REALKINGSON:
Helo house
I booked a flight with Royal Air Maroc Airways from Murtala Mohammed Airport Lagos to Sao Paulo Brazil with an onward confirmed ticket to Mexico through Avianca airline(i have a 6months Mexican tourist visa and was to transit within just 4 hours in Sao Paulo).
On the 23rd of March,I went to the airport to board with my ticket but to my utter dismay, I was denied boarding, Reason being that i needed a brazilian transit visa if i am to board with them(when initially I was informed I didn't need any transit visa before I paid for the ticket).As a result, I missed my flight on that 23rd March and had to pay my agent upto 400 USD for the rescheduling of the two flight tickets.
During this time, I went to the brazilian embassy to apply for the brazilian visa, but they gave me a letter with the signature of the brazilian consulate stating that I do not need a transit visa to transit through mexico even for upto 24 hours so far I am not leaving the airport.
I was happy and rescheduled my flight for this past monday (Easter monday) and went with the letter to the ALML officials who boards the air maroc flight and there again the letter from the brazilian consulate was thrown aside.And this time they showed me a message from the royal air maroc manager demanding that they should not board anyone without a brazil tourist visa, even if the person will transit through brazil for just an hour, and all these without a prior notice.
This have really caused me lots of damages and as it stands now, I swear to take them to court this coming week and will see to it they pay for the damages even I this is the last thing I did with my life

REALKINGSON:
Helo house
I booked a flight with Royal Air Maroc Airways from Murtala Mohammed Airport Lagos to Sao Paulo Brazil with an onward confirmed ticket to Mexico through Avianca airline(i have a 6months Mexican tourist visa and was to transit within just 4 hours in Sao Paulo).
On the 23rd of March,I went to the airport to board with my ticket but to my utter dismay, I was denied boarding, Reason being that i needed a brazilian transit visa if i am to board with them(when initially I was informed I didn't need any transit visa before I paid for the ticket).As a result, I missed my flight on that 23rd March and had to pay my agent upto 400 USD for the rescheduling of the two flight tickets.
During this time, I went to the brazilian embassy to apply for the brazilian visa, but they gave me a letter with the signature of the brazilian consulate stating that I do not need a transit visa to transit through mexico even for upto 24 hours so far I am not leaving the airport.
I was happy and rescheduled my flight for this past monday (Easter monday) and went with the letter to the ALML officials who boards the air maroc flight and there again the letter from the brazilian consulate was thrown aside.And this time they showed me a message from the royal air maroc manager demanding that they should not board anyone without a brazil tourist visa, even if the person will transit through brazil for just an hour, and all these without a prior notice.
This have really caused me lots of damages and as it stands now, I swear to take them to court this coming week and will see to it they pay for the damages even I this is the last thing I did with my life

rhames:
this same maroc airways that destroyed the passport of another Nigerian last year at it again.


I don't know why we still patronise these Arab villagers who still believe the black man is still their slave.

tellwisdom:
Op, are you poor??...Didn't you see a better airline to take?? ..

aguiyi:


somebody call yaba left , tellfoolish has gone mad

You are one of the few reasons, I shoot people...oniranu

podosci:
Nigerians need to be respected and we demand it
This is why I cry when people talk about tribe or religion during an election, when outsiders want to discriminate, they don't care if you are IGBO, HAUSA OR YORUBA. All they see his an individual to be abused and exploited.
Once we are united, nobody can mess with us

EPOMA:
That airline is crazy, bought a ticket with them to travel to europe, They checked us in and kept telling us flight is delayed fo an hour until 6 hours gone. they now took us to 3 different low standard hotels in Lagos where i met people that have been left by air maroc for the last 4 days ijn the hotel . So I decided on the same day to go back to the airport to get a letter from air maroc that they will refund me. They did give me the letter but the refund took 4 months. I was calling morroco every week as they said that it shows that i had travelled on that day

BabaO2:

We need to talk about tribe here, because a particular tribe is destroying the image of the country outside. I love the countries/airlines giving it to us hard. No one has asked the sympathetic poster his/ her mission in Brazil. Morocco as a country knows Nigeria as a country of liars as shown by president Jonathan himself lying that he spoke with Moroccan king whereas he did not.

REALKINGSON:
Helo house
I booked a flight with Royal Air Maroc Airways from Murtala Mohammed Airport Lagos to Sao Paulo Brazil with an onward confirmed ticket to Mexico through Avianca airline(i have a 6months Mexican tourist visa and was to transit within just 4 hours in Sao Paulo).
On the 23rd of March,I went to the airport to board with my ticket but to my utter dismay, I was denied boarding, Reason being that i needed a brazilian transit visa if i am to board with them(when initially I was informed I didn't need any transit visa before I paid for the ticket).As a result, I missed my flight on that 23rd March and had to pay my agent upto 400 USD for the rescheduling of the two flight tickets.
During this time, I went to the brazilian embassy to apply for the brazilian visa, but they gave me a letter with the signature of the brazilian consulate stating that I do not need a transit visa to transit through mexico even for upto 24 hours so far I am not leaving the airport.
I was happy and rescheduled my flight for this past monday (Easter monday) and went with the letter to the ALML officials who boards the air maroc flight and there again the letter from the brazilian consulate was thrown aside.And this time they showed me a message from the royal air maroc manager demanding that they should not board anyone without a brazil tourist visa, even if the person will transit through brazil for just an hour, and all these without a prior notice.
This have really caused me lots of damages and as it stands now, I swear to take them to court this coming week and will see to it they pay for the damages even I this is the last thing I did with my life

tellwisdom:


You are one of the few reasons, I shoot people...oniranu

goofyone:


But bros, haba! This has nothing to do with being Nigerian or taking Nigerians for granted. Was initially miffed when I read the title, but honestly your content doesn't suggest that you are being attacked because you are Nigerian.

What you need to do is get the Brazilian consulate to call Royal Maroc directly and communicate the situation to them regarding the transit visa. Or to very well send an email to that man who issued the directive from Royal Maroc with you in copy. In other words, you need to get them to talk to each other. There's obviously a misunderstanding.

And if that still doesn't work finally, you could perhaps try another airline who are better aware of the no transit visa policy. There should be other airlines you can fly to Mehico. Trust me, if Royal Maroc could fly you they will. But airline companies get a lot of sh.i.t from countries when they don't comply with the rules, hence the fear. They could even lose their license to fly there, if not careful.

lozanni:


Testing.

Sorry about your missed flights and the inconviniences you suffered.
I wonder if there is any other Airline, apart from Royal Air Maroc you can take for your flight to Brazil?
The reason am asking this question is that currently, there exists a very frosty relationship between the Royal kingdom of Morroco and Nigeria due to the latter's diplomatic recognition of the Republic of Western Saharawi, which Morroco claims as part of its territory.
I guess that since the Airline belongs to the Royal Kingdom of Morroco, and not private Morrocan business interests, that they maybe out to make life unbearable for their Nigerian clients.

CityNG:


They'll pay a huge fine if they transport passenger without the proper visa.

REALKINGSON:
Helo house
I booked a flight with Royal Air Maroc Airways from Murtala Mohammed Airport Lagos to Sao Paulo Brazil with an onward confirmed ticket to Mexico through Avianca airline(i have a 6months Mexican tourist visa and was to transit within just 4 hours in Sao Paulo).
On the 23rd of March,I went to the airport to board with my ticket but to my utter dismay, I was denied boarding, Reason being that i needed a brazilian transit visa if i am to board with them(when initially I was informed I didn't need any transit visa before I paid for the ticket).As a result, I missed my flight on that 23rd March and had to pay my agent upto 400 USD for the rescheduling of the two flight tickets.
During this time, I went to the brazilian embassy to apply for the brazilian visa, but they gave me a letter with the signature of the brazilian consulate stating that I do not need a transit visa to transit through mexico even for upto 24 hours so far I am not leaving the airport.
I was happy and rescheduled my flight for this past monday (Easter monday) and went with the letter to the ALML officials who boards the air maroc flight and there again the letter from the brazilian consulate was thrown aside.And this time they showed me a message from the royal air maroc manager demanding that they should not board anyone without a brazil tourist visa, even if the person will transit through brazil for just an hour, and all these without a prior notice.
This have really caused me lots of damages and as it stands now, I swear to take them to court this coming week and will see to it they pay for the damages even I this is the last thing I did with my life

lozanni:


Testing.

Sorry about your missed flights and the inconviniences you suffered.
I wonder if there is any other Airline, apart from Royal Air Maroc you can take for your flight to Brazil?
The reason am asking this question is that currently, there exists a very frosty relationship between the Royal kingdom of Morroco and Nigeria due to the latter's diplomatic recognition of the Republic of Western Saharawi, which Morroco claims as part of its territory.
I guess that since the Airline belongs to the Royal Kingdom of Morroco, and not private Morrocan business interests, that they maybe out to make life unbearable for their Nigerian clients.

REALKINGSON:
They dare not.Nigerians need to stick as one and fight the common enemy which are the foreigners who wants to take the advantage of our not being in unity to treat us with disdain

Moana:
but the consulate told him its not required. The OP never mentioned immigrations having the issue, he claimed it was the airline

CityNG:


Yes, but each company has their own policy and the right to refuse service.

OP has no case and is frankly dence, IMHO.

He was specifically asked to get a transit visa but came back with a letter. Are those the same?

Gate agents don't make the policy. The letter would have had to go to the airlines head office and then the revised policy sent to all the airport offices.

OP did not do his homework and has no legal leg to stand on.

If he does sue, which he won't, he should post the verdict.

PS: Nigerians, please vote with your money. Don't patronize companies and/or countries that are being difficult.

CityNG:


Yes, but each company has their own policy and the right to refuse service.

OP has no case and is frankly dence, IMHO.

He was specifically asked to get a transit visa but came back with a letter. Are those the same?

Gate agents don't make the policy. The letter would have had to go to the airlines head office and then the revised policy sent to all the airport offices.

OP did not do his homework and has no legal leg to stand on.

If he does sue, which he won't, he should post the verdict.

PS: Nigerians, please vote with your money. Don't patronize companies and/or countries that are being difficult.

Insightz:
@REALKINGSON

The Nigerian situation can be challenging sometimes. I had near similar experiences, one with BA and the the other with Egypt Air. I travelled from amsterdam through Heathrow to abuja in november last year. On my return leg 4 days later, I was denied boarding because I needed a transit visa. I called the British Consulate and they confirmed it was so. I had to then apply for a transit visa. The annoying thing is that it was on a Tuesday and I had an appointment on Friday in the morning. Long story short, I rushed to the visa application centre and told them my predicament. An Angel in the form of a nice lady came to my rescue and took charge of the whole application procedure. She assured me I would get the visa the next day and lo and behold, by 11 am Wedanesday I was issued a transit visa. ohh my lovely angel!!

The Egypt air experience, was however strange, because they wanted to deny me boarding because the lady didnt understand the travelling documents. I insisted she get someone who could, she refused. I insisted and she called someone to come over. The man came and told me that I could not board. I stood my ground. Thankfully, another lady saved the situation and I barely made it.

Now my brother, there are two things must do. you need go to the emabssy and either get a visa or like @goofyone says, put both parties in communication. Believe me, whatever you do, they wont let you board, unless of course those people do not understand your travel documents.

As per you suing them, well, hope you have more money to spend because, you may not win the case. At best, they may offer you a refund or reschedule for free. Lastly, good luck and hope you find a solution quick enough.