only do they have very long flights leaving you with having to catch three planes from overseas, to Melbourne to Sydney 28 Hours +

They certainly do not care about honouring the mileage you have accrued in the process. despite me showing evidence to their repeated cut and past comments, and requirements to substantiate, which I did 8 times.

Simply not worth your loyalty to them if they obviously cannot honour giving you the mileage you have a legitimate claim for.

Absolutely appalled by their so-called customer service.

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the worst service ever- i am trying to collect my miles since nov 2017 ---

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Etihad Airways entertainment services and broken asset (luggage bag)

Hi i have travelled from melbourne to islamabad on 22nd may 2018 tuesday at 21:45 on EY461 it was my first ever experience with ethihad but unfortunately turn into frustrated journey during 14hrs flight from mel to abu dhabhi almost 9 hrs my entertainment screen was hang i called for assistance she came almost after half an hour and said i will restart but nothing happend after some time i called again no one turnup third time i press assistance call button and its impossible to believe that the call sign goes off that someone already attended but no one came to third time after that i personally went and told to crew staff and one of the staff said my coulege will resolve your query soon but it was frustrating and boring that for last 9 hrs no entertainment service had been available moreover after the changeover when i reach to islamabad airport and collecy my bag one bag handle was broken and even the bottom part was also broken i complained the airport staff but they started blam game between mel abudhabi airport but the sad thing is still i have to fly on the way back to dubai and then mel i want to claim my loss of asset and terible service.

My email address is [protected]@yahoo.com

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Jul 20, 2018 10:20 pm EDT

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reference to above query i have reseived an email from your side but unfotunately the mail has been deleted so can u please resend the outcome of my query thanks

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Jul 20, 2018 10:19 pm EDT

i ethihad has emailed me regarding this matter but unfortunately the mail has been deleted so can u pls resend the outcome of my query thanks

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Etihad Airways missing miles

I sent an email via my icloud address on the 6 November 2017 7:10:16 PM ACDT
To: [protected]@etihadguest.com stating:-

my name is betty christou.
Etihad guest number [protected]

I would like to claim for flights taken to scotland. I have tried to do this online since becoming a guest member today, however, my flights are not registering.

my mobile number is [protected].

my trip was a return flight from sydney to Scotland via abu dhabi on the 8/10/2017 to 23/10/2017.

I appreciate your assistance.
E-Ticket Number - [protected]

since then, i have made numerous calls and i obtained another email address and forwarded my issue with the scan of my tickets as requested by Etihad. However, today, I received an email

Etihad Guest Number: [protected]
Dear Mrs Christou,
Thank you for taking the time to contact Etihad Guest with your request for missing Etihad Guest Miles to be credited to your account.
Your flights listed below were over six months ago and have therefore passed the allowed claim period for Etihad Guest Miles. Unfortunately we cannot credit the missing miles in this instance.

can you please do the right thing and credit my mileage. otherwise, I will be letting other customers know via twitter that this is how they treat their "valued" customers.

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May 24, 2018 3:03 am EDT

received 8th May 2018 1:21AM
Etihad Guest Number: [protected]
Dear Mr Christou,
Thank you for taking the time to contact Etihad Guest with your request for missing Etihad Guest Miles to be credited to your account.
We request you to send the e-ticket number/scanned copy of the boarding passes in PDF or JPEG format to RetroClaims@etihadguest.com for assistance with the credit of missing miles.
The miles will be credited to the respective account, subject to approval based on the Terms and conditions of our Etihad Guest Programme.
Further to your email, we take this opportunity to remind you that you can claim miles for your flights taken up to 3 months prior to your enrolment date and all missing miles have a claim period of 6 months from the respective transaction date.
We look forward to welcoming you again as our guest in the future.
Kindest regards,
Aejaz Khan
Etihad Guest

Reply email from me sent on 9th April 2018 1:38PM WITH COPY OF BOARDING PASSES I WAS REQUIRED TO PRODUCE

Dear Mr Khan,

please find attached the boarding passes to verify my return trip to Edinburgh from Sydney in October last year.

I actually did write to Etihad on the 6th November 2017 to advise of the fact I could not claim these mileage points online. I also tried to call a number of times with no success, until recently. I have forwarded this email to you. hence, it does fall within the 6 month period.

please add these miles to my account asap.

Regards,

Betty Christou

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Etihad Airways customer service

Hello,

I travelled from Bengaluru to JFK on May 6th 2018. After boarding the flight, the guy sitting before me Puked completely on me. My dress shoes and my spec were spoiled but the customer team were so concerned on taking the flight they made me sit in the same sit for more than an hour.
After that they gave me a seat in Business class but that was he only
Good thing happened. I did not eat any food for the remaining of my flight journey. I was promised by the air hostess that I would be escorted to the nearest lounge once I get down at Abu Dhabi and can take a shower. But nobody even cared about it and even after checking with the customer service they said they have no idea about it. I also raised a complaint and the number is 638027 on May 9th. It's been 2 weeks and no guest relations team have called me. After paying 1400$ for the ticket I did not eat a single portion of meal and the whole journey was crap.

Worst part is the Airways ppl don't care for emails. Feedback @etihad is total waste

Venki

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May 24, 2018 6:26 am EDT

Wow. What a compensation for all the troubles that I had to face in the flight. With that compensation I cannot even buy a water bottle. You charge crazy amount for preponing the flight for 2 days. Excess charge on baggage. Paying all these charges and I had to travel in such a bad condition.

Is it not the responsibility of the airlines to have a garbage/vomit bag just Incase somebody feels like vomiting. There are many elders children who travel first time and they might be air sick. I feel it’s the duty of the airlines to take preventive measures. All this would have been avoided if you had taken care of these little things. Instead you are giving a compensation which does not make any sense.
Totally dissatisfied with Etihad.

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Etihad Airways etihad airline service

First of all let me tell u Etihad airline is cheap .. donn have concern on their passangers, they are scoundrel and [censored]... I was flying on 10th 3 pm from LHR London to India by Etihad airlines. 10.30am I was in airport, they said pls wait for 30 min. After an hour said flight canceld...they did not had idea about nxt connecting flight for us..inbetween they provided meal voucher worth of 10 pounds get nothing in london airport...then flight was rescheduled by 8.45 pm..doing nothing and blady waiting...board the flight for nxt connecting flight from abudhabi to India again 8 hours waiting period.no lounge facilities, again same breakfast voucher getting just one snack..this is how treated me. I never ever fly by Etihad...

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Etihad Airways delay of etihad flight number ey019 on 10/5/2018

---------- forwarded message ---------
From: etihad feedback
Date: mon, 14 may 2018 at 12:51 pm
Subject: re: delay of etihad flight abu dhabi-london ey019 [intr:[protected]]
To: umesh agarwal

Thank you for contacting etihad airways.

We have received your feedback, which we will now review.

Thank you for your patience. a team member will reply to you as soon as possible.

Kind regards,
Etihad airways guest relations department

---- original message ----
From : umesh agarwal
To : [protected]@etihad.ae
Subject : delay of etihad flight abu dhabi-london ey019
Date : mon, may 14 15:49:40 gst 2018

Sir, i am umesh agarwal and i travelled from delhi to london (via abu dhabi) along with my family and a group of approx 180-200 people . my flight details are as follows:
Pnr: pfjxsr
Umesh agarwal - etkt : [protected]
Veena agarwal - etkt : [protected]
Priyal agarwal - etkt : [protected]

Out of the all the people traveling, 15 people were traveling from etihad airways with the same pnr.
Our flight was scheduled to depart from abu dhabi at 8:10 a.m(gmt+4) in the morning but due to fault in the system of the airlines, our flight got delayed for ten hours and it departed at 6:10 p.m in the evening. due to this, we arrived at the heathrow airport, london ten hours at night around 10:00 p.m(gmt+1). because of the delay, our whole tour has got disturbed and we are not very happy about it . the other people traveling with me were traveling with emirates but i insisted on flying with etihad because i had heard highly good of it .but after this incident i doubt that my decision was maybe wrong.
I had talked regarding this issue with ms. rania who is the duty operation supervisor at the abu dhabi airport and she assured me that my matter would be looked into and resolved with me being compensated for the same.
Due to the delay, my entire schedule has disrupted and i am facing great difficulties in my tour which was supposed to be a sound and content trip. i request you to kindly look into this matter and provide me an extension off a whole day in london including the stay or compensate me for the loss i have incurred due to your airlines. my mail id : [protected]@gmail.com
Mobile :+[protected]
I have attached our itinerary of our tour alongside it..
We have our return flight from edinburgh to delhi(via abu dhabi) whose details are as follows-

Edinburgh -abu dhabi ey028 17th may 0905 hours (gmt+1)

Abu dhabi - delhi ey218 17th may 2210hours (gmt+4)

Kindly look into our matter and give us a solution as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely,
Umesh agarwal

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Etihad Airways flight. fy 310 / may 13 2018. peoples charles etkt [protected]

I did a payment over phone with customer service to change my flight cause my flight was late a hour to transfer. They charged me $823 when lady told me at first it was only going to be 378 AEDwith customer service etihad. I checked with my bank and it was $ 800 taking out of my acct. At the time I had traveled 20 hour or so when I got to Kuwait but flight was late getting there for my original flight. Confirmation number for that flight was DVTWYE. E ticket number was [protected]. When I got to ticket counter they said they could not change it there at desk I had to call customer service could not do it in airport at desk. I was very upset when I saw how much they changed me.

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Etihad Airways double charge for excess baggage

Dear Sir or Madam
Attachd please find all supporting documents
* I booked a flight on Etihad Airlines from Boston, USA to Khartoum, Sudan departing on May 01, 2018, my sheduled itinerary was as follows:
- Boston to Washington Dulles (JetBlue Airlines) Flight No. 357 - May 01, 2018
- Washington Dulles to Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Abu Dhabi, UAE to Khatoum, Sudan (Final destination)

* Upon checking in at Boston Airport, I asked for my luggage to be checked in to my final destination (Khatoum, Sudan) to avoid further check in needs
* I paid $320 fees for excess luggage
* All went well until I arrived to Abu Dhabi, UAE where my layover was almost 15 hours (14:55). I went to the Etihad transit counter to enquire about rest services as the flight was already long and so aws the layover. I was shocked when I was informed that my luggage was checked in only to Abu Dhabi, UAE and that I was responsible for collecting it and re-checking in it for my final sector. I was expecting a voucher for a hotel room and meals from Etihad to a passenger with an itinerary of close to 40 hrs.
* Since I am a US Citizen I was allowed to enter the UAE without priorly secured visa.
* I collected my luggage and when I went to the Etihad counter, I was told that they would not accept check in until only 4 hours before scheduled take off time (12 hours from then)
* That meant I could not get any rest becuase all of my luggage was with me. Very rude treatment of an Etihad passenger who had started his journey with you almost two full days before then.
* 4 hours before scheduled departure time I went to check in my luggage and I was shocked again when I was informed that I had to pay $450 for excess luggage.I tried to explain that fact that I already paid for excess luggage (I presented my payment receipt) and that this was not my fault and I did not have to pay for the mistake of your staff in Boston. Unfortunately your Abu Dhabi staff rudely told to me to pay if I wanted to proceed with my flight, and that was a clear threat and taking advantage of a passenger who was in a foreign country with no affiliation to that place.
* Your counter staff directed me to speak with a supervisor. Unfortunately, the rudeness continued and the suprevisor again threatened to refuse to accept my luggage without payment of $450. This was a highly unexpected behavior from a supervisor who was supposed to have been trained to understand the process of cheching in through different stations.
- The supervisor agreed that this was a clear mistake by JetBlue check in staff and that he refused to accept reponsibilities for that mistake and he shifted that responsibility to me the passenger.
- Please remember I did not buy my ticket from JetBlue. I bought my ticket from Etihad Airline. How could I be reponsible for the mistake of an entity that I never contracted with. My contract was with Etihad Airline.
* Please check my complaint and refund my funds as this is the least I expect from a luxury airliner like Etihad.

Sincerely yours,

Mustafa Garafi Mahmoud
[protected]@hotmail.com
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Etihad Airways excess baggage payment - extra cash

Myself Girish Ramankutty had travelled on 30 April 2018 Delhi to Abu Dhabi EY 229.

Since we had excess baggage we had paid a total of 160000 using 3 different cards.

The card machine wasn't working properly and it had taken extra 30000 I had not received a transaction failed receipt not and debit receipt.

The person at the counter told me that the payment did not happen. Ended up paying 190000 for a bill of 160000.

I would like a refund for the same.

The 30000 was made using an axis bank debit card no. [protected]. Kindly do the needful.

Since I flew out of country I just noticed that the amount has been debited.

Attaching the bills and receipts of payment done.

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Etihad Airways off boarded from flight as the flight was overbooked by etihad airways

On 4th may 2018, I Ritesh Khandelwal(booking reference - WO2N5V) and Vipul Thakur (ZWKFNG), went to the airport Etihad in Abu dhabi 3 hours before my flight EY 218 with ETD at 10:15 pm.
I had my ticket Booked 15 days in advance.First they shifted gate from Terminal 3 to 1. Later When I went to to give my baggage, the staff told me that the flight is overbooked, and no choice that I need to wait an other flight which was at 3:20 am on 5th May morning.

Regarding the law IATA, the customer need to be compensated and put to ease of airways hospitality.

Ground staff Mr. Sajeesh, Mr. Izziddin is very uncooperative and are saying that it's your fault that you did not do an online check in and legally flight is allowed to overbook.
As a matter of fact online checkin was not applicable as it's was a group booking of more than 50 colleagues 😊 by my company travel agent.

it's an 8 hours of waiting...Gosh it's a one day work shift time !
Not even offering a hotel stay or lounge access.Answer a big NO 😞

Regarding the law IATA, the customer need to be compensated for the situation. In the other case I am going to complain to the GCAA ( General Civil Aviation Authority) and will explain all the situation with all details.
On this they told that pls take a voucher to be used only on Etihad and not cash.
Why any sane customer will book on Etihad after such harassment and bad experience.

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Etihad Airways overbooked flight

Dear,

On 1st may 2018, I went to the airport Etihad in Abu dhabi 3 hours before my flight.
I had my ticket that I booked on 02 april 2018 for going to abu dhabi on 15 April 2018 and have my return to Paris on 1st may.

When I went to the airport to give my baggage, the staff told me that the flight is overbooked, and no choice that I need to wait an other flight which was at 2:15 o'clock morning.

Regarding the law IATA, the customer need to be compensate for the situation. In the other case I am going to complain to the GCAA ( General Civil Aviation Authority) and will explain all the situation with all details.

Waiting for your prompt answer,

My phone number : + [protected]
My email : c.[protected]@outlook.fr

Kind regards,
Khefafa Zahia

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Etihad Airways luggage damage and personal items lost

Dear Etihad,

I am writing you to complain luggage damage and lost items during my trip from AUH to LAS via LAS . EY 171 .

Just arrived after total of five hours flight delays. I am left now with very critical situation and seeking you support.

All supporting documents are attached .

Reguesting a quick reimbursement to recover my losses on you flight . You advise is important.

You can either reach me over phone or email. I am in Las Vegas right now.

Regards,

Sent from mobile
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Etihad Airways delayed flight ey017 on 28th april

Hello Eithad Airways,

I (Meenakshi Manglani) and my daughter (aged 7 years) had travelled from Hyderabad to London (via Abu Dabhi) by Eithad Airways on 28th April 2018.

Your flight's EY17 from Abu Dabhi to London arrival to Heathrow Airpot London was delayed by 2 hrs and 30 minutes & landed in Heathrow Airport at 9:15PM instead of 6:45 PM. I had connecting bus tickets from Heathrow Airport to Bristol with departure time as 9PM & we missed the bus due to delay in your flight EY 17. The National Bus Service do not refund the money as it was case of non-appearance. I had to book the cab from Heathrow to Bristol (since 9 PM is the last bus service from London to Bristol) to reach my home which cost me additional £223

I would therefore request you to please make it possible to reimburse £ 346 which I ended up paying due to delay in your flight service EY 17. I hope to receive the compensation amount at the earliest. I will await your response within next 24 hours before proceeding with other legal options.

Attached - Boarding pass of Wife (Meenakshi Manglani) and Daughter (Priyanka Manglani)
National Express bus ticket
Taxi fare

Thanks
Meenakshi

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Etihad Airways mishandled and damaged luggage

On 16th april, 18 I had sent the below to your team. Have not heard back since.

Hi team,

I have always had great experience with etihad airways. But this time the way my luggage has been handles is a disaster.

Firstly, I had connecting flight from ccu-abu dhabi - milan (etihad airways)
Milan - london (via easy jet)- I had to pay 33.79 eur for check-in luggage.

Due to delayed departure I missed my flight and easyjet do not refund anything for hold luggage.

Secondly, on 12/04 when I received the bag it was completely damaged. Handle wheel material everything broken in the suitcase. All luggage inside was in pieces, liquid bottles broken, all my clothes are soaked in oil and all food packets were broken and mixed with each other. The bag was completely ripped. All gifts everything I bought was in pieces.

Please can I claim compensation for this loss.

Thanks
Pranav dave
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Etihad Airways serious mistreatment by etihad staff of elderly passenger at check-in

Dear Etihad Customer Service Team,

I am writing on behalf of my mother, Mahmooda Raza, who had a very poor and disappointing experience on her recent trip from Karachi to Abu Dhabi. My mother is elderly and suffers from chronic illnesses, including stage 3 cancer and other conditions. On she arrived at Karachi airport several hours before the flight and before the check-in counter opened. Once the counter opened she was one of the first people to check in and this is when she encountered two extremely rude and unprofessional staff, Zara Hussain and Ibn Hassan.

My mother was travelling with 2 pieces of checked baggage and one cabin suitcase. This is the exact same luggage which she checked in at NY-JFK on April 19th, which is her origin airport and final destination).

When she went to check in she was told she was only permitted to check ONE bag and would need to pay for a second bag. The reason the staff provided was that, my mother did not have a return ticket to JFK. This was not true. My mother did have a confirmed return ticket. Please see attached. The staff insisted that without evidence of the ticket provided by my mother there was no choice but to pay for the extra luggage piece. My mother respectfully asked for assistance to search the system for the confirmed ticket or to call her daughter in AD or her son in the USA who had booked the ticket, but the staff displayed no effort to assist whatsoever. During the conversation they were rude, aggressive, and she felt harassed, tauntd and that they were discriminating against her either in the basis of her age (74 years) or nationality (USA).

After this, my mother stepped away from the counter to rearrange luggage between different pieces in order to reduce the weight of the second bag she was told she now had no choice but to pay 4, 646 Pakistani Rupees. While she was rearranging her luggage Etihad staff stood around her and watched. The Karachi airport porter who was assisting my mother remained with her and provided more assistance and was more respectful than any Etihad staff. He also observed and told my mother that while she was rearranging luggage the Etihad staff were watching her and he had seen enough to know these individuals would not leave her alone.

When my mom returned to the counter the staff were even more rude. She payed the fee, was given her boarding pass and proceeded to Immigration.

Shortly thereafter, while waiting in the Immigration line, Ibn Hassan the appeared and demanded that they needed to weigh her cabin luggage and that she may need to check that bag and pay additional fees. My mother insisted that she needed all of these items including medications for her illnesses and to please allow her to proceed noting the hundreds of people who were standing in the Immigration line who were not being bullied into step out of line and return to their respective check-in counters to have cabin luggage weighed. Zara Hussain threatened to deboard her from the plane if she did not step out of the Immigration line. Eventually my mother felt she had no choice and was then told she had to pay 31, 362 Pakistani Rupees (which she ultimately paid, see attached receipt) to proceed. Zara Hussain demanded my mothers boarding pass and when she took it she said out loud and in a taunting manner "I got it!" to her colleagues. She then ripped my mothers boarding pass in the presence of her colleagues and other passengers.

This was extremely humiliating and stress inducing for my mother. The experience caused her to feel accute anxiety and she fell very ill. She was unable to walk and ultimately Karachi Airport staff (not Etihad staff) found a wheelchair and escorted her to the gate. At the gate Zara Hussain was also checking boarding passes and was laughing and making gestures toward my mother.

Upon arrival in Abu Dhabi my mother was still very distraught and anxious. Fortunately my husband, Dr. Jamal Hussain, is an Emergency Medicine consultant at SKMC and was able to observe her. Upon opening her luggage we also realized that my mother had lost necessary prescription medicine and her jewlery.

My mother has never encountered such an experience with Etihad nor has anyone in our family. Both my husband and I, our children, and our parents have been travelling via Etihad since 2008. We have also maintained Gold status for a number of years and travel mutliple times a year on Etihad for both leisure and work.

We do not expect elderly members of our family or anyone to be treated in this matter. In our view what happened with my mother was unacceptable and we hope this will will be promptly investigated by Etihad with appropriate action taken towards the staff immediately. Provided she is fully recovered my mother is expected to travel back to NY-JFK in less than a week. We are very concerned that she arrives back home safely.

Thank you and look forward to a response.

Kind regards,
Erum Raza

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Apr 30, 2018 9:03 am EDT

Dear Marc,

Thank you for the reply. In addition to reporting the complaint on this site, I also sent a complaint to the etihad guest email address.

My email address is erum.b.raza@gmail.com and my number is [protected]. My mother would like to speak to someone personally as soon as possible.

Thank you,
Erum

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I early check in my baggage at Abu Dhabi City Terminal on the 13 Mar18, but when i arrived in the Philippines My television set was broken when i get from the belt in the Philippines, i complain in naia etihad airways staff and they make a Baggage Damaged Report which is attached,
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My name is Thomas M.I. and I was a passenger with my
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27/04/18 seat nos.17 ABC. the lady serving me was rude and do not fit as a cabin crew. The amount of humiliation
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I would expect a response from you.
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I have called Etihad Airways for modifying a booking and the call center agent charged aed 672 instead of aed 336 which is a twice charging of amount aed 336. When made a clarity with the agent she mentioned that within 3 working days the refund would happen and she will send a confirmation about the wrong double charging but until now there is no email or refund. Request your support in having my refund of aed 336.

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Airlines Etihad Airways Customer Service charge for excess luggage alleged by etihad
[Resolved] Etihad Airways / charge for excess luggage alleged by etihad
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Review updated: Mar 28, 2017
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On my return from Greece on 28/6/15 I got charged for excess luggage from etihad had 52.5 kg they alleged I had 84 along with my wife
I had to 6799 euros so I can return .
I have been trying to get a refund but they are not acting or care to give me a credit
Were and how an ok get my money back ?

know that's the problem so I need the case reopen as it was not looked at properly as the information was misinformed from Athens airport they said we had 84 kg for one person we were 2 people and also the suitcases x 4 were not our as advised to Mrs Maria moutsos the operation officer there ...On the tarmac 20 minutes before our departure after they had changed us under duress This is why it has to be credited back to us as all the reports were wrong .. I spoke to Peter Macharia your claims officer but obviously he didn't understand this I am very upset and a lot of pocket 6700 euros which is over $10000 This is a very large sum of money for me that I didn't have and had to borrow so I need a credit or 4 tickets as a refund this is not a compensation request but a refund due to being wrongly charged know that's the problem so I need the case reopen as it was not looked at properly as the information was misinformed from Athens airport they said we had 84 kg for one person we were 2 people and also the suitcases x 4 were not our as advised to Mrs Maria moutsos the operation officer there ...On the tarmac 20 minutes before our departure after they had changed us under duress This is why it has to be credited back to us as all the reports were wrong . I spoke to Peter Macharia your claims officer but obviously he didn't understand this I am very upset and a lot of pocket 6700 euros which is over $10000 This is a very large sum of money for me that I didn't have and had to borrow so I need a credit or 4 tickets as a refund this is not a compensation request but a refund due to being wrongly charged Please solve and resolve now as it has been going on for a long time from 6/2015 and no one is listening why? I paid the money as per your company request and the evidence suggests that I have wrongly charged . Why doesn't anyone understand and why did the officer lie or leave information out of the report as I indentified the suitcases and 4 pieces were not mine I left with Aegean Airlines that morning no problem . Etihad has never sent me evidence that indeed all my tagged suitcases were 84 The pieces that I had from Rhodes were total of 52.5 kg Also after we left Athens and arrived in Abu Dhabi our flight was delayed by 45 minutes in landing and resulting for us to miss the connection to Brisbane . The connection flight was also closed 20 minutes earlier I had to wait out in the unsecured terminal wife my wife for 24 hours and got sworn at by etihad staff at the check in counter and not offered any accommodation or meal as it was their Ramadan .I am a diabetic and had to eat which subsequently made me very ill . Please let me know if you can help or direct me to someone that can hel

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Customer care service did everything in their power to resolve this complaint. All attempts to contact the complainant have failed. Therefore, this complaint has been annulled and must not be considered where image of the company in question and it's services are concerned.

Etihad Airways Customer Care's Response, Mar 27, 2017
Hi Perry,

we regret you are still unhappy with the resolution of your case. Unfortunately as the Guest Relations team has already investigated your case, we will not be able to assist you further on Social Media. Thank you *Sky

Pe Perry Hatzipapas Mar 27, 2017
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Pe Perry Procopios Hatzipapas 28th of Mar, 2017
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You are a very bad company .As goodwill goes there is none for your company .The evidence that you used was only one sided at that was only what Etihad believed and no further investigation .No evidence has been given regarding the weight, as I have stated I only had 52.5 kg when I left Rhodes with Aegean how come you say there was 84 ..No evidence of this has been forwarded to me or any other department that has investigated, why what are you hiding .Send the report from Athens .
If and when you do this I will stop . Only when you prove to me that the weight of the total bags was actually 84, do remember that your employees showed me 4 extra suitcases that were not mine, so please provide the evidence that they werr all mine and not someone else's
Thanks Perry Hatzipapas

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Pe Perry Procopios Hatzipapas 28th of Mar, 2017
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Send me the evidence that my suitcases were 84 kg and not 52.5 kg as I stated

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