| Address: Make My Trip, Air Asia, Spicejet |
Sir,
I had booked roundtrip air ticket from Kolkata to Chennai via Air Asia (vide PNR T4N9PT) for 10th April, 2020 and from Chennai to Kolkata via Spice Jet (vide PNR VH3B3H) for 15th April, 2020. Both the tickets were purchased through Make My Trip. But due to current lockdown declared by government our journey has been cancelled. So on 28th March, 2020 I cancelled the Air Asia ticket and Make my trip, on that day, confirmed through SMS that “Once the request is successfully validated with the AIRLINE, the refund will be processed in 7-10 working days.” On 9th April, 2020, I mailed Make My Trip stating about the cancellation and the refund. Subsequently, I again gave them a reminder on 10th April, 2020 as they did not reply. But that too has got no reply till now. Now today, i.e. on 11th April, 2020, an SMS came to my registered mobile number from Make My Trip stating that “Customers booked with us on Air Asia for this travel period (between 25th March and 14th April) will receive a credit of the booking amount from the airline shortly. You will be able to view the credit in your MakeMyTrip wallet and use the same to rebook your travel to a future date on our website”. So from my description, it may be seen that it is completely violet my right as a customer because I paid them cash for the booking and in near future it would not be possible for us to go to Chennai or elsewhere because of my wife’s health issue. That is why, I demand the paid amount in cash to my bank account from where the amount was debited. Secondly, for the return trip, Spice Jet had denied to acknowledge my case as the ticket was for 15th April, 2020 and the lockdown has been declared till 14th April, 2020. Then I took help from www.consumerhelpline.gov.in. I made complaint though www.consumerhelpline.gov.in vide Grievance Number 1976268. The one Guneet Kaur Arora, Customer Experience, SpiceJet Ltd. Replied the very next day that “Customers can reschedule their travel with one time change fee waiver for travel till 30th September, 2020”. This ticket of SpiceJet (vide PNR VH3B3H) was also bought through MakeMyTrip and as, here too, I would not be able to go to Chennai in near future for my wife’s healt issue, I demad fro SpiceJet the complete in cash that may be credited to my account from where the amount was deducted. Kindly help me to protect my consumer right.
Thanking you,
Tapas Basak.
Contact Number: [protected].
MakeMyTrip India customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.