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Reviewed March 17, 2015
Online site is easy to book with cheapest fare.
Reviewed March 16, 2015
This site is a joke, honor your mistakes! I received a confirmation email and my flight itinerary for this flight booking and get an email 12 hours later saying the flights have gone up and they never charged my card yet? What? Who sends you confirmation before payments received? VISA approved my transaction so what's the problem?
Your agents ** up. That's the problem and cheapoair would not deal with it. Instead they ignored my calls, put me on hold, lie to me and hang up on me while I'm supposedly waiting on a supervisor to deal with this issue for multiple hours! Again my payment was approved, I received confirmation and I received my itinerary. 12 hours later I receive an email saying the price went up and I would have to pay more? What? How is that even possible? I already booked it and received confirmation?!
Then they continue to lie saying they tried calling me to which they could not provide me with a time because it was another lie. I received no phone calls from anyone! You operate a call centre and I know you record calls and times! Then I receive an email 3 days later saying I cancelled my flights to which again is another lie as I did no such thing!
In all my years of booking vacation including my friends and employees that have booked flights no one has ever heard of such a thing happen to someone and then be ignored without any resolution. Even Visa couldn't believe it! No call backs despite promises to deal with this? Really? This is your way of professionalism and treating your customers?? Pathetic and then you block me from booking any other flights for your own mistake? Wtf is this B.S. Seriously the most ridiculous run around I have ever received and a giant waste of my time!
Reviewed March 16, 2015
Guys this travel agency is an absolute joke. I took my girlfriend to Berlin for her bday and booked a flight for the 11th of March 2015 to return on the 13th. I also booked and air bnb apartment at the same time and meticulously checked both before confirming (my colleagues at work also witnessed). My flight was at 9am on the Wednesday so I was doing last minute packing on the Tuesday night. My sister saw my tickets and said "Are you back on Thursday? I thought you said Friday?" To my surprise I was returning on Thursday afternoon exactly 24 hours after landing. Outraged I called Cheapoair. I was speaking to an Indian chap called **. I already knew this would not be resolved easily!!
Alongside calling me 'mate' and 'buddy' continuously he was very unhelpful. He tried to insist the erroneous flights were my problem even though he admitted that not all flights are available and the system matches to the closest date. To rebook a ticket it would cost £231 plus the airline cancellation fee of £80. The original flight and return (which incidentally didn't become cheaper even though they changed the return) cost £159. This new price made no sense at all.
Upon being told I could not get a refund or the price deducted from the ticket I would not be using, the chap tried to coax the money out of me saying, "Don't let your girlfriend down. You will ruin her holiday." If he was close by I would have throttled him. We spent 2 and a half hours arguing the toss with him putting me on hold at least 5 times for up to 15 minutes at a time. His return line of "Hello matings" grew less humorous as time went on.
My girlfriend went on Skyscanner and found us Easyjet tickets that would cost £80 to come back at the time we wished. This made me wonder where the hell £231 came from. As it happens Berlin was lovely and I highly advise a trip there if you have not been. AVOID CHEAPOAIR AT ALL COSTS. NAME IS ALMOST A GIVE AWAY!!!
Reviewed March 13, 2015
CheapoAir showed me a flight price for $1458. After I went through the whole booking process and gave them all my personal and credit card information, the website told me that the price is changed to $1680 and asked me to accept and the booking. Surely I cancelled because I think it is just a scam. Now I am concerned that they have all my information and credit card and I don't know what they do with my personal information.
Reviewed March 13, 2015
Booked a flight on February 1st from Tampa, FL to Maracaibo, Venezuela on 3/9/2015 for my wife. A week prior to her leaving date Venezuela's government began to require Visas to US travelers. The closest Venezuelan Consulate to Tampa FL is in New Orleans (10 hrs. away). Not enough time to process a visa in time for departure so we contacted CheapOAir customer service on Friday and asked what could they do for us.
On Friday 3/6/2015 and after waiting for 30+ minutes to talk to a customer representative while listening to a pre-recorded repetitive message suggesting that I should consider email as the most convenient way of communication (mind you cancellations have to be done before the flight's time of departure), I was talking to someone who did not care to listen to my concerns but rather wanted to charge me "$85.00 for penalty fee for rescheduling the flight, plus the difference on the price of a prospect flight" (?). This representative did not care to acknowledge that my wife could not fly until she got around obtaining a visa in order to be admitted to Venezuela, he was just asking for money.
Given his inability to help me, I requested to talk to a supervisor (another wait time of 10+ minutes). I spoke to supervisor ** who told me that he was going to contact Copa Airlines to see about a possible refund and that most likely I was not going to get but $856 back from the $996 (plus taxes) that I have paid. He also said that he would contact me the next day to give me certainty about my choices. I told him that I did not agree with being penalized because the situation was beyond our control (sudden requested visa); the policies of cancellations of Copa Airlines use the word "involuntary" as a way to dismiss any responsibilities on their behalf for late arrivals as well as a possible need for rescheduling of flights.
These sudden requirement of visas to US travelers from the Venezuelan government resulted in an involuntary cancellation of the flight unless CheapOAir and Copa Airlines would rather have my wife try to board a plane to Venezuela w/o the necessary documentation to be able to enter the country of destination(?). He stated that he would need to contact Copa Airlines and then he would get back to me the next day. Supervisor ** never contacted me with the update.
On Sunday 3/8/2015 I decided to call customer service again. After going through the same motions I finally got to talk to a Female supervisor whom stated that there was no update from **. At that time I decided to cancel the trip formally and requested a refund. Supervisor stated that she was going to contact ** (not available), and I would get some feedback. On Monday 3/9/2015 at about 8:30 pm I called back seeking to learn something about the refund. I waited for 52 minutes to get a representative on the line to no avail. I hung up the phone. Then I proceeded to request feedback through the electronic page. No response as of today 3/13/2015. Dissatisfied? You bet.
Reviewed March 12, 2015
Okay, to be fair, I wasn't even the original person booking but I will never book with them. My friend booked a flight, and her card was declined so she needed to do it again. She's international so she set it up so I was her POC. Again no issues here. Here is where the problem comes. They call me to advise that the credit card was down, then they RUSH through the number so you barely hear it, thank god for iphones, you can hit replay over and over, and then it's not even the right number. And how did I figure that out? Please wait for someone to answer the phone, I sat through 7 (AMAZING OFFERS) according to the voice on the phone, when I finally thought I was going to get a human being, a new voice says, “this is the incorrect number, please write this # down and hang up the phone.”
I don't usually complain, I have two phone jobs myself so I know how it is, but what astounds me is that they left me TWO voicemails with the same incorrect number, if I'm trying to take care of business, it's pretty hard to get anything done with this kind of service on a time crunch. When I finally just hit call back on my caller ID, the man was anything if apologetic, didn't listen to what I needed from him, "the best number for my friend to internationally dial to get some decent service" I was livid. He was yelling at me, and I'm in customer service, the moment you yell, you not only lost me, but any recommendations I would have ever given. I would never book through them, and I'm not sorry.
Reviewed March 12, 2015
I booked two tickets to Rome for over $1800 which was charged twice on my credit card. This has maxed out my credit card and caused me to miss out on other trips that I wanted to take on the week-end. I called and was given an authorization number to take to my bank to have the refund put back on my card. When I went to the bank they told me that this is not the way a refund is handled. When I called back to cheap-o-air I was told that I should not have received that authorization number and the rep was able to 3-way me to my bank to confirm that I will be refunded the amount in a few days. This did not help as I missed out on a trip that I had planned to take on the week-end.
No one should be allowed to double dip from your credit card without your permission. I expected that if this needed to happen then I should have been contacted and I could have known about this ahead of time and make other plans for my week-end instead of getting a surprise when I try to book another ticket. The rep that 3-way me to my bank was nice enough and knew what she was talking about but I spoke to other reps who were not very helpful and just kept on getting frustrated and repeating "yes ma’am, but ma’am" throughout the conversation which was very annoying. I have used one travel before and did not have a problem. I know mistakes happen, but because it impacted my week-end trip, I'm not sure I'll use cheap-o-air again.....
Updated on April 14, 2015: I wrote a review about what happen to me while dealing with this company and just now looked at the review and noticed that the company is disputing my claim. This is terrible. What I wrote was exactly what happen and I'm still having problems with them. I wish someone from the company would call me and tell me that what I wrote about did not happen. My goodness how low can these people be. Today I tried calling them and was on hold for over an hour so I hang up the phone. Once they have your credit card and they take your money to hell with you even if they book you out in the Pacific Ocean for a hotel; you obviously have no recourse. I'll go back to the old way of booking a trip. I'll go into an office and book my future trips with a travel agent that I can see. I dislike bad business practice.
Reviewed March 11, 2015
Last summer my family had to cancel our trip, so we ended up with $2600+ credit and obligation to pay $135/per person penalty (+difference in ticket price if any) upon re-booking. Yesterday we attempted to re-book flight and ticket price advertised is almost $300 less per ticket than what we paid last summer. I didn't expect to have any refunds, but excess amount should have at least cover penalty and make us break even. Instead, I was requested to pay extra $606. When I requested precise explanation of charges, phone representative couldn't make it clear to me and offered to be transferred to supervisor for further discussion. After over 45 minutes on hold, I was hanged up on... No explanation email, no apologies, no clear understanding on how 2 tickets offered at $952/per person (including tax) ended up costing us almost $3300.
Reviewed March 10, 2015
I booked a car. Paid $250 for the 3 days use of it. A remainder was due, per the contract, for $50 dollars to the rental car company. I also paid for insurance. I arrived to the car rental place only to find that the location was not an "in airport" facility as requested, but way outside the airport. The rental company had no idea what CheapOair was. They did not honor the contract, and did not have any money from CheapOair.
I contacted several people from CheapOAir with plenty of documentation, because the rental car company charged me -- so far-- about $1000 for the three days. I have the names of the people from New York whom I contacted in the CheapOair headquarters, follow up emails, an offer to settle the matter, and plenty of documentation. This occurred on February 13. As of this writing 3/10 I have not received any response from CheapOair.
Reviewed March 10, 2015
I recently purchased flights to Galapagos Islands via Cheap O Air, received booking confirmation email- all looked fine. The next day I check my credit card statement online to find I have been charge the total amount 3 times. Of course not impressed as this is in the sum of thousands of dollars, so I go to booking confirmation email, find "Customer assistance form" stating they will get back to you within 24 hours, so filled out the form as required and still days later have not received a reply. I also then followed up via their website email contact, still also await a reply, found they have a on line live chat service so I thought I would try this avenue, once selected the wait time was over 300 minutes.
I eventually got through to somebody the next day via live chat who then was kind enough to pass on the billing department email address, so basically handled me to another dead end at this stage. Have also tried to contact via phone no provided, however found it impossible to connect from Ecuador. So basically once they have their money there is no customer service at all, and your credit card details are "NOT SAFE" with this company. I have followed up my Bank to investigate this issue to refund the monies overcharged!! I am also wondering now if I turn up on the day of my flight to the airport that I will actually be able to get on the plane? If I get a reply from Cheap O Air I will update on here of their response and action taken to help their customer out! Not impressed at this stage.
Reviewed March 9, 2015
Don't trust the website or the employees...I purchased tickets, canceled my trip and they don't want to refund. They actually made illegal charge in my credit card. This is serious and the authorities should investigate quick. Please don't trust. Every time I called, I got different explanation...Be careful.
Reviewed March 9, 2015
My mother purchased tickets for some members of the family to go to Florida. When purchasing it online she thought she was doing the smart thing by purchasing the insurance that says it covers your tickets, but only in extreme cases (which isn't made clear that you cannot cancel due to job or school no longer giving permission to have off, typical life events).
Her and I sat down and messaged the online support to see what we could do and what the insurance would let us do because the children we are bringing can no longer go due to extended recent illness keeping them from school and having to not miss more time at the end of their year in May due to state testing. The agent informed us it doesn't cover a refund and when we asked: "Oh geez okay. So in reality the insurance is not worth the cost because there has to be a death or natural disaster basically. ** 9:05 PM. “Yes, you can say that.” ** 9:06 PM. This is the response that we received. Even the customer service agent said, “Yes the insurance is not worth the cost.”
This company sells bogus insurance, because it would cover real life events also if they actually cared. We will make sure that we let the many people in our lives know when they travel not to use this site. There are definitely better companies out there, and the fact that someone isn't so keen to all the money making tricks travel companies have, shouldn't cost them financially. She was trying to do a nice surprise for the grandchildren, and has learned her lesson the expensive way. The least that could be done is refund the useless insurance cost to her for the seven tickets.
Reviewed March 7, 2015
So I called CheapOAir before my flight in December to confirm that I could cancel the flight without penalty and have a year to reuse the tickets being that I bought travelers insurance, etc. because I was having family issues and needed to cancel. Well, I learned today that I do not have a flight at all for my son and myself because CheapOAir states I did not cancel the flights, now I paid $1968 and some change with insurance. I was told to contact British Airways to cancel the flight first, then British Airways stated I had to do it through CheapOAir all of this was done.
So being that I needed to use these tickets this year, and who would cancel or think they had cancelled tickets costing almost two grand without some kind of statement that they would be able to use said tickets within a year? Again I was told to call British Airways well they told me again to call CheapOAir and I had to recall British Airways stating that they did not keep tickets if someone does not use them if not sick. Both are telling me that I have nothing because apparently British Airways has the money and CheapOAir being the place I booked the flights has nothing. I even received an email from CheapOAir asking if I wanted to rebook my return flight and if I did not then to email them back, of which I did. Now CheapOAir has no records of me calling to cancel, British Airways has no tickets, and I am out of the money and tickets!!!!!
Reviewed March 7, 2015
A hour or so early before checking in right, I arrived at the airport where I was supposed to depart. The station was closed for 3 hrs after my flight. I fumbled around with the eticket machine. Found my flight was leaving on another airline. No knowledge from the company CheapOair and was surprised I was sent elsewhere. I was checked in booked connection flight was worse. No gate number, I had to run around asking ppl working with Alaska airlines, it wasn't posted on the bored. Disgusted with CheapOair and how they conduct business. Never have I used the site, believe me it will never happen again.
Reviewed March 7, 2015
Cheapoair is big scam. Do not prefer them and the customer care has no moral values at all. They are very cheap unorganized labour. Coming to the point my air ticket cost was $311 and after I booked with cheapoair I have seen 283 in us airways site for the same airfare. Well since my employer delayed my joining date I had to cancel it and they have charged $25 for cancellation apart from 311 and give me a credit of 283 out of which us airways would penalize $200 so at the end of the day I have lost a total of $200+25+28=253 and the credit of 83 left after penalty has to be used again with cheapoair which sucks. Serious these airways and especially cheapoair kind of broker people are robbing people's money. Time to look for a new one and throw this cheapoair in garbage. I sincerely do not recommend cheapoair.
Reviewed March 6, 2015
I booked flight with CheapOAir.com and mailed them to check that everything is in order. That was 6 days ago, and still no reply. In fact, they promise 24 hour replies on their web form, but that is also BS. I have mailed them twice in last 6 and completed two web inquiry forms. But CheapOService has not been able to reply.
Reviewed March 5, 2015
I booked a non-refundable Norwegian flight from LAX to London. A week later, Norwegian airline changed the flight schedule that impacts my trip. I called the Norwegian airline. Norwegian indicated it will let the impacted customers change schedule without charging fees or get a full refund because Norwegian made the flight schedule change at first. Since I booked my flight via CheapOair, Norwegian airline asked me contact CheapOair to make any change or refund. I called CheapOair. First several phone calls, the CheapOair told me they won't be able to refund my airfare. Eventually, CheapOair verified with Norwegian airline and agreed FULL REFUND is an option for impacted customers. CheapOair told me "I have called its Billing Department to ask refund." I called Billing/Refund departments - they asked me to call Scheduled change department first.
My phone calls never got transferred to the right persons. There were 4 phone calls, I got put on hold by the CheapOair representatives because they said they need call the airline or manager for verifying information. All 4 calls I waited online more than 1 hours, the representatives never came back. I submitted email requests via CheapOair website. They didn't respond the email requests either. It seems all representative are well-trained to avoid to issuing a refund to customers. If they say they need put your phone call on hold basically you will be on hold forever. Or you got transferred to a NEW representative - he/she will ask repeat the issue and put you on hold again... never end.
Reviewed March 5, 2015
I booked a nonstop flight to Cancun a couple nights ago through CheapOair online. My flight was booked from April 21st and returning the 27th nonstop both ways. Immediately after the transaction CheapOair took out their fee while Jet Blue was pending. I didn't receive an email confirmation so after calling 2 days in a row they switched my flight and had me returning the 30th and said "it may have messed up through the internet but they can fix it for a fee which would be over 400 plus the difference in flight price". They then claim I got no email because I also wrote the wrong email. The company is a scam and a fraud. I went through Jet Blue who was also no help and was told this happens often when people like myself choose to book through 3rd parties (so rude) even though I was not far over the 24hr period.. My flight which was a little over 800 is now almost 1300 and also a 3 hour layover returning!! Never Again with either company!
Reviewed March 4, 2015
I made a reservation with your agent on December 04, 2014, because I thought he gave me a reasonable price. However, when my credit card statement came in, your company charged me THREE additional charges without my permission. I believe it was cheating and illegal. I have filed a complaint with my credit card company and they are conducting an investigation. If you would like to resolve earlier, I can close the matter.
Reviewed March 4, 2015
I use the IPad app for booking. The process within the app is straightforward, except at no point until you see the credit card transaction are you aware it is calculated in US$. After completing booking I received a message from Amex telling me my payment had been declined. I spent some time on the app and the website looking for an email address and sent off the first email indicating my card had been declined and I needed to pay. The response was relatively rapid and suggested I ring a 1800 number, which in Australia is a local phone call. I could not connect. Selected online help chat which dropped out 3 times. Sent another email. Response did not acknowledge my location, simply assumed I was in USA. The website search indicated your 3 locations, so now I had become aware of where this was happening.
Significant delays ensued, so we booked another flight in my friend's name and paid. This time, the booking app changed our dates again to save money. That is great, but maybe when the new flights come up, the change in date could be highlighted on this screen?
I did receive another email, I completed an online feedback form and now have an Australian contact number, which is not on your website! The next morning I received a phone call to resolve my problems. My experience was positive overall, but could have been less stressful if there was a contact number link which would connect to the nearest help centre. The attitude and helpfulness of most of your staff has made me confident in using CheapOair again.
Reviewed March 4, 2015
I purchased 1 Air Ticket which was marked as “Free Cancellations”. Date of Purchase: 03/01/2015. First time called for cancellation on: 03/02/2015. Booking Number: **. But when I called/chatted with customer care on 03/02 and 03/03 they were continuously mentioning to go through the policy, which is “Non-Refundable”. Even I explained that in your Official Web Site it was showing as “Free Cancellation” and I have the screenshot - they didn't even responded. I tried multiple times to call your customer care, but except once I was waiting on queue for near about 30-40 minutes and then the connection was getting disconnected. Also no call back facility is there.
I am not opposing your policy. My simple question is if you have such kind of policy why not mentioned in the very from Booking Page. Even instead you are displaying completely opposite and false statement to attract your customer, which is highly unexpected for such a renowned organization.
Reviewed March 3, 2015
Initially I booked a flight from San diego to Fez with return Vienna to San Diego, 1/13/15. I realized that there was a layover of 7 hrs in Paris. I called within 24 hours and had this changed. 1/23/15 I received an email that my ticket was changed with again a 7 hour layover in Paris. The offer said, "Accept or decline," no mention about refund, time frame. I clicked "decline" and called back the next day. I was told I had to pay again, (although same airlines) and I would be reimbursed in a few days. This was friday, and monday I would get my money back. This has been my problem ever since. I was misinformed about reimbursement. I was told it takes 30 days after the request was send 1/23. Now 3/3/15, still no money back. Just talked to billing and this might take 1 to 2 billing cycles. Very unhappy. Staff is understanding, but I still have no money back. I do not recommend CheapOair.
Reviewed March 3, 2015
We tried booking a vacation package, but had trouble submitting information online. As result, we had several packages showing up on credit card the following day. We immediately called Cheapoair to cancel unwanted package. After waiting on hold and being cut off, we finally reached a human who assured us we had only one travel package. We also paid over $300.00 in penalty fees. Now, after eight weeks and over ten calls to the company, we still are being charged $850.36 for extra airfare. None of the service people has returned a phone call even though they promised to call within 24 hours. The reason given by a supervisor named Monita, was she was busy. At one point, we were disconnected after one hour of being on hold. Every time we called, we gave a call back number.
Reviewed March 3, 2015
Booked two tickets for my wife and child. After getting confirmation, they cancelled the tickets, after drawing $1000 from my card, because the bank won't let them draw more than $1000 at a time. Trying to reach someone on the phone is an impossibility - hours of waiting, to be transferred to another person who will eventually hang up on you. After one week, still no resolution. Still can't find anyone to talk to.
Reviewed March 3, 2015
I booked tickets to India using CheapOair. They charged $1,236 once and then 615.75 and international transaction fee 18.47 2 times for a ticket which should cost only $1,200. We paid $2,504.00. They have the worst service ever and I will report them to Consumer Court of Law of Australia. And I also ask my bank to investigate the whole lot. They have to pay back big time. If anyone can help get me my money back, please call **.
Reviewed March 3, 2015
I was on hold with CheapOair the first time for over 40 minutes. Finally someone answered and put me back on hold for another hour and a half after telling me he was placing me on priority hold. I am still holding an hour later. I will never use their service again.
Reviewed March 3, 2015
I call them to book the ticket online but the prices online were fake. They booked me a ticket with a different higher price claiming their website was not updated and did not take any responsibility. They declined my ticket after three days saying that credit card was rejected. I called them to confirm my billing details but they keep you on hold for hours. Called them back after the declined ticket email. I talked to fraudulent department complaining and they told me customer service would rebook the ticket. I was being transferred to customer service and after a hold of 40 minutes, call disconnected.
Called customer service to resolve the issue but they informed me ticket is sold offering me a very high price. I demanded to talk to supervisor and I was again put on hold for 30 minutes. I called the customer service for the third time demanding to talk to supervisor, but they never connected me to supervisor. Finally booked my ticket and send me the email for confirmation. After an hour I received card decline email. I tried to call but could not call anyone. On the other hand I had confirmed all billing details and confirmed with credit card company as well at the time of second booking. Lastly I received the final email confirming the ticket. It had been the most difficult ticket reservations I have faced and I am still not sure if this website is fake and fraudulent.
Reviewed March 2, 2015
I can't believe this company is still in business. Buyer beware. Told I would get a refund. It has been two months. Still nothing.
Reviewed March 2, 2015
When you give them info about your credit card then they charge you unauthorized amount of money in different amount and different times hoping you don't realize that until your next statement by your bank. Be careful folks. My advice to this: do not deal with this company at all and don't be fool by their "competitive prices."
Reviewed March 2, 2015
Regarding booking number **. I booked a flight from Albany to San Juan in August for a February flight through CheapoAir. Primary reason for early booking? So that my family, including 7 year old son on the autism spectrum, could be together for the 4 hour flight. The tickets we bought were "confirmed" together through CheapoAir for months.
Yet, the day of, the airline (US Airways) gave boarding passes for the 4 hour leg of the trip, both down and back, with my family of 3 broken up. US Airways said they don't guarantee seating. If I knew CheapoAir's "confirmed" seats were a lie, I would have used another, more reputable ticket vendor. The legally defensible "reasonable expectation" was violated. Emails to CheapoAir have been unanswered to date. CheapoAir is a joke; buy tickets from a credible vendor.
Reviewed March 1, 2015
After booking a flight for a certain time I received a email for a different time. I tried contacting them 5 minutes after booking to no prevail over 12 hours on 6 different occasions with 2 emails in between. I finally got a number of Qantas who is the aircraft in which I'm flying. 40 minutes later a man answers to which I display my disappointment at customer service which he hangs up. I ring back 30 minutes later someone else answers. I explained what has happened that there's been a mistake with booking times to be hung up on again. PLEASE PEOPLE DON'T GO HERE. THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS THE NAME SAYS IT ALL CHEAPOSERVICE.
Reviewed March 1, 2015
I had to book last minute (day before travel). After confirming my flights (LIS-GIG), CheapOair called me the day of travel saying that the flight was unavailable and needed to move me to another flight which was a red-eye instead of a daytime flight, even though I was able to see the daytime flight on other websites. Unbelievable. Will never ever book with CheapOair again!
Reviewed March 1, 2015
Unable to contact company thru the 1-844-335-9857, 1-888-670-8101 and 1-800-566-2345. I booked 4 tickets today from LA to Seattle with specific dates, but when I got the booking, dates were changed. I tried calling all the phone numbers posted online with the hour to no avail. I will get disconnected after about an hour waiting for a "Travel Specialist" to answer on each of these phone numbers. All I need is to change the dates. I am losing my 24-hour period to ever cancel the booking without fees. I NEED TO TALK TO A LIVE PERSON!
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2015
July 21, 2014 booked round trip travel from Denver to Taveuni Island, Fiji for January/February 2015, ticketing for my wife and I. This involved 3 flights each way, a domestic flight from DIA to LAX, then a red eye Fiji Air flight to Nadi in Fiji, then a turboprop domestic Fiji flight. Return reversed this same route and final flight was to be Frontier #406, Feb 9, 2015, LAX to DIA. Departing Fiji our bags were checked all the way through to DIA. When we arrived at the Frontier ticket counter in LAX we learned that though our names appeared on the passenger manifest, our ticket numbers were false. Forty-eight minute call to CheapOair failed to resolve this.
My iPhone was shared with Frontier agents so they could speak directly with agent at CheapOair. Frontier supervisor related that only 2 days earlier a couple returning from Australia had identical problem with CheapOair. Fatigued from overnight flight and jet-lagged, and with departure approaching, we paid cash for two new tickets. CheapOair agent kindly provided her full name and email, and instructed me to send photocopy of receipts for the replacement tickets (total $604). This I did following day in PDF attached to email, and she immediately emailed me to confirm that attachment opened and that this had been forwarded to her supervisor.
Since then there has been no communication from CheapOair. I have called several times. Have been told that they have requested refund to me from Frontier, and later have been told they have requested refund to me from Fiji Air. I have told them that my investigation with Frontier reveals tickets at Frontier were never purchased for us and that the airline confirmation code listed on our itinerary can be traced to United Air.
Conversation yesterday, Feb 27th, with CheapOair supervisor, indicates they cannot grasp that contract they wrote and to which I agreed when paying them $4,300 to CheapOair in July 2014 was with CheapOair, not with either Fiji Air or Frontier, and that the contract was for a complete itinerary with tickets for full round trip, which CheapOair did not provide. It was not prorated or broken into fees for individual flights. Refund is due from CheapOair to me, and CheapOair can deal with their subcontractor. Presently await call from "management" at CheapOair. I am preparing a complaint to the consumer protection office of our Colorado AG's office and would seek full refund of the entire amount I paid CheapOair, not just $604 unanticipated out of pocket expenses. CheapOair left us stranded and on our own resources to return home.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2015
I phoned to change my flight to Rome after my sons wedding because the flight I scheduled was too early and we would have missed the post-wedding breakfast. I was told I would lose the money I spent for the ticket and have to pay an additional $50 fee for cancelling the original flight. I asked if I could not just pay a penalty for cancelling and reschedule a more convenient flight. The answer after two hours or more was still no.
This is customer no-service at its worst. My blood pressure went sky high and the best they could advise me is to cancel for $50 and hope my trip insurance would reimburse, so I cancelled for $50. When I attempted to file the insurance, the form was impossible and it implied we would have to be dead or dying to get a reimbursement. So I am out the fare, out the cancellation fee and now I must book another flight. You can bet it will never again be Cheapoair.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2015
I made a reservation going from Los Angeles Airport to Kona, Hawaii on 2/23/15. The flight dates were 6/7/15 - 6/11/15 thru Hawaiian Airlines (The SuperSaver flights). I called and spoke to a girl by the name of Suzie to book the flight on the phone as I was looking at the fares on the website. She pushed me and pushed me to book the tickets for a family of 5 saying that there are only 6 tickets left at the price at that time. She put me on hold for a few minutes and when she came back to the phone, she said the price had gone up in that short time.
So I paid $83 extra dollars than what it was showing on the website. Her answer to that was that the price went up that quickly and that there were now only 5 tickets left. So I went ahead and booked the flight for a total of $3261.20. I checked again today 2/26/15, just to see what the flights were and if they had gone up. Well, the exact flights that I booked had went down to $2944. $300 cheaper!!!
I called CheapOair back and was told that in order to get a credit for the difference. I would have had to call them within 24 hours after booking. This is so horrible, why do you have to cheat people? I should have been given a credit for the difference. I will never use CheapOair again and I will surely advise my friends, etc to not use you. A very dissatisfied customer. JUST HORRIBLE! $300 is a lot of money!
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2015
I should of read those reviews before buying a ticket from this so call travel agency. Worst experience, they charge you money for an exchange penalties and fees for a ticket. They send you a ticket itinerary and the next morning they ask you for more money. What a joke. The same day few hours after I call them a different agent told me The ticket can't be change, wtf. This company is a total waste my time since Feb 13.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2015
I booked a flight from Phila to Orlando in Jan as we are traveling with friends to see the Phillies play. I booked online and am meticulous about double checking details, spelling of names, dates etc. I confirm the purchase and get a decent round trip from CheapOair. They do a bait and switch after I pay and I end up flying into a different airport on a different day. Now they are charging me $425 to correct the return flight. NEVER have I dealt with such a crappy company. I KNOW that I booked the correct flight, as I would not fly into a different airport where my car will be! MADE the mistake of messing with me... I am a former travel agent and all my travel agent friends are going to be warned not to use this company EVER!!!
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2015
Received email notification that the airlines changed the flight times. I declined the proposed times because I have an autistic son and the new arrival time would set him off. I found other flights that I wanted to change to, so I declined the proposal and for three days everything is locked up. I cannot make any changes online. Using the airline confirmation number, my flights do not exist on the airlines website (I cannot reach the airline by phone either). I've tried numerous times to call CheapOair, but get a recording that an agent will call me directly.
I tried hitting the voice prompt number to ask another question in hopes of being connected with an agent. I'm put on hold listening to muzak and recordings of how great they are only to have a loud buzzing noise come on forcing me to hang up to save my hearing. This happened twice. Today, day 3, I am attempting to use their Live Chat feature. 1st attempt I was connected with Sheryl who asked a few questions, then seemed to disappear. When I typed, "Still there?" she replied, "I am. Please allow me some time." Then, guess what? The connection was dropped and I was prompted to start a new chat. Chat attempt #2, "Failed to connect to server." I am now on chat attempt #3 with an estimated wait time of 33 minutes. I have zero confidence in this company.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2015
I booked a ticket for my husband and daughter to travel from YYC TO DKR via Montreal and Brussels. When they get to the airport the day of travel my husband was told he needs a visa to get to DKR (he was thinking he could get the visa upon arrival which was how it use to be). Anyway the airline let them fly to Montreal where they spend the night and aircanada was nice enough to give them a hotel. I was able to get a pre-enrollment visa that night. So I called cheapoair for a change of flight so they can catch the next flight to DKR. One of their agent Tania told me she could get them on the next flight if I pay $597 which I did.
After making the payment Tania said I will get an E-ticket but after a couple of hours I called Cheapoair and Tania told me she is working on it. She later called me back saying she was not suppose to make the changes to the ticket that's why I did not get the email confirmation and that she is going to cancel it and give me a refund. I now had to buy another ticket for $707 for them to come back to YYC.
A day later I got an email from a lady called Cassie. After I explain to her that they were not denied a visa, the refund was simply from a change a flight that i made, I got another email from her: "We would not be able to send this request over without the documents requested per the airlines request, since you do not have the denial letter I have closed your request on my end." I don't understand why I was asked to provide a visa denial letter. I did not tell any of the agents I spoke to that my husband's visa was denied. I am really pissed cause they should have know the ticket cannot be changed. Cheapoair give me back my money.
Customer was assisted immediately when they contacted us regarding their concern. Because of the time frame it takes to actually receive the refund to ones credit card, this customer blogged that this was not resolved. However, he did receive his full refund 2 days after he posted this, which falls into the time frame 1-2 billing cycles. It was a matter of timing, and customer felt he should of had it sooner. The concern was handled properly and immediately, but unfortunately not to Fatima's expectation.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2015
I have call many time to try to cancellation, a least get a credit flights that I cannot take as a result of a death in of my brother. I have been on the current call for nearly 1 HOUR and no resolution. The cheapness of the fare is not worth the poor service.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015
I paid a ticket for my best friend who I haven't see in 8 years. She in Alaska and I in Houston. She missed her connection flight because on her first plane was delayed. Tried to connect to CheapOair and couldn't even get on phone - kept saying call back. They got our money then ran. Be so very careful in using this website. If anything goes wrong, you're out your money. There is no grace or mercy. Take the money and run.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2015
We got an email that our flight is canceled from the airline, then they said that we have to stay overnight at our own expense. Then I kept calling them and after long time, I had to ask them to talk to the supervisor because their representative wasn't helpful and asked me to wait 48 hours so that they can call the airline!!! Then supervisor told me he is going to call me in 1 hour and he never called me. Again after hours calling, finally somebody answered my phone and helped me to cancel the flight and said he is going to send me email. Guess what? He never did either. Now I am trying to get a hold on somebody but no one is answering. I spent 6 hours calling, staying on hold and etc. It was the worst service ever!
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2015
I am demanding the refund of my money, $139.30. These fees were collected by CheapOair for Travel Insurance Fees for a rental vehicle. Since we are not needing the rental vehicle and cancelled it, we should be getting our money back. CheapOair refuses to return this money to us.
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2015
My boss called CheapoAir to get a quote for a flight. They sold him a very expensive flight and told him it was a great deal. After he gave them his credit card number and before he got off of the phone, he tried to back out of the deal. The foreign guy on the phone told him it was too late to cancel because the transaction had already been processed. This happened at about 7 PM on a Sunday night. On Monday, he told me what happened and that he had paid TWICE as much for the flight as he had if he had gone through the airline. I called to try and get it taken care of because according to ** (Federal Regulations) a consumer has 24 hours from booking to cancel their reservation with no penalty. CheapoAir hung up on me twice after I was on hold each time for over 20 minutes.
Then I finally got in touch with "Calvin" at ext ** who tried to help. He said we would get the whole amount refunded (over $1000) and then sent an email that said we would get $0 refunded but the reservation had been canceled. He said the email was an error and he would send a new one. My mistake, I let him off the phone. No new email, but we did get yet ANOTHER charge from CheapoAir for $25 on our credit card within 2 minutes of hanging up. So, I called back and tried to get back in touch with "Calvin" but he's not taking any calls right now and the guy who did answer the phone has put me on hold for another over 20 minutes. Soon I will have to hang up because I have some other things to do today.
THIS IS QUITE A SCAM. We are calling our credit card company right now to dispute these charges and will be filing a BBB, DOT and FAA complaint as well. WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU THEY JUST PUT YOU ON TERMINAL HOLD AND HOPE YOU GO AWAY. By the way, I was very polite and not yelling at these people. They just want to keep the money.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2015
First, nobody is responding my emails sent to you. Second, I talked to an agent online and asked about my seat confirmation. He said he can't answer my question and I need to call Air China to confirm my seats. So today, I called Air China and waited 15 mins just to know that I should be calling Air Canada. So, I called Air Canada. They looked into my booking details too and told me that I should be calling Air China AGAIN because my flight is with AIR CHINA. They said they can't do anything about it and told me the best i could do is contact AIR CHINA AGAIN or CheapOair to get it fixed. So what I did is called CheapOair, the agent said that she can't do something about it because i should be dealing with Air China, or just wait until the day of my flight comes, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR AN ANSWER FOR OVER A MONTH NOW.
IT SEEMS LIKE NO ONE REALLY WANTED TO HELP ME. ALL I WANT IS TO GET EVERYTHING FIXED NOW SO THAT WHEN THE DAY OF MY FLIGHT COMES, MY TRIP WILL BE HASSLE FREE, NO DELAYS OR ANYTHING. I WANT A STRESS FREE VACATION. I AM TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING FIXED BY NOW BECAUSE I SAW A LOT OF NEGATIVE REVIEWS ABOUT CHEAPOAIR, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO AVOID. I already wasted a lot of time calling you and the other airlines, because they keep on passing the issue on different airlines, what more if I waited until the day of my flight comes. I REALLY HOPE AND WISH THAT SOMEONE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP AND ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. I'M TIRED OF WASTING TIME AND EFFORT AND GETTING NO RESULTS. I WONT RECOMMEND THIS SITE, WON’T EVEN USE IT EVER AGAIN.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2015
I had called for an update in the date of birth of the 2 passengers that was due to one of your agent’s mistake. The agent made the corrections and when I asked for refund, I was put on hold for a VERY, VERY LONG duration. I called at around 12:05 PM (US Eastern Time) on 02/22/2015 and I've been put on hold by your agent on hold for over 50 minutes and then guess what? I hanged up. Do you seriously expect someone to wait on the phone for over 50 minutes and expect no answer?
I was told about any human error arising out of the agent would make me eligible for a refund in the entire service fee as well as $50 coupon if I report the error within 24 hours of the confirmation. To let you know, the airlines had made a slight change in the schedule and so when I called your customer care number, the agent on the phone confirmed/acknowledged the change on my behalf. Thereafter, when I got the confirmation, the date of birth was messed up for 2 passengers in that ticket. And that's when I called up again (yes within 24 hours of the confirmation) to ask for correction & refund. The correction was made but then I was put on hold forever when I asked for refund. If you believe in your policy (see below link), and if you are true in business, then I should surely get the compensation for this. Link to your policy about human error: **
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2015
Very unhelpful customer service. Will never book ticket with CheapOair, they just want your money and they don't care about your concerns.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2015
Through a friend's referral stating that CheapOAir is a great website with awesome deals, I will not conduct business with them again. I booked an American Airlines ticket from DFW to Cancun, yet I received a confirmation email stating that the departure is from Cancun to DFW. I complained to CheapOAir and the CheapOAir CSR stated that I should contact American Airlines. American Airlines stated that since I booked with CheapOAir, I would have to resolve it with CheapOAir.
If CheapOAir was the one that initially made a mistake, why am I (the customer/consumer) being penalized?? Whatever happened to the "customer being right"?? I then contacted CheapOAir again and cancelled the flight with a penalty of $50 fee. While informing the CSR my frustrations, I was interrupted with rudeness and stating it was my "fault" and then was hung up. Never was I treated in that way and I would not treat a customer, whom is using the service, in that matter. I'm very disappointed in CheapOAir and WILL NOT recommend to family and friends.
Updated on 02/24/2015:
I am not asking for a refund, but a corrected ticket departing from DFW to Cancun. I first spoke to Anabelle, she was helpful and did best on finding a solution for my situation. We got disconnected after I was being on hold for at least 10 minutes, while she was in contact with American Airlines I, then, called and spoke to Phillip. He asked if I had Anabelle extension number so I can get reconnected, but unfortunately I was not given one from Anabelle. Phillip gave me the option to cancel my ticket or rebooked my ticket with another airline. I chose canceling the ticket for $50 fee, BUT I did not agree to the $200 fee for rebooking using the credit.
While Phillip was canceling my ticket, I explained my frustrations on how I'm being charged for a ticket I did not book and he started being rude and stated it was "my fault" for not checking my confirmation email. While I respond to him, the agent hung up on me, which added more frustrations and inconvenience I am having with your company. I called back and spoke to Tristan ** and asked for a supervisor. I was transferred to Cruze and more frustrations happened as she was rude and did not listen to what I am asking for in return and willing to work with.
I asked for her last name, including an extension. She stated "I only go by Cruze, I have no extensions and no number directly to me." Well then, why did Tristan gave me an extension? Cruze stated that your extensions changes daily. How having an extensions that changes daily help the customers? Before she hung up on me, I asked for a CSR from the United States to personally contact me. She stated I will hear from someone on Monday Feb 23rd between 9am-6pm Eastern Central time.
Today, Feb 23 at 9:30am, I called CheapOair and spoke to Supervisor Nola and explained my issue and asked again for a CSR from United States. She stated that she is trying to connect me, but everyone is "busy". She asked if I am willing to have a CSR contacted me back in about 1-2 hours to be callback number. I agreed. It is 1:17pm... Way past the 2 hour mark and have yet to hear anything.
After being humiliated by your agents, being frustrated and using my own time to correct an error issuing me with a ticket from Cancun to DFW, I believe your company's main goal is to squeeze every penny out of the consumer. I have already spent over $350 purchasing the ticket and then added the $50 cancellation fee and NOW I will be charged additional $200 fee to use my credit on a future airline purchase. All I asked in the beginning was to reticketed to my correct destinations. Now, all I am asking to use my credit of $353.92, without the $200 fine fee, to repurchase my ticket to DFW to CANCUN!!!
If I do not hear back, I am willing to take actions, writing a complaint to Business Bureau along with writing on several social media, making sure NOT to do business with your company. I have yet to feel "satisfied" with my purchase. After looking at other reviews, this is not the first time your company are not willing to work with your consumers, just take money out of them.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2015
Booking number is **. After calling and inputting the booking number, the recording states there is no number!!! On Jan. 3 2015, the flight from Washington Dulles to Fayetteville NC was canceled. Because of military obligations, a group of young men took a van and paid $150 each to transport them 5 hours into Fayetteville NC. I called immediately and asked for the flight refund. As of today, Feb. 20, 2015, I have not heard any word from your company. I have called and the "hold" time is "no answer" after 20 minutes. Please resolve this immediately.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2015
I booked with this company and something said to me there's something wrong. First they kept money from my refund - they kept $255 from the $2110 I paid them. They try to take more money out and I went to my bank and stop my card. If I had read these reviews before, I wouldn't have purchased my flights through them and lost $255! I would never recommend this company to anyone I know - the people who answers the phone, all they want is your money. They are from India or something and barely speak the English. Just stay away from this ** company.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2015
Booked my ticket on Wednesday to leave on Saturday, so not much time for errors. Ticket was never confirmed and CheapOAir NEVER contact me to inform me it was not confirmed. When I called them on Friday, they LIED and say it was not confirmed because my credit card was rejected. I know for a fact that they LIED since I called the airline directly to ask for a confirmation and they said that they could not confirm because their partner airline did not confirm. They then LIED to me a second time and said they left a voicemail on my phone. There were NO voicemail on my phone! NO apologies whatsoever. Nothing. Stay away, they are a bunch of liars and treat their customers like children.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2015
I WOULD GIVE NEGATIVE STARS IF I COULD!!! My husband and I booked tickets for a business trip mid-January and my father has had a stroke 2 and a half weeks before our set departure date. Because I will be caring for him, I'm unable to go, so we needed to cancel my ticket. We purchased the ticket cancellation insurance so as not to get penalized if we weren't able to go to that meeting. I now discover that purchasing the insurance is a way to squeeze more money out of you. We are now losing over $400 because my dad didn't have his stroke the day we were planning to leave. In reading the finer print, a death certificate may not be sufficient enough to get your money back. I don't care HOW cheap CheapOair is - they are NOT worth a moment of your time or money.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2015
I booked tickets on Valentine's Day for my husband and I to go to Japan. I looked for a balance between price and the amount of time spent traveling. I selected tickets in which I paid a couple hundred dollars more for shorter layovers. The next morning, we still hadn't received confirmation. I called and checked the credit card. We were billed for the travel insurance but still no ticket came through. I called again the next day. I was told that there was a problem with the credit card...perhaps a limit as the travel insurance had gone through. My husband called his bank and was informed there had been no attempted charges had been made and he had no limit in place. I called back again and was informed that the tickets had expired...then that the flights that CheapOair website had provided could not be booked. I wasn't given an explanation as to why.
At this point, I had already started booking hotels and activities for the trip, so I was locked into those dates. I reluctantly agreed to book different tickets for the same price but they added several hours to the flights. I can definitely make these tickets work but I could have booked cheaper...I just wanted those shorter layovers. What is really disturbing to me is that CheapOair never once called back (after saying they would following each call) or followed up with the multiple emails that were sent. How is it that no one caught this problem with the original itinerary offered by the site for 3 calls and over 2 days? When I asked to make my complaint to management, I was told I would get a call back...still waiting for that call. This has really been a hassle...stressful and a lot of time on hold waiting for answers.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015
I wished I should've read the reviews before purchasing... I booked to fly to Ecuador and when I went to select seats it didn't let me, so I pressed the option of purchasing your seat for 29.99. I pressed it just to see if it worked at least but no! It didn't let me choose my seat either. I called customer service and they told me they couldn't open it because they didn't have the map of the plane?? And to call the airline to choose seats. I did call the airline and chose my seats throughout the phone. Fine, but the next day I check my account and I got deducted 29.99 extra!!! Plus another $1 For something that I didn't even get. I called and they didn't have proof of me not getting of what I pay, like if I was the scammer... I just ended that call... What a ripoff!!! So sad...
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015
First, my flight (purchased through CheapOAir) from Aeroflot was cancelled and the flight plan changed drastically. I was told I had to contact Cheapoair to get information on the change and to see what options were available. Each time I tried to get information I was told I would get a call back. After 4 days, I had no information. It was not until I called numerous times one day and requested I speak directly to the concerns department that I got information. They tried to book me on a flight with an impossible layover transfer (the flight they wanted me to transfer to in Moscow left FIVE MINUTES AFTER my first flight arrived. I am not equipped with a time machine to make this kind of transfer possible.
When I finally found out I could no longer travel with the changes, I had to request a refund. I was supposed to hear back with confirmation of the refund with 48 hours, but it took closer to 72. I did eventually receive the refund for the flight (from Aeroflot, not Cheapoair). I discovered, however, that a refund for the insurance policy (purchased at the same time as the tickets and applying only them or travel through Cheapoair) was not given. On Feb. 10th I contacted them to request a refund and was told they would put in a request. Today is Feb. 18th and no contact has been made. I spoke with another CSR today who placed another request and said I "should" hear back in 72 hours. I would have to wait for "approval" for the refund and then it could take up to 2 months to actually receive.
I also chatted with a CSR. This chat CSR told me that I would have to contact THEM again in 14 days to see if they "had any info" for me. This is after she did not respond to my chat message for over 12 minutes despite their clearly being a 0 minute wait. She (Katelyn) insisted they had to contact the airline (lie). She was either unaware that I already had my flight refunded (with no penalties), or was just blatantly trying to brush me off quickly. I have also contacted Travelex (the insurance company) and they state I must be issued a refund through Cheapoair. So, now I am waiting and very frustrated with this entire process that has been going on since Jan.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015
I have bought 4 tickets to Asia with these people. Got an email on a Sunday stating our flight schedule has been changed. Now we need to layover for more than 12 hrs in a different part of Asia. When asking of what option we have, they didn't have much choices. When I did decided to take the option that was given, I was told I'll need to wait for them to email the airline to get approval for changes, which it will take 48 hrs. Finally 48 hrs has pass, did not get any call back from them. Then of course spending on hold for more than 10 mins, finally someone answered the phone, then I was once again told I'll have to wait 24 more hrs.
Ok now that part has past, finally the day come - there has been another changes. Called them on Thursday, was told I will get an answer by following Monday. Called Monday and was PROMISED they will call Tuesday. Now it's 4:00 pm and no answered so I decided to call them and they put me on for more than 35 mins without answer.
Updated on March 19, 2015: This will be my second time writing a report regarding CheapOair. Each time when you call be ready to stay on hold for minimum of 10 mins. before someone answer and put you back on hold. When you ask to speak to the supervisor they find all kinds of way not to let you talk to them. The airline had originally changed our flight and making us stay overnight in a different city than when we 1st want to travel, giving us no options to any other changes than to coordinate our changes to accommodate them. Won't let us cancel our flight and book with different agency. They always come up with some kind of excuses with why our changes are impossible. They take more than 3 days to get back to us with an answer. You never came seem to understand what they are saying.
THIS WILL BE MY 1ST TIME BOOKING AND LAST TIME EVER TO BOOK THROUGH THEM!!!! We travel at least once a year throughout USA and once a year overseas. I wouldn't recommend this agency to anyone. I was dumb enough to believe this agency has good deal but unfortunately I was wrong. Never will I make the same mistake twice. Been dealing with these people for almost a month and nothing has resolved.
When called back due to our original flight is back on schedule and we would like to go back instead of staying over night, the service was refused to us unless we pay extra fees. Why do we need to pay when they are the one who change on us 1st? Do they understand how hard it is to travel as a senior with 2 small young children? Would they be responsible if anything were to happen overseas with all of us? Please be smart and DON'T EVER book with this agency!!! They are not helpful or understandable. Now I just want to get this trip done and over with!
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015
I went to book a flight from Pittsburgh to Huntsville. Cheapoair had the best prices (by about $15/seat) and offered seats on the flights that I wanted. I proceeded to check out, entered all of my personal information, entered my credit card information and then, right before the transaction, it claims that the airline changed the prices and it jumped my price up by almost $400! The screen that explained this just looked like a confirmation screen and the button to click read, "Confirm charges." If I weren't paying attention and would have clicked the confirm button, I would have ended up paying the ridiculously inflated price. I will never visit Cheapoair again and will never recommend this site to anyone.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015
CheapOair charged my credit card even though I did not hit submit (to get a price quote, you have to enter your CC number). I bought the tickets straight through the airline for my dates I wanted within seconds of looking at CheapOair. I checked my credit card that evening and there were four tickets to the same destination overlapping one another. I am pretty intelligent and feel like I have been swindled. I would never buy those tickets as my trip was for 5 nights, CheapOair had dates for three nights. When I called CheapOair, the guy wanted to charge me another 275 to cancel the flights and then that would allow me to use the original funds within a year. Do not even visit this website...not even to compare.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2015
Cheapoair lies about dates and on top rechanged my dates without my authorization and all they can tell you are to cancel and get your money back. This is wrong and this company must be stopped. Please email me complaint letters so that I can send to my lawyer. No one should go through this horrible experience. They are scammers!!
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2015
Booked a ticket from Houston to Los Angles online. CheapOair cannot find my ticket anywhere when logged in my account, so made a lot of calls. Finally got the link from a 'no name' site given from CheapOair. Cannot use the confirmation #. Will not book again.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2015
Bad all around, they lie, make up stories, say they will call back. Contacted on facebook to have USA person call me. They never did. DO NOT USE. We had a schedule change by the airline and they could not help at all. Call the airline directly they push you back to these useless people. SUCKS.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2015
I have called up the CheapOair.com for advancing the date of travel, but customer service representative mentioned that there is no tickets available on dates which I have asked. But I have called the airlines directly and booked the ticket. When I have asked this to customer service representative, there is no answer. Customer service representative was always suggesting to cancel and book a new ticket instead of doing the modification. I had a very personal emergency on advancing the dates but they have not provided a very clear suggestion. Finally, I have to call up the airlines directly to block my immediate travel. Secondly, I tried to cancel the ticket with CheapOair.com and got to pay a cancellation charge of 1,000 dollars for no reason except service representative mentioned that there is airline penalty of 200 dollars (100 per person) upfront. There was no clear explanation or suggestion on 700 dollars deductions at first.
Also, customer service representative requested me to pay 200 dollars to process my cancellation. These people are totally insane. They have already got my 2,095 dollars and they are asking me to pay 300 dollars additional to process my cancellation. Bull **!!!! Is this a customer service? Will someone pay for cancellation? Ridiculous. Even you pay upfront cancellation processing fee of 200 dollars, your refund will be processed only after 30 to 60 days. There is no clear way to explaining all these in their website. See how they are so cunning to mint thousands of dollars from customer. 1000 dollars is my one paycheck which I just lost for no reason.
I would suggest, never ever believe CheapOair.com. You will just end up losing the money. My credit card details stored once I do any purchase and they can do charging against your credit card anytime. This is totally unethical business model to store the credit card of the customer until customer explicitly volunteer for it. I end up paying 1,000 dollars for no reason. 1,000 dollars is not a easy money. Corporate like these should help customers in cost-effective instead they are making money with no service. Please. Please. Don't ever book tickets in CheapOair.com. This is company is scam and unethical. Their service totally sucks.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2015
I booked a flight with Cheapoair and yesterday they sent me a booking confirmation email with the option of selecting a seat. Nowhere on the web page did it state that by clicking on select I would be charged. Cheapoair used my credit card number without my knowledge and charged me 13.95. When I called and complained I got a man in India who was not very nice and told me I clicked on the buttons that allowed them to charge me. This is not true. I was refunded two days later only because the airline does not allow seat selection for flights months in advance. I had Cheapoair blocked from using my credit card. Buyer beware!!!
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2015
I used this company in early January of 2015 to book airline tickets for two people return, Toronto to Vegas. I have read about 100 of the reviews on this site and the stories are seriously disconcerting. This review is not in any way intended to make light of other people's experiences. I became concerned about a week before our departure date on February 21, 2015 when I went to this company's website to obtain assigned seats. The software related to that function is a mini scam. It gives you a choice between CheapOair's supposedly secure, advanced software or not. Using their software costs you money per seat. Declining the choice of using their software simply kicks you back out to the first screen to start over. In other words, this function on the website only works if you pay them money.
After declining and deciding to do it directly with the airlines I became concerned that perhaps this entire site was a scam so I searched them online. The number of websites, including this one, containing warnings, horror stories, and categorizations of CheapOair as a scam, was voluminous. Now I was really concerned. However (this is the reason for this review) I am happy to report that the next day (yesterday) I contacted the airlines directly and everything is exactly as I booked it and as confirmed in the email itinerary that I received from CheapOair. The details were exact and the airline had received full payment.
The better news is that the price I obtained from CheapOair was in fact $300.00 cheaper per person than my travel agent was able to find and at least $200.00 cheaper per person than the airlines were offering at their websites. This company's price was at least 40% cheaper than the best price provided by any other site or the airlines themselves for non-stop flights both ways. Of course, bad news could still be waiting when we arrive at the airport in one week, but so far everything this Company did was exactly as promised and completely competent.
My story, of course, does not in any way negate the horror stories I have read here or on other sites but at least my experience brings some fairness and objectivity to all of the negative reviews. Considering how important and risky making travel arrangements online is, it is only wise to stay away from sites that create major problems and are not open and honest, including on their own website. The evidence in the posts at this and other websites suggests that this Company is situated outside of North America or Europe. Therefore, it is more than likely impossible, impractical, or excessively expensive for consumers to make them accountable for any "scams" or "dupes", in any type of litigation. Therefore, be careful. Once you give them your money you may never recover it if they fail to provide the service you paid for.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2015
I booked a flight LAX-SFO for 2 persons. Before I booked, I saw in red, bold letter: "FREE CANCEL". I paid $258.20 for each person. I called customer service to make cancellation for one person. The guy said I will receive UA credit for $230.20. I agreed. AFTER THAT he said he forgot to tell me that cheapoair will charge me $25 cancellation fee. I said I do not want to pay $25 because the website said FREE CANCEL. He said if I do not pay $25 he will not make a cancellation. Furthermore, he was VERY RUDE and VERY AGGRESSIVE. A horrible person. Cheapoair's practice is basically gouging customers.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2015
Wish I had read these complaints before purchasing a ticket to Asia from CheapOAir. After weeks of checking the connecting flights and cost, I paid C$1533 for return flight. 2 weeks later, an email tells me that my connecting from Hong Kong to Malaysia was changed to 11/2 days later (30 hr).... No reason given. Called them and was given different dates but still have to wait at least 12 hours layover. But she was nice enough to say I can have full refund $1533...
2 days later, got an email to say they are only refunding me $C1505, $28 service charge...called them and said nothing can be done as the refund $1505 was in process and would take 1 to 2 billing cycles... This makes me so furious and frustrated, yet I have to purchase another ticket costing me another $1900 (at least this ticket is confirmed). NEVER BOOK WITH THIS AIRLINE EVER...I rather pay more than the headache I put up with.
Hi Emory,
Thanks for looking into my complain and helping me to get a Refund on the Extra cost that I was charged. I appreciate the time taken to solve my problem and the Exexplanation given to me. Let me also mention that Shonny was a very polite guy and quick in finding us multi city fares. I wish him all the best, and I will recommend my friends to do business with your company. Thank you.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2015
I booked before from other agency, they right away give you what seats are available, and if you need assistance. This one they will book you right away. Then when you try to select seats, it will ask you to pay, if not no guarantee where you will be sitting. I have a person travelling with me who is on wheelchair, now I do not know, if he will be beside me. This is the first and last. They said they will answer in 48 hrs when you don't opt to pay for seat to select. It's been a week but nothing, I tried contacting chat room and customer service... need to wait forever. "LESSON LEARNED."
Dear Mr. Apawan, seats have been confirmed and the email confirmation was sent to you. Seating is next to each other, and wheelchair also confirmed. Let us know if there is anything further we may assist you with, by emailing sm@cheapoair.com
Regards,CheapOair.com
Customer Support
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2015
This company charged my credit card but gave me no ticket!! They claim they never removed any funds but the paper trail is clearly there!! Been dealing with this mess for 3 days and refuse to accept responsibility. Do not do business with Cheapoair!!
Dennis, this was a reservation for your friend, we have been in touch with her and this has been resolved to her satisfaction.
CheapOair.com
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2015
Stay away from this nightmare!! I made the mistake to buy two tickets with this company and it was a nightmare. When I printed the itinerary I realized that they put my husband and I in different flights and different days. I called and the guy said, "Go to your email and authorized the change." I did and he said "OK. I charged $598 because the flight has going up." It was their mistake so why I have to pay to correct their mistake? It took me at least 8 calls and many hours talking and fighting on the phone. At the end they gave two options: buy new tickets or pay the $598. I guess once they take your credit card, they do anything they want.
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2015
Recently I booked through this travel agency a flight on TAM Airlines to Salvador, Brazil. Ten days before the date of my departure I broke my elbow and could not fly for medical reasons. I contacted this travel agency which told me that even though I had a legitimate medical emergency and a doctor's note confirming that under advice from my orthopedic surgeon I could not depart as scheduled on the upcoming trip, incredibly, there was nothing Cheapoair could do to secure a refund for me. Even worse was the fact that despite my repeated requests to cancel my upcoming trip to Brazil, representatives from Cheapoair refused to do so.
Finally, on the scheduled date of my departure, and after far too many frustrating phone conversations with representatives of Cheapoair attempting without success to have the representatives cancel my upcoming flight, only after I threatened legal action was my flight to Brazil officially cancelled a mere six hours prior to scheduled departure. I was then told that I would receive an $834.22 refund which represented a $200 penalty for canceling my flight. Even though I believed because of my medical emergency that I should not have to pay any penalty for canceling this flight, I agreed just to get rid of the aggravation of it all.
Unbelievably, a few days later I was contacted by the anti-fraud division of my credit card company informing me that Tam Airlines had attempted to charge $200 more dollars onto my credit card. I called Cheapoair back and learned for the first time that before I was to receive my "$834.22" refund I first had to allow TAM airlines to charge my credit card for $200 additional dollars lowering my actual refund to $634.22 meaning the airline was charging a penalty of $400. At that point I ended all communication with TAM airlines and Cheapoair, in fairness throughout this process TAM Airlines was actually worse than Cheapoair in trying to reach a representative and in trying to get any information whatsoever from this disreputable airline.
Presently I have filed a claim with my credit card company disputing the charge. After listening to what had transpired at the hands of Cheapoair and TAM Airlines, the agent from Chase Credit Card services told me it was the worst case of consumer fraud he had ever heard about and assured me that Chase would vigorously dispute the charge and that it was very likely I would ultimately receive a full refund.
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2015
I booked a flight from Orlando direct to Rio de Janeiro on 12/13/14 for a 2/12/15 departure. Today, 2/10/15, I receive a call from Dynamics Airways stating the flight has been cancelled. They go on to state they have never flown to Rio and are a new carrier that flies only to Guyana. I ask why I am being notified two days before my departure but the attendant had no clue why this occurred nor how CheapOair could have sold us a ticket from their company to a destination they do not fly to. I have written to the FAA to inquire if is it not fraudulent for an agency like CheapOair to sell tickets to destinations a carrier does not even fly to? The Dynamics Airway agent said she would refund our money. Stay away from CheapoAir at all costs. The FAA should shut them down for consumer fraud. We had to book a new flight at the last minute at a higher rate and lost one day of travel.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2015
My fiance bought two tickets to travel to Italy on February 18th. He had to have an emergency open heart surgery and doctors advised not to travel for 8 to 10 weeks after surgery. I have contacted Cheapoair, the agent told me to send an email to feedback@cheapo.com, with a doctor’s note statement about the surgery which I did and no one have got back to me with no answers about my request. I then contacted Turkish Airlines a few times and can get anyone to resolve the refund issue. I need to resolve this issue IMMEDIATELY, so please contact me.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2015
Had to stand in 2 different lines which caused delay. Was assured by "Indian" customer rep about right airline booked. Very wrong, different flight. I wish I could give them a neg. 10 review but not possible on this site. Never again!!!
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2015
I bought a ticket online the day before the flight. A couple hours before the flight they rang me to say the money hadn't been approved and I needed to buy another one or they would cancel the ticket. After much discussion I was talked into paying for another one saying the old one would be canceled. Three days later I was charged 3 times for the same ticket plus 143 admin fees plus a 320 agent fee plus overseas transaction costs. A $305 ticket cost me $1100 in the end. Most of which I had to fight to get back. After hours and at least 60 phone calls to cheapoair where they continued to put me through to billings or customer service where not one call made it through without being cutoff. I had to dispute each charge with my bank who got most of it back two weeks later.. DO NOT USE EVER.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2015
I have bad experience with one of the travel agencies which is CHEAPOAIR. PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THAT AGENCY. They take your money once you type in your credit card number without even click on submitted your booking and after you call them over and over - I talked almost 6 supervisors and they did not do anything to me. I found out that I was not only victim for that agency. Please read their bad reviews online. Their “SCORE IS 1.5”. Wow. It will be posted every day.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2015
I made a reservation to travel from Miami FL to NYC on a specific date, the site unknowingly gave me an alternate date. I right away called to cancel, the rep on the phone told me that I could cancel but it will take 7-14 days for the refund, so therefore I shouldn't cancel and rather make a reservation by them for the date I do want. I didn't want, but the rep drove me crazy I shouldn't cancel, so I asked him if I will be able to cancel my new reservation, he told me, “Yes, within 24 hours you could cancel.”, so I told him if I will be able to cancel I will make the reservation now and will see later if I wanna keep that reservation. He made me a new reservation.
When he finished I asked again, till what time will I able to cancel, he said, “Hmmmm since this reservation is with Spirit airlines, you will have to contact them to cancel.” So I asked him, "Didn't you tell me I will be able to cancel within 24 hours, and only that’s why I made the reservation?” He said, “Well, you will PROBABLY be able to cancel but it will have to be directly with Spirit...” I called back a hour later to cancel and the rep told me same thing, contact Spirit directly. I called Spirit right after to cancel, they told me that they have no credit card for this reservation, and therefore I have nothing to cancel for, since there is no payment for this reservation, the rep assured me, “Don't worry, you have nothing to cancel for.” I called back Cheapoair waited over half hour to reach someone, with no luck.
A few hours later I called back again to be sure that I won’t be charged, they let me wait on hold for about a half hour and said reservation is confirmed and can’t cancel. I told them: 1) I only made the reservation if I will be able to cancel, and the rep who made the reservation assured me so! 2) I called spirit airlines to cancel and they told me I have nothing to cancel for since there is no payment for this reservation so how come you go a few hours later, after I already called Cheapoair and Spirit to cancel and you confirm this reservation?
She put me on hold for another 20 minutes and said somebody will call me back tomorrow. Tomorrow came and I received a email that they tried to contact me and couldn't reach me, which btw they DID NOT CALL ME. I called them back later in day, waited OVER AN HOUR on phone, with no luck to reach anyone. The next day I chatted with them and they told me, that now I am past dated and can’t anyway cancel.....Bottom line: I never ever saw a company being so dishonest, and has such a bad customer service!! I wouldn't recommend anyone to make a reservation by them! STAY AWAY!!!!
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2015
I was charged a $75.00 fee for booking 3 flights through that company. I did not see anywhere while I was booking that an extra charge would be added to the invoice. I noticed the charge on my credit card bill as a separate charge from the ticket. When I called back to inquire about the charge, the agent declared that it was in the terms and conditions. If I would have known, I would not have booked with them.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2015
I am a Dallas Texas resident. I cancelled a 7th December flight on 4th December 2014 and Cheapoair jumped at the opportunity with over $250 fare increase added to $300 penalty. To add salt to injury, the new travel date was screwed up by reps that barely spoke English. The offered insurance cover I took earlier was a sham too. Fortunately, I live in the litigation world and It is time someone puts a stop to this exploitation. In the coming days, I am sending out a contact address for a class action lawsuit. Please stay tuned. This is too wrong.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2015
I book a flight for Orlando by accident. Pick wrong day and I call for cancellation. That's fine but they charge me $75 and they give me a credit. I'll pay $355 for the ticket. Now I call customer service and I have to pay another $350. So how much I have to ** pay for a ticket for Orlando? That sucks! I never ever use this ** again. Don't use!!!
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2015
I always book online but never encounter such kind of travel agency... Cheapoair is totally a scam. This happened June 26, 2015. Try to browse our airline tickets for the best deal.... I supposed to book our tickets from YVR to Rome to the site we used before. But I change my mind because I found out Cheapoair has the best deal but unfortunately instead of saving money it's a lost. To make my statement shortly...I decided to book it on their site. For all I know me and my husband check properly all the details before we proceed to our booking. So we booked it. I'm so shocked when they send me the confirmation… Why our name is not in order. They totally messed up our booking. I call the next day and I think I talk with this guy from India. I told him about the problem on the itinerary they send to me that our name is not in order the way I'll do it when I'm typing. But he said, “you have to call the airline to correct it.”
So I call the airline. They said you have to talk to Cheapoair to fixed that. So meaning they give a run around to fixed the problem. So finally I call again. I talk to another guy. He said “I cannot change anymore. If you want you can cancel that.” I told him “how can I cancel it... It's already paid and all I want is to correct it.” I told him “I’m gonna talk to the airline maybe they can help me to fixed it.” He's so mad to me and told me “I'm gonna call the airline now...you still gonna comeback to us.” I know it's a total rip off because he wanted me to cancel the tickets instead of helping me how to fixed that problem. I talk to the airline regarding this matter. They said they can fix it but I'm gonna talk to cheapoair for not cancelling the tickets. I told the airline it's not my mistake because it's very obvious my billing name is not the same as what is in the booked etickets...it's not in order.
I was caught in the middle. I DID TRY TO ASK FOR any manager to help me to get a resolution for this ...they never give me a single call. They even cut off the line as soon as you enter the booking no. on the phone meaning they don't give me a no choice but to cancel it. I told him if I do that I will be refunded the full amount. But nope the amount we agreed on the phone is not the same amount he refunded to me. And the guy manage to taken off another $450.00 on my Visa account without my knowing. If he told me that's the amount of the cancellation fee, I rather not to cancel it. Because when I talk again to Air France and ask them for help to fixed it, they said they can help me. Go back again to cheapoair not to cancel the tickets so I go back again. Talk to another idiot specialist…they said it's canceled but actually is not cancel yet when I spoke to one of the airline agent.
I can say this company is really the most worst company I've ever encountered my whole life. They advertised cheap airfare...you’re not actually not gonna save but ripped you off even a single penny out in your pockets. This is the company they advertised. They try to victimized so many people round the globe for their false advertisement. I lost money but this is a lesson to me. Now I'm scared to use online booking again because of what they did to me. Don't try to make business with them. They are cheap company. NEVER GONNA USE THEM AGAIN.....Ever.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2015
CORRECTION ON PAYMENT: I cancelled a return trip for my sister and me from Charlotte, NC to Trenton-Mercer, NJ on Monday, Jan. 26. I made the round trip reservations with Cheap O and flew Frontier Airlines. Due to the forecast super-snowstorm, I had to get home before the storm came -- due to transportation reasons from Trenton and inadequate diabetes medications if I stayed longer in NC. I called Cheapoair and rescheduled our return flight for Sunday, Jan 25 (There is only one flight between Charlotte and Trenton-Mercer on 5 days a week -- no flights on Weds. or Sats.). I was charged $490 in additional fees ($150 penalty + $340 difference in flight costs).
All Frontier flights were canceled on Monday and Tuesday. No Frontier flights to Trenton on Wed. Thursday was sold out. So Friday Jan. 30 would have been the first available had I not changed the flight to Sunday. I called TravelEX for a refund and was told Cheapoair's cancellation policy only covered labor stoppage. I was told the policy covered all cancellations/delays from the New Delhi agent. So instead of paying $345.41 for two adult tickets, I paid $835.31, not including Frontier's baggage and seat charges. I can not understand why I am not receiving a partial refund, when the penalty fees were waived by all airlines, but not Cheap O. In light of the pending snowstorm, I feel I should not have paid the difference in flight costs, as well.
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2015
I am sorry I bought the round trip air ticket from CheapOair. I called several times to assign seat as the Saudi Airlines said that CheapOair have cancelled my seats. The Airlines said the request for seat assignment must come from the agent, CheapOair. I was put on hold for a long time. After calling several times and long wait, I gave up. The customer service is real bad. CheapOair also send me the itinerary change which turn out to be all wrong on the new date on my return flight. When check with the airline, I was informed only change in time by a couple of hours. I am still waiting for the seat assignment. I will never ever use CheapOair again. As the name says it all: They are EL-CHEAPO!!!
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2015
I booked a flight with them from Melbourne to Hyderabad and these guys, they put me on a flight with an overnight stay without even letting me know. When I saw the flight information online, it never showed this much layover but after booking my tickets with them I see this layover. I'm so furious that these scammers robbed me of my money and gave me a flight that I would have never agreed to.
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2015
I booked my ticket 5 months in advance for my wedding! It is Jan 30th and they have just informed me my departure time has changed, plus the date I had scheduled to return home was changed. I tried to get my date changed back in order to actually have more than three days with my family for our wedding. I went back and forth with the airlines and the travel company for four hours.
Finally I asked a supervisor to contact the airlines with me to get the mess sorted out. After she had to hold she said there was nothing she could do and to call back on Monday. I refused to take that as an answer, just because she did not feel like holding. The lady then began screaming at me and becoming very aggressive. I asked if I could then speak to her supervisor, where she informed me that the person was busy and unable to talk to me. I said I could hold and wait for the person, she then was screaming at me again and laughed and said "what, are you going to stay on hold all day!" I said "ma'am you realize this phone call is being recorded," and then I asked for her name where she refused to give it to me and placed me on hold AGAIN! I would suggest just going with the airlines themselves!
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2015
Cheapoair is the awful site that I ever seen. They are just tricking customers by showing the cheap price and when you even book that flight, they cancel that flight and offer the expensive one!
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2015
I always see prices on CheapOair but when you try to book those fares are NEVER available. When asking for assistances to find the prices they advertise they always want to transfer to a supervisor. I think this company is very deceptive and just fishing for clients with dishonest advertising.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2015
I booked a ticket with them and they said they had the best prices but they were 40% higher than the airline site, they charged me another $25 admin fee without telling and another $5.00 for seating which I could not access. I really feel stupid after having put my faith in this sleazy organization.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2015
I asked for tickets from Tulsa OK to Newark NJ for 30 april 2015 and return on 3 May 2015. When I received two online tickets it had me returning on 2 May 2015. Cost of 644.40. Because I didn't notice the change of the date, more than 24 hours had passed. I could not change the tickets without a penalty. I ask to change the tickets to 3 May. Cheapoair told me it would be an additional charge of 760.00. So now I am paying a total of over 1400.00 for my tickets. This for two senior round trip Tulsa to Tulsa.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2015
This is my 5th attempt to get some response from CheapOair. I have been phoning (from New Zealand) trying to get hold of anybody at the billings department at various times of our day and night. Every time I get referred to your billings department and every time I get a recorded message. Every time I phoned back and spoke to the customer services people in Delhi of wherever they are, I told them to PLEASE not put me through again, left my phone details to request a call back but this has also never happened. At least this morning I spoke to somebody (in Delhi) who promised me I will get a call back and I really hope this time it will happen. (But please be aware of the time difference as we are a few hours ahead of you and I may not make any sense if I get a call in the middle of the night.)
When we made this booking on the 21/1/15 the amounts of NZD 375.99 and NZD 365.75 were deducted from my Visa account on the 21/1/15. Then it was deducted AGAIN. I phoned your 24/7 service center on the 21/1/15 and were told this is normal practice as the one lot of payments were classed as a “soft” deposit and the money would be refunded in a few days. On my Visa Statement it was classed as a “Visa Hold”. My bank agent informed me that this was not a problem UNTIL it shows as a “VISA PAID” on my statement which then means it has actually been deducted.
On the 26/1/15 I have checked my bank statement again and this time the DOUBLE transaction was listed as a VISA PAID. The amount of NZD 375.99 was deducted twice and so was the amount of NZD 365.75. For 2 adult tickets from Johannesburg to Namibia I have now paid NZD 1463.00 (USD 1061.00) instead of NZD 731.50 (USD 530.98).
I have confirmed with my bank that this money has become an actual deduction from my account and they have recommended that if I cannot get hold of you soon I should lodge a transaction dispute with them and they will take up the matter. I truly hope that this will not become necessary as I am leaving New Zealand in 2 days for South Africa and then this will become a nightmare for me to resolve. This money that is now deposited into your account is needed for my trip to Namibia. I have flown many times but never in my life had as many problems with a company as with CheapOair and I would like to have this resolved immediately.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2015
We were making flight reservations with Cheapoair and per their website I chose dates that I wanted to fly and paid for the flights. However when I received the confirmation the dates were completely different. I called within the 4 hours per their website and actually I called within 45 minutes of booking the flight and the order was cancelled. The customer service rep said that I chose flexible dates which I know that I didn't because of my work schedule. So all of this was done on January 9th.
They said it would be up to 14 days to receive the refund. I received part of it but I am still waiting for the remaining $352+. Every time I call customer service I get the runaround. I called Friday January 23 and spoke to a supervisor in India who said our refund was next in queue to be processed and we should have it by Monday January 26th. Today is the 27th and we called back again and getting the same answer, "It's been sent waiting for approval." We asked for the supervisor's superior only to be told that James is out of New York and because of the weather he was not available. When we asked for their consumer affairs or formal complaints department they said that they don't have one. I wish I would have looked them up with BBB or Consumer Affairs before using them. I could have saved myself a lot of headache and bill money.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2015
Attempted to book a flight to Alaska through Cheapoair. After researching pricing and flight connections, I chose to book online. The booking attempt would not accept my information, resulting in a phone call to complete the booking. The agent with Cheapoair indicated that one of the flight numbers on their web site was inaccurate, which caused the web site to not accept my online attempts to book the flight. After giving me the correct flight number, she informed me of the cost. The price increased by $100 for my two tickets. Attempts to have her honor the price that I thought I was quoted through the web site was unsuccessful. I feel that this is false advertising and misrepresentation. She naturally blamed the problem on the airline for not updating the accurate information.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2015
The website advertises free cancellation until a specific listed time but that is NOT true. You can NOT cancel, period. You will be charged the full amount. If you want to change anything about your reservation, it's a $100 fee. Customer service barely spoke English and refused to budge about the policies listed on their very own website.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2015
I booked 2 flights to Tenerife from England with Cheapoair flying with ryanair. Our reservation was confirmed and we received an email with 4 pages of information and ticket numbers and flight details. We were sure we had all we needed to proceed to the airport. When we arrived at the airport, we were told we should have checked in online and printed off our boarding passes, it cost us another £140 to print off our boarding passes. Neither Cheapoair or ryanair made us aware of the need to book in online.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2015
This complaint does not involve me changing any of the booked flight details. There is nothing I changed on my flight and yet Cheapoair STILL messed everything up. Hours wasted, $60 dollars worth of international calling to sort of the mess. Here's what happened:
I booked a 1 way domestic flight from Koh Samui to Bangkok. It's only a 1-hour flight. Made the booking on their website. Input all my credit card info and Website said "booking confirmed." Got a confirmation email right after stating and I quote "Booking receipt" in the email subject line. Email contained Cheapoair confirmation number, Bangkok airways confirmation number, numerous mentions that my ticket is non refundable, my credit card information stating how much was charged. So you would THINK everything is fine. All booked and ready to go. But NOPE, you are dealing with CHEAPOAIR.
Here's where the problem started. Checked in 4 hours early because I wanted to see some tourist destinations around the airport before leaving. On check-in, the airline could not find my booking, not with my name or the confirmation code provided to me from Cheapoair. What he hell?!? Why send me a booking confirmation email, charge my credit card, then not actually make any reservations for me?!?!!? I did nothing to warrant this, I went through THEIR website, booked the flights, paid, checked in on time. I did not make ANY changes. So I called Cheapoair. They put me on hold, and then disconnected me. Called back, on hold, talked to rep about problem, put on hold and disconnected again!
I was wondering maybe it's the Thai SIM card I was using. So I use the airport landline (which cost me $60 CAD for international call because they put me on hold for 30 minutes trying to figure this out). Eventually they told me that my 7:55 pm flight was all sold out! Really?!? If it was sold out then why the hell would they let me book it, then confirm it through email. Finally after hours of calling and waiting AT the airport check in line they told me they changed my booking to a later flight.
Absolutely ridiculous. Not only were hours wasted on the phone with them trying to figure this out, then they book me a flight 1 hour later. Now 4 hours gone from my vacation, and a flight that was only supposed to cost me $160 is now costing me $220 because I had to sort all this out. And I missed out on 2 tourist destinations I could have gone to if this company wasn't **!
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2015
On Jan.21, 2015 I made a reservation for myself and my daughter to Europe. When I got my email confirmation, I saw a change in flight duration. I called and was put on hold on and off for over an hour with no answer to my question. I called back the next morning and the woman at CheapOair said it was a mistake and ignore it. Five minutes after I got off the phone I get an email thanking me for adding flight insurance. No one even mentioned flight insurance. I didn't want flight insurance. So again I call and they said I would be refunded but it would take 1-2 billing cycles to show up on my VISA. Next day my VISA company calls and says that there are THREE charges at over $3,000 each from British Airway, American Airlines, and CheapOair. I told them that I only made one reservation with CheapOair but was travelling on those two airlines. None of the charges matched the total I was charged on the web site.
I AGAIN call CheapOair and was told not to worry, the one charge went through and the other charges were mistakes.. Next day I got an email saying my flights are CANCELLED. Now I am above my credit limit of $10,000 because of all the money CheapOair took off of my credit card. Now I cannot purchase another ticket. CheapOair told me that they would refund me (again) in 1-2 VISA billing cycles. That does not help when I need these tickets now. I am so angry and frustrated and helpless, feeling I want to throw my computer through the window. I will NEVER use them again and please, please DO NOT USE. No happy ending here. Borrowed money to buy new tickets directly from airline. I lost out because I could not get my same flights and so I have 4 more hours of travel than I would have with original tickets. Unbelievable.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2015
We were charged $1070 in change fees for a $2011 international ticket. I had to make changes to the ticket because the first leg of the journey was delayed by over an hour, causing me to miss my international connection. I had purchased the TravelEx Insurance policy, assuming that it cover things like this. At the time of the event, a rude agent from Cheap-O Air issued an ultimatum, indicating that the change fee could be paid in full or the entire ticket would be voided out. The agent also indicated that we could apply for a reimbursement. Well, if you can apply for it, I would assume that you should have a good chance of getting it. TravelEx insurance came back and said, "that's not covered. We're not giving you anything." Cheap-O Air then came back and said, "hey, delayed flights aren't our fault. We aren't the end service provider."
Piss off. This has to be fraud. There is no way around it. This has been going on for years. I can't believe they are still in business! PLEASE DO NOT book ANYTHING through this company! SCAM! FRAUD! I hope they get investigated and shut down.
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2015
These guys are the worse! My wife booked a flight for us to go on our honeymoon with them. A couple of weeks later we just happened to double check our confirmation and noticed it said we left a day later than we were suppose to. She had taken a screenshot of the original confirmation and it showed a little note saying there is flexible departure dates. We called to change it and they would... Only for $200 for changing the flight plus another $200 for the actual flight. So it would be over $800 for us to change the flight. Unfortunately we couldn't just cancel cause it was over ten days and if we were to schedule a new departure flight on the correct day and not take the wrong date flight, it would cancel the flight on the way back. It's wrong the way they do business and we'll never use them again. My advise is to double check the dates and make sure there is nothing weird like the flexible date departure.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2015
I have booked direct flights in the past from Cheapoair, about two and four years ago, and have had good luck. YET, most recently I booked a trip to the Caribbean with a layover. A day later, I received an email stating the flight needed to be changed. I contacted Cheapo and was told the layover time did not allow for me to collect my bags. Okay - fair, but why didn't the Cheapo rep I booked over the phone with pick up on this? Any other reputable travel agent or airline would have. And, of course, now they wanted additional money to rebook another flight. Hmmmmmm... I grew skeptical and decided to Google Cheapo for reviews. Suppose I should not have be shocked I found so many bad ones.
What was most DISTURBING (AND IF ANYTHING ELSE, PLEASE READ THIS): if you call TOO MANY times, which I did of course, you will receive a message stating, "I see you have called several times..." Then you will be put on hold for awhile only to hear another message stating "The number you have called is no longer in service." Disconnect. I tried from another phone and put the booking number in only to receive the same messages. I did finally connect with them to cancel my flight altogether, using my husband's cell and going through as if I were a new booking. When I asked the rep why Cheapo was making it difficult for me to get through to them (why I was getting this message), he completely ignored my question and rudely said, "So what do you want to do, cancel your flight?"
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2015
Booked online and received an itinerary that had the wrong dates and flight times. I called customer service, they pointed out it's my fault as I had first available, so their system ignored my specified dates and times. I can't see where that option was. Then they corrected dates and times and charged $200 extra. Half a day went past and they still had not confirmed our tickets for flights that are for tomorrow 5am. They claimed they needed to confirm credit card with bank. Then I asked to speak to a manager, she blamed me for everything and pointed out my flight times are not available and I have to pay more if I want the times I originally booked. Also that the currency is in USD not AUD.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2015
January 9, 2015 I booked a flight which was supposed to have been from BUF to TPA April 18th to May 2nd. I booked a car for those dates coinciding with the time of flight I was booking. January 17th I got an email saying the itinerary for departing flight from BUF may 2nd was changed. I thought I don't have a flight out on May 2nd, I am returning on May 2nd. So I pulled out my paperwork and sure enough they had booked my flight leaving BUF May 2nd and returning May 2nd and yet my car was booked for April 18th to May 2nd. After I called them back re the email, I ended up with $604.00 US penalty fees plus taxes so a flight for 2 ended up being over $1100.00 US.
After numerous calls to cheapoair and United, all I ended up with was $126.00 refund, even the reps at United said why did they not catch that from day one when you booked your car at the same time? A "supervisor" told me it’s on my fingers the mistake and they cannot refund the penalties. Obviously there is a flaw in the online booking process. A normal person would think a warning should pop up both on their end and the customers end asking you to double check your booking because your car and flight don't match but nope they said “why should that happen, people do same day flights all the time” and my response was “and they rent a car for 15 days at the same time for nothing” and once again the "supervisor" said “it’s your fault, you get United to waive the fees to us and we'll waive them to you.” HELLO IT’S NOT UNITED’S FAULT.
I WILL NEVER AGAIN USE CHEAPOAIR NOR RECOMMEND THEM TO ANYONE, THEY ARE RUDE AND DON’T UNDERSTAND LOGIC. I am more than a little angry.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2015
Will NEVER again use this company! I booked round trip passage to England at $749.33 USC and was later charged an additional $209.35 USC for foreign fees! NOWHERE in this transaction were foreign fees mentioned! And after many attempts to have this rectified the credit card company charged me all the same. All personnel dealt with were absolutely not concerned in any way.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2015
I booked a flight for 4 on CheapOair. I guess you get what you pay for. You can't cancel and you can't change the flight unless you pay ridiculous change charges. They want $175.00 a person to change and that is $700.00 for 4 and to cancel they want $125.00 a person and that works out to $500.00. All I wanted to do was change the flight to 3 days later and they charge me change fees and blame it on the airline. When I called the airline they said they don't charge these fees, but it is CheapOair that charges the fees. So we are caught in the middle. Have to keep the original flight or pay huge change fees plus the cost of the increase in the flight. I am rather angry. I will never book with them again. Even the airline lets you cancel.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2015
I called to make a reservation for 2 tickets but wanted to know about my cancellation options. I was told something which sounded reasonable enough by an agent called Domingo. I subsequently called back to cancel on the premise of what I was told initially...NIGHTMARE! 'It's impossible,' I was told 0_0 so I called Westjet who made it clear it's quite possible to modify or cancel the ticket. Cut a long story short, I paid $584.50 for my ticket... after much rigmarole on the phone with an agent, I was told they would deduct $150 cancellation ($75) and taxes ($75). So I was told I would receive a $375 refund. I told them that's still missing around $60. They said 'oh that's service fees and that's also non-refundable' so they basically put me out more than $200 bucks, wasted hours out of my day and left me with the worse travel agent service I have ever experienced. I'll stick to Flight centre next time and I will advise all my friends, family and co-workers to AVOID this company at all costs...literally!
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2015
I booked an airline ticket on January 8th, when I checked the same flight the next morning it was advertised for $441. This was cheaper than the original price of $591. I asked to get the $441 flight which had better travel hours. The agent said he could not do that. While I was on the phone with the agent (Dunbar) I was able to book my new flight for $441. He kept me on hold for a long time and was messing up the booking by putting in the wrong dates. When I made my new booking I told him to cancel the old one which he said he did. I received a new booking number and confirmation email. I thought I was set and ready to take my trip. I followed up with my bank to make sure funds were taken out and was told it was not. I then called cheapoair and they said that my booking was cancelled. I told them that I did not cancel my booking. They then lied and said the airline cancelled my flight. I called US airways and they showed that cheapoair cancelled my flight. Now 10 days later I have no resolution and information. They took $23 from my credit card, have please look into this.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2015
After selecting my specific dates for travel, I booked online and when I checked my email confirmation the flight was changed to depart 3 days prior to what I had selected. I call cheapoair and am put on hold for at least an hour. When I finally speak to someone letting them know I need to change the flight date, I was expecting a cost of $50 or even $100 to change it but the rep searched the flight for the ORIGINAL booking date and tells me I will have to pay $300+. basically same cost for a one way ticket. In total I spent $900 when it should have cost me $500., called and emailed trying to get supervisor, but of course, they were unavailable. Horrible thieves who rip you off and try to be sneaky about it.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2015
We booked 4 tickets for a family vacation. When we received our e-mail confirmation, the dates of our trip were changed. When we called to find out why they changed our dates they stated that we picked a flexible air option. I told them I did not because I have to come back on the day I chose and they told me I could change it back for 800 dollars. This company needs to be shut down. They should not be allowed to treat people this way. The airlines need to refuse to do business with them. If you are thinking about booking through Cheapoair, DO NOT!!!!!!! They are also VERY rude and started screaming at me when I asked why they cheat people like this.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2015
I am a U.S. resident and I booked a flight to Jordan early last Dec. to visit my ailing mother to leave on 1/7/2015. I purchased insurance through them in case and was assured it would be refunded in case for any reason I cannot make that date. Well I rec'd a call on 12/23 that I need to come home asap - she is in ICU, called them, got some Indian guy that said I can't change the ticket. I have to buy another one at a ridiculous price and I can't leave for two days and because I did not want to commit with them he started actually yelling at me and then finally hanging up on me.
I called Royal Jordanian airlines and got a flight the very next day and my mother ended up passing away but luck to see her before she died. On Dec. 23rd I called their insurance which was travel x to tell them that I need to file a claim. I spoke to an Evelyn and practically discouraging me from putting claim of how long and I have to sign a document from my mother's doctor, which is fine if they emailed me that info. Got home today and called travel x. Guess what - no such records of that phone call. I asked to speak to a supervisor - of course they're in a meeting. We are in the greatest country on earth and our federal government allow these practices to happen. What a shame.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2015
I booked a flight with Cheapoair in mid November for a trip the last week in December. At the end of booking my flight, it prompted me to book a rental through them. I hadn't booked a car yet, so I booked through them. I got to the rental counter, they had my name but nothing else. And so they didn't have a car for me, they finally found one hours later at a different company. I was downgraded and ended up paying well over double! 2 and a 1/4 times!
After getting home I called Cheapoair customer service. They said they would look into it and get back to me with in 48 to 72 hours. 6 days later I still had no call back. I called them and they said they would call back in 24 hours. 2 days later nothing! So I called back, was hung up on, called back again. They said the supervisor I'd been talking with would call me back with in 30 minutes. NO CALL BACK! Hours later I received a email saying they'd do nothing for me. HORRIBLE COMPANY with even WORSE customer service! I will never use this company again!
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2015
When cancelled flight, was charged $50 in addition to $200 penalty. Got a letter that indicated that I must rebook with United. When I called to rebook, I was quoted a flight $300 higher than the United flight I wanted, all because I had to keep the same fare class. Nowhere in the credit letter was it stated that the Fare Class needed to be the same. In fact, the new fare quoted was not the original fare quoted. Extremely unethical company, no integrity. I can't imagine how Consumer Affairs allows Cheapoair to continue in business.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2015
This is the worst online airline to book tickets. You book a flight when you want, then CheapOair moves your flight to 3 days later, because the flight you booked is not available but they don't tell you that. Then they want to charge $250 to change the ticket. They trick consumers. If you don't uncheck a small box, then the company changes the day of flight up to 3 days after you wanted to fly. It happen to me 2 times. My son had to fly back on Sunday to go back to college, but CheapOair says the flight was schedule to leave Wednesday, which I did not book. I have my mom funeral and they change the day of flight to 3 days later after the funeral would have been over. Rude told me to book a whole new flight and take a credit for unused ticket or pay $250 to change it. Very sneaky business practice. NEVER USE THEM. Post cheapest flights that were never available in the first place. Other companies will let you know that a flight is not available before letting you pay.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2015
I booked a flight with CheapOair from Boston to Bali in mid November. I had to repeatedly call over the 6 weeks to get confirmation codes and only received the one for the major leg of the trip (Singapore Air) after several calls two days before trip start. I had separately been trying to work with Singapore Air about seat selection (a medical issue requires aisle seating) but Singapore Air said my ticked arrangement only allowed for seat selection at the gate and that I had to deal with CheapOair about this. I was also told the airline transfers were not complete so my baggage would not be transferred along the way. Every time I called CheapO, there was a different excuse.
I finally decided I could not fly with my medical condition and so many loose ends and tried to cancel under the Compassionate Exception Policy under their "terms and conditions" where it clearly states there would be 100% refund of a CheapOair cancellation for seniors over 65 which I am. Over a three-hour period of holds, I finally reached a supervisor who said this did not apply to flights (even though the language is simple and clear) and each individual airline would have to be asked make refunds, but were not required to. I was given the option of flying (and taking a chance) or forfeiting the $2,138 cost, or not showing up for my flight and being assessed penalties by CheapO.
If only I had read the warnings by hundreds of fliers before I booked. I did not want to risk a personal medical disaster so I forfeited. Shame on CheapOair for being so disorganized and having such poor customer relations and shame on me for not looking at the hundreds of negative reviews before booking with them.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2015
I booked a flight to Atlanta with Cheapoair. I had to cancel my trip and I was told that my insurance that I purchased wasn't going to help me in any way and that I would get a $250.00 credit but I had to pay $150.00 when I scheduled my flight and whatever the difference was. I didn't understand how it's a credit, I paid $398.00 for the flight. I lost $148.00 and had to pay $150.00 in addition to my so-called credit. I purchased insurance with the understanding that if I had to cancel I would be covered, that was not true so again that's another $19.99 I lost out on. So overall my experience was awful. I will never purchase a flight with that company ever and I advise you don't either.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2015
First they advertised a lower price. When I actually went to the website, it was a few hundred dollars more - should have stopped right there. Going - had to wait for 12 hours at the airport before they could find me a flight. Returning - had to buy another ticket, as the lady at the desk - said there is no ticket issued in my name. Had to purchase another ticket. Called cheapoair as soon as I got back - 3 weeks ago, sent all kinds of paperwork to get my refund. No refund yet, and no response to my emails. Stay away from this website.... pay directly to airline, not worth the hassle. They bait you in with cheap prices and issue you tickets that don't or is not legit with the airline. They need to be shut down.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2015
I booked a flight and was planning on renting a car. I saw that CheapOAir had an option to get a rental car with a click of the button and for real cheap ($88 for 4 days) so I got it. When I got to Miami, it wasn't in the airport like I thought it'd be. I had to take a cab cause I had 2 bags and it’s too hot to walk 4 blocks in Miami. The car company told me it was $368 and had no idea about the $88 I was quoted at. Also I paid an extra $20 per flight in order to pick my seat but on my return flight I got a middle seat. All around bad experience and I never got a refund.
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2015
My husband used this company to book a ticket one way around the holidays against my input on how horrible this company is. True to my input my husband found that his ticket home was for an alternate date and when we called for a refund they denied it. I then had to get my bank involved at which time they finally agreed to reimburse us. However, as fast as they can take our money, we now have to wait 2-3 billing cycles to have it returned. I do not recommend this company. Go straight to every airline site! They mislead you and only agreed to return our money because the bank was involved. Horrible!
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2015
CheapOair has been a big disappointment. I feel they take advantage and their fees are outrageous. I have no problem paying to change dates or cancel but to have pay over 600 dollars for a change when I have already given you my business and bought a 500 dollar ticket is not ok. You say you put your customers first. I disagree… It's robbery. I have used your site before hoping to give you the benefit of the doubt but you've proven yet again to be a disappointment... I won't be using your services ever again and I'll be telling others.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2015
One of my worst experience in my life. I purchase a ticket for me and my partner and decide to cancel because it was a mistake in the place I wanted to go. So I call in and told them that I wanted a refund and they said no but I told them, "How can this be if your website says 'you have ten days to get your money back'?" I insisted in talking to the supervisor and she told me that she would send me an email and once I got the email they stated I have to wait for a whole year to get my money back. I don't recommend this website to no one because all they do is steal your money and play with your minds and give you the runarounds and if you want something better try EXPEDIA.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2015
I need to talk to anyone that was on that Flight 673 US AIRWAYS, 25 people were stuck at that Airport (CLT) due to Tampa Flight left as Flight 673 Was Landing. I know 25 people were stuck at airport CLT and next flight was 11:30 next day unless you took the Orlando Flight.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2015
I've used cheapoair twice. The first time I received an email a little over a month before my trip saying my flight times have changed, basically ruining my trip. I ended up spending $600 extra (for 2 tickets) to change my flight. I thought it was a problem with the airline, until today when the same thing happened for my trip to Trinidad next month. My flight changed so I am landing 12 hours later! This has never happened to me before, only with this dishonest company.
Updated review: Feb. 7, 2015
Cheapoair gave me all my money back thank you.
Original Review: Jan. 8, 2015
This company is in a big mess. My story, unbelievable. I try to rent a car for 17 days 8 psgr and did not find, so I rent a car for 12 psgr. I paid insurance and everything. I called Cheapoair to be sure that the car is for 12 psgr they told me no!!! I called to Budget and they said yes. This is only the beginning. Then after 10 days I found 8 psgr car and I received it. I called to Cheapoair and they confirm that the car is for 8 Psgr. Since I know Cheapoair I called this time to ACE and they told me car is for 5 Psgr... So I called back to Cheapoair and they did not want to give my money back (Insurance).
I found other site www.carrentals.com and rent a car cheaper!!! But guess why??? In this site you can cancel and you get all your money back!!! Cheapoair is actually cheating their clients (because it’s Alianz the insurance company that work with www.carrentals.com cancel with no penalty). You can cancel the policy and you get email directly from the insurance company.
This company is very bad. You cannot trust on any information they gave. Stay long from this company. Cheapoair teach me again that what costs cheap at the end can cost you much expensive!!! I want to sue this company. I have the chat with them that confirm car for 8 Psgr and they round me only for the second insurance.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2015
Pathetic Service! The customer representative who booked the ticket specifically told me there would be no charges for seat, but after 5 days of booking the ticket I see sudden charge on my bank account for 15$ for seat selection. How can you charge me without my knowledge? Highly unacceptable behavior. Very disappointed with their service. Would not book another ticket with this website again. And when I complained to the customer agent and tell him I'll make sure others know about what they did, he very confidently said, "Sure go ahead!" How rude can they be? Avoid at all cost.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2015
This people are dishonest, liars and all agents are rude! I made a mistake when I bought my TKT to Brazil, giving my single name, instead of my married name as it appears in my American passport. I called American Airlines and explaining it to them; the reservation agent from AA told me that I would not have any problem changing it, with no cost, but I would have to ask CheapOair, as I had bought the TKT from them.
My TKT is: LAX/RIO with a stopover in MIA and the return is: RIO/LAX with a stopover in NYC. I assigned all the seats after I had paid for the TKT, paying extra price for the preferred seats that I bought - only for the Intl legs, MIA/RIO RIO/NYC, again here, although assigning for the available/free - seats as well, for the domestic legs. When I called CheapOair, a very rough talking woman, said that I had to pay $50.00 fee for the service. Of course, was my mistake, they charged me, and then I paid. This change of my name happened 3 days ago.
It was only today, checking my Amex, that I acknowledged the amount that I had paid for the preferred seats, was back in my account. Again, I called the airline, and was informed that I don't have any assigned seat. I went online in my reservation, and for my surprise, the rude and irresponsible woman from CheapOAir, who charged me $50.00 for my name changing, lost all my seats, she didn't hold them while changing my name; so, I lost them, together with $50.00 that I had been charged. I don't have any available seat in the leg of RIO/NYC (that I had already paid before) plus in the leg NYC/LAX - there's no place in the airplane for me.
I went back calling CheapOair. The new agent now, a man, put me on hold for 45 minutes (they do on purpose, for you to give up the call), but I didn't. When finally he came back on the phone, he dared to lie, saying to me that he was on the phone in another line with American Airlines, and that I have a seat assigned with such number, but I could not see it right away. I told him that I was online in my reservation/AA (refreshing the page on and off) in the site, and the idiot keeping saying lies to me.. like I was the idiot one, believing in what he was saying to me. (He even gave me the number of the seat- which I later verified with AA, no seats in my name, confirming his lies!) Who are they don't want to take responsibilities for theirs mistakes! Once they take your money, they don't want to hear from you again!
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2015
I booked with CheapOair tickets from Hong Kong to Singapore. They took commission for their "work" and essentially, I never got the tickets. Spoke to them before I flew and confirmed all was okay and I have tickets even though no money was taken by the airline. I again sent emails and credit card statements to confirm that there was no payments and if I still had tickets, answer: "Yes you do." Arrive at airport, no booking and the original ticket cost of $90 for 2 flights became $189 each. I am out of pocket and they paid me back my commission. DO NOT use them, they are incompetent!!
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2015
I was being charged twice wrong for CAD $1349.08 and when I follow up with them for refund they don't have any fixed time to refund and also since they are third party, they are trying to blame air canada for the fault and shed their hands off the issue. Also the reps are really rude. Never ever book flights from them.
Reviewed Jan. 2, 2015
I booked a multi-destination trip from Cheapoair on December 31, 2014 for $1975 for two people. We were to be going from JFK to Rome and then Berlin back to JFK. I received a confirmation and even the e-ticket in my email within a couple of hours. The next day, (Jan 1, 2015), I received an email from them saying that my itinerary had been changed and I needed to either email them or call to confirm that I was ok with this change. When I looked it over, the only difference was that the layover time had decreased for one of the flights, therefore, the plane would be arriving in Rome about an hour earlier. According to the email, the price was still the same. I had no problem with that, so I called to confirm. In the five minutes from receiving the email and calling, the price all of a sudden increased by $100. The agent tried to get me to agree to the increased price. When I told him no, he put me on hold. He then came back and said that he found another comparable itinerary. Again, it was more money.
I tried to tell him I did not understand why they would increase the fare on me, and all he could say is that the prices are always fluctuating. He then proceeded to tell me that fares are not guaranteed until tickets are issued. Well, I understand that, however, I had already had the e-ticket numbers issued to me. So regardless of the slight change (and really, it was only a slight change), shouldn't my fare have been guaranteed? Plus, the email I received just 5 minutes prior to calling still allowed me to pay the same price. It was after I mentioned this, the agent came back and told me that my selected flight was no longer available and I had to choose another one for more money. At that point I told him to cancel the flight and refund my money. He said he would do that after putting me on hold, again. We hung up, and I thought it would be ok. Well, I got an email that a refund would be processed but only for $27.90 that I had paid to pick my seats. (That amount did get refunded back into my account.) I did not receive an email stating that a refund would be issued for the $1975, so I called them again. This time the person stated that my tickets were still valid, but I was refunded for the seat picking.
Well, duh! I knew that already. He then gave me this whole story about how refunds could take 7-14 days to reach the account. I told him I wasn't calling about the $27.90 that was refunded to me and was confirmed in an email. I wanted a confirmation email stating that a refund would be issued to me for the $1975 for the tickets that he was now stating I still had. After I said that, he said, "oh, yeah, yeah, I see...the tickets are being refunded, it just takes 7-14 days..." I told him I wanted a confirmation email that a refund was being processed. I was told he couldn't do that. Right now, I do not trust that I will even get a refund because he told me that my tickets were still active and then abruptly changed his story. Both agents that I spoke to, in fact, were quite the story changers. Do not use cheapoair. Pay the few dollars extra to use a more reputable site. Because of them, my fun vacation planning has turned into something very stressful and is now completely on hold because I cannot afford to purchase more tickets unless/until I get that money back.
Reviewed Dec. 31, 2014
I booked the ticket 5 months ago and some changes happened by the airline (Alitalia) to my flight and agreed to take the next available flight which was next day. I had to call Cheapoair over 10 times within 5 days and spoke with different agents and their supervisors in India and every time was on the phone for more than an hour! Every time, I was told that the ticket is confirmed and nothing to worry! Since, I didn't trust this company I had to check with the airline and according to them the ticket was not confirmed and if it is not confirmed by Jan. 2nd it will be cancelled! Another reason to not trust this company. I have never ever seen any company with low level of customer service. Stay away from Cheapoair.
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2014
I am in my second week of going back and forth with this company. They have been unable to provide accurate information, they have been unable to provide customer service, they refuse to allow me to speak with someone in the United States and they have stolen money from me and have caused me to spend additional funds on other tickets due to them not refunding the money they have stolen. I am now looking to file against them. Are any of you out there interested in doing the same?
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2014
We booked a trip to Phoenix from Saskatoon in back in July 2014. Our flights were changed by the airlines and we got bumped from 1 layover flights to 3 layovers and also bumped to standby somehow without being told. This occurred leaving Saskatoon to Vancouver AND leaving Denver to Saskatoon. When I contacted CheapoAir they said its not their fault. When I contacted Air Canada they said it was CheapoAir's fault. The agent handling my case never answers her phone, and gave me a really poor email reply 2 times now saying I need to contact the airline... NO HELP AND WE MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE AIRLINE CREDIT AT THE AIRPORTS BECAUSE WE WERE ON STANDBY!!!
Reviewed Dec. 30, 2014
Stay far away from this company! My family and I booked a flight in October to fly in December. CheapOair changed the flight 3 times before they decided to tell me that they could not provide me with a flight. I ended up having to purchase a ticket through a completely different company paying 3x the amount that I had originally paid. Three weeks later, I have yet to receive a reimbursement for the amount I paid them. Worst headache ever! Not to mention the fact that their customer service is garbage! Prepare to wait at least 35-45 minutes to get in contact with anyone from this company who will ultimately do absolutely nothing to assist you with any of your issues! Avoid them at all cost!
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2014
I have received in my credit card other fees from Cheapoair. I put in red color. This never happened to me. In blue this in my book with United Airlines (tickets + tax). This is the first time I bought the tickets from Cheapoair. I'm upset with this company. I saw some feedback sites where some people claimed about this tax/fee too. Be careful with OneTravel too, because both are same company. Thanks.
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2014
Was looking to book flight for my daughter from Toronto to Vancouver for after Christmas, and was booking it back in October. Didn't know my daughter's schedule for sure, but when I looked at Cheapo Air there was a Sunwing flight available, and the screen had big bold red copy that said "Free Cancellations", so figured I couldn't go wrong by grabbing the ticket at that fare and then could change or cancel if necessary - knew there would probably be a fee involved. Surprise, Cheapo Air, (after numerous calls, some of which they just hung up on me) tells us that it can't be changed or cancelled and that the "Free Cancellation" (which I had taken a screen capture of) meant that I could change it WITHIN 4 HOURS of booking it. Really. Like that's reasonable. So now they told us that we will just have to forfeit her flight - take it or don't take it but there isn't even an option to change, even with a change fee.
As a last resort we called SunWing, because we saw on here another review where United Airlines let someone change when Cheapo had told them no - and this was a class act. While we were on hold as the SunWing rep "checked with Cheapo Air", my cell phone rang with call from Cheapo saying that Sun Wing asked them to tell us again that it was non changeable, non refundable and at same time Sun Wing hung up on me. Won't use either of these providers in future - really wish I had read these reviews beforehand.
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2014
Hello everyone be very carefully when you choosing a flight from CheapOair. This is very true. I book a flight from Sydney to Melbourne and i use the CheapOair. Was on the site different price and they said there is no hidden cost but I after I complete everything, I checked my bank statements and they charged me double. So I called them, they said is not from them is from my bank. So I contact bank, tell me where the money goes and is from them. So they charged double. The important is they have access to your account because I done only one transaction but they did two transactions and also lie to me, say it's not from them. So everybody who use this website, be very careful because they may charge you twice and you don't know. They hide some fares so that they can get more customers. Very, very bad website for flight. They may say no booking fees and charges and many more, but that's not true. They do that to get you. Negative, negative, negative, negative!!! :( Very bad........... Cheaters, cheaters, cheaters.......... Even they customer service that's not know how to talk to people...
Reviewed Dec. 29, 2014
I bought a round trip ticket from Kentucky to Dulles, Virginia (Dec 21 to Dec 28). But for the return flight, I made a mistake and booked for Jan 28, 2015 instead. I called the agency on Dec 25 to change my flight and they said the total extra charge would be $550. I told them it's nonsense because it would cost less if I were to buy another round-trip ticket. The agent told me that's not possible and the deal he's offering was the best. His manner drove me mad "You can pay $550 for the date change or you can catch your flight next month." I hung up, then I went on United Airline official website and changed the flight myself, and it cost me $34 + $200 penalty. Cheapoair apparently tried to rip off its customer, especially ones who are not familiar with technologies, they are forced to pay more just because they have no other help. I feel sorry for those who didn't know what to do and fell for this dirty, cheapo trick.
Updated review: Feb. 2, 2015
Thanks to Consumers Affairs forum through which I was able to resolve my issue with Cheapoair favourably.
Furthermore I wish hereby to confirm that I received today a message from my bank confirming that my account has been credited on account of the Cheapoair dispute which they considered now as close.
Hence I consider my dispute as resolved.
Thanks and regardsOdette
Original Review: Dec. 28, 2014
I booked a ticket with Cheapoair online to travel ADL-MEL-ADL on JETSTAR in November 2014. Total ticket cost as confirmed by Cheapoair was for AUD 255 but strangely enough my credit card was charged twice: the first time by JETSTAR for AUD 255 followed by another charge by Cheapoair for US$ 123.96. Have requested my bank to file a dispute against Cheapoair for the additional unauthorized charge of US$123.96. They turned it down.
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2014
I bought a ticket from Tokyo to the Gold Coast (in Australia). It was for USD173.91. They charged me over USD 900.00 on my credit card. I opened up a dispute with my credit card company, and called CheapOair (and JetStar, the airline conducting the flight), and staff at CheapOair told me I would be refunded the 700 odd dollars I was over-charged. This didn't happen for 3 months. I had to call my credit-card company and redispute the amount, and call CheapOair several more times, with no guarantee that I would get the money back any time soon. I made screen-shots of all the correspondence I was given by CheapO, and forwarded that to my credit card company. Thankfully, as of December 24th, the refund has posted. I will never use their services again, and I don't understand how they can stay in business with their lack of professionalism. I'm also canceling my credit-card, because they were lazy and ineffective at conducting their investigation during the dispute process.
Reviewed Dec. 24, 2014
Cheapoair is doing justice to its name by providing Cheapo Service. I am appalled that after promising me a refund on a cancelled Air France flight, they have so far refused to give me the refund after an exchange of over 30 emails between us. While I understand that Cheapoair is not responsible for cancellation of the flight, they have shown the utmost insincerity and lack of business sense to solve this issue for me.
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2014
I bought a ticket to China for my stepdaughter for $1005.00. She was unable to go so I called to cancel the ticket. I expected to pay the standard $250.00-$300.00 fee. I was told my credit card was going to be charged an additional fee of $250.00 plus the $300.00 from the airline. I told the agent that was ridiculous and wanted to speak to a supervisor. They put me on hold and never answered. Finally, I got a call back and was told I would receive $150.00 of a refund on the $250.00 charge. So I paid a total of $400.00 to cancel the ticket. This company is a rip off and should be investigated by the Federal Trade Commission for consumer protection. Do not use this company!
Reviewed Dec. 23, 2014
I purchased a ticket in August to fly from Denver to Patagonia, Chile. Luckily right before Christmas, I decided to check my seats one more time. The airline had changed the first leg of my flight to leave later, arriving in Miami 2 hours AFTER my next flight was to depart for Chile. Cheapoair did not notify me nor did the airlines. The airlines said I had to go through Cheapoair to get new flights. On Saturday, the Cheapoair rep was rude and unhelpful. They are based in Delhi. I was put on hold many times, refused a supervisor, and finally told to call back Monday (they don't even answer the phones on Sunday). On Monday after many holds, the rep had it fixed and said I would get an email on Tuesday. No email on Tuesday and the LAN airline site still had me on the original schedule. I then talked with a Cheapoair rep who said nothing had been fixed but that he would fix it. He took my number in "case we get cut off". We got cut off and he never called back. I am now on hold with another rep who says she has it fixed and put me on hold to confirm with LAN air. We will see. I will NEVER use these guys again!
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2014
This organization (if you want to call it that) is horrible. My friend booked a ticket from Europe to NYC with a layover in Washington and these people booked a 3 hour layover with the connection at another airport 29 miles away! Who does that?!? Granted he should have looked at the details but his English is not perfect. They should have advised him otherwise. They have zero common sense. When we called to have this corrected they put us on hold for a LONG TIME until we decided to hang up and book a separate flight. The service here is terrible and all they care about is making a dollar, not the customers' comfort. Book directly with the airline or a more reputable site. Will not be doing business with these people again!!
Reviewed Dec. 22, 2014
I booked flight to Shanghai for Nov 7th 2014, arrived at the airport 4:30 am in the morning and was told that my ticket was issued but voided. It was such a beautiful beginning of my 3 week business trip. Everything was planned almost two months prior that flight and here we go. Cheapoair never called or sent me an email with any notifications of any changes was made to my flight. I had to buy a ticket the same morning for the next day flight which was twice more expensive. And my plans were completely screwed up. I never got any apologies, compensation or any response from this company. It seems they don't care about you, they care about money only. I will NEVER use that crappy company and I don't recommend them to anybody.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2014
I had to change my wife, son and my flights. The operator told me that my wife and son's change fee would be $200.00 each. And mine (on a different flight day) was going to be $500.00!!! I balked and then the operator "found" a discount to $400.00 change fee for me. Wow.... I told the operator this was fraud and ridiculous and that I would never use them again.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2014
I should have read reviews about CheapOAir prior to purchasing a ticket; however, I didn't raise questions until this evening. I purchased a ticket last night which was quoted at $133.09 and $14 or so for the travel insurance. Considering I am traveling from Dallas, I opted for the insurance. This evening, I received a rather odd email stating that an additional charge was being placed on my card for an amount that was not originally charged for taxes and fees. I didn't receive a confirmation email immediately and had to manually go and request the receipt to be sent to me. So when I checked the email and this is when I noticed... more than I was supposed to pay was authorized. Yet last night, the correct amount was authorized. So, I was immediately confused about what happened.
I went to Spirit's website to confirm if I had a reservation and see what the price was. On Spirit's site, the original amount I was aware of is what they reflected which included all taxes and fees. Now, I am trying to reach a representative from CheapOAir to resolve this issue, but I am unable to get to someone. 1st call - I was on hold, then all of a sudden a loud screeching sound. 2nd call - The phone rang for me to speak to the next representative, then all of a sudden "the number you are calling is out of service, please check the # and try again" message came on. 3rd call - I just finished with a representative who wasn't able to assist me. Rather he asked if I could call the billing department in the morning.
Luckily ALL of my phone calls are recorded to ensure I am not being hoodwinked by any company. I really do hope that this was an error and that my issues will not be taken likely. I am giving a 2 star for the inconvenience of having to do this, the errors, and the fact that nothing has been resolved yet. I will change my review if anything changes. I am currently giving a 2 star review.
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2014
On September 16, I purchased a ticket from Colorado Springs to Austin TX with a stop in Houston. Tuesday December 16th I found out that my grandson was getting a new belt color, he has no idea that I was coming for Christmas. I tried to just get off in Houston and not fly on into Austin. Ray at CheapOair was not in the US, hard to understand and was very rude. I was told that they would cancel my return flight or charge me $575 more. I'm getting off early leaving an extra seat to be sold and not changing my return flight. NEVER AGAIN.
Updated review: Dec. 20, 2014
I posted a complaint previously about the high cost of changing my flight this week. They responded and promised a $50 refund because it was a legitimate cost considering the time frame. I had booked online myself and it was my own fault it didn't realized my flight was booked over two days instead of all on one. It was an expensive lesson to learn to check my reservation more carefully. I had only been looking at the times and not the days. If I had noticed within 24 hours of making it, they could have done more for me. Again, a warning for everyone booking online. Check your layover times and days for your reservations. There is no tolerance for mistakes.
Original Review: Dec. 17, 2014
I booked a flight for what I thought was Dec. 24 arriving in the afternoon. Yesterday when I finally looked again to verify the times, I found that they had booked me for a layover in Chicago overnight and that I wouldn't arrive until 3:30 on Christmas Day! When I asked to change it all to the same day, he told me it would cost an additional $700. If I flew on the morning of the 25th and arrived in the afternoon, it would only add $400 to my ticket. (I had already spent $500 on this ticket) Finally I asked to book on a different day, and they found me one that only added $350 to my $500. Be very careful of their reservations, lest they book you over two days instead of all on one day. I never even thought to check this since I had searched for departure only on the 24th. I tried canceling the whole thing but they wouldn't do that either since it was made 20 days ago. I even explained that it was due to confusion on their website, but they wouldn't help me. I will never use this website again.
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2014
Money taken from my bank in October. We didn't book anything with them! Now proving impossible to get in contact with them. When you do, they just hang up. Customer services are rubbish!
Reviewed Dec. 16, 2014
My fiance' and I booked our trip to Florida tonight for our destination wedding. We have a different return location so we booked two separate sets of flights through Cheapoair. We mistakenly booked a wrong flight and immediately realized the error. We called to amend our flight reservation for our trip 3 months from now within minutes of the original booking. The customer service representative was helpful but we were surcharged $50.00 for the change. Really????? You would think with all the available sites to book a flight that an instance like this would be an opportunity for Cheapoair to create value instead of picking my pocket. Not the best approach for customer retention. Customer service isn't what it used to be.
Reviewed Dec. 13, 2014
THIS COMPANY IS A BIG SCAM! I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS COMPANY TO ANYONE! On 11-17-14 I booked a room in Miami at the Hyatt for $169.64. A few days later they called and sent an email informing me that there was an internal error and that they switched my reservation to Courtyard Marriott for the same type of room and same rate. On 11-15-14 I arrived in Miami and went to check and the Courtyard Marriott and they told me they never received and payment from Cheapoair. The only thing they received was the transfer of hotels. I ended up having to pay $202.27 to stay at Courtyard Marriott. Basically I paid $371.91. I called Cheapoair to inform them about the situation and that I wanted a refund because I paid twice. Their customer service gave me the run arounds and never resolved my issue! Each time I called they were telling me that I would have a refund in 24 hours. I have called on 11-16-14, 11-25-14, 11-28-14, and 12-5-14. They still have not refund me for the hotel room!
The supervisor Kaiden ** offered a $25 credit like that was going to solve the issue. They could have kept their money and gave me the money back I paid for the hotel. The supervisor are not professional at all and the customer service is beyond terrible. PLEASE DO NOT USE THEIR SERVICES! I finally spoke with my credit card dispute department so that they could help resolve the situation and now it's in their hands since I could not fix the situation directly with the company. SO PLEASE PEOPLE DO NOT USE THEIR SERVICES! IT'S A COMPLETE RIP OFF AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE THIS TYPE OF THING HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE!
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2014
After reviewing so many negative reviews both here, tripadvisor and other sites, I felt a great degree of trepidation and anxiety with regards to our booking to Asia for the holidays. We booked our tickets from YVR to NRT this past July, for our flight next week. I just called both airlines (Malaysia and ANA) and they have since both confirmed our bookings with airline confirmations. So so far we are happy that our bookings have turned out. I will definitely keep you posted after we get back from our trip in January on how the rest of the process goes.
Reviewed Dec. 11, 2014
I contacted the CheapoAir agent in November for my family vacation trip in December. He lied and cheated me, he took the credit card information before the reservation, and did the reservation which cannot be cancelled or change, and charge my card more than the average normal cost. And took more than one hr. And these company is based in India, and no legal department in this country can take any legal action against them.
CheapOair Company Information
- Company Name:
- CheapOair
- State/Province:
- NY
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.cheapoair.com
