IndiGo offers special discount to vaccinated people | Fusion - WeRIndia

IndiGo, one of the low-cost airline carriers offer a special discount to vaccinated passengers. It launched a scheme, Vaxi Fare, for vaccinated passengers. Under this scheme, vaccinated passengers can get a discount of 10 per cent on base fare while booking tickets on domestic flights. The offer is open to all Indian passengers who are vaccinated at the time of booking tickets.

IndiGo became the first airline in India to offer such a discount to vaccinated passengers. While the Ministry of Civil Aviation set a fare cap on seat pricing, the offer of airline is expected to encourage more people to get vaccinated.

The Civil Aviation Ministry earlier increased the cap on domestic seat pricing to avoid predatory pricing. It also reduced the cap on seating capacity to 50 per cent.

IndiGo, while announcing its offer, said that the main motive behind the offer is to encourage more people towards vaccination. The offer also helps passengers travel at affordable prices.

To get the offer, passengers have to submit a COVID-19 vaccination certificate issued by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. They can also show their vaccination status on the Aarogya Setu app at the boarding gate or check-in counter.

The offer is valid on bookings made from 23 June 2021 for travel in the offer period. The offer period starts from 1 August 2021 till the offer is withdrawn by the airline.

The offer is not able to be clubbed with any other offer. It is neither transferable nor exchangeable. It is also not applicable to group bookings of IndiGo.

The offer is non-encashable. It is subject to the availability of inventory. It is available for only domestic flights.

For more information, terms, and conditions, check the website of IndiGo.

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