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CheapOair

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CheapOair Reviews Summary

The company has established a strong reputation for its user-friendly platform and competitive pricing, with many customers praising the efficiency of the booking process and the helpfulness of customer service representatives. However, some concerns have been raised regarding communication issues, particularly related to flight changes and refunds, leading to frustration among users. While the majority of feedback highlights a positive experience, instances of delayed support and difficulties in correcting booking errors suggest areas for improvement. Overall, the company is viewed as a reliable option for budget-conscious travelers, yet it must enhance its customer service responsiveness.

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2,784
value
3,012
shipping
2,768
returns
323
quality
3,086
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New Zealand
1 review
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No Tickets
November 3, 2019
Updated review

I spoke b y telephone a few minutes ago to check my booking and you informed me that you had emailed my booking confirmation AND my Eticket. Confirmation arrived but no Eticket. Each call from NZ costs me. This is NOT a good enough service. How dfo I get my ticket?

CheapOair attempted to help this customer through the SmartCustomer Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: October 3, 2019

You have sent confirmation of booking, but no Qantas...
November 3, 2019
Previous review

You have sent confirmation of booking, but no Qantas booking number and NO ticket. How do I obtain my ticket?

Date of experience: October 3, 2019
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Airline seat selections
October 1, 2019
Updated review

I was a little confused when I was trying to select the airline seats online. (I'm not great with technology. One of the managers was kind enough to call me back to assist me.

Date of experience: October 1, 2019

I tried to get the agent to help me because I clicked...
October 31, 2019
Previous review

I tried to get the agent to help me because I clicked on a seat that cost extra money, and he said he could book all seats for the flights, but I would have to pay extra money for his help. He wasn't helpful at all!

Date of experience: September 30, 2019
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Date of experience: September 30, 2019

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Date of experience: September 30, 2019
Pakistan
1 review
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Didn't see promo code slot and had to pay 20 usd more because of it!
Bad interface!

CheapOair attempted to help this customer through the SmartCustomer Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: September 30, 2019

Didn't see promo code slot and had to pay 20 usd more...
September 30, 2019
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Didn't see promo code slot and had to pay 20 usd more because of it!
Bad interface!

Date of experience: September 30, 2019
Croatia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Huffhuff but Okay!
October 30, 2019
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Confusing sometimes, thank god for the live person help!

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Date of experience: September 30, 2019

Confusing sometimes, thank god for the live person...
October 30, 2019
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Confusing sometimes, thank god for the live person help!

Date of experience: September 30, 2019
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I am trying to cancel the ticket and you made it very difficult to cancel

Date of experience: September 30, 2019
New Jersey
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Prices are not legit!
October 28, 2019

After you pick the dates and they gave you prices and you select the price & date you're comfortable with. They let you pick your seat but there's extra charges for almost every seat. Once you put your information and ready to make a payment it says the price have been changed to $50 to $100 more, and if you say decided not to book a flight with them your phone will ring within 2 minutes and they try to negotiate prices with you over the phone.

CheapOair attempted to help this customer through the SmartCustomer Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: September 28, 2019
Colorado
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Booked a flight on CheapoAir last night. As the booking was finishing, I got a message that the transaction had timed out, please try again. I "tried again" but nothing worked. I called their customer service and was told "Our systems are down, please call back in 3 hours". So I went to the airline's site and booked my tickets. Two hours later I got an email from CheapoAir telling me that my booking had, in fact gone through - here are your tickets. So I called CheapoAir customer service again and was told, essentially "too bad, so sad". Told me I had booked the tickets. I told them their web site had timed out. They said that's not their problem - I can't get a refund.

CheapOair attempted to help this customer through the SmartCustomer Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: September 28, 2019
Texas
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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They Scammed me BEWARE
October 27, 2019

I booked and hours later got an email that said my booking FAILED and was not confirmed. So I made other arrangements. Then they charged my cared. They will not honor their own email and will not give me a refund. Total Scam. My credit card company issued a credit and then took it back due to Cheapo air giving them false info about what happened. So Im totally screwed and out $700. Unless I want to hire an attorney. Unbelievable.

CheapOair attempted to help this customer through the SmartCustomer Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: September 27, 2019
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Never again.
October 26, 2019

Just bought ticket, price was added with unwanted service. Also when I change date they charge my card twice. But now they are telling me it will take weeks for refund. At time of sale never told me that my card will be charged again. All sales person working unprofessional manners and not giving up front clear information. Absolutely unhappy and completely disappointed.

CheapOair attempted to help this customer through the SmartCustomer Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: September 25, 2019
Utah
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Beware change fees!
October 25, 2019

Why would anyone use these guys!? The change fee to change our travel in Tahiti to one day later was $454 and the original cost for two one way tickets was $301. I had to go to Travelgenio and buy 2 new tickets for a total of $327 instead. Their fee to change is $55.07 per ticket.

CheapOair attempted to help this customer through the SmartCustomer Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: September 25, 2019
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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SCAM
September 28, 2019

They will try and pressure you to purchase tickets and will over talk you, interrupt you and try to over charge you. They will call you back and keep trying. Worst experience I have had dealing with such a company. I will never use them again.

Date of experience: September 25, 2019
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Horrible agency, I don't suggest anyone use this company for booking anything. This is the garbage company at all!

Date of experience: September 25, 2019
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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NEVER AGAIN!
September 25, 2019

Don't accept a booking with cheapoair at face value. Was left stranded 300km from my final destination because the car I was assured was waiting for me was never booked. When you call there customer service, they really could care less about the inconvenience or the loss of a customer

Date of experience: September 22, 2019
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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They have a zero support for their customers and it should be called expersiveoair NOT cheappp.
1-I booked a flight with them and everything was ok and they were just very respectful over the phone...
2- the problem started when I was denied to get into return flight and they started to ignore me, imagine I was in the airport for two days. I called them and ask them for a help.
3- after one week, person from cheapaoair called me about customer satisfaction, so funny and I told her the story... she offered me $100 gift card, I told her that booking another ticket cost me $1475,
4- their manger called me and asked me to sent receipt of the ticket for the reimbursement. I sent them the receipt and again no response.

I think they just play a game and trick the customers. I won't never ever again book any flight with them...

Date of experience: September 13, 2019
Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Horrible travel agent!
September 14, 2019

After over an hour this site would not honor the travel insurance I purchased. I had to pay more fees to cancel my trip due to a death in the family. What good is their travel insurance as it obviously did not cover the cancellation I had to do. I also was only refunded 30% not the full cost of booking. What a scam. Stay away!

Date of experience: September 11, 2019
Thailand
1 review
1 helpful vote
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This is absolutely the worst "suppoed" booking company.

My itinerary was from Bangkok to Montreal connecting through Shanghai...

Well, it was not a "connecting" flight and i had to clear customs in Shanghai and emergency travel document doesn't work.

Asked for a refund as this was not displayed, got yelled at from a bunch of Indians scammers, talked to supervisor and argued it was a connecting flight.

I was at the airport directly in front of Air China staff for two hours and they even asked Chinese Immigration to authorize but couldn't do anything.

Supervisor said it will process my refund... (ticket was 8xx$ USD), got an email for a refund of 16$!... called again... on hold for. Wait... 50 minutes!

Complete nightmare... DON'T USE THIS SCAM ORGANIZATION.

Date of experience: September 8, 2019
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEM CHANGED OUR BOOKING DATES! We booked a flight to Lyon Leaving on Aug 10, and returning on August 26th 2019. We both had to go back to work the following day on August 27. The confirmation of our flight arrived by email showing a return date 2 months later! (October 26!) We didn't notice the date change until the night before our return August 25th. That night, we spent 2 hours on the phone (at $2 per minute from France!) with an agent who insisted there is no way to change the date back, since it was a non-changeable ticket. They made us buy a brand new one-way ticket to come back home for $1700. Going through our browser history confirmed that we entered the correct dates, so we know it wasn't OUR mistake It could be that their system changes the dates intentionally to generate revenues from re-bookings. We have applied for compensation. Still waiting.

I see many of these kinds of situations and stories from other customers. If anyone out there knows what the best way would be to get action in terms of refunds and compensation from these people, please let us know. Something needs to be done to shut down this scam.

Date of experience: September 2, 2019
Michigan
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Researching a round-trip flight on specific dates I chose to purchase through CheapOair because they were $50 cheaper then the airlines website. Immediately after the purchase I checked the itinerary only to find the dates had changed and I had to call to fix that. 2 revert the schedule to my original request would have cost an additional $130 which is $70 more than what the airline itself would have charged. I am angry and frustrated that I had to pay another $25 to cancel the flight and it's going to take me 7 to 14 days before my money is refunded. The only thing that was good about the whole terrible experience was the customer service rep was sensitive to my requests but the heavy accent was very difficult to understand what he was saying. CheapOair is a total scam!

Date of experience: August 30, 2019
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Because of the hurricane Dorian we tried to cancel our flight next week When the hurricane is supposed to hit. But to no avail wouldn't even give us credit for a future flight

Date of experience: August 30, 2019

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