Tushar Malik
I'm Tushar — I built Tatkal Flights to fix one specific problem in Indian domestic travel: the cheapest seats are often released minutes before departure, and most platforms don't tell you that. The site exists for travellers who book inside the 48-hour window when airlines drop unsold seats, and I write the buying guides on it.
I've been in the Indian travel commerce space since 2014 — previously at Swadesi Travel, where I managed last-minute inventory for direct-booking suppliers and saw firsthand how airlines, GDS systems, and aggregator platforms each price the same seat differently across the day. That background is why every route page on this site has data behind the "cheapest weekday" claim, not just a generic tip.
What I write about
- Tatkal pricing mechanics — why an IndiGo seat that's ₹6,800 at 10 AM might be ₹9,400 at 4 PM the same day, and how the inventory bucket system drives those swings.
- DGCA passenger rights — what airlines legally owe you on cancellations, reschedules >2 hours, denied boarding, and missed-connection refunds (with the actual CAR Section/Order numbers, not vague paraphrasing).
- Airline policy quirks — baggage allowance differences on the same route by airline, fare-bucket cancellation penalties, what the "non-refundable" tag actually means in 2026.
- Web check-in & boarding — free seat-selection windows, when to choose row 1 vs the back, what to do when the airline app fails.
Editorial standards
Every price example on this site comes from real fares booked through Tatkal Flights or from public airline APIs — never invented for illustration. When a number is approximate (because airlines change pricing intraday), the page says so.
DGCA policy citations link to the original CAR (Civil Aviation Requirement) document or the relevant DGCA Order. If I describe an airline's policy, the link goes to that airline's own help page.
Pages carry a "Last reviewed" date. When fare data is more than 30 days old, the daily freshness job re-checks it against the current cheapest fare on the route — you're not reading a stale claim.
Affiliate disclosure: Tatkal Flights earns a service fee on successful bookings via the website. We do not sell referral placements to airlines and do not boost any single carrier in our route guides.
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