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Airline unfairly charges premium, when free seats available – how passengers won case

A Navi Mumbai couple successfully sued an airline for charging ₹7,200 for adjacent seat reservations, a practice deemed an unfair trade practice. The Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission upheld a lower court’s order, stating the airline used a ‘dark pattern’ by withholding information about available free seats, misleading passengers into paying extra.

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