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From: murthy@uiucdcsb.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Recent fare to India
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Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 13:49:00 EST
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Nf-From: uiucdcsb!murthy    Feb 11 12:49:00 1985


I am rather surprised to see that the fare was as much as $1800.
I traveled to India during the same time period. I paid $1350
for a return ticket from Chicago to Hyderabad (India), via
New York, London, and Bombay. I traveled by TWA from Chicago to NY,
by Air-India from NY to Bombay, and by the Indian Airlines the rest
of the way. One should approach Indian Travel Agencies for
bargain prices. 

This is the second time I traveled by Air-India. I liked it very much
on my first trip, so I chose it the second time. My experience
on flight from Bombay to NY was disturbing. There were two Americans
sitting by my side. The cabin crew paid unnecessarily more attention
to them than to me. Effectively my needs were ignored while the crew
was trying to impress the Americans. I heard that this behavior
is typical of Air-India. Non-Indians get better services.
Next time I am flying British Airways or PanAm. (It costs the same amount).

Getting out of India is now very time consuming and irritating because
the Govt is trying to prevent the Sikh militants from leaving the country.
At the `exit immigration' your name is fed into a computer. If it clears
fine, otherwise you are doomed.