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Indiana
1 review
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Bait and switch
October 26, 2022

This company is a total scam, do not go down this path. You will never get the prices advertised on this site.

Date of experience: October 25, 2022
Saudi Arabia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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BEWARE
October 10, 2022

They cancelled the ticket. We just know that the ticket was cancelled during the flight date when the traveler was in the airport. We request for the refund however the refund still not come for more than 2 months now since the time we know the ticket cancellation and the ticket was bought last June 2022 and the flight date is August 2,2022. They cannot give definitive reason/s why the ticket was cancelled and the refund was not given. We gave them the copy of the credit card statement that showed there are no refund of the money that was taken in our credit card.

Date of experience: October 10, 2022
Israel
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Car rented via skyscanner
September 12, 2022

I booked a car via "Wisecars" that i found on skyscanner rent a car page.
"Wisecars" is intermediary company for which small local companies work. In this case in Sofia: a company called "Addcar".
"Addcar bulgaria" tried all sorts of aggressive tricks to make me pay more money - pushing aggressively their own insurance making false claims, trying to charge more money for the security deposit, using a ridiculously high exchange rate when converting from euro to local currency and bluntly stating that they can use any exchange rate they want (there is a fixed official exchange rate), trying to rush through the examination process when giving me the car, charging me 960 euros for 1 tiny scratch...
Avoid them in all cost.
It is a pity that such a reputable company does not check intermediaries who provide services on its behalf.

Date of experience: September 12, 2022
Portugal
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Thefts...
August 29, 2022

Thefts... thefts... thefts... the airline is compensating me for a canceled flight but giving the money to Skyscanner because I bought my ticket from Skyscanner. But Skyscanner is not giving the money to me and instead saying that I need to request an email from the airline saying that they are refunding the money! Airline is saying: of course we are giving the money back to everyone for our canceled flight and Skyscanner knows our policies and agreements and knows that the way it works is that Skyscanner has to call the Airline rep and confirm the refund, cause this refund automatically goes to Skyscanner! I kept calling Skyscanner and explaining what airline told me and basically teaching them their $#*!ing job and asking for their supervisor but they refused to connect me to a supervisor or refund my money! Skyscanner is $#*!ing theft! They ruined our honeymoon and I wont give up! I want to compensate for my canceled flight, for a flight I had to buy myself to be in the city I had to be on time (as they booked me in a flight 3 days after my original flight and I refused to take their proposed flight) for a stress emotionally and financially my husband and I had to go through! I wont give up Skyscanner! You will $#*!ing pay me back!

Date of experience: August 28, 2022
France
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Don't trust this company
August 23, 2022

I have bad experience with this company. I did reservation they transfer me to travelgenio they show the price and when i paid they cut more without otp.
I tried to call them in Spain they put me in hold and no one awnser. Don't trust them

Date of experience: August 22, 2022
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Worst online scam ever. DO OT USE IT
August 9, 2022

Rip off s... m b. S. Do not use it. Super expensive. Customer services suck. Stay away! Very, very arogant

Date of experience: August 9, 2022
Canada
1 review
6 helpful votes
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This business is a scam, they deducted your money immediately, then canceled your flights after 4 days, and asked you wait 10 weeks for refund but pay nothing after 12 weeks. Avoid booking via this page at all cost, you can check the price and book directly with airlines

Date of experience: August 1, 2022
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Poor Customer service
July 28, 2022

Better to chamber the name to sky scammers.
Nonsense agents and customer service. They even are not helpful even 3-4 days before departure.

Date of experience: July 28, 2022
GB
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Skyscammers
July 21, 2022

I used to use Skyscanner all the time and it was my favourite travel resource. Now they are owned by the terrible trip.com, which explains why they keep pushing scammy websites, including trip.com itself. I went through Skyscanner to trip.com and booked a flight, then when the airline cancelled the outbound leg of my journey I was lied to by agents and scammed out of my legal right to rebook my travel. Now waiting for a refund I didn't want that may or may not come. I hold Skyscanner responsible for sending me through to this seriously dodgy company that I believe is breaking UK / EU laws. I will never use them again to search for flights and suggest you do the same if you're looking for a reliable source. No one will help you.

Date of experience: July 21, 2022
Brazil
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Please avoid using skyscanner, i have booked GOL airlines through them to go from sao paulo to rio de janero SKYLV-*******, i arrived one hour before the flight and GOL did not allow me to board and also requested me to pay the same original price once more to try to catch the next flight, which is complete chaos and robbery, so i just left the airport. By contacting skyscanner, they are denying any help or refund or even issuing a compensation ticket even though i did not miss the flight and that was an attempt of theft from GOL airlines.
I am not going to leave skyscanner alone and will start to sue them, its not going to end well for sure.
As an advice, please use expedia its alot better and safer as skyscanner is too shady.

Date of experience: July 2, 2022
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Extremely bad
June 23, 2022

I had the worst experience never use skyscanner. No follow up flights got cancelled without notification

Date of experience: June 23, 2022
GB
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Stressful time 17/ april 2022
April 20, 2022

I booked a Ticket from Heathrow to the Philippines for my partner through Skyscanner, Big Mistake, arriving 4 hours before dept, so time to do the extra health check required that day, At the check in the iphone app would not work, even the staff tried. So she was denied boarding and said no problem contact your booking company Skyscanner, its free so no charge for a new seat,
Skyscanner demanded £275 for admin and Airport taxes, Emirates said that is not true, they just trying to get more money, with no choice we took the new ticket for the next day but were kept waiting for feedback and progress, everytime i asked for confirmation and E Tickets were promised but nothing, with time passing i had spoken with so many different agents was getting no where,
I called them 2 hours before the plane departs and complained bitterly the stress this was putting us under and finally the advisor sent me the tickets with no concern or apology. Next timewill book direct or high street

Date of experience: April 20, 2022
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Cancellation Information misleading
April 19, 2022

No star. For the first time using Skyscanner my experience was bad. I purchased 2 tickets and had to cancel one for an employee who resigned. Tickets non-refundable and non-transferable either. No credit even. Bad Bad Bad experience!

Date of experience: April 19, 2022
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Used to be a great site.
March 12, 2022

Used to be a really useful site that told you exactly what you needed to know in the way of flights,
Now its just another $#*!ty site that passes you off to another faceless comparison site.
Pretty much just a waste of time,
Use expedia they'll atleast pass you direct to the airline

Date of experience: March 12, 2022
Qatar
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Scam don't even use it
March 9, 2022

I bought a cheap ticket through this website couple days later they send me an email changing my flight schedule and destination. And told me if I don't agree I can cancel and get a refund.
Obviously, after I ask for cancellation I have been informed by the same "scam" sky scammer that I am not eligible for refund! And they put the blame on the airline.,
I wasted time and money. Please avoid my mistake

Date of experience: March 9, 2022
Spain
1 review
1 helpful vote
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It doesn't show flights from russian airports thus made me confused with this misleading information. How can you trust this site if it shows you only what they want to show?

Date of experience: March 9, 2022
Maryland
7 reviews
91 helpful votes
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Skyscanner should not work with kiwi.com
February 27, 2022

I have used skyscanner for a million times to purchase tickets, but my problem with it is that it still directs people to kiwi.com which is a complete scam. I searched for my tickets on skyscanner and it directed me to kiwi. After I purchased my tickets, kiwi.com canceled my flights, forced me to pay another $400 to change those flights, and when I rejected they said I can get a $50 kiwi credit or no refund at all! They connected me to India to talk to customer reps that repeated the same scripts no matter how many solutions I offered them. I am now going through a transaction dispute process through my bank. I paid $550 in total. I will never book through skyscanner again as long as they work with kiwi. I am using google flights instead.

Date of experience: February 27, 2022
South Africa
1 review
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No refund after almost 4 months
February 27, 2022

NEVER use these 'travel agent' sites which offer the promise of cheap flights but when you xannot take your flight due to CV cancellations they promise to refund but still no funds in my account after almost FOUR MONTHS. Rather pay extra and book direct with airlines. Skyscanner should be called SKYSCAMMER

Date of experience: February 27, 2022
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have been using Skyscanner for years as a great tool to search for flights when I travel but my recent experience with them has been nothing short of awakening.

For Christmas, I decided to go ahead with the travel agent (Flight Network) that Skyscanner has given the highest service rating (which I have come to realise is purely speculative or commission driven, after doing further research). How could an agent that consistently scored a one star be 4.5 star on Skyscanner?!

Our destination was hit with Covid travel restrictions, forcing us to abandon our travel plans.
The airlines were clear on their flight credit policy, but the travel agent dragged their feet and basically fed us lies to try to delay the entire process and I am not left with money out of the pocket.

You could do so much better Skyscanner. Think twice and do your research before clicking into one of the 'recommended' agents, the convenience might come back to bite you hard.

Date of experience: February 3, 2022
AE
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Do not book with skyscanner!
December 23, 2021

DO NOT BOOK WITH SKY SCANNERR!
DO NOT BOOK WITH SKY SCANNERR! Customer support worst team ever if anything happens to your ticket ( specially in covid) they will offer you the worst route ever and give you compensation. There refunds take 12 weeks to process and beyond this point they wont help. I spoke to two different people and each one gives me different information when I asked to get transferred to the manager, a girl called Tria announces herself as the supervisor, doesn't find a solution to my situation abd hung up in my face. I call again and surprisingly " the supervisor " picks up. Team of BS. Just know that if you face any issue NO SOLUTION WILL BE PROVIDED

Date of experience: December 23, 2021