I had booked round trip flights to singapore from bangalore on feb 24th and 28th to attend a company meeting. The meeting got cancelled due to coronavirus scare. I sent a mail to singapore airlines regarding this and asked for guidance to proceed with this matter.
The airlines replied that while they cannot refund my ticket, they can keep the ticket open for exactly one year so that it can be used some other time at a minimal fee. I asked them to do the needful for an open ticket, but they responded saying that i have to contact my travel agent (Paytm) to arrange this.
I got into a phone call with paytm care and they asked me details about the tickets. They asked me to email them my communication with singapore airlines to understand and respond to this scenario. Note that i wasn't told that it's not possible to get an open ticket, the customer care sounded pretty positive and i believed i'd get the open tickets. After this conversation i promptly attached an email communication between me and the airlines to paytm customer care email.
They didn't respond for a few days, so i sent a reminder email asking for an update. They still didn't respond.
I started to get worried as the ticket date came through and called up customer care regarding this complaint and i was told that they can't do anything about this. This is highly unprofessional of paytm. If they weren't competent enough to handle something why even bother taking my complaint??
And on top of that, i was told that i'd have to cancel and i'll be charged cancellation fees. This is ridiculous!!
I have contacted the airlines again to intervene, but chances are slim because i'm very much late thanks to paytm's customer care.