Flight rescheduled without consent
Hi, I was planning a family trip to Switzerland with my husband and my in-laws. We are a group of four adults — two couples.
We had booked all our flights back in January to get the best fares. Our original itinerary was planned from 15th June to 22nd June, with flights from New Delhi to Zurich and back. Based on these dates, we finalized all our hotel bookings, planned our complete itinerary, and even obtained our Schengen visas.
However, yesterday we suddenly received a notification that our flights had been rescheduled to 14th June for departure and 19th June for return. This completely disrupts our travel plans, hotel bookings, and itinerary.
We checked and saw that flights are still available on our original travel dates, yet Air India revised our bookings without offering us any alternative options. At this point, it feels like we may have no choice but to cancel the trip altogether.
Booking a new set of flights on our own at this stage would also be extremely expensive, especially since fares are now much higher than when we originally booked in January.
We are truly heartbroken because we had been planning and looking forward to this vacation for a very long time. We understand that the current situation may be due to the war-induced fuel crisis, but we are feeling extremely helpless and unsure about what to do next.
Please suggest what options we may have in this situation.
TL;DR: Air India suddenly changed our Switzerland trip dates from 15–22 June to 14–19 June, disrupting our entire itinerary, hotel bookings, and visas. Rebooking flights ourselves now would be extremely expensive, and we’re unsure what to do.