British Airways’ ‘don’t care attitude’ leaves Sachin Tendulkar ‘angry, disappointed and frustrated’
'Family member's waitlisted ticket not confirmed despite seats being available'
Mumbai: British Airways managed to do what many bowlers in the cricket world could not, the airline made Sachin Tendulkar lose his cool.
The batting maestro, who is currently in USA for the three-match T20 Cricket All Stars series, was left fuming after the airlines played spoilsport.
The airline did not confirm a waitlisted ticket of Tendulkar's family member 'despite seats being available'.
‘Angry, disappointed and frustrated’ Tendulkar took to Twitter saying,
Angry Disappointed and Frustrated.. #BAdserviceBA Family member's Waitlisted ticket not confirmed despite seats being available (1/2)
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 13, 2015And luggage being tagged by @British_Airways to wrong destination and don't care attitude! #NeveronBA (2/2)
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 13, 2015While British Airways were ‘sorry’ for the trouble Sachin’s family member had to go through, they faced a lot of flak when they asked the Little Master about the ‘full name’ in order to ‘look into this’ matter.
@sachin_rt We're sorry to hear this Sachin, could you please DM us your baggage ref, full name and address so we can look into this for you?
— British Airways (@British_Airways) November 13, 2015After this tweet all hell broke loose on social media as Tendulkar fans were in no mood to forgive the airlines for their lapse of not only delivering the luggage but also not knowing the legend's name.
.@British_Airways Baggage No. 786 Full Name: Jesus Sachin Bhagwan Tendulkar Amritsari Address: Kashi, Rome, Mecca, @sachin_rt
— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) November 13, 2015First Kohinoor, now Sachin Tendulkar. Always a problem between British and Bharat Ratnas.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) November 13, 2015Maria Sharapova handling @British_Airways ? https://t.co/2mZbypfKqd
— SILLY POINT (@Sarcaism) November 13, 2015Two big historical mistakes by the British. Asking Aamir Khan for dugna lagaan& then losing sachin Tendulkar 's baggage.
— Naomi Datta (@nowme_datta) November 13, 2015Boy @British_Airways you have 0.7 Million Followers, @sachin_rt have 8.4 Million followers. You still want to know his name, address? Funny
— Pranjal R Nigam (@pranjalnigam) November 13, 2015Looks like India can forgive Britain for 100 Yrs of occupation but not for British Airways asking @sachin_rt his full name.
— Sir Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhaqat) November 13, 2015British Airways to The Great Sachin Tendulkar BA: Your full name..? Indians: pic.twitter.com/hjbM85DmqE
— Virat Kohli (@TedhiBaat_) November 13, 2015
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