Women Stranded In India During COVID-19 Lockdown Claim Flight Home Could Cost Thousands

Katherine and Laila, a mother and daughter from the U.S., say they were traveling near The Himalayas when the Indian government put the entire nation on lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. The women say they were supposed to have been back home by now, but, like thousands of American tourists who are currently stranded abroad, they haven’t been able to secure a return flight to the United States.

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Katherine says there is one option currently available to them, which would be to take a flight coordinated by the U.S. government. However, she claims, instead of the few hundred dollars they previously paid for a commercial flight to India, this option could cost thousands.

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“We have a lady that got home - and when she got home – the government gave her the bill, and it was $3,000, and they’re going to keep her passport if she doesn’t ante up,” claims Katherine in the video above.

What does she say about flight restrictions in the country she was supposed to connect through?

Later, what are the travel industry representatives and the U.S. State Department saying Americans stranded abroad need to do?

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