OCI and domestic travel in India

[complex_dude]

Fellows,
This would be my first travel to India after getting OCI card.

Just wanted to check if OCI card holders qualify for regular domestic airfares (e.g. jet airways/IA) applicable to Indian citizens, or do we have to pay higher fares applicable to foreign nationals ?
Or is this a grey area ?

Anyone with first hand experience, please advise.

If there's a more appropriate forum for this question, let me know, I'll post there.

Thanks,
-cd

 

[rpranesh]

Last time I booked with Kingfisher, they had the same rates for both residents and non-residents. I believe that in general they have done away with different rates.

 

[complex_dude]

Thanks a lot for your quick response. I checked Jet airways a couple of months ago, they still had hugely different rates in the two categories.

 

[rpranesh]

I think if you have PAN card and you look Indian, nobody will ask you OCI or Passport.

 

[howdy_howdy]

Why bother so much? Show your cancelled Indian passport. That should do the trick.

 

[complex_dude]

Thanks a lot again. The only flight I was a bit concerned about is when I checkin for domestic flight after arriving at Mumbai International airport (from within the Internation airport). I remember last time Jet Airways asked for my passport so they can verify I arrived on international flight to allow international baggage limit.

But seems like it should not be an issue. So thanks again.

 

[antonc]

Booking tickets from travelocity.in or expedia.co.in results in one fare. Actually sometimes the USD rate works out cheaper by a few dollars on IT due to saving on charges to convert into INR charges on your credit card.