Somewhere in the difference between what you booked and what they invoiced is money — yours. Carrier disputes aren't a fight, they're paperwork: the booking record, the invoice line, the delta, and the written escalation that converts 'we'll look into it' into a credit.
The three dispute types
Weight re-bills (courier's scale > your declared weight — the most common), surcharge misapplication (fuel % at wrong slab, remote-area on covered pincodes), and phantom charges (RTO billed on delivered orders, COD fees on prepaid). Each needs a different piece of evidence.
The evidence for each
Weight: your packed-parcel scale photo + booking record. Surcharges: the rate card they signed vs the rate applied. Phantom charges: the tracking record showing delivered. Assemble the line item, the evidence, the delta — the complete packet in one message.
The escalation path
Level 1: the dispute ticket on their platform with evidence attached. Level 2: account manager with the ticket reference + monthly total disputed. Level 3: 'this pattern affects our rate renewal' — carriers respond when the relationship's revenue is named. Each level needs the previous level's reference number.
The monthly total matters
A single ₹90 dispute is trivia; a monthly pattern of ₹2,400 is a conversation. Track disputed amounts by type — 'weight re-bills averaged 6% of invoice for three months' is the negotiating data that moves the rate card.
Pure Parcel automates exactly this — the pipeline from order to AWB without the manual steps.
See how →The playbook
Match invoice to bookings monthly
The line-level diff is the dispute list.
Attach evidence in the first ticket
One complete packet beats five follow-ups.
Escalate with ticket references
Each level quotes the last — the chain is pressure.
Track the monthly disputed %
Pattern data is rate-card negotiating ammo.
