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Updated review: April 29, 2014
People!!! Let it be know that writing here and other places DOES work. Although I escalated my complaint with Cheapo internally yesterday it was my post on this site that drew their attention. They DO MONITOR THIS POSTS.
Cheapo called me and honoured the original price that they quoted me yesterday taking a loss of $600+ over posted/ retail prices found online. We ended up with better flights, paid the original price AND they game me a firm airline confirmation on the spot.
Cheapo does care about their customers and do want people to be happy.
Rosalinda (the supervisor) worked overtime by more than 1-1/2 hours to make sure I was taken care of this evening and completely satisfied. That was amazing!!!
Original Review: April 23, 2014
I attempted to book a flight online with Cheapo today. I entered all my details, the 8 travelers, etc. along with my payment information. I proceeded to confirm and rec'd a note saying sold out??? My phone then rang and a "failed booking" rep called to find something else for me. It took some time but he found something more expensive but not out of the ballpark. I held the flight with him, confirmed with the other couple, then called back and booked with Cheapo. I even rec'd a confirmation of the booking and processing. 5 hours later, I rec'd a note saying that the booking could not be completed. Between my confirmation 5 hours earlier and the note from Cheapo, I booked my Mexican resort, hotels before and after at the departing airport, etc. Cheapo will NOT honor the booking they suggested to me.
Here is some info from a live chat with an agent this evening:
CheapOair uses 3rd party software and feed to display fares on over 300 Airlines, 75,000 Hotels, and 35 Car Rental cos., We use best industry practices to display fares based on the most current data supplied by the GDS's - Global Distribution Systems. The Airlines load their fares on ATPCO, from where the GDS's access these fares and supply to us and other Online Travel Agencies.
18:28 Dorothy: There is approximately 10-15% chance of the fare not being available which is an industry standard; all major Online agencies have the same policy. This is also due to cached data and not real time data provided to us by the GDS's. We make best efforts to minimize these by reducing our SOLD OUT issues but we are totally dependent on 3rd parties for this information. We regret this and apologize for the in-convenience".
I don't think they are a scam. I just question the accuracy of their systems and their customer service along with many other people who have complained here.
Reviewed April 23, 2014
I booked a flight to S. Carolina and was advised that I had "enhanced seat assignment." When I got to U.S. Air, I was told that there were no assigned seating with 3 party booking agents - EVER. In order to get my seat back, I had to pay $93 each way to U.S. Air. When I called Cheapoair, the customer service rep, who could barely speak English, kept offering me another seat not understanding what I was talking about. When she finally understood that I lost my seat assignment, she said that it was the first time she had ever heard about this happening. I asked to speak to a supervisor and was told I would get a call back in exactly 1 hour - it's been 3 days so far. When I tried to write a complaint, the Cheapoair site has it completely blocked for complaints. It costs more in aggravation than you will ever gain in money from this site.
Reviewed April 22, 2014
I'm writing this review to register my utmost anger with the Cheapoair and hoping that our Attorney General DO something about it. I booked a flight to Australia on Apr. 2nd at 1700 hrs (pm) and cancelled it on the following day at 0745, Apr the 3rd. Was told that I will get my refund in 3-5 days, never happened. I called and called, on hold for hours. Agents from around the world answering with a distinct Indian accent. NO HELP from anyone. NO answer from Billing. Kept on hold for hours, STILL Waiting. "Refund status in progress," (Cheapoair website) saying. Today is 04/22/2014. No one at Cheapoair takes responsibility for the company's action. Please check the Consumers Affair reviews on Cheapoair's CEO. You will get educated very quick about this company.
Reviewed April 22, 2014
Air Canada had a good refund policy of full credit with cancellation fees but Cheapoair do not. They take all my money, do not give credit and they argue with me when I ask for it. They don't mention the cancellation policy until I complete the purchase. Very bad customer service. I can't believe they are still in the market.
Reviewed April 18, 2014
I spent almost 2 hours on the phone and finally reached the person and did not get any solution. All the representatives are reading their usual scripts, and I wanted to talk with a manager and guess what by the way, person held me for a few more minutes, told me no manager or supervisor are available now. What kind of customer service is this?
Reviewed April 18, 2014
Rec'd email on Flight I book 10 mos ago that stated flight had been cancelled. Only way to contact is through a phone number. On hold for one hour. Person I finally spoke to did not speak English passably. Lied to me & told me flight was cancelled & I had to change my dates. Checked with airline, flight not cancelled. Only 8 min time change. But they cancelled me anyway. Have had to call 3 times. On hold 1 hr. each time. Will never ever use them again. Avoid at all costs. Not worth few dollars you save.
Reviewed April 17, 2014
I have used many online travel websites and this was my first time with Cheapoair. I was unable to get the times I needed with my usual companies, but Cheapo had enough seats at the times I needed to fly, so I decided to book with them. The day before our flight they sent me an email saying the airlines was changing our reservation to that day, instead of the next day which we were supposed to fly out. I tried calling them to find out what happened and to get a new itinerary as I could not fly out the day they changed me to, and I literally sat on hold with them for 7 hours before we got someone to help.
My husband tried to reach them multiple times through their online chat, and three times he was disconnected on. They finally, after 7 hours, rebooked us on a completely different carrier at the price of 6K for our new tickets. We were told we would be reimbursed for the original tickets, but never were. We are out 8K from the original ticket prices. We cannot get a hold of anyone online or on the phone. They won't return my emails. I am filing complaints with the BBB and the NY state attorney's office.
Updated review: April 18, 2014
Thank you for clearing up this duplicate charge of $395.50. My sister could not afford to have her tickets duplicate charged. It was very scary for her. I will update your rating for the quick response you provided to me. I would have much preferred to have handled this by calling your company but nobody would pick up the phone for 2 days. Message said higher than normal calls. Your company has to fix that problem.
Original Review: April 16, 2014
I booked a ticket for my sister through CheapOAir. We were charged twice for same ticket.
Reviewed April 16, 2014
They cannot confirm your tickets right away. They may or may not be able to get tickets you think you just bought when you click "Confirm". I don't know what the scam is, but their service is very misleading, if not just totally **. I thought I bought tickets and then a day later, I found that I did not buy tickets. So now I have to buy more expensive tickets because the price went up. Save yourself the headache and buy through Expedia or Priceline or a reputable agency. This company should be investigated for fraudulent sales practices.
Reviewed April 13, 2014
I bought my ticket with relative ease but the problem occurred after buying the ticket. I had a fall which resulted in knee surgery. Now I would need airport/airline assistance, when I traveled. So I tried to contact CheapOair, which was frustrating and fruitless. Firstly I tried calling. The automated response told me to leave my phone number and I would be called back. That was two weeks ago and no call back. I called the airline directly but was told the travel agent should make the arrangements. So it was back to CheapOair.
I have spent hours on their so-called "live help". After one four hour session, an agent called Iris responded. I explained my requirements and for forty minutes Iris claimed she was trying to contact the airline. Iris then said she could not get through to the airline but would work on it and email me confirmation. That was ten days ago and no email has ever materialized. I was now very worried so in desperation I contacted the airline again and explained my concerns and needs. Thankfully the airline agent decided to assist me and made the arrangements I needed. I am totally at a loss to understand why CheapOair think it is acceptable to treat their customers so badly causing worry, stress and sometimes financial loss.
Reviewed April 13, 2014
I just made reservations and when I received the confirmation, the return time had been changed. I am so mad because I immediately called them and the agent said he could fix it for a fee of $140.00. I said that is ridiculous because it was not my fault then he offered to fix it for $109.00. I said, "If I cancel it, there are no fees, correct? None at all, right?" He answered, "Yes, there are no fees." I said, "Then why wouldn't I just cancel it and make a new reservation since there are no fees?" He said yes, I could do that. So I canceled it. The agent said he would send me an email confirming this and my refund would be credited in 6-8 days. It's been a few hours and no email yet. So then I got worried and googled "Refund problems with CheapOair". WOW, there are a lot of complaints and many complain about the same thing as me as far as wrong dates and times on confirmations. I called again to see about that email confirmation but I have been on hold for 1.5 hrs. They are not answering. I have a really bad feeling about this. I already contacted my credit card company. Not sure how this is all going to turn out but I have a bad feeling about CheapOair!
Reviewed April 10, 2014
This place has the worst customer service I ever encountered in my life. I think the call center may be located in several countries. But their main operation is in India. I am very familiar with Indian accent and it seems like this operation is concealing their employee's true identity. It is impossible to have a call center in India say for example of 200 people and ALL of them have typical Western name (like Johnson, Jeremy, Eric, etc). The employees are extremely careless and not trained well. They enter incorrect name of passengers that can make a big hassle and waste of time for passengers like my family. They charge amount sometime without your consent. Worst part is they are absolutely not apologetic at all for their mistakes! I hope this operation gets shut down.
Reviewed April 10, 2014
I was overcharged on ticket changes twice. It took a long time to get the first overcharge reduced by $500. Then the changed return ticket (cost $700 extra) from China was tied to a long layover Virgin Airline domestic return and I was quoted $180 for a substitute ticket I obtained on my own for $109! Most of their CS agents are from other countries and don't speak good English or give a damn about your needs. Very little is "cheap" about CheapOair!!! Definitely will not use again.
Updated review: April 17, 2014
CheapO has responded to my concerns, which I posted here, their Facebook page, their customer service department, and two other online complaints resources. In fact, I received no fewer than three responses to my postings, but I dealt almost exclusively with Mr. Ruben **. I believe that CheapO's handling of the matter in the person of Mr. ** was swift, professional, and respectful. I consider the matter fully resolved.
Original Review: April 9, 2014
My recent experience with CheapOair compels me to lodge this complaint with CheapOair, online travel services, the Better Business Bureau, and any other social and general media sources in an effort to gain compensation and to warn would-be travelers of the fraudulent and deceptive practices of CheapOair. I am a regular flyer and have logged over 200,000 miles in the past 10 years of air travel. I book directly through the airlines and through online services. Hotwire is my preferred service, and for overseas flights, their practice is to link with other agencies such as Expedia, Priceline, CheapOair, etc. Until this experience, I have never had a single complaint or issue with an airline or agency in 30 years of flying.
On March 11, I booked a round-trip flight from Cork, Ireland to Seoul, Korea online through CheapOair. The booking reference number is **. The e-ticket that was issued to me clearly indicated, and I understood, that the ticket was NON-REFUNDABLE. There were no other specific restrictions beyond what is standard indicated anywhere else on the ticket. On March 30, I contacted CheapOair to make a change of date to the ticket. As I was calling from overseas, I used the online live chat to attempt to make the change. I was told by the person on the chat that a change could not be made to this ticket at all, and that this was airline policy (KLM), so only the airline could change it. I promptly phoned KLM, who denied that there was any such policy and because the ticket was booked through CheapO, it could only be changed through CheapO, but there was no KLM policy that prevented the change.
At that point, I completed both a Customer Request Form with CheapO and wrote to their feedback email address explaining my concern and the response of the airline. As per their website policy/pledge, written concerns are to be responded to within 24 hours. I waited until the following day, 27 hours later, and when no response was forthcoming, I contacted CheapO by phone, and spoke to a representative named Phil. Phil repeated that the ticket could not be changed and that it was the airline that had to change it. When I inquired as to where on the ticket there was any indication that the ticket was non-changeable, he directed me, not to any statement about the changeability of the ticket, but the section that says that the airline is the final authority on policy.
In fact, as I was on hold waiting for a representative, I listened as CheapO's recorded message encouraged travelers to buy their tickets early, because changing tickets is cheaper than waiting and having the ticket prices rise closer to the date of travel. The same message also informs callers that ticket changes come with a fee. Having traveled only two weeks prior and having changed that ticket four times as my plans changed repeatedly, I was familiar with and accustomed to change fees. However, rather than acknowledging that the error for misinformation or lack of information was on the part of CheapO, Phil insisted on arguing that CheapO was not responsible and that I needed to return to the airline. When I asked to speak with a supervisor, he claimed that it was a 15-20 minute wait.
To me, this indicated to me that there were either too few supervisors or too many complaints, but I suspected that this was CheapO's strategy to wait out customers. Because I was calling from overseas, I could not wait 20 minutes to speak to a supervisor. Instead, I called a supervisor at KLM, who again insisted that the problem was not with airline policy, but was with CheapOair. Thus, I was passed back and forth twice from the ticketing agency to the airline. Each blamed the policy of the other, and neither could explain why the restriction on changing the ticket was not clearly stated anywhere.
In the end, I was forced to purchase an entirely new ticket (although not through CheapO or KLM), and have now spent nearly $2300 to get to my destination for a ticket that initially cost me $950. Even with change fees and ticket price differential, I would have paid somewhere in the neighborhood of $400 additional to change the ticket, but that still would have been nearly $1000 less than what I paid.
For any potential traveler, I must say that I have never previously been denied a change of ticket on any airline or through and travel agency. But more than that, the complete and total lack of appropriate response by CheapOair is the worst aspect of this experience. Not only did they fail to represent the restrictions on the ticket (my plans frequently change, so I never would have purchased that ticket), they denied any and all responsibility, did not return attempted contacts (disregarding their own stated policy), preferred to argue about irrelevant information, and used stall tactics to discourage pursuing the issue further. It is my intention to continue to pursue this issue until it is resolved reasonably, and I will use every means of informing potential customers of the dangers of using CheapOair and the risks involved.
Reviewed April 9, 2014
I mistakenly used an incorrect last name on my granddaughter's airline reservation. When I contacted CheapOair to give the correct name, I was told I would have to change 4 reservations with the same booking number or lose the money I paid for the reservation. I was charged $560 and put on a less desirable flight.
Reviewed April 9, 2014
Cheapoair is the biggest scam that has not refunded my trip I cancelled. I tried to talk with customer service many times which takes 50 mins to reach them. I lodged 5 complaints and appeals but no response.
Reviewed April 8, 2014
Firstly, CheapOair's website form did not work (would not accept a valid date of birth as valid), so I had to ring them up. Secondly, CheapOair staff noted my email address incorrectly so that I did not receive flight booking confirmations, so I had to ring them up. Thirdly - when I found out myself - that I had to organize and pay for baggage handling separately, CheapOair GROSSLY overcharged me. CheapOair charged me 50 pounds per bag!!!!!! And said it would cost me more if I waited to organize it at the airport.
When I checked with EasyJet (the actual airline) I was told they were actually only charging me 12 pounds per bag. CheapOair were charging a total of 76 pounds more. CheapOair had conveniently split baggage charges into two separate charges on my Mastercard - you guessed it 76 pounds and 24 pounds. Looks like they may have separate accounts for the real charge and the overcharge.
Why is this company still operating???? - I've read the other reviews. Check your credit car statements VERY carefully if dealing with this company. They trade as Dukes Court Travel. I was charged 136.65 AUD plus 107.88 AUD just to get 2 bags from B.Ham to Belfast. I made it from Tasmania Australia to Birmingham with a lot less trouble. The moral of this story: Deal with the airline not the company that tells you it gets cheap travel for you. At the very least compare prices for the two. A very unpleasant experience!
Reviewed April 5, 2014
Wow, at first we were impressed with their easy transaction. Because it was a cheap flight, we decided to just book it before it ran out because it said "NO FEE 24 HOUR CANCELLATION for Singapore Airline" and we call in that afternoon just to cancel ONE ticket out of two. They say "There is a fee." Why? Because that isn't their rule, it is the airline rule. SO WHY DO THEY HAVE IT IN THEIR WEBSITE IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW IT. And that is not all. They said, "We'll just cancel it with 25 dollars," and then another agent gets with me and says, there are more fees, making up their own rule. So basically they say 25 dollar fee to cancel but it is actually $100+.
And when we called in to change a date, they gladly changed it without saying a word offering us more options, of course again a FEE. Yes we know to change a date it requires a fee but did THEY mention it? The answer is NO. Right now, I am talking to a agent named JERRY ** and he is just shutting up until I log out of the chat. It's been 10 minute since he said he will check for the confirmation, and am I getting a single "wait a moment"? Again NO.
TERRIBLE SERVICE. Had to leave for a family's urgent medical illness and now they are saying the refund takes 2 weeks. I am going to miss one of my family's last breath because of CHEAPOAIR. We've got no money and this money is only way out. Thanks a lot. It is wonderful to see how you make money off of this. Trust me, people. They will PLAY YOU AROUND with money as if they're offering you stuff but if you actually calculate it right, you aren't getting any.
Reviewed April 4, 2014
I made a reservation through CheapOair close to Midnight. Approximately 8 hours later the next day, I saw the flight that I book was not the time I booked. I contacted CheapOair as I would have a 3-hour layover rather than the 50 connecting which I booked. The rep told me that I did not select the flight I thought I had and said it would be $44.95 to change the connecting leg of my trip. I agreed as that was reasonable. When I check my bank statement, I was charged the original amount of the ticket for a change which was $265 which I did not agree to plus the fee to change it. The bottom line is it cost more for a change than the original ticket which a fool would not agree to. Called CheapOair, was transferred, on hold until the call dropped. Called back; was routed to a voice mail and cannot get resolution. Because I am in a travel status, I had to call my bank and dispute the charge. I will not do any future business with CheapOair and you should not.
Reviewed April 3, 2014
I should have read the reviews first! When I booked a ticket with them, they sent me a confirmation with an erroneous airline booking code (not enough digits). Airline won't acknowledge the reservation. I tried to rectify it through their online customer service form twice - no response. Sitting in the queue for online chat for an hour on two separate occasions - dropped me from the queue both times. And over an hour on hold with dial-in customer service - I'm still holding. I'll have to dispute the charge through my bank and buy another ticket elsewhere. DON'T USE THESE PEOPLE TO BOOK YOUR FLIGHTS - RIP OFF AND MAYBE FRAUD.
Reviewed April 2, 2014
After our flight was cancelled by the airline, we tried calling, emailing the really "Cheap" O air. After spending over an hour on the phone and being passed through several Indian agents, and making us wait and wait, they hung up! The only way to email them is through their own web page. But again they will not answer. They also do not respond to their own call-back option. Unfortunately the airline cannot change or refund the ticket since it originated through CheapOair. We have placed a charge despite through American Express.
Reviewed April 2, 2014
I have reached for customer service for a question for reservation and waited for 57 minutes for someone to answer and they couldn't handle my situation properly and I have requested to connect to the supervisor and the agent said it's going to be 3-5 minutes and I have been waiting for 50 more mins and STILL WAITING... This is ridiculous customer service. I have spent 2 hrs of my time waiting on the phone WITHOUT ANY ANSWERS...
Reviewed March 31, 2014
Everything was fine for about a week. We had booked our flights to Brazil from NYC for vacation. Then the airline did away with the flight. They put us on the flight the day before, but as we could not leave earlier, decided to "communicate" with the CheapOair our problem. Now I've been on hold with both CheapOair and TAM multiple times (needless to say it takes 45-60 min for someone to pick up the phone), with neither wanting to take responsibility for placing us on a flight we can take.
CheapOair claims that they don't have seats left, TAM sees a ton of seats and claims that CheapOair is responsible for rebooking, and they either are being irresponsible or the representative doesn't know how to do it. The other option was to cancel the flight, but after reading the reviews it doesn't look like they return your money either. Now I'm stuck with a $3500 bill and no one answering for it. I AM NEVER USING CHEAPOAIR AGAIN. Not even if the flight was free.
Reviewed March 29, 2014
I feel upset even having to write about this. I spent no less than 4 hours on the phone with 'Cheapo' the day before yesterday. I needed to cancel a flight they had booked with LAN. I was assured by two different operators that if I cancelled, I would have a full credit with LAN in the amount of $1,029 minus a $50 change fee, and a $150 reschedule fee. The operators told me I could hang up with them and immediately call LAN to rebook.
That was not the case I was told by LAN, I had to re-book with Cheapo. When I called back cheapo after being on hold for 42 minutes for the third time that day, I was told that the new ticket which was being sold/advertised for $699 (I had the screen open on my computer in front of me) would cost me all of my $1,029 credit PLUS an additional $480. I kept trying to ask them WHY a $699 ticket cost me $1509.
First, they argued that the ticket wasn't actually $699, but I had to repeat over and over that surely it was $699. I had it on my computer screen directly in front of me. I even refreshed/re-entered the trip data to make sure the fare hadn't raised, but the same price continued to show. Finally (after 75 minutes), I firmly requested to speak to a manager. He stated that all of the extra fees were because of the class of ticket I had originally purchased, but could/would not give me details about his claim.
He also could/would not answer my question as to why I was not informed about any restrictions that would be placed upon my $1,029 credit when (or before) I cancelled. There was nothing about it in the cancellation confirmation email they sent, nor was it mentioned in the fare rules of the original ticket. I have flown a few hundred times at this point and never have I heard of such a thing.
After threatening to call a lawyer, the manager knocked off the $480, but said I'd still have to pay an additional $150 in cash for the reschedule/cancellation fee; it would not be taken out of my $1,029. Also, he explained that the remaining credit left over which was not being spent on the new $699 ticket was just gone. I could not use it at any time in the future for any other flight.
At this point, I was so frustrated and upset, that I just went ahead and agreed to have the whole thing be over with. WHAT A NIGHTMARE. I have never made a complaint about any company at any other time previous to now, but this is so incredibly outrageous, I had to warn people. I was blatantly robbed by this company. HOW are they getting away with doing this to so many people? I am appalled by Cheapoair. Also, you should know that, when you try and choose your seating, they will attempt to charge you $15 to "confirm" the change. The airline itself told me that it should NEVER cost additional money to choose seating (unless it's specialized seating).
Reviewed March 27, 2014
My daughter while enjoying Paris missed her flight home. I purchased a return ticket using CheapOAir online. All went well and I notified my daughter but when she went to the airport terminal the next day and was told the ticket had not been paid. I gave her my credit card info while she was at the gate but they said they couldn't do it now. So she missed her flight. I turned around and using CheapOAir again purchased another ticket for the following day. That went through as well. But I called their customer service to make sure everything went without a hitch. The gentlemen said it was a credit card company problem and said he'd transfer me. The girl who answered (not my credit card company) told me to stop asking so many questions or she wouldn't help me. What? I told her I had purchased a ticket before and my daughter wasn't able to board and that I had bought another ticket and was worried I might have made a mistake.
She reminded me again about asking her questions. She said that since I had purchased a ticket using someone else's name and not the name on my credit card that that was the problem. She mentioned that my problem was now fixed. It was... except for the incorrect name on the ticket which was fixed at boarding which took two hours and four staff members of Iceland Air. I have since called my credit card company and they said they were 'pinged' by CheapOAir on the first day but they had never processed the withdrawal. They did process the withdrawal the second day. CheapOAir has reasonable prices but for the amount of stress involved please avoid using them if at all possible. If you should have a problem you shouldn't even bother trying to call their customer service....it would be a total waste of time. My credit card representative will be watching my account for awhile as he is aware they have the ability to add to or create more charges.
Updated review: April 16, 2014
Company eventually respected promise of 50% refund. We still believe a reservation cancelled 4 months in advance, within 24 hours of booking it, especially as it was one of 9 purchased for our humanitarian mission, should have been fully refunded. And we're wondering why we had to wait a year, and publish a complaint, to receive this partial refund.
Original Review: March 27, 2014
We booked several flights with CheapOair before cancelling one of them within 24 hours. Despite a promise by VP R. Bello, despite a call in September, telling us a refund would arrive within a few weeks, we never received any sort of compensation for a ticket we never used.
Reviewed March 26, 2014
Go with a travel agent. They'll get you as good a deal and actually be ale to help you if you need to make any changes. Cheapoair notified me by email that the airlines had changed my flight, but did not tell me what the new flight times would be(!) When I tried to click the "Accept/Reject" button to (hopefully) Reject the changes, their website was broken, informing me that "they'd already received my acceptance of the changes" (BS!!!) When I called Customer Support to try to reject the changes, they kept me on hold for over an hour, and kept transferring me to "other departments" who would theoretically help me. Finally they just disconnected me. I will never, ever, ever do business with this company again. They totally suck.
Reviewed March 25, 2014
I had a R/T flight from Manila to Bangkok for 5 people. About one month before the flight CheapoAir started sending me emails with an optional return flight. But the return flight didn't work for us due to plans and hotel reservations. So, I never selected the change. I knew what the problem was - they overbooked the flight. But they never admitted to that. Four hours before departure I get an email stating the return flight was changed to the following day. I read this email while at the Manila airport. So I went the airline office (Philippine Airlines) to get the flight changed back. They told me no changes or alterations are allowed. So, CheapoAir will not only change your flight, but they also live by a double-standard. Luckily, our return flight to the USA was not on the day of the Bangkok-Manila flight or we would have missed that. That would have been a huge PITA. Needless to say, I have attempted to call and email Cheapo - their customer service is non-existent. Fail. Fail. Fail.
Reviewed March 25, 2014
Try to contact the billing department for the past 2 days now, just the answering system put me on hold. I bought flight ticket which was sold at $643.50. Now on my credit card they charged me $755.50. This is bad website to get ticket from.
Reviewed March 24, 2014
So this happened: I bought a flight ticket. Not a big deal right? Well, it turned out that I needed to change my flight dates. I've been on the line for 2 hours and 8 minutes so far, and still haven't achieved anything! This is being a horrible experience. Please, please do not use this website!
Reviewed March 24, 2014
Awful company. We booked tickets home from Vietnam to Australia with this website, who then cancelled our booking without contacting us, and advised us by email. We were in an area outside of mobile reception so we had no idea until we got back an area where we could check emails - a few days before our flight home. We tried to call them and attempt to fix it up, but wasted $5 and 30 minutes of our time on hold.
When we eventually got through to them the next day, they told us the flight we had originally booked was now unavailable. We had checked online, however, and knew it was still available - they lied to my partner straight out. When we asked if we could be booked on the same flight for the price we originally booked it for, they said no and tried to charge us again for the original flight, at an additional $150 cost to us.
We ended up having to re-arrange our plans and book flights ourselves which got us home at a different time, and ended up in me having to leave some souvenirs I had pre-bought in Hanoi. TL;DR: This company will screw you around, try to get additional money from you wherever possible, and actually cost you money and time wherever possible. Do not use. Ever.
Reviewed March 24, 2014
I have booked flights with CheapOair with no problems in the past. But when I had to change the date for my booking, they advised me to cancel the flight, get a refund and make a new one. They should have refunded me over 1,000 USD 6 months ago and I am still waiting for the money! They just keep on telling me the payment has been made when it hasn't. Shameful!
Reviewed March 22, 2014
When I tried to book my flight online with "OneTravel", the final price was more than originally stated for the itinerary. I called the 800 number for assistance and was connected with an agent who tried to stall by asking me lots of personal questions. I thought that was really unprofessional and told him I didn't have time to chat. Meanwhile, he told me my flight was no longer available. I told him it was showing up on my computer and he said he could see real time bookings but I could not. I thought that was weird. Then after stalling for a long time, he did a bait and switch and booked me on a flight with a longer route and a shorter layover time for the same price.
I was concerned about the short layover, but he said the airline would hold the connecting flight if needed. When I received the confirmation email, it actually was sent from CheapOAir. My husband did not like the flight schedule at all and asked me to change it. Reading on their website that I had a 4-hour window to make changes for free, I immediately called back. I was told a change would be an additional $165. Again the agent kept on putting me on hold and stalling for time. I felt very deceived when no matter what flight was offered, it was much more money. I gave up and hung up.
Updated review: March 25, 2014
The company resolve the issue by issuing a refund, and I was pleasantly surprised by how proactive and prompt they were.
Original Review: March 19, 2014
After having difficulty booking a flight on their website once I put in all my information, I received a call from their customer service center offering to help me book it. I thought it was very nice of them, but was I ever naive! They booked it online for me, telling me the costs were going up and quoting a price $150 higher for two passengers. When I looked at the itinerary on Lufthansa the flight cost was actually the same as had been listed on the website that I could not book online but CheapO had tacked on a $149.50 service charge for being "helpful" and booking my flight for me.
Reviewed March 19, 2014
I have been using this site for over 10 years probably once a year. I would just like to say that after my last experience with this site and your company it is my promise to you that I will never again book with your company.
My Story: I had booked a trip to travel to Lebanon leaving December 6th. I had put all my credit card information along with my personal information and proceeded to the book button. The page then said timed out and took me back to the home screen. I immediately contacting your 24 hour support line where I was speaking to a gentleman that advised me that when I had booked that ticket it didn't go through and I couldn't book on that flight because the seats were sold out.
I then proceeded with him because he was trying to find me another flight. After half an hour nothing he had interested me and I went back online and kept looking myself. I then found a ticket that left December 10th and was very happy with the price. I booked it and everything seemed to go through fine. I looked for the email confirmation and did not see anything in my inbox waited for 15 min and saw a whole bunch of emails from Cheap O air. I opened the first one and there was my ticket that I had booked for December 10th.
I have to remind you the reader of this review that I am a 60 year old woman. I do not have the habit of checking all my email or going through all the junk email I have in my inbox instead I just look for the ones I want and move on. A few days later I see that my husband was charged two charges on his credit card. I called your company and explained all of this to them. I even spoke to a supervisor who told me that I was lying about that phone call and that I might have made a mistake in the booking.
I had to wait for 3 months calling your company every day with customer service agents telling me someone would call me back. No one ever gave me a call back, I was the one that was constantly calling trying to get this issue resolved. They told me they would give me some money back, deduct a fee of $400 because the airline took that fee and they can no longer get it back. Could you believe it took me over a month and a half to get in contact with someone from account receivables?
He also made me wait for 3 weeks until he could see what could be done. I advised him to track the call that was made by me to one of his agents that advised me that the ticket was not booked. He said he couldn't find that call. I had to call my cell phone provider and get the statement on my bill that a call was made to that phone number at the specific time and date. After all of this big issue of over 3 months, your company finally refunded the full amount today.
All of this was ok as long as I didn't feel like I had to pay for a mistake in which I had not made. I have to say after all of this the reason for me not booking with your company again is for the sole reason that after the refund no one contacted to me to apologize for the mistake or to thank me for being patient (none of this was done through any of your agents during this struggle either).
I am very surprised at the customer service skills you have at your company. And as an older person and having 20 years of experience in Customer I have never before witnessed such horrible human skills. Maybe if you needed money from me one day you would call me for 3 months almost every day. But I do assure you or whoever is reading this that in customer service we not throw the customer money back without apologizing for the inconvenience. I assure you that you have lost a very valuable customer today.
Reviewed March 19, 2014
Book a flight last fall and had to cancel it. They would not refund the money and charged a fee. There was also a $75 rebooking fee on a flight they overcharged me for because I was looking at the website for the airline and was overcharged about $75. I had a $232 credit and I still have to pay $150 for the flight. Customer service is very rude. Never again.
Reviewed March 19, 2014
Called regarding a booking, asked to speak with a supervisor once the representative told me he would not assist me. After putting me on hold he picked up the phone pretending to be a supervisor. I asked again for his supervisor and he left me on hold for over an hour...
Reviewed March 17, 2014
Too many hidden costs and fees. I could have booked cheaper directly with the airline and that included the cost of checking a bag but I paid more for the ticket and then had to add the fee of checking bags which they never noted anything about an additional fee until after I purchased the ticket. Wouldn't let me change it, hung up on me, and kept me on hold for ever! Company is a complete scam and I will never use them again.
Reviewed March 17, 2014
I found this experience unbelievable, but when I went to Sunwings front counter to pick up my boarding pass, they initially couldn't find my name on the manifesto. After showing my boarding confirmations print-off, they came to realize that my first and last name was entered incorrectly (as a Joan, not John eg.) I had to pay a 50 dollar charge to have my name corrected. I doubt I'll be booking through CheapOair in the future; it was not worth my time or potential savings.
Reviewed March 14, 2014
I booked two round trip air tickets to London from Chicago. Tonight I see that they charged me and then British Airways was charging me the same amount. So I called CheapOair to try and correct this. They hung up on me thrice. Finally they took my call and immediately gave me a "billing department" that was supposed to be open for another two hours. NEVER GOT THRU to anyone except British Airways who could not help. I will never again used CheapOair or recommend to anyone I know. They are rude, incompetent and could have prevented me from getting this upset. No one has to be going thru anyone trying to charge them twice for anything. NEVER AGAIN.
Reviewed March 12, 2014
I purchased a round trip ticket from Albany, NY to Berlin, Germany. After I paid for this ticket I received confirmation from Cheapo. They left off one leg of my trip. I assumed it was an error on their part since I had all the proper documents and a paid receipt for the entire trip. My problems then escalated when I tried to discuss it with someone. I could not understand the people. They put me on hold many times and were very rude because I could not understand them. This trip is a nightmare because of Cheapo. Don't, don't use them. Be careful.
Reviewed March 12, 2014
I booked a flight to Paris with a stop in Toronto, aircanada changed the first flight making it impossible to catch the connection. When I called cheapoair after waiting for several hours they told me there was no change in their schedule. After 3 weeks calling they actually updated their system and make the change of flight that suited me just to cancel it 2 days after. And now I have to do the whole process again cause their system won't show the actual schedule.They barely speak English. I have been spending the last month of my life dealing with this company. I will never ever buy any at cheapoair. THEY ARE A SCAM.
Reviewed March 11, 2014
Bought 2 tickets from this rotten company so far this year, on the second ticket on Air France/KLM for international travel, all tickets for international travel sold by these airlines allow for 2 main luggage with 1 carry on, CheapoAir bait and switch on international baggage, after you have booked the ticket they send you an email advising you that you are only going to be allowed 1 main bag and 1 carry on. They flatly refuse to resolve their bait and switch and lied through their teeth to me on the phone and told me that it made no difference if I shopped the 6 new air tickets I required elsewhere. Caught me once shame on me, they won't get a second time, the next lot of tickets I will buy from a decent and honest company and not these miserable outsourced feckless detractors.
Reviewed March 6, 2014
I booked 4 internal flights with cheapo air. For Jan - Feb 2014, three in Chile and one in Argentina. A website FARECOMPARE lead me to a choice of flights from at least four other agents e.g EBOOKERS and CHEAPOAIR. CHEAPOAIR offered good prices and quite often the most convenient flight times. I had no problems contacting the European helpline who confirmed the flights were booked. All four flights went very well. The only downside was being unnerved by reading bad reviews.
Reviewed March 6, 2014
I bought ticket on a Monday. Got a call that required me to cancel the tickets 2 hours later. They did the cancellation and charged me a fee. The fee was deducted instantly and days later I am still waiting on the refund. Tried for 3 hours to get through to someone both on the phone and the chat line and never did. DON'T buy from these guys.
Reviewed March 2, 2014
I originally booked a flight Aug 13 2013 from Baton Rouge LA to Ontario International Airport (CA). The reservations were for the week of Thanksgiving 2013. The quoted air fare was $638. I became ill prior to leaving and had MD excuses that I could not fly. I began notifying them well in advance of 24 hours prior to the flight. I was assessed $200 at that time for cancelling the flight and was then told $200 would be assessed again at the time of re-booking.
All told my credit card was charged $1158. I was told by CheapOair that I could re-book within 12 month. I rebooked in December 2013 for March 1-8 2014. I arrived at the airport and was told CheapOair "cancelled your reservation". As the flight was totally booked, I was unable to fly out. The airline informed me that I could fly out on March 2, 2014 at the cost of over $2000 which of course I could not do. While at the airport, I began contacting CheapOAir and was placed on hold for over an hour.
When I got a representative, they then informed me that the Airline "cancelled the flight without notifying them". The flight wasn't cancelled as I was at the airport seeing that it was taking off. I then re-booked but the earliest that I could be re-booked was Monday March 3, 2014. I cannot return on my normally scheduled flight so I had to take an extra day of vacation for Monday March 10, 2014.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2014
I booked with cheapoair for myself and my friend. We did the tickets online and realized the error in the name. We called and call and called...Two weeks before our trip. They did the same thing to us as others. We called from 2 cell phones and a house phone. They all were put on hold. I began asking names over and over...they also asked the same questions. I began to ask for the people who I had spoken to but no one ever picked up the phone. They said they would prepare a ticket but they had no idea if the airline would allow it...
We also called United airlines and spoke to a manager that advised us since Cheapo Air was the person paid they had to re-issue a new ticket. We called and called etc etc...My friend who had the wrong name bought a new ticket but had to go 2 days before me because most flights were sold out. I left two days later...CheapoAir booked me with two totally different airlines so I had to pick up luggage from one to get to another...Cheapoair does not explain that or note it anywhere. So my luggage stayed in San Fran and it had to be shipped to Las Vegas. I had no clothe for two days. So we took the trip on 2/15 and stayed until 2/22.
Cheapoair has never returned a call. They have never sent an email or letter. They sold the seats next to me which my friend paid for. This company is a scam. It is likely a room full of men from India and they have instructions to put the call on hold and hope eventually the customer will go away. Their business practices cannot be legal. I will tell my story everywhere. They will continue to ruin people's vacations because they are low lives and it is too bad they are allowed. So I will continue to tell everyone...it is not worth the 100.00 you save. Run when you see it come up. I wish I did. I also disputed the charges with my credit card company.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2014
We wanted to change the date of travel as it covers under travel insurance! We were waiting more than 60 min and to our impatient, we have to cancel the call. It always repeats same BS "our customer service representatives currently assisting others, thank you for waiting, please continue to hold". Their live chat will disappear just like that! But, I got a good customer rep who spent another an hour and half (?) advised me to cancel the Cheap Saudi Airline ticket because of "missing flight connections". So when an airline screw the schedule it does affect the travel agents too!
Updated review: May 29, 2014
Update : I was offered an assistance from Chapoair. Although I finally decided to book my flight from another company, I have to admit that Chapoair were helpful and willing to solve the problem.
Original Review: Feb. 23, 2014
I booked a cheap flight to South Africa. The price was unbelievably good. Few days later, they send me an e-mail that my reservation was cancelled. Of course no way to reach their customer service. Don't lose your time and energy with www.CheapOair.ca they are not trustworthy. Go for cheapair.com instead, that's what I used to rebook a flight, and I've got a real deal.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2014
I purchased tickets for my family with the cheapoair last April of 2013 for Dec. vacation. But due to school requirements, my elder son need to stay behind so I rebooked his ticket. I paid an additional amount of $770.76 USD. The next thing I know my son don't have a ticket nor schedule of flight. The company refunded that amount and they were able to book my son for Dec.16, 2013. They said it's their fault so I don't need to add an additional amount. After that incident I made sure that my son's flight has no problem. I confirmed from different agents till the time of my own flight which is Nov. 28, 2013. Dec. 16 came and my son was in the airport of Edmonton. When he handed his ticket to the personnel of air Canada, the person told him that his international flight is ok but his ticket to Vancouver was cancelled.
My son text me in the Philippines and ask me what to do. I tried to reach the company but nobody answered. I also tried to ask my son to purchase a ticket going to Vancouver if there's available but none. My son just turned 18 and nobody was with him to guide him what to do. My friend just dropped him off at the airport. The whole family was waiting for him in the Philippines and he was also booked to fly to our place once arriving in Manila. I was very very devastated and shocked. How could that happened.
Eventually for how many times I've called the company somebody answer the phone she said, "Let your son go home and will book him for another flight the next day." I was kind of relieved. The next day came and this lady phoned me and told me that "sorry there's no available flight tomorrow, if you want we can book him for Dec. 28?? ?" What ? My son is going to school on Jan. 8, 2014 and they want him to fly on Dec. 28? He will arrive in Manila on Dec.30. He might be having jet lag still and it's time to fly again to go back in Canada? That's so ridiculous. The lady also said they will refund my son's ticket.
The whole family was so upset. That was supposedly a family reunion after 8 years of not visiting the Philippines. I was so stressed out and could hardly sleep. My son was alone and I have to beg to a friend just to take care of him. I end up buying him another ticket which by the way cost me $3000. The ticket I purchased with Cheapoair cost me $1315.19. My long distance bill was $800 just to call their stupid company plus more wasted money because my son was also booked for different flight back home. How I wish I can sue this company. Until now they didn't refund my money. But I kept on calling them, send them e-mail and they always told me, "it will be on the next billing cycle????" I will never purchase ticket from this company again. Hope they will refund my money soon.
Updated review: May 9, 2014
After numerous email going back to mid January 2014 and waiting for 6 weeks after I was told the refund had been authorised - I HAVE RECEIVED A CHEQUE IN FULL PAYMENT TODAY !!
Thank you !
Original Review: Feb. 21, 2014
I advised on around 13th January 2014 in a 'chat' session on CheapOair's site that my request for a refund for my cancelled flight would be arranged. I gave them the full details that my Virgin flight on Friday 10th January from Sydney to Ballina - BNK VA 1141 was cancelled at the last minute due to Technical issues and that I had to re-book and pay again for a later flight from Sydney to the Gold Coast. I requested a refund for the original flight and was told that would be arranged.
I sent an email on 29 January to the 'billing' email address chasing this refund, I have had no reply. I sent a further email to the 'billing' email address on 18 February 2014 lodging a complaint. Still no reply. In between, I've tried to ring them but have been left on hold for a long time - If any one has a number/email address that I can get through to this company I would appreciate it. I have requested a refund for this original flight in a 'chat' session but have not received it
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2014
My bank account is overdrawn and I do not have access to my money/account because Cheapoair charged me twice for the same $748.00 ticket (total 1498.00). I reported the second charge to my bank within hours but they would not help me. They wanted me to contact Cheapoair and have a fax sent to them from Cheapo stating I should only be charged once. I spent 8 hours overnight on the phone trying to reach someone in billing at Cheapoair. I was repeatedly put on hold and disconnected. I also left several e-mails and never received a reply from Cheapoair.
I finally got through to a person in billing at Cheapoair the following day and after a long debate I insisted they fax a statement to my back on their letterhead explaining their error. I provided them with a contact name and fax number. This was what my bank asked me to do when I reported the unauthorized second charge. The fax was not sent. I still do not have access to my account/money and am disgusted with both Cheapoair and my bank (Santander). Do not ever use this company. They take additional money from your account without authorization and refuse to acknowledge their actions or return your money.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2014
On 24 of Sep 2013 I bought via Cheapoair ticket from Porto Allegra Brazil to TLV. When I was looking for the ticket I was looking for the shorted flight and I paid more for this. From Rome to TLV every thing went smooth. On 11 of Feb 20 hours before my flight I got email that my flight will be delayed on day. This was unacceptable because as a family with 3 children we already fix our budgets and we were ready to flight back. I know that thing can go wrong, but this case was really non-professional treatment from your agency
On the 12 of Feb I went to Alitalia offices and I was in shock when they told me that Cheapoair received notice 2 months ago!!! The worst thing was that you changed me to flight that extend my connection time by 10 hours!!!!! After calling to your call center which was a nightmare waiting on the phone, more than 80 minutes talking to someone with Indian accent, which was very difficult to understand, I hung-up the phone and chat with some representative that her idea about flight and connection was really poor.
Finally she connect me to Luisa which say I am supervisor. I got the reservation, which was equivalent, and connection time to the original. In your reservation you put us in very good chairs but the company deny it and put us in the last raw in the airplane. Due to you lousy job I have to pay: 1- One more day hotel for 5 people 399USD. 2- Rent car one more day 30 USD. 3- Cancel my flight from Sao Paulo to Porto Alegre and buy in very short time other flight 896USD.
My questions are: 1- How come you did not advise me before even you received notice on changes? 2- Who is going to pay my extra expenses? 3- Why when you send me the new reservation you put us in seats that Alitalia deny?
You have 30 days to send me answers before I will start the process to sue you. I am really disappointed from your service. If I will not get answers about my questions, I will continue to use your site but only to compare prices..
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2014
I booked my flight and car and hotel through CheapOAir. I checked all three of my bookings for the dates I wanted to schedule my trip before I agreed to the price. When I got my confirmation the return flight was incorrect so I called and talked with someone from another country and he changed the date. He told me that it would cost 120.00 per person extra to change. I asked him why and he said because of the airline penalties and the change in airfare prices. I received a new confirmation 144.00 taxes and surcharges for rental car multiple booking fees etc.
It ended up costing me an extra 400.00 for my trip with all of the fees and the change in airline return date. This website is a scam and do not use it. I will travel this time with them because to me it is worth the 400.00 to avoid the headaches involved in the hassle with my bank etc. I guess in this day and age you have to be a expert in everything you do in order not to get scammed. A lot of scammers and greed out there. I will surly not use them again.
Updated review: March 17, 2014
I am glad this had a happy ending and I hope it works the same way for everyone.
Thank you.
Carmen
Original Review: Feb. 13, 2014
February 1st around 9.30 am. I did my reservation (WITH FREE CANCELLATION they said) with Cheapoair. I chose my dates (round trip Toronto-Lima-Toronto) and waited for a page to confirm. My dates didn't came out anything so I continued with the process and I made the payment and ONLY after I made the payment came out the amount I paid (755.08 Canadians) but NOT with the dates that I chose so I called them right away and I talked to a guy called Jamie **. I told him to correct my dates because I have dates I DID NOT CHOOSE. He found the dates of the departure but not the return I wanted and he told I had to pay C$150 extra, so I told him to cancel the reservation and again this guy came up with one more thing. "If you wanna cancel you have to pay 50 bucks." When I did the Reservation it said "free Cancellation".. Well finally I was so angry and I decided to cancel and pay the C$ 50 and I told him, "I will pay the 50 but I'm Not using never ever again your website"..
I was on the phone with the guy ..he got angry too and he sent me an email with the cancellation and told me to reply with answer "I agree" .. I did it but I wrote "I agree but I'm not happy at all"... After this he told me "I can't cancel the reservation because this means it's our fault." (Well it wasn't my problem either, its their system that looks like they do it purpose)...and I told him.."I agreed already what's your problem?.. If you don't cancel I will find some to fix this problem and asked him one more time.. Will you cancel or not?" He finally said yes and I hang up the phone..After this I called my bank and they will contact them if they don't put it back my money into my account in 15 business days. Today is February the 12th 2014 at 9.30 pm.. THEY CHARGE ME ALREADY C$ 50 + Tax 59.92 .. I just called my bank too and it doesn't show any money from them yet. Before I post this review I called Cheapoair at 8.05 pm and they put me in waiting for 40 minutes. I got tired and I decided to write the review... and one more thing my antivirus did not recognize as a safe website....stay away from this website...
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2014
Last week, I booked a one way flight from New Zealand to Australia on Virgin Australia. Virgin recently started offering a new class of ticket: saver lite. All others include a checked bag in the standard price. As I'd recently been made aware of this, I was sure to check the baggage limit before I booked with Cheapo. It blatantly said on their website: carry on up to 7 kg, first bag free, second bag for a fee. I was happy with that so I booked.
Unfortunately, I only decided to Google reviews after I'd booked. After reading what others had said, I became very wary about whether or not my ticket had actually been booked, so I called the airline directly. It had been, but my luggage limit was only carry on. I could not add it directly through Virgin, as I'd booked through a 'travel agent'. My options are to pay $80 at the airport or to change it through Cheapo, which will cost $100 + the flight difference and put more money in this awful company's pocket.
When I contacted Cheapo, they fed me some line about how airlines 'keep revising' their baggage policies and took no responsibility for it being listed incorrectly on their website. What wonderful service...
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2014
I booked a flight to and from Vegas for a conference. All seemed well until I got to the airport in Vegas to return home and my flight was schedule for MARCH 7. To change my flight it cost me $924! (In addition to the $317 I spent on Cheap-O-Air). When I look at my itinerary I now notice it was scheduled for March 7. However, I did not initially search to return March 7.
I called Cheap-O-Air today. Was on the phone, in total, for about 2 hours. They stated that I did search to return on March 7, stating they had a screen shot of this information. When I asked to see this "screen shot", they said they cannot provide this information to the consumer. I stated I was going to contact the Attorney General, to which they said they could release the information to them.
I asked to be transferred to a manager. The manager said the same thing as all had said. She, however, said she would email me the screen shot. She also said that when I spoke to the agent on the phone (I had credit card issues and spoke to an agent to finalize the transaction) he confirmed my flight returning on March 7 and I agreed to that. I find it hard to believe that I not only selected March 7 to return (a MONTH later than I needed), but that when they "confirmed" with me on the phone that I didn't pick up on the month discrepancy.
What is most disappointing throughout this process is not only the money I had to pay to remedy the issue, but the fact that A) you wait on hold for about an hour to talk to anyone, B) the customer service is horrible, the agents are very disrespectful, and C) that they have images and documents stating that I did indeed search to return in March and also verbally heard the date and agreed - but have yet to release this information to me. Overall, disappointing (and costly) experience with Cheap-O-Air. I will not utilize this website in the future to travel.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2014
I made a mistake booking my flight. I called back to change it. The agent said the new ticket would cost $100 more. I told him I was looking at the new flight information and the price was the same. He said the computer is slow and doesn't show the updated prices. I said I wanted to research the prices and he told me if I did that there was a $25 fee for canceling. I rebooked for the higher amount and then went back to the site and booked the cheaper flight. I called back to cancel and was not charged this mythical cancellation fee. I am now waiting for my refund which takes two weeks. I will be making a lot of waves if I don't get my money back.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2014
I booked a flight for my old and sick mother, who would be traveling alone from Mumbai to Riyadh and then from Riyadh to Toronto and her flight out of India was for the 2nd of April 2014. This is the first time that I have booked with Cheapoair and I have had the worst experience ever. Since the time that I have booked, I have been receiving constant emails (5-6 emails already) with regards to changes in my mom's flight schedule (in terms of waiting time at the airport ranging from 4 hours to 16 hours) and I have gone ahead and accepted the changes because I am not a person who complains.
But, yesterday I received another email from Cheapoair informing me that this time my mom's flight DATE has been entirely changed. The email suggested that now the date of departure for my mom has been changed from 2nd April/2014 to 31st March/2014. I have spoken to 3 agents: Gauri, Riddhi and Edgar. They have all been very rude to me and showed no consideration for my situation and basically told me that nothing can be done and I will have to deal with it.
My mother is old, very sick and is traveling alone. I am afraid that if she has a heart attack or something. But Cheapoair does not care! I have called several times and I have spoken to only very rude agents who DO NOT CARE. I want that someone from this page contact me and solve my problem, either arrange for a flight for my mother on the promised date that I booked (2nd APRIL 2014) or refund me my money 100%! I also paid an extra $100 for insurance. I need an answer right away.
Updated review: Feb. 28, 2014
My complaint has been acknowledged and I have received compensation.
Original Review: Feb. 3, 2014
I did a lot of research to book my flight. I decided to book with Cheap O Air in Australia. However it is not an Australian site. It clearly states that prices are displayed in AUD throughout the selection process and then, the final line of the final page is actually in USD, causing me to be hit with a price higher than expected and bank fees for using my credit card to pay for a foreign transaction that I was unaware I was making.
I emailed the company immediately to try and get some resolution. I also called multiple times. Like other comments here, I was told that they would put me through to a Supervisor and I was put on hold for over 30 minutes until I hung up. One time I stayed on hold, the woman picked up and when I was still there, she said there wasn't a Supervisor available and I arranged a time for someone to call me back the next day. They didn't. They deliberately deceive consumers and then lie about their intention to offer any resolution. A shocking experience. I really hope that their deceptive Australian site is taken down.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2014
These guys are moron and should not be in business. Booked a flight which meant to be $272 return each per person and they charge me over $900 bucks for two people. Send them numerous e-mails and there is no reply. Rings them and you hold for about 20 mins then they transfer you to their billing customer service line, you hold for about another 20 minutes and asked you to leave a message and no one gets back to you. Karma is a bitch, whats goes around comes around.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2014
I booked a hotel through CheapOair. They used the credit card from some company in NY to pay for my room instead of my credit card. When I had to leave early the hotel was glad to refund my payments for unused nights. The refund would have gone to the company in NY. I contacted CheapOair and they processed the refund to my credit card then charged me $150.01 for the "service".
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2014
The worst company I have ever dealt with. Got the departure dates wrong and charged me for their mistake. The return flight was canceled due to weather for the return trip and they wanted to charge me $375 to change the date. I will never use them again.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2014
We purchased tickets to San Francisco on United at a good rate, they called and said they couldn't get those tickets but could get a good price on Virgin America for $250 more, so I bought those. We received confirmation and a receipt. Plus our credit card was charged. When we arrived at ticket counter to pick up our boarding tickets, we were told that despite the receipt, Cheapo had not purchased the tickets. Therefore we had to pay full fare for four people which was $900 plus more than expected.
I contacted Cheapo and Derrin said, "Sorry we tried to contact you but were not able to reach you and tell you we couldn't get those tickets at that price (second such admission)." However, they had reached me the first time and we had calls and emails in between the second purchase because I had to correct spelling of the names on the tickets a number of times. So I know they had both my phone and email. Yet no notice. They did return our credit charges but I wanted some reimbursement for the extra costs. Derrin mentioned he would talk to his supervisor, we faxed all the info to their information and have received notice that they are thinking about us...
I do not expect that they will do the good customer relations thing and reimburse us for their mistake or worse yet fraudulent advertising or rates and tickets they cannot or do not purchase, only to raise the cost or not buy the tickets at all. I would warn consumers to go directly to the airlines and certainly not trust trip arrangements to Cheapo. I don't know where to go to file charges that I think maybe fraudulent adverstising
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2014
Be careful when booking with Cheapoair. I booked my flight and since I've web savvy, I'm aware of positive opt-ins for things, such as insurance. I declined it (my purchase shows that). The day before I leave, I see that I'm suddenly charged for $40 more, the insurance fee. I didn't visit the site, I hadn't touched my reservation since the initial booking. Customer service tells me that I opted in...uh huh... Be aware of what you're being charged for and don't let them get away with it. I disputed the charge with Visa and got my money back.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2014
I just tried to book a flight on Cheapoair from Hong Kong to Auckland; price was 361.90 but the site had errors, so I went to chat. They tried to charge me 395. They said the price must have gone up. Quick web search and I found it for 362 (plus 2% booking fee). So I booked with Travelpack.com instead, their site worked. Yes, it was a little more expensive but the 395 had left a sour taste in my mouth. He did eventually drop the price to 375 and then after I said "No", he said they could do it for the advertised price but by then I had booked with the other company. Even if I hadn't already booked, I didn't trust Cheapoair anymore. Told the guy it would be better if they fixed the site rather than try to rip me off, he disconnected me. Awful customer service all around.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2014
This is the worst experience I've ever had in my entire life with an airline company or agency. I booked a flight with full insurance back to Denmark (where I live) after Christmas, which had to be cancelled due to a family emergency (my father was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer). During the cancellation process, I was charged another insurance fee which I was told would "assure me no more fees" where if I didn't purchase the extra insurance I would have to pay a 100$ cancellation fee plus and airline penalty fee. Anyways I was refunded (which will take up to two months to get back in my account) 258$ - 100$ because of the fee of doing so on my 676$ flight.
I have been told I will receive 158$ back from my original bill. Now being a young adult losing close to 550$ is devastating especially now that it will be extremely difficult for me to return home. Also the claim I am putting through may or may not be "accepted". Trust me I didn't choose to stay where I'm from if I could have I would have happily went home. Anyways extremely disappointed with their policies and I feel as though I've been played around with cancelling and the claim forms.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2014
United canceled my flight and I ended up dealing with CheapOair for 2 1/2 hours while they contacted United. They offered me a refund but wouldn't give me any details because they were concerned the details would change. Then they challenged me to find a cheaper flight on my own. I went from a direct flight to a 1 stop flight and was was put back on hold for the 5th time. I'm NEVER using CheapOair again. The call center in India was extremely difficult to deal with and I wouldn't wish that service on anyone.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2014
I found my roundtrip flight (New York to/from Israel) on Cheapoair, and it was only a little over $900 which is awesome for that trip. The layovers on both legs were a nice 1.5-2 hours, and the flights TO Israel were Delta/AirFrance (they are partners) while the flights back to NY were both Alitalia. Stupidly, I only decided to Google Cheapoair after booking and was horrified by what I read--80% of these reviews are 1 star?!?! However, I noticed a trend in many of the reviews: people who had problems with the company after THEY, the people booking, made mistakes in the booking process. I thought, none of us can rightfully expect any company, let alone one whose name is CHEAPOAIR, to fix our mistakes in booking flights without facing huge penalties - that's the way it is on virtually any booking website today.
So, I went ahead hoping and praying that I wouldn't arrive at Newark Int'l the day of my flight and hear "you don't have a seat on this flight." Also--and here's the biggest thing, in my opinion - I called those airlines five times before the day of my flight. I had them confirm my itinerary, plan my special meals AND seats, and send it all to me via email for documentation (and reference). As long as you do this, you are absolutely fine! Just deal with your airlines directly...fortunately for me, I also had reputable airlines (AirFrance, Delta, Alitalia). My flights were seamless. Everything was just great and easy. I will keep my eye on the credit card statement, though, because many reviews mention that what they paid for their flights showed up in increments on their card statements - which is fine, as long as it only adds up to what Cheapoair told me I'd be paying.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2014
After booking a flight on their website, I received a strange call from a customer service person from Cheapoair. They said my bank would not authorize my payment, so then they started asking for strange details like what university I studied at, what I majored in, where I worked, could they know my work contact details too, etc. At this point, I told them I would get back in touch with them and hung up. I called my bank and they said that after this kind of behavior they will cancel my card and send me a new one, and I probably shouldn't do business with Cheapoair again.
Reviewed Jan. 18, 2014
My family flew to Tampa, FL airport during the week between Christmas, 2013 and New Years. We had booked airline tickets and a rental car from Ace Rent a Car for one week, both through Cheapoair. When we arrived in Florida and called the number provided for passenger pick-up, Ace said they had no car available then and to call back in one hour. One hour later, they still had no car and said to call back after 4 pm, 4 hours later. When asked if we were guaranteed a car at that time, they said no. This was despite having the reservation for over 2 months. I called Cheapoair, and they also called the rental car company and confirmed the information. He made it clear that we were on our own and that all we could expect in compensation was to be reimbursed our booking fee. They could clearly give a rip that they were not fulfilling the reservation and did absolutely nothing to help us in our predicament.
I WILL NEVER use Cheapoair or Ace rent a car and wouldn't have if I had done more diligence in checking out reviews. Any search or clearinghouse service should remove Cheapoair and Ace from their options.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2014
I started off on December 16 heading to Atlanta to get on the flight to Newark New Jersey Airport. Everything went pretty smooth I mean everything was set out and set up. My wonderful husband was very very kind and spend a lot of money on this trip. Well I got to New Jersey around 11 p.m. My luggage which was paid for all the way through south African Airways was not transferred to JFK because I was having to change airports and airlines.
I had already planned on spending a night in New Jersey since it was going to be late anyway in starting off the next day will real early which I did. When I got back at the airport transit station and asked how this worked, all day they told me and kept telling me "it was easy, you just need to wait on this subway and it's going to take you in to JFK." After waiting for about 50 minutes they informed us that the train's were having difficulties. Then when they started moving it was only one at a time and then we waited for another 15 minutes which they told us that only one was going to be moving out the time and it was only moving from point A to point B and then come back around.
My main problem was I had too much luggage on me that I couldn't just get on a transit, I had to wait until I got enough room for me to fit. I finally got on one of those subways and then realized that I needed to change two more subways before I can get to New York to get on a transit that would actually take me to the airport. I realize around 9:30 a.m. My flight was at 10:40 and that I've better call to just let them know that I'm on my way and that I'm running late and have too much luggage with me. I booked my flight with CheapOair which is a well-known established online company and I've used them before but then when I call to let them know what was going on they informed me that my flight was cancelled that my ticket was forfeited because I was a NO show.
After much time on that phone trying to explain what was going on, trying to let them know that I was on my way and that there was nothing else I could do to get there any faster, they asked me that the only thing that could do at that Time was give me less than half of the money back. Then they told me to take it then or else I would lose everything. At that time I couldn't even think straight, I thought what in the world happened here. I mean I had everything planned out to the T but nothing was working. I was more than dismayed I thought I wasn't going to make it through that day. I had been dragging those luggage around for too long to miss my flight. Then I had to start back going to New Jersey, I thought maybe I would go to the airport, try to talk to someone there to see if they could kindly send me back to Atlanta.
They told me there was nothing they could do for me. I cried my eyes out,I still do a little every time I think about that day. Then I said I will book another hotel room for that night to figure out what my next move was going to be. Then my husband told me to go ahead and buy another ticket so I can come home needless to say I was extremely exhausted. What a dream I'm having, I will wake up tomorrow and I will be in Malawi. NOT. I started of at 5 am on the flight back to Atlanta the next morning. Got in my car about 11 am drove to dothan like a bad out of HELL. If I can do that day over again I wouldn't: that was painful, regretful, unforgettable & some.
Then I was looking at those flights on online to figure out what all we can do to salvage, I see my name on all of the flights saying I'm still active and I'm still coming back yesterday arriving today. So my husband says let me talk to them people and see what in the world is going on. Well, they told my husband that I had called them to cancel my flight telling them that I was late that I couldn't make it but that was not the case. The reason I called was because I was running late and I was wanting to know what can be done so I can still get on a flight. Mind you, I had asked for help every which way no one could help me there was no carts nothing around the stations I had to drag all that luggage around for 6 hours. I was exhausted I was tired I felt like somebody punched me and I stayed sore for the next few days but I guess they just don't care about that huh.
Now we are waiting for the recordings. Please pray for us. Thank you all for the love you've showed us. I know that God did not do this. God did not not want me to go home. I have not been home since I came here in 2001 and I know God is on my side, I know that he has good plans for me and my family. But I also know that the devil is a liar, he tried to break us but we're still standing, we're still strong. We are in God's hands and we're still going to plan a trip in the next few months.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2014
I booked 6 round trip flights from Bogota to Santa Marta Colombia for March 20-23. My confirmation email showed it for February though. I called Customer Service and was on hold for 20min with no success. I emailed and they tried to tell me the fees to change were $345.12USD per ticket (200 for the airline and 145.12 for the new ticket). That is more than I paid for each ticket originally! I argued my case but they said they had screenshots of my transaction. I've already notified my credit card company of all this. Cheapoair said they will charge me $150 to cancel all the tickets... today... and refund my money in 7-10 business days. They suck... horrible service. Won't ever use again. Sadly, the rep that called me was very difficult to understand.
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2014
This happened to me twice. After I selected my flight, filled in all my information and clicked book it, they send a message saying, "Someone just booked the last seat." Two minutes later someone from CheapOair calls me and tells me they can get me on the same flight for $200 more.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2014
Booked a flight on JetBlue connecting with Emirates. The JetBlue flight was cancelled due to snow but Emirates refused to re-book the ticket on the next available flight 2 days later without charging another $409. I paid it. Then got worried about JetBlue flaking out again and wanted to take an earlier JetBlue flight. Cheapoair charged $499 to make that change despite JetBlue offering the ticket for only $419 on their website. Cheapoair said if we didn't show up for the JetBlue flight, the WHOLE ticket would cancel. That should NOT happen unless JetBlue and Emirates are codeshare airlines, which they are not (if they had been codeshare, then the Emirates flight should have been changeable without a fee). Cheapoair are liars, thieves, scams, and ripoffs. NEVER NEVER NEVER use them again. We will be suing them for their misleading and misinformation.
Updated review: Feb. 1, 2014
i am very happy to report that this matter has now been resolved and i have been refunded in full. even though this matter has been resolved to my satisfaction i would not use this company again because of the difficulty contacting them and the slow response to a refund
Original Review: Jan. 7, 2014
I booked with cheapoair for flights from Laos to Bangkok. Once I had booked I realized I had the wrong dates. I emailed them back immediately as I can't call them from Australia. They said they could not change dates but would refund my flights. This was 4 weeks ago and still no refund. I have emailed numerous times, chatted to the online help and still have no refund and no contact. I am very angry at this company and their total lack of response to my attempts to contact them or refund me the flight fee they promised. I would NEVER use them again and advise others to avoid them at all costs.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2014
The company contacted me promptly to discuss the matter raised in this post. I am confident that this matter will be resolved satisfactorily within the next few days.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2014
I have requested several call backs, no call. I have called on several occasions and been cut off twice, I have emailed numerous times, no response. This company is impossible to communicate with. I do not know the consequences yet but probably the loss of my flight booking at over $1000.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2014
I purchased coach tickets for a family of 4 three months in advance. 1st issue was inability to get return flight seat assignments after multiple requests - finally obtained the week of the trip. Given that the outbound flight worked flawlessly, the return flight - booked by Cheapo on a different carrier - was a NIGHTMARE. We couldn't obtain boarding passes online, at the terminal at the airport or at the counter with the airline's ticket agents because they said Cheapo did not use the correct codes. We spent 1.75 hours with two Delta agents who were wonderful helping us, but Cheapo would not correct their error, admit the mistake and only spoke to me when I called as if I were the airline rather than the ticketed passenger.
After refusing to help or allow me to speak to a supervisor after missing our original flight and the one after it, Cheapo told me to be patient - an hour and a half at the airport counter then told me although I had paid them $2200, I chose to use them so it was not their fault, but my problem. They declined to help or to refund the cost of the missed return flight so that we could attempt to re-book ourselves. The wonderful Delta agents finally took control, broke their own policies and got us on the last flight out that night which even required them to expedite our security. Cheapo had the nerve to call my cell as we were boarding to ask if Delta had taken care of us. What a joke! Cheapo should not be allowed to remain in business - a total scam and no customer service; more like customer punishment.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2014
I was making a reservation from Amsterdam to New York City on British Airways, round trip was $860 and I received several confirmation emails but none included British Airways confirmation number. When called British Airways I was advised that no booking was made in my name. While on the phone with BA, I got a call from my bank asking me to approve a suspicious transaction, it turns out that Cheapoair.com was trying to charge me $1,200 for the $860 ticket. I advised my bank (AMEX) not to approve the transaction.
Chepoair.com agent from INDIA (they are all based in India) called me right after and tried to convince me to approve the deal and asked me for more identity information. Keep in mind that I was trying to get Chepoair.com on the phone for 2 hours on the phone and via chat, but they NEVER answer the phones. At the end I made the same intended booking directly on British Airways website, got my confirmation and completed check-in with printed boarding pass in under 5 minutes. The air fair for same ticket was 593 Euro which is $816 USD. Way cheaper than Cheapoair.com and without the stress and frustration.
My advise is to avoid Cheapoair.com. The best way to obtain a low fair is to shop around with one of the known credible sites out there but only for information, and once you see a good flight, go to that airline website, book directly with the airline and opt for travel insurance. This way, you are dealing with a major airline that is not out to scam you and the insurance will protect you in case you need to cancel one leg of your trip or any other cancellation and travel mess.
Reviewed Jan. 1, 2014
I would never book through Cheapoair again. My flight was cancelled last night and I never received a notice from them. Luckily I caught it on my own and made changes directly through the airline. This morning I received an e-mail from Cheapoair that confirmed my old flight which apparently Cheapoair still doesn't know is cancelled. Poor customer service in my opinion.
Reviewed Jan. 1, 2014
A major snow storm approaching and I needed to get my daughter off of Nantucket Island before it hit. Three hours on the phone and "chat" to move up the ACK BOS EWR itinerary one day. Seats were available on all flights. CheapOair representative first said that he could make the changes for $170 re-booking fee plus $75 difference in airfare. I knew those fees were ridiculous but I told him to go ahead and make the changes because my daughter had to get home. After several "did you get the change information emails?" he came back and said that he could not make any changes on a return leg flight because of "airline policy". Of course this is an incorrect and ridiculous claim. Jet Blue made the change for $50 which may be refunded because of weather and the fact that the original flights will probably be cancelled due to the approaching blizzard.
CheapOair is not a reputable business. You might luck out and have no difficulties but the odds are against you. You have been warned!
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2013
We were booking on Cheapoair and got a decent round trip airfare to San Francisco. However, we immediately noticed that the return date was not the one we intended to book. Whether this was user error or a system error on their end, we do not know. There were two of us and we were both checking our process as we went along. We tried contacting CheapO immediately and waited for almost an hour before we spoke to anybody. We were told we could not change the return date without paying an additional $600+ in fees. The total cost of our booking was $800. We tried to cancel through the airline and at first, they said they could change the return date, no problem but first they would have to check with an advisor. Once again, we were on hold for nearly an hour. The agent returned and quoted us the exact exorbitant fees that CheapO had demanded. We ended up booking a return flight on another airline. As a last resort, we tried once more to contact CheapO and see if we could get any kind of a credit at all for our return flight cancellation. Even though the flight departure was more than a month away, we were told that we would receive 0. Never again.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2013
I purchased tickets as a gift for my mother and stepfather and wanted it to be a surprise. Because of this, I did not have a few meticulous details of my stepfather when purchasing the tickets (as it was meant to be a surprise). Cheap O Air ended up charging THEM a lot of money for making the corrections and NEVER responded to any of my emails or queries about this dodgy practice. Any savings that were achieved by using this outfit were overshadowed by the outrageous fees charged which are not at all commensurate with the "mistakes" that they claim you have made when booking. Very disappointing and will never use their service again... and would warn others not to either.
I wish I would have read the reviews on this website in advance rather than be seduced by the seemingly cheap airfares that they promote. Even a courtesy email reply would have been appropriate, but it was too much to ask despite five separate attempts for them to correspond with me and provide an explanation/justification for the fees they charged.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2013
I called to reschedule just one flight so after to wait several minutes she told me that total fees will be $300.00. I asked why? She said because the whole flights itinerary must change which blindly I believe. I could just to buy that specific flight for no more than $200.00. Shame of you Cheapoair.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2013
When you booked the ticket they will change the date and time on your request date. Then when you got the email and called them, then they said you already click the box "agree" and you had to pay for fine which will be more than your own ticket. Also if you complaint then when you show up at the airport your ticket was cancel and you could not get your money back. Their customer service people are all Indian and cannot speak English. They are rude, have no class and really bad people. Run away from this company.
Reviewed Dec. 28, 2013
This is second time I tried cheapoair. The fist time, I tried to book a flight to new york city for some business and I received the email with a different date that I had booked. I thought of course, I had made a mistake and I tried to corrected by rebooking. I was told that I had to pay double of what I was quoted so I decided to flight buying direct with the air line which was cheaper.
Second time, I booked my flight for the 28th of December with cheapoair.com and I paid attention what date I was booking for my past experience (I was not going to do the mistake twice). When I received the email to my surprise I was booked for the 1st of January! I called customer service and they told me that I was supposed to pay $130 extra to change my dates. Since I did not want to waste my time I decided to pay to change the dates of my flight and the booked rental car. I received a confirmation email and the flight had been moved but the car has not, so I called them again and they told me that the original quote was not valid anymore and now I had to pay $587.00 instead of the $170.00 originally quoted. I tried to solve the issue with the representative and when I was not able to do so I asked for a supervisor who told me that I was going to pay the $587.00 or I was not going to have a car.
I'm a open minded person and in no way I want this comment to be taken as a form of discrimination but all the representative are foreigner with heavy accents and I believe they are not based in the US, so my assumption to this is that they can not possibly understand how important a flight is to us, and also they refuse to empathize with us because somehow they get a kick out making us suffer. In the end, I feel that the company needs to be shut down and hundreds or thousands of dissatisfied customer reimbursed. Where are the regulations when you need them??
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2013
Bought roundtrip tickets to China through Cheapoair. It was a one stop flight, and 3 out of 4 tickets didn't work. Airport managers were called out, was on the phone with Cheapoair customer service which is the absolute worst, and nothing worked so I had to purchase new tickets totaling $1300. The original round trip tickets were $800 total. What the airport had in their system was that Cheapoair booked the tickets but did not pay for them. Their customer service line DROPS CALLS 9 out of 10 times, has foreign agents who barely understand English telling you everything is fine in their system when CLEARLY everything IS NOT FINE. Imagine this repeated 3 times with wait times of 20 minutes each. Their online chat contact is just as useless.
So, after getting back to the US, I found the contact info of higher ups who actually speak English. They make me jump all kinds of hoops to prove that what I am saying is true, then say they will investigate and get me a refund for the new tickets I had to buy. 2 months later, NO REFUND, they stopped responding to emails.
I called my CC company and had them reverse the payment. I AM STILL AT A LOSS, because the new tickets cost more than what I originally paid, not to mention the mental stress of having to deal with an atrocity like this in a foreign country. My schedule was thrown off, major inconveniences caused, and this POS company just doesn't care or takes any real responsibility.
This was a huge lesson learned. I will never trust a third party booking agent again, and will always buy tickets directly from the airline, especially for international flights. I do trust that most other booking companies do not operate this way. I have never in my life dealt with customer service so infuriating. Please think twice before buying from this company. This won't happen to everyone but trust me, the risk is not worth taking. If something does go wrong, what you'll be dealing with is definitely not worth saving that $100 for.
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2013
Dear lord this was nearly a nightmare. I say nearly because it almost ended in a disaster. I originally booked a ticket for Seattle Washington in early May for an professional event in early August. However due to unforeseen changes in my schedule I was unable to attend. In response to this change I called and canceled. Customer service told me I would have the option to exchange in the ticket for another until next May. I was not aware however that there was a charge of $200 (US) to use it. In late November a friend (veteran) asked me if I would help him move back home. I accepted and decided to use the ticket for this purpose. Due to finals from college course work I assumed everything was okay. After finals were over I looked at my Itinerary. Ticket cost: $702. The first thing I thought of was "Oh my god, I've been had! " So I quickly called customer service to try and get an explanation.
The first person dismissed it and for the most part told me off. I called my credit card fraud protection agency and asked that they refuse to pay the $702. (I was told over the phone it would only cost me $94. $702 Was not what we agreed on in our arrangement) While this was happening another friend called to see if they could resolve the issue. He was told the reason for the added cost was a "re-booking fee". Unhappy with the response he asked to speak with a supervisor. The supervisor finally gave in and canceled the re-booking fee. In all it cost me about the same had I not used the ticket.
As I was dealing with people from another country I understand a bit more because of my major "International business" . (See Geert Hofstede for more information on Uncertainty avoidance.) Despite my understanding, I must protest that I will not ever use their services. I have 6 hours before my first flight and last flight through CheapOair. This review should not be seen as me condemning CheapOair for their semi-lousy customer service. Instead it should be seen as a way to improve their global solutions by increasing their profit margins through increased business due to improved customer service. Thank you and have a Great Day.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2013
I booked flights for my son to come to Winnipeg through CheapOair as my husband has used the site before - never again!! My son's flight was cancelled (major ice storm in Toronto) so I phoned customer service to cancel the connecting flight. They told me he was a "no show" on the flight (he was actually in line but they had stopped checking in people for a flight that was cancelled) to which I replied the flight was cancelled. Customer service said they could re-book him for a flight that night for a few hundred dollars more as long as I cancelled the connection right then. I wonder if customer service knows that people have internet because the price quoted to me for a re-booking was significantly higher than what I was looking at online!!
I asked about a refund for the flight he missed and was told since he was a "no show" that I was going to just lose that money. I hung up, confirmed no flights were going to be leaving and phoned back. I was told that since I missed the airline cutoff for cancelling the connecting flight I was now "out of luck" but they would be happy to re-book the flight for that night. Ice storm people! I was not listened to, customer service people were pushy to re-book (and if they had that flight was cancelled anyway!!) and they didn't care as long as they made more money it seemed. I phoned WestJet who cancelled the flight, re-booked for 2 days later, listened to me and provided wonderful customer service. Apparently this happens often and as soon as I said that CheapOair would not help me, WestJet could - even though they don't have the money. I will never use this site again and we are still fighting with them to get the money back for the Porter flight that was cancelled.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2013
I booked a round-trip flight from on the CheapOair website and took the departing flight to my destination. This trip was for the 2013 College Christmas and New Year's break. The departure flight went through, but the return flight did not show up on the itinerary even though, a return date to the primary location was added. I called to fix the problem, explaining that the website had a glitch and was not showing my full itinerary information. It took approximately 2 hrs to resolve this one situation between about 3 consultants and 1 supervisor. The supervisor was fairly rude and negligent at first, attempting to overcharge me extra for a flaw the company's site had. A paying customer should not have to go through this. I was substituted another flight on a later date, but it took an argumentative conversation to resolve the issue at getting a flight for a day after the precedent return date. This had to be the worst interaction with an Airline.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2013
I sent my daughter money to purchase four round trip tickets to visit us for Christmas. She booked her flight with Cheapoair with a December 24th departure date and a January 28th return date. She has limited skills coping with every day assignments so she didn't realize her return date had to be the 30th of December. My granddaughter informed her of her mistake, so she called Cheapoair and asked for a flight change. They told her that it would cost her $1187 to change flights. The flights were booked with Jet Blue so I called them and they said Cheapoair had overcharged us and they could make the flight change for $760. I contacted Alaska Airlines and explained to them, how these unscrupulous companies took advantage of daughter and Alaska Airlines agreed to allow my grandchildren and my daughter, to fly standby on the 30th or 31st because they were both slow days for $50 dollars a person. They explained, they can't do that for everyone, but because it is the Christmas season and we were taken advantage of, they would make an exception. Bottom line, stay away from the ticket brokers. They guarantee the lowest price, but it is a total lie. If you fly between Seattle and Las Vegas, Call Southwest or Alaska Airlines directly. These are the facts.
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2013
I totally wasted my time and money. It was snowy so I thought the flight would be cancelled so I called UA customer service. They said the flight would be cancelled so I called Cheapoair customer service and it took me 2 hours to get connected!!!! Then the customer service person said that their system shows that flight is not cancelled so I can go to the airport and check in. I went to the airport and the flight was cancelled. I called them to rebook but they still did the same thing! I am telling you people if your flight is cancelled or delayed, their system will show nothing and they will tell you to go to the airport and check in. DO NOT EVER USE CHEAPOAIR IF YOU WANT TO SAVE YOUR TIME AND MONEY.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2013
Our family of 8 booked a Virgin Australia flight using CheapoAir from Hamilton Island to Brisbane, with an overnight layover in Brisbane, continuing on to Sydney the next day. The itinerary from CheapoAir stated we would each be able to have 2 checked bags for no charge. However, at the Virgin check-in counter in Hamilton Island, we were informed we would have to pay $40 per bag each for one bag (which is all each of us had, thank goodness). And except for the generosity of the Virgin Australia baggage supervisor in Brisbane, we would have had to pay another $40 each per bag for the second leg of our flight to Sydney.
I contacted CheapoAir via email (phone call was a worthless waste of time), and was told that our itinerary did say no charge, but also said international, which upon re-examination, it did. However, since we were travelers from the USA, we assumed incorrectly that the CheapoAir itinerary statement about free baggage was accurate. The CheapoAir representative in the Email also said we should have clicked on the link on the itinerary about verifying airline baggage policies, which we did after the fact.
Bottom line: CheapoAir statements are not to be trusted. Always verify with the airline every aspect of your trip, no matter what CheapoAir tells you. Had we done this, we probably would have saved money overall either by booking our flights through Virgin Australia or pre-booking our bags at the less expensive online rate (according to the Virgin Australia agent in Brisbane). CheapoAir may be cheap, but booking a flight through them may not save you any money. I will never use CheapoAir again.
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2013
On October 22, 2013 I made a return air ticket reservation for my wife from Almaty (Kazakhstan) to Nagoya (Japan) using the website of cheapoair.com. Same day I received the confirmation of booking via e-mail along with complete flight schedule. I used my credit card to issue the E-ticket. Next day I received a call from credit card verification department to authorize the payment which I did accordingly. I was informed that soon I will receive an E-ticket by e-mail.
The flight was on October 25, 2013 but I did not receive any E-ticket till October 25, 2013. My wife reached Almaty airport to take the flight but airline refuse to give her boarding. They informed there is no booking under her name and no E-ticket is available. My wife immediately called me here in Japan and I called to customer support center. I was informed by the customer support representative that my booking is still in credit card verification department and as the flight is after two hours so there is no way my wife can take this flight. Then I requested them not to charge my credit card and my wife bought air ticket for the same flight directly from the airport and travel to Japan.
About 20 days ago I received the details of my credit card from my bank where cheapoair not only charge for the air ticket but also their services charges. My credit card was charged two times, one time for the air ticket and second time for cheapoair service charges. Then I called again to the customer support center where after listening to my all story they informed me that one of their "supervisor will contact you within 24 hours to solve the issue" but after that no one called. Now for last 20 days I am contacting them by telephone, by e-mail and by live chat. Every time I have to tell them the whole story and after that get the same answer that "we will contact you soon" but after no one respond.
4 days ago was my last contact with them on live chat where customer representative request me to give them at least three to four more days so I did not call or contact for 4 days but still did not get any reply. Last week one of customer representative informed me that I have to pay 130 dollars (not to take the flight) and the fare difference as this was the policy of airline. I even agreed to pay this amount as I really want to solve the issue. I was informed that I will receive the new details by e-mail in few hours but it's more then one week and no e-mail. I really don't understand how the law allowed them to work with such a behavior with customers?
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2013
I have just completed a purchase of an Airline Ticket for my Daughter, from 'Phoenix' in the US. The site "Cheapoair" site didn't keep its page up to date, and I had to repeatedly search for another flight cause they kept saying that it was not available any more or the Price had gone up a lot. So because I was trying so often to find a flight I liked, I received a Phone call from them. (I thought at the time that it was very good of them to do that.) But after all of the Details and the Ticket had been Booked for NO Extra Charges as the site said. I received charges in my Bank Account for $84au then another $110au then another $13au. And they won't tell me what these charges are for! They didn't even send a Receipt for them or Email to tell me what these Charges were for! (Even though they have sent All the details of the Flight + the Receipt for it, and that part of the Booking went very well.)
I have Repeatedly tried to send Emails, Call (which always said that this call could not be connected). Even tried a Direct Chat which, all that happened there is they referred me to their "Billing Department" with the Email (billing@cheapoair.com) and I Never heard from them. So I am out an Extra $200 at least with having No Explanation. The Receptionist didn't even tell me there would be any extra charges for her services!!
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2013
These guys are experts at creating faults credit card charges, then retain your money for 7-14 days. They will show you cheap prices and then without authorization, add erroneous charges randomly. I don't know how they aren't getting smoked in every review known to man! Which I would have done more research before I tried to buy traveling services. Well, I guess it is my bad, don't make this mistake like I did..... you have been WARNED!
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2013
I purchased a flight for my sister-in-law and paid using a credit card. Someone made changes to the itinerary incurring hundreds of dollars in change fees. Company allowed changes to be made without authorization. Company refunded unauthorized changes but refused to refund unused original itinerary as it was "nonrefundable". STAY AWAY.
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2013
I stumbled upon the CheapOair app and found that they had the cheapest direct international flight so I purchased the ticket immediately. After reading all the negative reviews and comments online about CheapOair, I panicked and got really anxious about the possibility that I may have just lost $450 or about to go through a really bad experience. So as soon I got the confirmation email from CheapOair with the eTicket number, I immediately called the airline directly and confirmed with them that the eTicket number is legitimate and is showing up in their booking system. I also got the airline to assign the window seat that I like and got them to email me the confirmed itinerary and copy of the receipt. Now I have an email direct from the airline with my confirmed flight, itinerary, receipt, and seat allocation. With that I doubt/hope that CheapOair is not able to cancel/change my flight without my knowledge/consent? So all in all it hasn't been a bad experience so far...
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2013
Please don't waste your time even looking at cheapoair.com website. Their "deals" are a scam and the price will change as soon as you try to book the flight you want. They say they don't have instant price updates, which is a lie, it's a trick they use to lure you in on their so called "deals". Then if anything is wrong afterwards the customer service will literally hang up on you unless you're calling to book a flight. When calling them, you're literally calling India, and honestly their flight searching skills are really poor. I was able to find what I need within minutes online while the rep had me on hold for over 10 min and came back saying we don't have what I need. ON TOP OF THAT they ended up charging me twice for the flight and when I called no one picked up or they just hung up! Never Again!
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2013
The company of Onetravel.com and Cheapoair.com are the same company which are run by Fareportal which is based out of India. Now, if you do due diligence on this, it will show that everything is true! This is the part where I will tell how they operate the site. When you find great deals on these sites, make sure you are computer savvy or at least get someone who is to book the flights because if you call the 800 number they advertise, you're in trouble because they will make up excuses to add extra to your flight such as booking fees or the flight is sold out, etc., just so they can sell you a higher priced flight and if do use the 800#, make sure they outline what you're paying for a breakdown of everything being charged. If for any reason they're giving you a different price than online, do not believe it. Hang up and do not call again.
Now if you do buy online with them for a low price, make sure you are certain you're traveling on those dates because there is a reason the price is low because sometimes the odds are that you're going to cancel or reschedule your flight which Onetravel or Cheapoair is counting on because they will charge you double to cancel or reschedule your flight now. Instead of saving, you have now spend double what you would have paid if have would booked directly with the airlines! Also, if you misspell your name on international flights, be prepared to pay to fix because since they are a 3rd party vendor, they will charge for everything: name corrections, seat assignments, etc., so please beware! My recommendation is always check with the airlines directly before using a 3rd party vendor when booking because since you booked through them, they will always work with you but if you don't then you're at the mercy of the 3rd parties vendors' restrictions! Hope this helps! Good Luck!
Reviewed Dec. 7, 2013
My sister and I purchased a ticket for our dad so we could spend the holidays with him. Because of weather, the flight had been canceled. We contacted the Cheapoair help desk the day before the flight and no one would help us re-book. They told us we would have to wait until they had been notified of the cancellation and when they were, they would call us, which it was and they never did. We spent the entire next day on the phone trying to re-book the flight. We were transferred from desk to desk and hung up on. We were given multiple excuses that basically ended with us having to purchase a more expensive ticket (3 times what we paid) within two days of our original departure date or lose our original payment. I will never use this agency again. They were rude and unhelpful. They took my money and gave me nothing in return.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2013
Made initial reservation on Oct. 10 for Dec. 22 flight to Florida. I chose my seat assignment only to find out much later that my seat was NOT reserved; and that the seat maps were not accurate. I was advised that reserving a seat for the outbound flight would cost $50.00 more (for premium seating). Otherwise I would have to get the assignment on the same day as the flight at the counter. You know how that goes. So sorry, we're overbooked and there are no more seats available... So for my own peace of mind, I paid an additional $50.00 to secure a seat. CheapOair not so cheap after all. To ensure you have a seat assignment, call the airline directly to reserve it regardless of who you book through.
Reviewed Dec. 5, 2013
Made a reservation to go to Darwin and booked it online 4 days ago and paid with my credit card. Today I had a phone call from CheapOair who said the reservation was "not" confirmed. To confirm the reservation, I had to pay them more money above the booking price. The guy calling had broken English with an East Indian accent, talked fast and you could not understand his reasoning. He eventually hung up on me. I called his number on my call ID and it said that it was not in service - go figure! I wish I had done a search for complaints before booking. Don't ever go near these dirt bags.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2013
I booked our flight for the wife and I to NYC for the Thanksgiving holiday 2013. Got everything done and then looked at my confirmation and realized they are sendings to FRANCE! I called immediately and said, I'm going to NYC not France! So after an hour on the phone with customer service, I get another confirmation showing I'm going to NYC finally. When we got confirmation, I tucked the plans away in a saved file and went about my work. The dates were originally scheduled for Nov 25th and return the Dec 3rd. When I got to the airport, my flight did not show up and was made aware that the dates were December 10th and return on the 17th. I was shocked. Ready to check in and I failed to look at the dates to make sure everything was the correct info.
When I called CheapOair they tried to tell me I booked those dates. I explained that I booked the correct dates and customer service obviously changed the dates when they tried to send me to France. Why would I book December for a thanksgiving trip was my question to them? They said "obviously a glitch". Seriously? You think? I fought for almost two hours to get them to get me on a flight. I did but they charged me another 820.00 for two tickets. The two tickets originally cost me just over 600.00, now I had to pay another 820.00. Then while fighting over that. They said, "If you could fly back in a Wednesday the 4th, it would save you some money". I said fine, you already shortened my vacation by a day, may as well stay one more. Guess that was the icing on the cake. They booked me for Tuesday after all. If I could meet this supervisor face to face, I'd show him how we take care of thieves in Texas!
This is a copy after I got the France destination changed. My bad for not checking dates but kinda set back thinking they were sending me to another country for Thanksgiving. Flight Summary From: Tyler, TX, US (TYR) to: New York LaGuardia, NY, US (LGA). Depart: Tue, Dec 10, 2013 06:05 am - 12:10 pm (1 Stop). Return: Tue, Dec 17, 2013, 10:25 am - 03:40 pm (1 Stop) Airline Confirmation: American Airlines: **.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2013
The absolute worst. When I needed to change flight arrangements, they repeatedly told me there were no seats on flights I had already looked up, was currently looking at, which had legitimate seats. Rude behavior on the phone, clearly not even people from this country, and couldn't care less when I told them I had a medical emergency. I was told that I "must have overlooked" the insurance, when this was also not true. Was told my change fee was non-negotiable despite the fact that MY MOTHER HAD DIED, and they would be charging me $200 per person to change flights. When I asked for their help in spite of all this, they left me on hold and never came back, leaving me to book a flight on my own for a cheaper rate than their $200 per person fee. NEVER AGAIN. And take my advice, NEVER deal with these people. There is NOTHING in it for them but to get your money and keep it at any cost.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2013
I booked a ticket last Thursday 14th November for Air India flight from Kolkata to JFK & return. I was told I will be charged $1064.71 for this ticket. This amount is already deducted from my United States Bank account. Now I repeatedly asked during my booking to customer care that whether I will be charged any international transaction fee by my bank or not. She told I will not be charged anything extra by bank as I am using a US Bank debit card for this transaction. Now today morning I found an extra $30.89 is charged by my bank as international transaction fee. If I knew this before I would not have booked ticket through CheapOair and I will never book my ticket from CheapOair and suggest the same to my friends. Now I called their customer care and they will review the phone call and get back to me. I don’t know when they will get back to me. I faced similar situation with MakeMyTrip and they refunded me this charge by bank.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2013
This airline agent is the worst scam I have ever encountered. I was looking to make an international flight to Africa for the holidays so I decided to look around to see if I could get something cheaper. Long story cut short, I found a flight for $1700 and decided to get it since other agents/airlines had prices well above $2500. As I was filling out my information to purchase this ticket suddenly when I clicked next the price changed from $1700 to $6900. I couldn't believe it and immediately did not proceed to complete the transaction. To my surprise again, Cheapoair sent me a confirmation email for my trip stating that my account was charged $6900.
When I called Cheapoair customer service, they transferred me to a different department and kept me on hold like forever. They repeated this even after like five calls. I was glad I used my credit card so I decided to call my credit card company and report the transaction from Cheapoair as fraudulent. My card company cancelled the transactions, closed my account and sent me a new card. Overall my experience with Cheapoair was a disaster; they DO NOT deserve any star at all. PLEASE do not use Cheapoair, they are FRAUDSTERS.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2013
I rather pay more than to have to deal with incompetence. Inconsistent customer service. And after you've paid, it seems like they like to switch flight schedules and prices on you. That's fine... I'll just choose the option to travel further to a different airport to catch a flight with the same airline which will fit my schedule..... penalty charge $200. "Okay, then just cancel my entire reservation." "Sure." Gets email saying I will get a refund minus $120 in penalty fees. Just last week, I got refunded 100%. Why are you charging me now?
My first problem with them should've been a red flag. Paid $630 for 2 flights from Sapporo to Taipei. CC got declined. Okay. So transaction should've NEVER went through. No? Customer service rep called to say cc declined and they need a new cc. Gave new # but somehow the fare increased to $1030. (Wait, what?) Was told the difference was penalty charge for cc declining and a fee because one of us was from USA and the other was living in Asia and the discount price was only for internationals. (But I never told them this detail and when booking NOWHERE did it say it was a special deal.) Boyfriend wasn't paying attention and gave him another cc number.
Called back to dispute it. Was told we would have to pay penalty fee for declined cc and we couldn't dispute the case because we wouldn't get any money back. Wouldn't transfer us to a manager. Frustrated, we hung up. Called back again and a more competent employee picked up and refunded us in FULL, no problems. Where is the consistency? Never using Cheapoair again.
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2013
I just booked a flight from Colorado to Texas for next week. After being incredibly careful to read all the details of the flight listings (they like to list the lowest priced tickets first but often include huge layovers and different departure dates that are easy to miss). My ticket total was $755 for round-trip tickets including the additional ~$35 protection plan. I received my booking confirmation followed by my ticket confirmation which was just the same e-mail sent twice in a row. Just to double check I got onto the airline's website and made sure my booking and ticketing are actually registered with them. My flight shows it has been ticketed but the airline only lists the flight price at $610. So basically I paid $145 more for the "cheaper" tickets.
Not only is the website incredibly difficult to use and very disorganized, they charge you more than what the airline will just to book through them. I tried calling to ask about the matter and was put on hold for over 20 minutes before being disconnected without ever speaking to anyone. I called back and got an actual person who had such a thick Indian accent that I could hardly understand them. All they kept asking for was my credit card information to "double check" that my flight information was correct. Do not use these jokers EVER!
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2013
I tried to book a flight from St. Louis to LAX leaving 12/02/2013 and returning 12/17/2013 on Frontier Airlines on cheapo airlines website 11/12/2013. They said they had two seats left at this price. By the time I was putting my credit card information in the computer to book my seat, they said the seats were sold. Today, the same seats are for sale with the same price and the same only two left at this price flag on them. (After I've gone to another site) the same day and spent over $100.00 more and also changed my dates for the business meetings I needed to attend.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2013
Don't use CheapOair they're more expensive than just booking through the hotel. I started booking a room through CheapOair and their price was $72 which had no problem with. But then I went on to quality inn web site to see how much discount I was receiving and found out CheapOair was $10 more than if I just showed up at the hotel and made reservations. I'm starting to think this company is just a big scam and don't want to help. I just wanted you to know what I'm about to post on your website before I do. Other people need to know there just being charged to book reservations through your company. I've called your company twice and all they have to say is sorry and have no intentions of making thing right.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2013
Here's CheapOair's business strategy: Get the customer to pay for the ticket and then IGNORE them like the plague regarding every issue. The only positive they had was their price was the lowest. But that was only by about $50. Next time I will gladly pay the extra to avoid a company like them. I booked an international flight that cost $2K. 2 weeks before the flight, I had a question regarding one of my connecting flights. So I called them and selected the option for existing reservation. I was told by the automated voice that all representatives were busy and to hold for the next representative. I was on hold for 25 minutes before the line disconnected.
So I called again and the exact same thing happened. So I called again and the EXACT same thing happened at the exact same time. Meaning the call was disconnected after 25 minutes. So now I'm thinking "Can this be for real? Is this company purposely not answering calls for people that paid??" So I called one more time and it happened again!!
Just to make sure I wasn't mistaken, I called back again right after being hung up on and this time I selected the option to book a NEW reservation and guess what? I was connected to a live agent immediately!! So either the volume of calls they received miraculously went down in the 30 seconds it took me to call back or they literally don't answer calls from existing reservations.
So after I was done asking the agent my question, I hung up called again and selected existing reservation and was hung up on again after 25 minutes. Called back and selected new reservation and was immediately connected again! This is by far one of the most dishonest and immoral act I have experienced from any company. I will never do business with them again!
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2013
I was trying to call from Nashville airport from morning and I was disconnected over time. The check-in lady, Ms. Anita, at the airport told me I do not have my ticket on my scenery. She said the ticket was not at all issued for me for Nashville to Boston, the only ticket showing on my literary is Memphis to Santa Anna not this. So I have to buy that ticket at the airport. Let me tell you one thing. I am going in customer service against CheapOair if you are not going to refund me the whole airfare. I am running hotel business, not a doing rubbish job, so I need a prompt reply and a refund. I know how to deal with customer. I am your all time customer and I suffered every time changeup on my phone. I recorded everything on my tab, so I have proof how many times and how long was waiting to talk to supervisor in airport. This is just frustration in airport at last min. I was about to miss my flight and we had already received last call. Thank you for putting me in inconvenience and hoping a prompt reply. I am going to report the same letter to US Department of Human Services and Transportation too.
Reviewed Oct. 31, 2013
I am completely disgusted with CheapOair and not only will I never use it again but I'm telling everyone I know never to use it again either. I purchased a plane ticket for my mother to fly round trip Connecticut to Puerto Rico and purchased insurance along with it. My mother became sick and we cancelled the flight for her. CheapOair gave us a credit towards JetBlue for $15 less than what we paid for the flight (not including what we paid for ins) and told me she had a year to use the credit. If the ticket cost less than the credit, that was our loss. However if the ticket cost more, we had to pay more. On top of the $175 the airline supposedly charged to rebook the flight and the $50 processing fee CheapOair charges. I ended up paying an extra $242!! I also noticed after doing more research that CheapOair charges more than the airlines charge for the same flights! I am so angry that I got ripped off the way CheapOair did me! CheapOair doesn't even deserve one star!
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2013
I was searching for cheap tickets on Wego and results came with the cheaper price from their site. I was directed to this site and started booking. My friend was beside me while I'm filling up the forms and it clearly shows $537 including insurance. When I'm about to finished and clicked submit, there's a notification that the amount has changed to $573. My friend and I clearly saw the amount and did some computations and we decided to go ahead. Our shocked when the confirmation came and it shows $1,917!! My friend couldn't speak at what she saw and I have to checked everything to see if what I'm seeing is real. We are being charged triple the amount for this economy ticket that's supposed to be only less than $600.
When I came to my senses I tried contacting their customer representative. She informed us the amount is correct... but the card has not been charged yet. She also asked if we want to cancel the booking. Of course we wanted to!! Never imagine that this website will be greedy to charge triple the amount they advertise. Never trust this site. They cannot even guarantee the amount shown on their site.
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2013
I will try to be fair. Bought two tickets round trip to Denver. Wow, great price on Frontier Airlines for $137.80 each. Got my American Express statement and they had added $15.00 for getting a car. This was cancelled one week before. Then $23.90 was charged because we chose our seats! Then of course, the taxes, on top of what taxes thought I had paid?? When I called CheapO... I talked to an Indian with a heavy accent who was nice enough to take off the $15.00 for a car we did not get. As goodwill, he said. I'm very dissatisfied with CheapO and do not ever plan to use any of those services at all. I am going straight to the airlines.
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2013
When I booked a ticket with them, I was told it was 100% refundable if canceled 24 hours before departure day. Well I called to cancel 40 days before departure. I was put on hold for at least 45 frustrating minutes between different people, only to find out they would not give me back any money. Plus right after I booked the ticket they added $18 onto my fair. It would have been cheaper just to go through US Air direct. I called right back the day I booked the ticket and was on hold for so long that I gave up figuring it was only $18, my time is worth far more. But today I was treated rudely and not fairly. I will never use them again. They are even worse than Orbitz! Just go straight to the airlines to book tickets. It’s way easier and less frustrating.
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2013
I purchase the extra protection plan from there and when I missed my flight due to the airline error, I had to pay a penalty for that. I phone Cheapoair and they told me that it would only cover me if I missed my flight after a 12-hour period. I didn't see that anywhere and it should cover that. I think if it wasn't a realistic transfer then Cheapoair should offer it as I had to walk really far from one point to another. I sent in a feedback and wished to be contacted and now one has contacted me back. I WILL NEVER USE THEM AGAIN. Horrible service and you may get a cheap flight but it's not that much cheaper. Then you think you're protected by their extra fees and you are not.
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2013
I booked (2) tickets on August 23, 2013. I was assured seats would be assigned - and all but one was assigned within the week. I just checked to find all the seat assignments except 2 (out of 12 needed) had disappeared. I called Cheapoair and they basically told me, "Too bad, call the airlines (United, US Air, & American). We can't help you." So after 2 hours on the phone with (3) airlines at a cost of $450, I finally received seat assignments. Based on that experience, I would tell you to RUN AS FAR AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY as possible. They fail at customer service.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2013
I just had an international trip last month. I thought I got a good deal with CheapOair; however I had to pay extra money for taxes that CheapOair did not include during my booking. I had to pay more than $100 in order to come back to USA. It was probably better to book with Expedia so at least I don't have surprising charges that could ruin my vacation time.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2013
So I made a payment June 28 but didn't make the flight and wanted to switch. I had to pay an extra 1830 dollars!!!!! On July 22, 2013, I was refunded 500 dollars and then on October 7th, they took out 532.18 from my account without any notice. I have been on the phone with them and I have been on hold in like forever. They have been trying to justify taking that extra 32 dollars from me and justifying why they refunded and had to take it back! This has caused me a whole lot of inconvenience! I have to call my credit card company to help me resolve this! If you don't want any trouble, just don't bother with these people!!!!!
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2013
Never book an Air ticket from CheapOair. I have a Horrible experience of booking ticket with them. I was charged $1274 for a single way ticket. However it was showing $1139 when I started my booking. When I visited airline site, it is only showing $1027. They charged me excess of $235 for a one-way ticket .I am trying to reach them on email since 15 days, send them several emails but no response yet.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2013
I bought ticket at Cheapoair.com on $1187.25 including cancellation insurance (please see attached picture). There exactly saying that I can cancel my trip. When I call them to cancel my flight, I have been told that my ticket was non-refundable, and Air-company has these policies, not them. I called to air-company, but they said that it's CheapOair policy. And I made audio record of our conversation. I spend 3 hours talking with CheapOair and supervisor by the name of Roman or Ronald and finally they said that they cannot help me. But I feel that I've been cheated, because when I click on "Yes, add flight protection", there was nothing about the tickets being non-refundable and the verbiage "View Description of Coverage for covered reasons" it's not active link where you can click and this description. I talked with different guys from CheapOair more than 3 hours, and just heard that they cannot help me. Talk with air-company. It's the worst experience ever I had and cannot believe that it could happen.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2013
Cheapoair is nothing but a sophisticated scam! When you select "No Flex" date and your results are published, unbeknownst to you the first ticket that pops up is in fact a "Flex" date and of course a cheaper price than the ones below it because it is really a "Flex Date". Having good faith that your search options were not compromised by a scam, you select it. Most don't find this out until they arrive at the airport, but I found out a few days later and called about it.
They stated that the tickets for the dedicated dates were a cost of 400 dollars more and I said fine. I requested that it be credited because I didn't trust that they would reimburse the first ticket and charge me again. He stated he could not do it like that so I said fine and sure enough! they double charged me so I had to call back and the second guy did what I requested of the first guy who said it couldn't be done. I told him I once again was concerned about additional charges being on my account, which he adamantly brushed me off and told me what he charged. I checked my account and I have all these ridiculous charges that make no sense. No problems like that with my first booking which was done online, but get one of these offshore people and they'll book charges they think you won't notice. My receipt says for 1,321, yet they charged me 1,606. I emailed them as recommended per their high call volume last week and no response. Emailed today, no response, called and got the run around and sent to billing; on hold for 40mins; sent to vm, left message and no returned call.
My earlier email today I threatened reporting to the Security and Exchange commission, to have my bank cancel the charges for me and to contact an attorney, along with dedicating an FB page to their scam, that we can make this very simple and they can give me back 264 dollars or lose all the money. I call back and YOU WONT BELIEVE THIS!!! I type in my booking number which identifies my name and tells me I will be connected with "premium customer service" and after 2 mins informs me they are experiencing technical difficulties and hangs up on me. So I call back and just keep hitting pound to bypass putting in my booking number and GUESS WHAT?! I'm through to customer service!! Sounds pretty suspicious to me! Sounds to me like they put something in the system that will do just that of people who have complaints and want money back. Based on all the threads I'm finding online, I am confident they've taken their fraud to this extreme.
When I got through to that guy, I explained all that happened and told him not to send me to billing. He stated he wouldn't do that then put me on hold and said he'd connect me with a supervisor. Eventually, I got sent to billing which requested to leave a vm due to overwhelming calls... RED FLAG!
So I call back and have now lost my cool with these people and stated she better not put me through to billing. Ironically, she reads off the charges to me that she sees and it is 100 less than what my receipt is and I read off line by line from my bank statement and she states she sees none of that. Now explain to me how she sees a different price for my booking than what my receipt says, on top of not seeing these unspecified charges? Sounds really suspicious and so convenient for them.
I have a feeling I'm not going to see my money but I will not let this rest for the principle and take this further because there are probably elderly people who get more scammed than the younger folks are. They lack complete professionalism and proper business edict. Based on how much time their processes is set up to make you have to run around so much and how the tickets are published, much more time and energy is wasted by the company itself to have you run in circles than to just address it and take care of their customers properly. This can only mean a scam to put that much time, money and effort into avoiding returning people's stolen money and setting them up to select incorrect tickets. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME CALLING THEM. CALL your YOUR BANK/CARD COMPANY and DISPUTE the charges!!
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2013
I booked myself and three friends' tickets with Cheapoair. They made a mistake with my personal flight and refunded my money after charging me three more times for it and refunding it. I was fine with that, but decided to book through American the second time I booked my ticket. We all picked a more expensive flight because it only had two plane changes, as opposed to three with the cheaper tickets.
One week prior to departure, one of my friends got a call from them claiming that he needed to change his travel plans because 90 minutes was not enough time to make the next flight (because it was an international flight, and we'd have to go through customs). I didn't speak to them, but he says they told him if he didn't change, he would be responsible for all costs if he missed his flight. He changed, and they moved him to the cheap, three plane changes, ticket. He actually had one connection in the US that was only 40 minutes on the new ticket. He called me to tell me to change my ticket, but I called American and they told me it was plenty of time, and that I shouldn't change the flight.
My second friend had listed me as the contact info because he doesn't travel much and knew I would keep him abreast. A few days after friend 1 changed his ticket, they called me for my second friend's ticket, telling me I needed to change it to the same 4 stop flight. I said, "Why?" and they said, "The other flight is cancelled. You just have to confirm the email we sent you." I said, "That's funny. I'm booked on that same flight and I talked to American 2 days ago. They said the flight was fine. I haven't received any information that it's cancelled. " The representative then said, "I didn't mean canceled, I mean delayed so you won't make your connecting flight."
I said, "American told me that the flight had actually moved an hour earlier than when we first scheduled it. What time do you have us leaving?" He gave me the correct time, which was earlier than we originally scheduled. I said, "So, what happens if I just hang up and delete that email? Which flight is currently booked?" He said, "You are still on [original flight], but if you don't change, you will miss your connecting flight. We will not be responsible, and you will charged to change to a new flight." (I also think this is a lie.) I asked for the confirmation number so I could call American Airlines and check on the ticket, and he gave it to me, and again warned me that I really should rebook this ticket.
It worked out that my friend who changed his ticket actually missed his flight because of a connection (but American took care of him and got them back on track). Those of us who went with the original plan made our flights perfectly. I was so mad at this company for lying to us and scaring my friend into flying by himself on a separate flight that didn't even make it. Nobody should do business with this company.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2013
They made a mistake on my ticket. After weeks of calling them they would not change it. I had to end up paying $500 penalty for one ticket. Do not make the same mistake as I did.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2013
Because of the number of complaints, I decided to call to confirm the price rather than book online. The online price was $713. When I called, the operator confirmed the price and started taking details. Then, about halfway through, she stated that a price increase had come through... The new price would be $839! (...which was $14 more than Expedia). So I suggested a different day. Again she confirmed the $713 price I saw online. But again, a sudden price increase! Coincidence? I think not. It seems they may use low-ball internet price quotes to suck people in.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2013
I had booked my flight online, booking no: **. In the beginning, I had the msg to get $50 off instantly, but in the final amount charged the discount of $50 was not applied. When I called their customer service, the guy at the other end wanted me to email to him the details, which I did right away. On getting the details, the guy said that he couldn't do anything. Very bad experience.
Updated review: Sept. 23, 2013
Since writing this review, the company has been in contact with me and resolved the issues. The major issue was the timeframe for responses however this has been resolved and the company representative was extremely helpful.
Original Review: Sept. 18, 2013
I purchased an airfare from Cheapoair to find additional charges appear on my credit card statement in addition to the legitimate transaction charge. I sent an email and follow up email to Cheapoair customer service and received responses telling me that my case had been referred to the Billing Dept and I would receive a response within 48-72 hours. Two weeks later and two reminder emails, I am yet to receive a response from their Billing Dept. Cheapoair say all the right things over the telephone and by email however the end result is zero. I have had to request my credit card company to pursue a refund. Purchasers beware.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2013
When booking online to get tickets the price shown per person was $479. After multiple trials to complete the payment process, the system kept on refusing the billing phone number. After calling CheapOair customer service and trying to complete the international booking through an expensive phone call, for around 30 minutes, they have raised the price to $582. Even though the price remained unchanged on the online booking, the CSO kept on insisting on the high price. This issue is unacceptable and so fraudulent from a site as yours. Knowing that I was a regular customer, I strongly regret dealing again with such an agent.
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2013
Four days after booking online and receiving a confirmation of my flight from Cheapoair I received a phone message stating they needed to clarify passenger names. Apparently, all of the names (4 passengers) were my 'first name last name last name'. Clearly I wouldn't enter this and the agent agreed that it must have been on their end. After correcting the names the agent told me the price had gone up (approx $375 total) since I originally booked it and there no more flights that day. I searched online and found other flights at the original price and told the agent. He put me on hold and then said he'd 'waive' the $375 and charge me $100 for changing the names. I reasoned the name error was on their end and he then agreed to drop the $100. I spent a total of 2 hours on the phone trying to keep from getting charged for inappropriate fees.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2013
I purchased ticket online and they called me and confirmed the flight schedule and fare. I called twice to confirm the transaction. They assured me all the charges and flight time is correct, and they confirmed it through email. TWICE. It was a good thing, I called airline to make sure I get seat and meal. Airline informed me the CheapOair has canceled the reservation. I called them back and after waiting for fifteen minutes they told me, "OH yes, the fare went up for $225."
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2013
Cheapoair switched the departure dates to one week later than we were scheduling for. It cost an additional $200.00 per person to get the reservation we were supposed to have. I believe there is a deliberate deception occurring with this company. You indicate your desired travel date then they advertise a low price that is actually for a later date. You are then stuck with $100's of dollars more in airline fees because all flights are non-refundable!
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2013
I used CheapOair to buy tickets from Mumbai to Boston. I had anticipated changes to my itinerary, and therefore purchased the travel insurance for an additional $35. The travel insurance is a major hoax. At the time of buying the ticket, they claim to cover ticket cancellations and all, but when I had to actually cancel my ticket, they charged me an additional $150 cancellation fee, and refunded only $616 of the $716 I paid while making the reservation. I had to cancel my trip because of a Visa emergency, and on cancelling the ticket, as stated above, was refunded back only part of the entire amount.
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2013
Hereby I urge all the fellow travelers, BE VERY CAUTIOUS IF YOU WISH TO USE CHEAPOAIR. Before you hand over your hard earned cash, google Cheapoair complaints, look at the sheer volume of the terrible feedbacks from other customers, and make your own mind up. My experience of dealing with Cheapoair is simply the worst ever, not only in travel industry but among any business I had ever purchased from. I still couldn't get my refund back, and Cheapoair just completely ignored my query. Wish I did my research before booking!
I booked via Cheapoair a return flight to Valencia, Spain in March 2013. On 27 July Cheapoair emailed me saying the flight schedule had changed, meaning I will have to wait in my connection airport for 24 hours rather than the original 1 hour. This is of course not acceptable so I called Cheapoair and they agreed to issue me a refund.
But this is just the start of the terrible customer experience. The VISA Debit card I used for booking had expired, and the newly-issued card has a different number. Cheapoair emailed me on 7 Aug saying that they cannot refund to the old card, then emailed again on 18 Aug saying they cannot refund to the new card either. During this period, I had kept trying to call them, but the average waiting time was 45 minutes, and 3 times the agent answering hung up upon hearing that I am calling regarding a refund!! I had also sent emails to billing@cheapoair.com explaining the situation but no one ever responded.
Eventually on 21 Aug, I spoke to an agent named Ramsy and explained the situation. Ramsy spoke to his supervisor and came back and said I need to directly contact the airline to ask for refund because Cheapoair cannot do it. I found this is getting ridiculous, but nevertheless called the airline and my bank. Unsurprisingly, the airline stated that refund should be dealt with by agency, and my bank could not understand why Cheapoair is unable to refund to my old card, as this is quite a common situation and the bank can easily put the refund back to my account. All just seem to be excuses to make things difficult for me to get the refund. So I called again and spoke to Ramsy, who said he will arrange his supervisor to call me within 48 hours. Of course, that didn't happen.
On 26 Aug, I received a voice message on my phone and an email from a Cheapoair agent named Sharon but all she did was to give me the general phone number of the airline and told me to contact the airline directly. I replied to her email repeating all the points I already raised to Ramsy I have contacted both the airline and my bank, and refund should be dealt with by agency, and refund should be issued onto the old card. And I asked for the supervisor's name who came up with the idea of telling the customer to contact the airline directly. Again, no one ever responded.
My points are:
1) I work in Finance myself and I do not believe Cheapoair's statement that they cannot issue refund to an expired card or a new card. For the payment processing systems, there is always a supervisor overriding function to enable refund to expired card or a different card. Alternatively, the billing department should also be able to issue a cheque as means of refund. This has been confirmed by my bank. It is very common for customers to have a new card with different number due to expiry/lost. There are several questions I would ask Cheapoair: are they willing to confirm that their payment system does not have overriding function to issue refund to expired cards/different cards? Why their billing department cannot issue refund by cheque? Have they never come across similar situation in the past? This either is a faulty operational process, or someone within Cheapoair is telling a lie in order to avoid issuing the refund.
2) It is ridiculous for Cheapoair to ask customer to directly contact the airline for refund, because we as customer purchase the service from Cheapoair, of course the customer service issue should be dealt with by Cheapoair. It just seemed to be a deliberate attempt to divert customers attention. The question I would ask Cheapoair, is that for all the customers who have a new card due to expiry/lost? Does Cheapoair always tell every single customer in such situation to directly contact the airline for refund?
Based on reading other customers' experience with Cheapoair, it appears that this company does make things very difficult for customer to get refund. I had already submitted a formal complaint to Better Business Bureau; also I am posting my experience on numerous complaint/travel websites and forum. I will be updating my posts on weekly basis until I get a response from Cheapoair. And I believe all the fellow travelers have the right to know about my experience (as well as other customers' experience) with Cheapoair. I hope this will help you make up your mind about this company before losing your hard earned cash.
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2013
I have been in the Customer Service industry for over 15 years. I have always been upfront with my customers. I can tell you for certain that if I can help my customers save a little bit of money, I will. If it's a bad product, I wouldn't sell it to them either. Cheapoair, apparently, does not follow these guidelines. So I am planning a trip for my family and decide to travel to Buffalo to save an extra buck. I book with AirTrans through Cheapoair, who decide that they are not required to be upfront with their customers. And choose not to notify me of baggage fees with that airline. There goes the money I just saved. It's going to cost me an additional $200 dollars on top of flight for this little bit of deception with Cheapoair. Apparently gone are the days of letting your customers know the truth!
By the way I just booked with another airline for a trip 1 week later, and they told me everything upfront....... Hmm maybe it's just Cheapoair who chooses to use deception to make money!
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2013
I just booked my flight awhile ago from this company. Ticket was marked at $303.60, flight was at $260.00 plus tax and fees were at $43.60. There was a special for $14 dollars off the ticket price. I filled in all the information, took a careful looked at the check boxes and everything. The moment I clicked to book my flight, a new window popped up saying that my flight had gone up from $303.60 to $331.60. There was no indication of letting me cancel the flight, no options to letting me agree to such a price change. This company is being fraudulent and unfair to the consumers by deliberately falsifying their price then charging an extra $28+ right after you book the flight. This is my first experience for this type of event. I've booked previous flights online, and I've always paid for the price that they have market on their page and to the very end, there is no surprises!
I called their customer service. The guy was hard to hear at times. I asked him why the sudden price change. He said during the time I was looking at it, "market price" was at $303.60, but when you book it, "market price of the fare changes", from my understanding. He offered me a $10 dollar discount of the ticket price, so total $321.60, instead of the total airfare of $303.60 in which is shown on their page. In the end, I could had gotten a full refund, but I took the offer instead. I wish it was at $303.60 instead of $321.60. I've included two pictures, one where the company shows the price before booking, and right after booking, there is a second picture where the price of the ticket has gone up and along with taxes and fees also increased. This company is outrageous. You do not actually pay for what you thought you would pay for the airfare. How is this company still in business? I will never buy an airfare from this company ever again.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2013
I had a question regarding my reservation which I had cancelled on the 15th on this month. I have contacted the customer care many times and I haven't got a resolution till date on my fare refund. The last executive I spoke to was very bad. They were not ready to understand what was requested to them and they had their standard answer all the time. When I requested to chat with another person the representative just disconnected the chat session. This is so annoying when the money is deducted from my account and they are not ready to refund it back even after the cancellation and as per the policy.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2013
Stay away from Cheapo! My wife and I have been planning and saving for our 25th wedding anniversary trip to Ireland. After checking with a few online booking companies I decided to go with Cheapo. I paid and was going over my itinerary the following day and noticed I flew into LGA in New York and had to get to JFK for our flight over to Ireland. The kicker is there are only 2 hours and 15 min. to land, get off the plane, get luggage, rent a taxi, make the commute to JFK, get through security for international flight, and get boarded for take off.
I have never flown to Ireland before so I didn't know how long it would take to do all this so I researched it and asked frequent travelers and was told this was not possible in the best of circumstances. Now I'm starting to panic and call Cheapo to see if I can simply change my connecting flight to an earlier flight. The customer service guy (Donnie) said he agreed that that was not enough time and after about 45 min came up with a solution: $1,700 additional would get me an earlier flight!!! I explained to him that I booked everything through their website and he told me it was my fault for choosing such a short layover time. I asked him why they even offered that as an option since it was not possible and he got more and more rude and insisted it was my fault.
This is fraud! They can't sell you something that is impossible to do! When I booked I simply chose one of the flight options on THEIR website. If anyone knows what can be done please let me know. We are 2 weeks out from our trip and I don't know what to do to salvage this trip. Nothing about Cheapo is on the up and up.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2013
I booked a next day reservation from Chicago to Calgary, Canada after being redirected to the Cheapoair site with the promise of the absolute cheapest fare available on this flight. I reserved, and submitted my credit card. I never received a confirmation of an actual ticket, only an e-mail with a booking number. I was promised an e-mail with the ticket number, but I never received. These scams take a reservation without having secured a cheaper ticket from the airlines. I called after seeing the charge on my account, and was told they paid the airlines for a ticket. I advised them that they never issued me a ticket, and to credit my account. The customer service operator, reluctant to give her actual name, gave me a number for the billing department, and told me to contact them while they "research" the airline charges. BOGUS, BOGUS.
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2013
I made my reservations on Aug 6 (Tues) and the seat assignment asked if I wanted an aisle, window, etc. I selected aisle. I received the confirmation the same day and proceeded to select my seat assignment form the icon on the confirmation received by CheapOAir (COA) and it just took me to a new page with the same information EXCEPT there was no seat selection icon. I called the customer service line and after being on hold for 4-5 minutes I was told the wait time was 21 minutes. I hung up. I sent an email to customer service (they stated the response time was 24 hours). I received an email back on Aug 8 (Thurs - not 24 hrs) saying this had been forwarded to the appropriate party as "urgent." Aug 12 (Mon) - no response. I tried over the weekend to go to the individual websites of the airlines and my return flight airlines appears not to recognize any of the information provided by COA.
I wasn't too concerned as I figured it was a different flight going out and maybe the numbers overlapped or something. I did try and do a voice chat but the wait was too long and there were 2 people ahead of me for the long duration. So I checked some other websites and it seems that this seat assignment is an ongoing issue. One complaint said that they were called customer service and were told there was a charge for a seat assignment and the company (COA) replied that there was NOT. Well I beg to differ. Today (Aug 12) I called the customer service today at 2:00 PT and talked to Joshua and said all I wanted to know was what was my seat assignments. He told me that for a $14.95 (or 14.99??) I could select my seat!!!
I told him that if he was going to charge me then to immediately direct me to a supervisor. He told me for today he would give me my seat assignment. The website states that some airlines charge for seat assignments and nothing about them charging. They did have on the COA website that they would contact you for any flight information changes for a fee. CheapOAir should change its name to NickelandDimeYa without any customer service. Take the seat selection choice off of the confirmation and tell people that no seat selection is available before payment!!!!
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2013
I've been trying to contact this company to rectify my seat assignments which I paid them extra for. They previously assigned me seats that were undersized without telling me. Additional emails to them remain unanswered. I would definitely suggest fliers either book directly with the airline or through another company with better customer service. There is no service after the sale here!!!!!
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2013
I don't know what everyone is complaining about. I googled this company months after booking my flight, and panicked after reading the scam allegations. I promptly phoned Air Canada and my flight was booked with correct price, days, times, meals and even the window seat I requested weeks after booking. I would book with Cheapoair again and definitely was not scammed.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2013
I would not recommend CheapOair to anyone. The customer service totally sucks. They are rude and don't understand you. I tried to cancel my reservation and I was a few minutes over 4 hrs (which is their policy to cancel the reservation with no fee) and we've to wait to get hold of their customer rep. and they still charge you $25 for cancellation. They are nothing but BS just looking for money and I would not recommend anyone to fly from Spirit Airlines either. Please check their baggage and seat reservation policy thoroughly before buying one from CheapOair.
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2013
I would strongly recommend avoiding Cheapoair for your traveling needs, if you want to avoid all the headaches they are going to cause you because. Please never buy a flight ticket from Cheapoair and don't buy their insurance. It will not work. They make it look like it is going to work. You pay $50+ US and only covers if you are in the hospital or you're dead. Very funny, it's a joke. They would not work with you on changing the ticket and be careful, you also may find surprises and find that you never bought a ticket, instead you bought air. Even though the fares are way lower than what you paid, they still want to make you pay airfare difference regardless, plus the changing fee, and they also will refuse to give you a credit and won't give you a credit back... The company customer service is in India and they have zero care of what happens to you or any customer service skills.
I’ve been trying to change a ticket for over a week and was not able to do it because of the wait period and the disconnection within the calls. They tell you they will call you back but they never do, and when you ask to speak with a supervisor, they put you on hold for hours and nobody comes to the phone, and if you ask them to have a supervisor call you back, they never do. I have spent over 15 hours on hold and talking to people who put me back on hold or tell me I have to pay the outrageous prices. Of course, every time you call is different, even though is just minutes apart. When I ask to cancel and get a credit for later use, they told me they cannot do that. One agent told me I can change if I pay $275 and 36 for taxes to go through London. Of course, when we were almost done and due to the long waiting periods, we got disconnected again and they supposedly ask your number to call you back but never called back.
I dialed again, was on hold for over an hour, and when finally got in touch with someone else, the whole thing changed again. I was told all the return dates for the month on May a year later were sold, and I had to pay for airfare difference even though they are offering on website a fare for $300 less than what I paid for same dates. Isn't it little strange!!!!!! Then, after arguing and me getting literally sick, he offers me a discount of $20. Big deal, ha! This made me even more angry and again got disconnected or hung on and It took a long time to get connected again. Of course, you got to start all over again, but again, I was told I could not cancel because it was not refundable and of course, I could not get the same agent at this point. I was sick to my stomach and exhausted, so I asked for a supervisor. Was on hold for 2 hours and never came to phone. So I ask the Rep. to have the supervisor call me, but no one did, never did. I waited for hours and hours and no supervisor.
I have been spending and taking long working hours including lunch hour trying to get this fix and waiting on the phone finally, but they can care less. It was 1:30 am and feeling very hopeless and in desperation. Wanted to contact headquarters, instead ended up with a live chat agent. Explained situation but again spent over an hour with the Rep. just to tell me the same BS. In top of that, it's very difficult to understand them. They are not even an English speaking agent. I would agree on class action suit against this company. I think the call center is in India and it is hard to understand them. It is hard to reach them without spending hours and hours on the phone. I am exhausted. I even got sick to my stomach. They caused so much anxiety and stress that I got sick. This is my first time and last time using this company, and I only wish I had known before this company was so dishonest and bad. I have traveled a lot to many places all, and this is, by far, along with Iberia Airlines, the worst experience I have ever had in my life.
I needed to change the date and wanted to change the date to my booking so I had no choice but to call again. So, I called customer service again and the machine said the waiting time was 36 minutes and if I want, they can call me after the 36 min, so since I was working. I got a call back about 1 hour 20 minutes later, and the issue's still the same. They told me to contact the airline directly. I contact the airline and they said the agency has to make changes so I got back to them and they still keep saying I got to pay outrageous amount of fare difference when they are still advertising lower ever fares! I ask to speak with a supervisor after being on hold for another hour and 10 min. We got disconnected. Nobody called back. Hours later, they sent me an email saying that they tried to call me but I had no trace of any calls on my phone. I would not recommend booking with Cheapoair EVER!! Unless you want to wait hours and hours to speak with someone, that still can't help you and do nothing for you.
These people do not care or have any respect about their customers. They are simply a nightmare and not worth the $$ you will save with them. Please use any other booking agent but them, because you will be sorry! Very poor services and they're trying to take extra money for rescheduling my flight. I booked the tickets to flight from RDU to LEI and wanted to change departure only, and they said I got to change my return too, arguing that they don't have available seats, so I said "Mine is already booked," and he kept saying "There is none available for the day," and I said "How come? I already have a ticket for the date," so I told him "You are telling me that if I did not want to make the changes to the departure, I will never know I don't have a seat until I am at the airport ready to come back?" and I ask "So in others word, you are telling me I bought air because I did not had a seat even though they sold it to me?" and the Rep. said "Yes, it happens," and I was "Really? And you are asking me to change and pay a very high changing fee and fare difference very ridiculous."
Please, please be very careful with your reservation. I call for any people that had similar situations to file legal action if there is legal action that can take place. This company needs to be shut down, and Cheapoair is SCAMMER and FRAUDULENT Company.
Reviewed July 31, 2013
Over an hour and still ON HOLD. It's the day of the flight!! They booked a ticket American Airlines would not do the check in - or help with - because Cheapoair shouldn't have booked it that way in the first place due to not enough time for the baggage to be transferred between connecting airplanes.. What you get when you mix two companies with worst customer service among competition? Disaster!! If you read this: don't even look at their website. Take it from people who've used their services.
Reviewed July 27, 2013
Going to the airline directly is definitely the way to go. I recently tried to re-book a Frontier flight. Frontier has a $50 re-booking fee, but Cheapoair doubles the re-booking fee to $100. The flight I wanted was on the Frontier site for $218, but Cheapoair wanted to charge me $310 for the identical itinerary. Hold times to get this great deal were in excess of thirty minutes and the customer service rep was rude and struggled with his command of the English language. Go direct - third party airline bookings with Cheapoair are not the value advertised.
Reviewed July 25, 2013
I booked a flight and the return date was wrong. I called to change it to the correct date and was charged a $50 fee. He continuously asked me if I am sure if it's the guy's fault and not mine. "Maybe I am blaming him because I don't want to take responsibility for my actions" stated the guy. I asked to cancel and the representative told me there will be a $150 fee. Online it states if cancel within the next 4 hours of purchase it's free. False advertisement. Representative was very rude.
Reviewed July 11, 2013
I am stuck in Australia from Washington, and yes, I bought my tickets from Cheapoair. I have been trying to call them for help, but nobody picks up. I purchased insurance on this flight, but it seems like it will have no effect in helping me, unless I am dying.
Reviewed July 10, 2013
I booked two American Airline (AA) plane reservations through Cheap O Air (TL Consolidation) travel agency on July 1, 2013 to attend the funeral of my uncle. Confirmed reservations with Cheap O Air travel agent and cost for tickets ($1768) were charged to my credit card. On July 2, 2013 I received several calls from Cheap O Air travel agent asking me to call my credit card company and was given a toll-free number to call. I didn't understand why the need to call my credit card company. I knew the charges were successfully made to my VISA credit card. I thought this was suspicious. The Cheap O Air agent gave me a phone number to call, instead I called the toll-free number on the back of my credit card.
The VISA credit card agent told me the charges for the airline tickets were showing, she could see the charges, and that everything was good. I told her that a Cheap O Air agent gave me another toll-free number to call. I gave her the number and asked her if she recognized the number. She said NO. Feeling more suspicious, I provided the VISA credit card agent the full story and she suggested that I call AA direct. As suggested, I called AA to confirm both airline reservations, spoke with the AA agent and she stated that tickets were issued. On July 2, 2013 I received an email from AA providing a Record Locator and flight description. On July 3, 2013, using the Record Locator, I was able to locate both reservations and printed both boarding passes. I did not return the call to the Cheap O Air travel agent because I felt very, very suspicious of possible wrongdoings.
With boarding passes in hand, we left driving to Dallas, TX to catch our flight. The drive took 3 1/2 hours. Arrived in Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Airport, went through security - terminal C and to AA Gate 16. When boarding started, I gave boarding passes to the AA agent and was told that both reservations had been CANCELLED. I was told by an AA agent that a Cheap O Air travel agent CANCELLED both reservations around 1:15AM on July 4, 2013, the flight date. We were not aware that our reservations had been cancelled and did not understand WHY. We were told by the AA agent that she did know why reservations were cancelled and that this sort of thing rarely, rarely happens where the travel agent will cancel reservations.
The AA agent looked to get us back on this flight, but was told we could not get on the flight leaving DFW on July 4, 2013 at 1:15PM. Since the Cheap O Air travel agent cancelled our reservations, our seats were given away and the plane was completely full. The AA agent found another flight for us leaving DFW at 6:00PM on July 4, 2013 (we had to wait 5 hours). We were able to board the AA flight leaving at 6:00PM. We arrived at 9:05PM after dark to a city we had never visited before. After getting lost, we found our hotel. If our reservations had not been CANCELLED, we would have arrived at 4:25PM (daylight), probably would not have gotten lost, and I would not have caught a cold or a headache from the loud airplane engines.
Because of the actions of Cheap O Air (TL Consolidation) and the stress we were placed under, my brother was hospitalized on Friday afternoon, July 5, 2013, and remained in the hospital until the afternoon on Monday, July 8, 2013. I believe his hospitalization is a direct result of the extreme stress we were placed under when Cheap O Air (TL Consolidation) cancelled our flight reservations. Since we were in a city we had never visited before, I did not want to leave my brother in the hospital along, so I spent all 3 nights and days with him at the hospital. I had to sleep in a recliner.
Reviewed July 8, 2013
On the website, I had booked two sets of tickets for two passengers. After being put on hold for more than 45 minutes about 9-12 times to change the flight, I finally got through to a less than incompetent employee who incorrectly fixed my booking and had to do the entire process again. They then proceeded to pay again $100 to re-change the flight tickets. I WILL NEVER BOOK through Cheapoair again.
Reviewed July 8, 2013
I have had two experiences with this company. The first was an urgent request for assistance on an anticipated crisis that fortunately, failed to materialize. I received no response, however, from CheapOair. Having failed to learn from my first experience, on a second airline booking, I needed to change the return date. The airline told me I could not change because CheapOair had placed a two-week restriction on the reservation. I found no such stipulation on the terms of service on my e-ticket. CheapOair failed to respond either to the airline's request or to my request for assistance/information.
From my experience, it is plain that this company and or its staff are either lazy, incompetent and have no intention to provide customer service or simply are in bad faith. Stay away from CheapOair. By its conduct, it demonstrates that once it has your money, it has no further interest in you - and is so worthless that it's prepared by that conduct to guarantee you will never want to do business with them again... I do not know whether these low fare entities function like bulk buyers of telephone services but I do intend to contact the airline sales departments involved to inform them of my experience with CheapOair - in the hope that airlines have some regard for that character of the companies offering seats on their aircraft.
Reviewed July 7, 2013
Cheapoair will not work with you to change flight times!!! I was in Mississippi attending a funeral for 6 year old twins and wanted to fly back with my daughter at 1:36pm instead of 7:45am. Most companies will maybe charge you $200 or so to change your flight time, not Cheapoair!!! I had to buy a whole new ticket at $836 (one way now!) and my other ticket was not refunded! This company does not employ Americans in their customer service dept. They absolutely do not have any kind of heart! I will never use Cheapoair ever again and will definitely tell anyone who will listen what a sleazy company they really are! Do not buy anything through this company! I wish I could have rated them minus 5 stars, that's what they deserve!!!
Reviewed July 7, 2013
Our family was moving out of state. At the last minute, we decided that we would book a one-way ticket for our 10-year old to my father’s house so that she could stay there while we finish loading and pick her up on the way (it was the half-way point of a 20-hour drive). We booked her a flight to Reno, Nevada on a Saturday using our credit card. Her flight was to leave on Monday morning at 6:30am. We even paid the $50 unaccompanied minor fee. Approximately two hours post booking, we received a confirmation from Cheapo that our card transaction was being processed (from India, of course).
On Sunday, I tried to confirm her flight, but it didn't allow me to and said something in regards to her being a minor - okay, I'm a college graduate and not stupid... But "assumed" it wouldn't confirm due to her age.
We leave for the airport at 5am, stand in the huge line, get to the counter and the ticket agent says "your daughter doesn't even have a reservation with us. How did you get this flight itinerary?" As if moving isn't hell itself - ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? Southwest didn't even recognize the name CheapOair! WTF?!
I book another flight for later that evening, call my 77-year old father and tell him to drive back to Lake Tahoe from Reno - I am fuming at this point - my 10-year old is crying in the airport and I pay the $8 bucks for parking and take a $77 loss for an increase in price ticket. Oh, wait - it gets better. My husband had called Cheapo while I was at the airport and couldn't UNDERSTAND the Cheapo agent helping him! He asks for someone else and they give him a big fat "Sorry for the inconvenience, we understand your frustration." Oh b** you don’t - we have an entire house packed and are ready to leave almost.
I go home, speak with a Cheapo supervisor that tells me the ticket "never went into the box." What? What does this mean??? After 70 MINUTES on the phone, I am FURIOUS and getting NOWHERE. So, admitted mistake on Cheapo’s part. The agent has to be "retrained" as per the SUPERVISOR. She offers me a TWENTY DOLLAR credit. Are you kidding me? I can get a promo code online for that! She then BLAMES ME and says I should have called when I was at the airport so that they could rebook or "comp" me another flight later that day. WE DID CALL. All that was offered was a "sorry for your inconvenience." She then says that the agent needs to be retrained as well.
This entire conversation was ** because 1. I could barely understand her. 2. Be a real person and quit reading your asinine apologies off of a flash card. 3. I settle for a $50 dollar voucher after losing money and was told I would get an e-mail with the voucher... And never have! I will never ever use them again. Thanks America - take jobs away from Americans and give to India - no wonder you are called Cheapo.
Reviewed July 5, 2013
My daughter had purchased a ticket in December of 2012 through CHEAPOAIR. She cancelled it on the 5th of January. Insurance had been bought, however, they would not credit her card. She was told that she would have a credit voucher to be used by December 2013, plus a fee of $25.00 for canceling. Today is the day she went to use that credit voucher and was told that it would be an additional $150.00. The airline told us that as the computer would not allow it to go through otherwise and that it was not a voucher, but a credit. That representative told us to contact CHEAPOAIR. We did but the man was of no assistance whatsoever.
My daughter (a college student) ended up paying that so she could get booked. However, I was thoroughly disgusted with the service.. When I called back at CHEAPOAIR and asked to file a complaint, the girl wanted the info... I just wanted to speak to the complaints dept or whoever handled such calls. My daughter was NOT informed of this fee when she had me cancel - only told to use the same booking number. BUT the airline needed the ticket number also. The girl told me it would be about 10-minute wait. I held for 40 minutes. In the meantime, I had called from my cell and talked to young man who told me my wait would be 30 minutes.
I have used CHEAPOAIR in the past and did not have a problem as I never cancelled nor changed my plans. NOW for their lack of information and for their attitude today, I will NEVER use them again. I am sure my little bit of business won't hurt... but I hope everyone that reads this thinks hard before making reservations with this company. :P A lawyer can contact me if applicable and I can give him info and have him or her speak with my daughter.
Reviewed July 5, 2013
I check multiple tickets online while I was in the phone with their customer service. After one complete day of the same situation, I was thinking maybe they were right that I was losing the opportunity of every ticket that I found in the price they show. So after that, I got ready and checked more than 12 different options - different days departure and returning with the same price. So the only defense line from them, "It's not in our system..." Well it's on my screen. Again and again I look for the ticket, wait 1 hour and even reset my internet. I check and it's still there. They just keep this fake prices. Worse, when the moment comes to pay, the lie gets worse.
When I was ready to book the ticket, it says the expiration date of my credit card is wrong. HAHAHA! That's the worse lie ever and it's serious because that can go further if I take action believing to them against my bank, when the real chaos and fake company is Cheapoair. Never in my entire life will I recommend this company. If any legal action can take place, I'm willing to spend 3 times the price of my 2 international tickets in the process just to close this company. Cheapoair SCAMMER. It's FRAUD.
Reviewed July 2, 2013
I believe the company is running me around in circles while I try to cash in a credit I have from a flight that expires in October in order not to fulfill the credit. I have spent over ten hours on hold and talking to people who put me back on hold or tell me to call another number just to end up back on hold.
Reviewed June 27, 2013
I tried booking a flight online three times and every time I tried to purchase the flight, it gave me an "encountered error" message and told me to call a customer service number. I gave them the information and the advertised price online and they continued to tell me that the price had gone up to double the price advertised. During this time, I continued to refresh the page and the flights had not appeared to have gone up. After being on hold for 1 hour and 33 minutes and talking to three representatives, including a supervisor, the supervisor was finally beginning to help me book my flight for the price advertised and, as I was waiting, the supervisor hung up on me. Now, I am at the beginning of this entire process all over again and I am currently on hold to talk to representatives again. The service for this company is terrible.
Reviewed June 26, 2013
Never buy a flight ticket from Cheapoair. If you buy their insurance cancellation of $24, it will work only if you are in the hospital or you're dead. It's a joke. The only deal, and it's another joke, is you will pay $25 for cancellation and they will give you a credit back. But for rebooking, you will have to do with the same company and have $100 fee. I booked 2 flights, one for $150 with Great Lake so I will have $25 to spend in Great Lake but booking only through Cheapoair. And the other $265 with Frontier, same deal $25 cancellation and $100 rebooking fee. Never buy a ticket from them. The company team is in India and they have zero care of what happens to you.
Reviewed June 25, 2013
I have been up all night trying to resolve my booking. I am traveling with people from Canada and we were on the website together. They had a problem with the online booking and it told them to call. I continued to book and then found out 30 min. later the agent talked them into another airline. He said I could call and change with no penalty within 4 hours. It took a long time to get connected but I was told I could not cancel because it was not refundable. Of course, I could not talk to the same agent as my friend and then asked for a supervisor.
Again, I waited an hour or so and after a lot of talking, the Supervisor agreed to call the airline to get the refund. Then he came back and told me the airline was closed and he would have to wait 4 hours before they opened. I was told it would not be a problem. I did get an email from the supervisor and another message that he tried to call me. No, he did not call. The email said I would get a refund. So I called at 4 in the morning and had to ask for another supervisor because that one had gone home. She told me I was going to be charged a cancellation fee but could not tell me how much. She said it was the airlines and not CheapOAir.
I reminded her I called within the 4-hour time frame and should not be charged at all. She claims she tried to call several times and could not get the airline and when she did, it was not an English speaking agent? I have contacted my credit card company. I agree with an earlier post about a class action suit against this company. The call center is in India and it is hard to understand many of the agents. The first Supervisor told me he was in New York and understood about the time and the fact that he would be calling me at 3:30 am. The next supervisor said no, they are all in India.
Before I booked, I called and got false information. Everyone I have talked to has lied and been dishonest. It is hard to reach them without spending hours on the phone. I am exhausted. I only wish I had known this company was so dishonest and bad. I have traveled all over the world and this is by far the worst experience I have ever had.
Reviewed June 25, 2013
I am a Chinese passport holder. My flight itinerary has transit in Vancouver Airport from 07/01/2013 10:12 p.m. to 07/02/2013 01:30 a.m. I have access to relevant information through the Internet and I have consulted with Air Canada and confirmed that I need to apply for a Canadian visa and I already mailed my passport and other data to Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles two weeks ago, but up to now, I have not received any reply about my visa information. So I have to change or cancel my flight. I called the customer service phone and got the conclusion that if I change my ticket to 07/22/2013 fly out from San Francisco, I will be charged the cost of more than US$400; if I cancel it will charge more.
I think this is unreasonable, because it is not only my responsibility. Some of flight itinerary transits in Vancouver Airport do not need Canadian visa but another still need it. And for transit in Vancouver, whether there is a need to apply for Canadian transit visa or not, the terms are very complex. I think many customers have the same problem as me, but CheapOair does not have any kind of reminder or is it clearly marked before we buy the ticket, until we notice it by ourselves or even to know that at the time of boarding.
Under this situation, CheapOair gives us only two choices - that is change our ticket or cancel it. Anyway, we will all be charged high cost. CheapOair gives the low priced tickets to attract customers but there's a hidden problem about Canadian visa. When we found that it was too late, then you tell us we will be charged some fees to change or cancel our ticket. I do not know if CheapOair is doing this on purpose or not; I hope it is the latter. I chose CheapOair to buy flight ticket, but the experience was disappointing to me.
Reviewed June 24, 2013
don't fly out of Sacramento. My original ticket was from Sacramento to Dallas FW, Texas. San Francisco airport is about 150 miles away and I don't have anyone to drive me. When the phone finally answers, it says to enter your ID# and password. What is this? The same message on the other number. Can someone please help me? I only have till the 27th of July 2013 to use this credit. Thank you.
Reviewed June 20, 2013
There had been a change in my itinerary and Cheapoair did not make that change. As a result, I was not able to check-in online though the airlines told me to wait a while longer and try again, which I did several times. Finally, I was told to contact Cheapoair, which I did, and after a half hour wait, the customer service rep said he would reissue the ticket. After I was able to try checking-in again, I still wasn't able to and called Cheapoair again. The wait time was long so I left my number for a call back, "in about 45 minutes." An hour and a half later, I called them back... I've been on hold for 18 minutes and counting.
Reviewed June 19, 2013
I booked my flight not checking any other airlines. Then I find out it was $50 less to go directly to Spirit Airlines. Then I tried to call and no answer for 2 days and finally, I get a hold of someone and they hang up on me. My friend says the seats have no leg room and the customer service there is terrible. Cheapoair is the worst. They won't refund me the money so I am gonna call my credit card company and cancel my card. They will refund me the money with no problem.
Reviewed June 19, 2013
I wanted to change a date to my booking. I called customer service. I waited more than an hour because the machine keeps telling me that their customer representative experts are attending other calls. I waited patiently and when I got the chance to connect, the person I was talking to asked a lot of questions and then transferred me to another line which I waited again for almost an hour before I hung up. I decided to just send an email rather than calling. I stated the flight numbers and the date that I want. I was referring to a flight with a rate in Canadian dollar.
What the heck. Why should they convert them into US$ and choose their own date and flight when I clearly specified the date and flight that I wanted to have? They will charge a huge change fee, US$175 per adult. Regardless of that, I still wanted to change the date and look again for another flight schedule since they don't accept the flight schedule I stated. I sent them again an email. I'm not sure what's happening on their side that they will no longer reply to my email. That is kind of unprofessional service. If they won't allow us to change the date, then let us know. Cheapoair, please hire professional people.
Updated review: July 9, 2013
Finally we received the refund from Cheapoair.
I strongly recommend avoiding Cheapo Air and booking direct with the airlines to avoid all the headache and if there is an issue, you will always be able to talk to the real customer service personel.
Original Review: June 18, 2013
My son booked a round trip from (New Haven) CT to Savannah (GA) through Cheapoair, which included air and train (Amtrak). From New Haven to Phila (by air), from Phila to GA (by air), from GA to Newark (by air), from Newark to New Haven, CT (by Amtrak). On the return trip, he was told by Amtrak at Newark that he was not on the list. Being late and afraid of not be able to catch the train on time, he had to pay $80 for the ticket home. He called Cheapoair the very next day and patiently waited for 2 hours and 10 minutes, and still was not able to get through. We will tweet and Facebook about the worst ever customer service and how cheap these people were. DO NOT USE CHEAPOAIR.
Reviewed June 18, 2013
On 22/04/13, I purchased flights from Sydney to Townsville through their company. My booking number is **. The flights were booked for Saturday, the 15th of June, which I court and everything was fine, and Monday, the 17th of June. After having received confirmation emails for the booking, I did not once receive any notification in regards my canceled return flight at 5:00 PM. I've tried to call several times but have not heard back from anybody.
I expect reimbursement for all the money I have lost because of your inconvenience. I am truly disgusted by your lack of customer communications and intolerable behavior that has come of this. I will definitely not be ever using you, recommending you nor show any kind gratitude toward you.
Reviewed June 17, 2013
I wanted to change a return flight date, but the customer service told me a price over I could buy another ticket back. After finding a cheaper one from the Cheapoair website, I called again. I was told that's within the block out period. What a **, Cheapoair.
Reviewed June 17, 2013
My name's Jacqueline ** and I received a confirmation of a CheapOair booking for Jacqueline ** and Autumn in my Gmail account. I had no idea why and immediately deleted it, thinking it was a Trojan. My Gmail account name was nothing like the provided email address. I can't imagine why I was mailed the confirmation. The email which I didn't explore much appeared to have address details, flight numbers, and receipt details. An appalling lack of security on behalf of this company.
Reviewed June 12, 2013
I would not recommend booking with them EVER!! Unless you want to be ripped off and then wait hours and hours to speak with someone that still can't help you. You are free to complain to a manager, but you will have to wait on the phone for days to get through if you ever do. I booked a flight but within 10 minutes, realized that it was the wrong airport so I called back. After waiting a 90-minute on hold, I was told that they would cancel and give me credit with no penalty. I later received an email stating that I can only use the credit for that specific airline and I would have to pay a $50 penalty and any fare difference. WHAT??? Are they insane? I tried calling back to speak with anyone and couldn't get any help.
These people do not care about their customers. I am out $150. Trust me when I tell you that you will regret booking with them. They are a nightmare and not worth the $10 you will save with them. Use any other booking agent but them. You will be sorry!
Reviewed June 11, 2013
I bought a ticket online, but I later wanted to change the date. In addition to the penalty, they charged me USD151 for ticket class change. Later, I discovered that the ticket class was not changed. They promised to refund the USD151, but after one month, it's still not done. They don't respond to emails, and online support is useless, too. They give a number to call that keeps you on hold for hours with no reply, and I have to pay the cost of the call.
Reviewed June 10, 2013
I was booking a flight with CheapOair.com. As I booked my flight and proceeded to check out, a message appeared, "The airfare of this airline is changed from $250 to $400. Do you wish to proceed - yes or no?" So I simply said no and I did not check out. Later on, I discovered that they charged my debit card for $250 but why? I had already cancelled my transaction. When I called the customer service, they told me that they cannot refund me the amount. I told them that this is not my fault; this is the website's fault so I should get a complete refund. I tried to talk to the manager in charge and told him about the issues. He told me that he has put in a request and will give me a call back in a few days. And then he never called and now or whenever I call CheapOair and ask to talk to the manager, they put me on hold for hours and hours.
Reviewed June 10, 2013
No problem booking with Cheapoair and confirmation email arrived. Competitive rates. The problem started with seating. Apparently, when you book with Cheapoair, they offer you an opportunity to pay them an additional $12 to select your seats on the flight. If you select the free option, it takes a few days. I selected this option, but when I looked at the flight, the seats still had not been assigned. Just try and get ANYONE in customer service! Email... no response. Live online chat? I waited 21 minutes and no response. Call? "We are experiencing a high call volume. Please send an email." Didn't I already do that? I do not recommend using this site. Their customer service is horrible.
Reviewed June 6, 2013
I booked a flight with CheapOair for my family of four. During the booking process, the Enhanced seat assignment window popped up, but they didn't state anywhere that they are going to charge extra for it. So I went on with the seat reservations, but the system didn't take the 4th person's reservation. At the end of booking, I found out they charged $48.20 extra, most likely for the Enhanced seat reservation which I couldn't complete. Right away I called CheapOair’s customer service number that I found on the website. I spoke with 4 people; none of them were from customer service. They all wanted to connect me with customer service.
I waited 2 hours. Let me repeat, TWO HOURS to talk to customer service but after midnight, I had to give up since I had to get up early in the morning. So they charged me for something that I wasn't able to get because THEIR WEBSITE **; plus, I didn't even get the chance to talk to customer service. During the two hours wait, I started a live chat online and waited AN HOUR AND A HALF for response. Nobody got back to me. After all, one thing is sure: I will never use CheapOair and all of my 600 Facebook friends will hear this story. I recommend you to stay away from this company.
Reviewed May 26, 2013
While touring Europe on our honeymoon, we decided to travel to Italy for the last few days and try to get in some much needed rest and sun. While staying in the Amalfi Coast, we were rained on every day. The day we were booked to leave was supposed to be sunny and clear sky. I talked to Cheapoair to try to get them to help make changes to the flight departure and they told me I have to fly from the same origin and at same time. There is nothing they can do. I was willing to pay extra and even be flexible on departure date! Thank goodness, I got a hold of a person at United Airlines who was able to help us out and help us make an amazing rest of our honeymoon. I will never use Cheapoair when I travel again.
Reviewed May 22, 2013
Poor services. Lot of changes in the schedule. They're trying to take extra money for rescheduling. We booked the tickets to flight from Ottawa to Toronto at 2pm and they changed it to 9am, arguing that they don't have available seats at 2pm (after confirming the booking) and offering me other seats for 2pm for extra charges. Booking number is **. Be careful with your reservation. Thank you
Updated review: May 20, 2013
The issue for the wrong name on my ticket has now been resolved with great customer service and apologies for confusion. A man named Silas was wonderful, as I know it took a long time to change 3 different flights for going and return. Thank you Silas and for your service.
Original Review: May 17, 2013
I admit I made a mistake when booking a ticket for 2 volunteers to go to Africa with me. I did not use the volunteers' proper name (like Bob instead of Robert) and Cheapoair has given me the runaround. I have been told by Air France that they can change it. I talked to one supervisor. The first thing she said to me was that she was getting off work in 20 minutes. After 20 minutes (since she now didn't have any more time due to her shift ending), she came back and said the Air France people were gone for the day and I would have to call back. Really? I called Air France the next day and they told me Cheapoair has to do it. I explained to them that Cheapoair is giving me the runaround. I will pay a penalty and it is obvious I am not changing the person. Air France is telling me they have to do it. Any suggestions are welcome as we leave in one week.
Reviewed May 17, 2013
I booked a ticket 6 months before to go for an event. But after 3 months, seems they did a passive booking and did a lot of mess up. I was in the airport running around for 5 hours to get boarded, but I was not able to get on board. They were not able to resolve even for the next day. Such an unprofessional bunch of idiots own Cheapoair. They have miserable and unprofessional customer support. Every time you call, you get different agent and they won't call back if the call ended. I will never book again in Cheapoair. Even if it is $200-$300 more, I will go for some professional ticketing agency. Not highly recommend these guys.
Reviewed May 15, 2013
Terrible! Cheapoair absolutely wasted 2-3 hours of my time (until 2:30AM Toronto time!) with fake deals and less than professional agents in Delhi. I found a deal on Cheapoair that was about $200 cheaper than the price offered elsewhere. When I proceeded to book it and after I entered all my private info (including credit card info), I was declined. An agent called me immediately (from Delhi to Canada!) asking if I need to book a flight and wanted to change my dates. When I asked what is the issue with online booking, he, in a rude manner, said "Okay, book it online yourself" and disconnected the call. I searched a 2nd time. I got my desired cheap deal again, but again was rejected the booking after I entered now another credit card info. When I searched again to try, the deal was gone!
I was really frustrated and called their customer service (in Delhi). The guy said, "Our system updates with a 4-5 hour lag!" I asked to talk to a supervisor in Toronto, which ended up talking to one in Delhi again. He promised to find me the deal in 2-3 minutes, but the call was suddenly disconnected after 40 minutes (not sure why)!
Reviewed May 14, 2013
I booked a ticket with CheapOair from London - Berlin - St. Petersburg. When I arrived at the airport for check-in, I was informed rudely by BA staff that I would never be able to make my second flight because Berlin is not a connecting airport. I would have to go through immigration, collect my bag, check-in again, go through security and immigration again - all in 55 minutes. The man stared at me and asked, "Why would you buy this ticket? We would never have sold you this ticket!"
I was told that because I would fail to check in on time for my second flight, it would be considered my fault and that I would have to pay for another flight from Berlin to St. Pete and because of the limited flight options, I would not be able to fly until 9:45 pm; I was going to arrive in the early morning. My only other option was to pay 300 GBP to get a direct flight from BA, so this is what I did. I will never book again with CheapOair and I thoroughly warn others away from using their services.
Reviewed May 10, 2013
After multiple years of booking my flights through Cheapoair, I can safely say I will no longer be using their services for travel or otherwise.
I arranged a ticket for my girlfriend to travel from Scandinavia to the U.S., whereupon she became flu-sick and could no longer make her flight. Travel insurance option checked, I thought a subsequent re-booking wouldn’t be a problem. I was right. However, she missed that flight as well. A couple months later, I tried to claim the refund on the flight she did not make and I quickly ran into problems. Cheapoair took weeks to respond to my messages. Eventually, I’m told it’s out of their control and up to the airline. I then talk to the airline (US Airways) and I'm told I can’t have the refund for the ticket because the ticket was not in my name (even though I clearly paid for said ticket). I'm now in the middle of another 4-8 week period to see if Cheapoair/airline will refund the second portion of her journey. I'm disgusted by the actions of these companies. What a gyp!
Reviewed April 29, 2013
I called Cheapoair instead of booking online because I had a lot of questions about flying with my 90-year-old dad who will be bringing his own oxygen concentrator and needs a wheelchair to get around the airport. I booked the flight on Sunday evening and paid for the trip insurance with no problem. I was told I would receive a confirmation email shortly. I never received the email. I called back the next morning and told them I didn't get the confirmation. They said they would send it right away and asked if I wanted the trip insurance. I said I already got it. He said, "No, you didn't," so I said yes. I spent about 3 hours and four phone calls and never got the confirmation.
Then I checked the reviews and didn't see any reviews with more than 2 stars and there were only two with 2 stars. I called to cancel the tickets and was told it would take 7 to 10 days to get the refund. I didn't talk to one person who spoke English. Everyone I spoke to was in India. The flight I booked with them was on Frontier Airlines. When I went directly to Frontier, I got a better price the exact days and time I wanted and the flight was cheaper and the insurance was half as much as Cheapoair. Boy, I learned a lesson. The name says it all.
Reviewed April 29, 2013
I booked a flight just to get called about a problem with the company that is actually providing second leg of the service. Because my trip was time sensitive, I was told to find another one with comparable times. When I did find one for $100 more, they found a counter one in which my first leg flight was changed for a less desirable carrier but this time, the original second leg carrier was not an issue. Second trip same thing. I tried to get my business through Swiss Air, just to switch it for LOT Polish Air, a much cheaper and lower rater experience. Cheapoair is a bait and switch scam with call center in a third world country where I could hear in the background a lot more of these bait and switch calls. Do not use.
Reviewed April 24, 2013
On Sept. 17, 2012, we purchased 3 tickets through CheapOair.com from Honolulu to San Diego, CA and then on to Fresno, CA. The cost of these tickets was $783. The flight was for April 20, 2013. Upon arriving at the airport, we were told that we weren't on the manifest. We were told by customer service that our seats had been sold due to a flight change. He stated an email was sent and no response was given. The next flight available to come home was Monday, April 22, 2013, through that airline. He then checked into other flights and we bought 3 tickets getting us into LAX in the amount of $1,384.50 and then rented a car in the amount of $209.42.
My first contact with CheapOair, I was informed that 2 emails were sent to my home address and there wasn't a phone number available to leave a message. She transferred me to Howard. According to him, 3 emails were sent plus several phone messages were left at our home informing us of the flight change. I have received an email stating we would be getting a $42 refund for customer service. Since then I've placed 2 calls (on 4/23/13) with no satisfaction at all. Two phone calls made ended up with the customer service hanging up without calling back or allowing me to speak with someone higher up.
If we received a phone message in regards to a flight change, I'm sure we would have received it. The change had us leaving the airport at 8:00 am. We were still on the ship and the email was sent on April 17th. We were on our cruise. I received an email from CheapOair asking our feedback on our flight from San Diego. When I asked why we would receive this when our flight was changed, I was told that it was automatically generated. If the flight was changed as far back as Jan. 2013 as they stated, then it seems the questionnaire would ask how our flight back from Seattle Wash. was.
I've expressed my dissatisfaction in this matter and all I'm told is I was notified by email and phone of the change. And I certainly don't feel that a $42 refund for customer service is the answer.
Reviewed April 23, 2013
I booked a flight from San Francisco to Ireland via New York for my husband for almost $1000. It wasn't particularly cheap, but the times were convenient, and so I went with it. A few days before the flight, I printed out the itinerary and I noticed that the connection in New York involved not just an airline change, but an airport change! I proceeded to make panicked inquiries about how to make the transfer from Newark airport to JFK, and was warned repeatedly on blogs, by travel agents, by the airlines, that making that trip in the time allowed was highly unlikely to work.
I then began an exhaustive round of fruitless and maddening telephone conversations with "agents" at CheapOair who basically refused to do anything. They eventually agreed to put him on another flight to New York that actually flew into JFK, but only on condition that I pay a penalty of over $500.
It is now 24 hours later, and I have spent countless hours trying to sort this out. Worn down by them, I eventually called up and agreed to pay them the $500 some time ago, only to be told that a flight change was no longer a possibility at any price! When I asked them if in the unlikely event that my husband could make the connection by crossing the city at rush hour, his bags would also make it, they said that they did not "deal with baggage questions"!
I am so upset now. I think I am going to have to just lose all of the money and book a new flight. This is a special time in my husband's life, ruined by this dishonest company.
Reviewed April 14, 2013
This has been the worst travel and customer service experience I have ever had. I wish I would have checked the reviews on Cheapoair before booking my flight with them. I received a confirmation email saying the tickets had been purchased. I called Cheapoair and they confirmed the flight and that everything was good to go. Then less than 48hrs before I was supposed to leave, they sent me a cancelation email. I called Cheapoair and they transferred me from person to person till I was either hung up on or transferred to what I can only describe as an answering machine.
When I called my credit card company, they said not only had I not been charged for the tickets, they don't show any attempts. On my 10th or 11th call to Cheapoair, I was finally connected to a supervisor. She had no employee ID, only her name, Prudence. She told me the tickets had been re-booked and I was all good to go. I would receive an email with all the details in three minutes. I then called my credit card company to confirm the charges. My credit card company told me I have not been charged for the tickets and they say Cheapoair never attempted to charge my card. This company is a scam and everything they say is a lie!
Reviewed April 12, 2013
Do not buy any insurance - it is a scam with Cheapoair. You are not covered for anything. They just take your money. I purchased the cancelation and trip interruption policy. Due my Mom's death and funeral, I had to rebook my flight. Since my return, I tried many times to contact the insurance company and I was told I was not covered because they did not have any policy number. I called back Cheapoair, but they never returned my phone call.
Reviewed April 10, 2013
I booked a flight and asked them to do the transaction the next day after I make a deposit. I told them I will call when my card is ready for the transaction. After the call, I have checked the reviews on Cheapoair and saw reviews of many unhappy customers. I called back to cancel and Kevin advised me that I had no reservations; there was nothing under my name, e-mail address, nor booking number... I thought maybe because there were no transactions made. Next day I received phone calls that they are unable to make the transactions. After I fully told them not to do any transactions until I call back when it’s ready and I called back to cancel a few minutes later, they lied and said I had no reservations! Why? Because they have no return policy so they wanted to take the money anyways!
Reviewed April 10, 2013
I experienced worst customer service. My wife's itinerary was canceled, not a flight but the whole itinerary. They do things that go against the airline rules. My wife ended up getting a new itinerary from Cheapoair because none of their retarded representatives could find her reservation.
Reviewed April 10, 2013
I booked a flight on 31 January 2013 and am still waiting for a refund after numerous telephone calls and complaints. The "manager" is never available to speak to you and the "refund / accounts department" does not take calls. The fault always lies with the consumer, never the service provider! Stay away - save yourself a lot of hassle and money!
I don't usually use CheapOair, and if it was not for the particular excellent value flight they were offering from London to Geneva, I would not have used them. All seemed well. I confirmed my flight details and CheapOair confirmed the price. I gave my billing address details and card details and clicked purchase as one does. As the transaction was running through, a pop-up window appeared advising me that the price of the flight has increased (!) giving me the option to continue or abort. I pressed the abort button; however, the flight went through anyway! I called CheapOair straight away to cancel the flight and complain. However, I was unable to get through to anyone (no 24h service!) Instead, I was asked to leave a voice mail. I nearly bought a 2nd flight from my preferred website www.skyscanner or www.edreams as I had not received an email confirming the flight.
The mail arrived the next day! And the flight was acquired with no option to cancel for 1/3 more than the original price! I am still waiting for my refund - 2 months later. Various calls and emails. Nothing is being done. I was promised the money would be in my account within 4 - 6 weeks; it is now 10 weeks that I have been waiting. I have been advised payment directly into my account but have heard today that apparently a cheque was sent in February. The cheque has never arrived and nobody is taking responsibility. Instead, it is now my fault!
Please do not use this company - so many negative comments! I only wish I had done my usual research before buying something as it is clear I am one in a long line of very very unsatisfied customers!
Reviewed April 7, 2013
I will never use Cheapoair again. I booked a return flight to Bangkok. Other than some minor itinerary changes for my flight to Bangkok, the trip to Asia was fine (though I did receive about 6 emails prior to departure with those minor changes). The return trip, however, was not okay. I received an email about 1 week before my flight date telling me that my flight had been cancelled and that I had been re-routed to another flight - one that would add 6 hours to my total travel time (that was already a 22 hour day). Add to this that I was in Asia (on a ticket that I booked with them, no less), and there was no way for me to make any kind of contact with them to confirm, dispute or ask questions.
Emails went unanswered and ultimately, my mother had to contact them from Canada on my behalf to sort out the details. Last but not the least, after being told that the original flight was cancelled and that taking this other one was my only option to get home, I arrived at the airport to find my original flight on the departure board as scheduled! I paid for a slightly more expensive flight in the first place, in order to have the shorter routing, but did they offer me any kind of compensation for bumping me to the cheap one? Heck no! I can only presume that they were able to sell my seat for more money. What a terrible experience, terrible service and terrible company. Do yourself a favor and pay the extra few bucks to book direct through the airlines or one of the reputable online booking agents.
Reviewed April 6, 2013
I am kicking myself right now. For the first time in my life, I didn't take the time to read the reviews before booking my flight. It should be a huge red flag to consumers and the company when they receive a negative complaint on almost a daily basis. My flight was canceled 12 hours before departure and Cheapoair failed to give me notice. I was on hold for an hour and 15 minutes before I decided to hang up. I contacted the airlines and they were able to solve the problem. Unfortunately, both United Airlines and US Airways couldn't get their act together in time and it made my business partner and I miss one of the most pivotal meetings in our career. So cheers to you, Cheapoair. You're a terrible company that clearly takes advantage of people. If you're planning to book a flight through them, good luck. No amount of travelers insurance would save you from this company.
Reviewed April 3, 2013
I booked a flight on CheapOair’s website. I've used other on-line booking services many times in the past and never had any problem... I chose the dates I was looking to travel and booked the flight. Upon later review, I noticed they had my return booked on a different date than I had chosen and 30 days later! I called to inform them of this mistake to which their solution was to pay the $150.00 fee and they'll change the dates. I voiced that I didn't feel that their mistake was my responsibility to pay for.
I spoke with several customer service reps that all sang the same song. The staff is obviously outsourced out of the country and I was never able to speak with anyone in authority. I have been told a supervisor would call, but still waiting on day 3 for that call. I am a business owner and speak to many people who come into my door every day. I will make everyone I come into contact with very aware of CheapO's practices. Currently, I am disputing the charge on my card...
Reviewed April 2, 2013
I booked two tickets through Cheapoair. I received confirmation numbers and my credit card was charged. When we got to the airport, the airline had no reservation under that booking. I spent 2 hours with two incredibly unhelpful and rude customer reps who kept insisting that we had a reservation, when the airline had no such records and wouldn't let us board the plane. Long story short, Cheapoair charged my credit card months ago but never made the booking. The customer service rep could not help us get different tickets, because he said he'd have to wait to call Central during business hours.
When I told him we couldn't wait for business hours since our flight was leaving, he had the audacity to say, "I thought you didn't have a flight, so how can it be leaving?" Almost $100 of long distance customer service calls later and infuriating, useless "customer service", we were still stranded at the airport. Also, it took them months to refund me; I had to open a dispute with my credit card company. Avoid unless you enjoy headaches and sassy, outsourced customer service that can't and/or won't do anything "outside of business hours".
Reviewed March 30, 2013
I made flight arrangements and spent over $1000 with CheapOair. I wanted to change the departure date in addition to adding another passenger. The company wanted to charge me $150 per change. That's $300(!) for making a change that essentially I booked myself online. And I was adding another passenger, so they would have made money with my changes. Bottom line is, no refunds, no changes. They were very inflexible and not worth the initial saving. I would have been better off paying the extra $100 and booking with the airline directly where changes are penalized, but only minimally. CheapOair penalizes for changes maximally. I learned another valuable lesson. Cheaper isn't always better.
Reviewed March 30, 2013
As I write this, my daughter is stranded in India due to CheapOair's incompetence. I paid for, booked and received confirmation for a round trip ticket from NY to Delhi. After waiting on hold for 5 hours, the problem is still not resolved. It is now 2am and according to CheapOair, they mistakenly booked a 1-way and not a round trip. This is absolutely the worst customer service that I have experienced in over 51 years. Please do yourself and your loved ones a favor and stay away from this absolutely awful company.
Reviewed March 28, 2013
So I booked a flight for my wife from Kiev to Toronto through this company 1-888-766-3163. Big mistake. As soon as there are problems, you're on your own and they will not take care of you. Due to snowstorm, the airport in Kiev was shut down. I called Cheapo well ahead of time to advise them of the situation. They said that they don't have the info of closure and that I should call back in 24 hours. I called back. They said that they sent request, but didn't hear back from the airline and to call back in 48 hours. I called back and everyone is clueless. Still no word and they told me to call back in 24 hours. I called back. I finally got the manager on the phone. I explained to him everything. He told me to call back in 24 hours. I told him no and a few other not so polite words.
I told him I want a refund and to forget my dealings with them like a nightmare. He told me to stay on the line for a few minutes. Twenty five minutes later, he said that the carrier is refusing to issue a refund but they can reschedule. I said thank you! Why couldn't you do that from the start? Silence. So long story short, he told me that he will make all final arrangements and will send me an email with confirmation in the next 2 hours. Next day, no email. I called them. 5 days later, still no re-booked flight and no refund. On average, I spent 3 hours each day on the phone with them. I've been hung up on at least once each day. Their Indian stuff is so incompetent it's not even funny. It makes you wonder why would any rational company want to save money on the most important aspect of business - customer service.
Also, each day of my wife's stay in Kiev is costing me $200. I also was just on conference call with a Cheapo rep and Trans Aero rep sorting out the issue. When the Trans Aero rep asked who they were speaking with when they initially contacted Trans Aero for reissue, the CheapO rep didn't even have logged notes. This is the biggest nightmare that I've experienced or heard of. My biggest issue is that I don't understand why they couldn't just tell me the first day, "Sir, go ahead and purchase a new ticket and we will refund the money for this ticket." Avoid doing business with this company!
Reviewed March 22, 2013
Whenever you talk with an Indian representative, they all say they are in New York. Really, so how is the weather in New York? “Very warm, sir." Yes, in the middle of Dec. They gave me the runaround on a refund, lied up and down about dates. I will never buy from Cheapoair, never again. I lost $1,200!
Reviewed March 22, 2013
I booked three tickets with Cheapoair and I lost two international tickets because of the poor customer service and the poor website this company have. I have to lose $300 every time I cancel my ticket and when I call the customer service, I have to wait more than 30 minutes in Calgary International Airport for the supervisor to answer my call and finally I lost my flight. The reason is Cheapoair didn't explain to me about any required transit visa and when you call to ask for help, the answer will be "You have to cancel your flight." I asked them if they can change my flight date and the answer was "Cancel your ticket and pay $300, and then book new ticket and wait four weeks until you receive your refund back." Cheapoair has poor customer service and no clear information for people who needed any transit visa. I would rather pay more money and not deal with Cheapoair anymore. You book your flight and they screw you up. Thanks.
CheapOair Company Information
- Company Name:
- CheapOair
- State/Province:
- NY
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.cheapoair.com
