This man just received a whopping Rs 1,86,553 bill for using Airtel

This man just received a whopping Rs 1,86,553 bill for using Airtel, he has no idea why

New Delhi-based Nitin Sethi has alleged that he has received a whopping Rs 1,86,553 bill from Airtel. He's been asked to pay the sum immediately. The bill -- that he has shared with India Today Tech -- has been generated for the period June 8-July 7, 2017 with Airtel's permutations and combinations suggesting that Nitin used services worth Rs 1,52,727 during the period. Nitin however alleges that he has little idea how such a thing happened in the first place, even more so, when the bill clearly shows that he has a credit limit of Rs 14,000 going beyond which he should have at least got a call from Airtel that he had exhausted the upper limit of his post-paid plan.

Things apparently started to get eerie for Nitin -- a frequent traveler -- when he was traveling to Dubai with his family for a vacation in June. Just like anybody else, he had activated an International -- in this case Asian -- roaming pack for the 10-days that he had planned his trip for. Nitin notes that this was the first time he got himself an International roaming boost from Airtel. Previously he had been using International SIM cards from Matrix.

It's a known fact now that Airtel isn't particularly fond of fidgeting with your existing plan even if you're eligible for say more data at the same price unless you specifically call them up and ask them to. The same rule applies for International roaming as well which means once you're back in your home network it's better you call Airtel up and ask them to de-activate your roaming pack. But even then, Airtel makes it clear that once you're inside your home network, the network will stop charging you in terms of International rates.
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