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SmartFares Reviews Summary

SmartFares presents a mixed reputation among its customers. On the positive side, many users appreciate the affordability and efficiency of the booking process, noting that customer service representatives can be helpful and responsive when issues arise. However, significant concerns persist regarding discrepancies between quoted prices and final charges, as well as frustrating experiences with customer service, particularly related to refunds and booking confirmations. Overall, while some customers report satisfactory experiences, a notable number express dissatisfaction with pricing transparency and support, indicating room for improvement in communication and service consistency.

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Texas
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Muy bueno
November 20, 2023

Gracias por ayudarme con mi reserva y estar pendiente en informarme

Date of experience: November 19, 2023
Canada
1 review
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Réservation rapide et facile
November 19, 2023

La procédure pour la réservation et la demande des informations sur les personnes qui voyage et bien définie et facile à remplir

Date of experience: November 19, 2023
Spain
1 review
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Viaje a rusia
November 19, 2023

Cuando vuele la diré de momento no estoy segura tengo que confiar

Date of experience: November 19, 2023
Kuwait
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Easy Process
November 16, 2023

The website was easy to navigate and checkout was extremely fast.

Date of experience: November 16, 2023
Spain
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Gracias
November 15, 2023

Perfecto.Maravilloso. Fantástico. Vosotros sois un tesoroooooo

Date of experience: November 15, 2023
Canada
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Réservation vol
November 14, 2023

Confirmation rapide. Mais j'aurais aimé avoir plus d'information sur les bagages de la cie arienne.
Poids permis et dimensions permises pour les bagages en sout.

Date of experience: November 14, 2023
New Jersey
2 reviews
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Easy to use
November 10, 2023

Easy to use booking the flight was simple. Received my confirmation fast.

Date of experience: November 10, 2023
Connecticut
1 review
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Quick and easy booking
November 3, 2023

This was my first time booking with SmartFares and it was a great experience. It was easy to get my booking completed and I appreciated seeing alternative booking options that could save me money.

Date of experience: November 3, 2023
Arizona
1 review
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Good service
November 2, 2023

So far so so good. Cheaper Rate and great service can't complain about anything as of now

Date of experience: November 2, 2023
Germany
1 review
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Convenient Booking Process
November 1, 2023

Thanks a lot for making my flight booking as easy as possible.

Date of experience: November 1, 2023
Michigan
1 review
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This company is a joke.
October 19, 2023

I recently reseved my ticket and I had to do it twice because after booked I only received a confirmation/ reservation, not yet the real booking. When I called they said the ticket was not longer available so they try to sell me a ticket at a higher price, obviously. I have never had this experience before, to me this means that they are only hooking you with a price but, reality you are going to ended up paying more, I do not know if they are breaking any DOT rule by promoting tickets but not honoring the prices. Like i said, I booked a ticket twice and they ended up cancelling both for the same reason, "NO LONGER AVAILABLE". I called the office and one of the rep hung me up and I called again and same thing, called again and all say the same thing over and over. Don't waste your time, if you see SmartFares is the agent stay away or go to another site.

Date of experience: September 19, 2023
New York
1 review
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Total Bull$#*!
October 14, 2023

They won't cancel your flights, make sure to call a customer service representative, not some verification rep to get your job done. Because when things go wrong. The customer is suppose to know how to make things right and talk to the right person, (they guy I talked to was the verification guy, to cancel my flight, he didn't even forward me to the right rep, and said he would do it. Spent 1 grand, cancel the next day, 12 days later I still have a flight with them, and they only refund me 760 because they don't understand what the word "NO" means. I fight for 1 hour on the phone, they record my phone logs, but have no record of me canceling my flight with them. So that's how they robbed me of 300. Never using this site again

Date of experience: September 14, 2023
Wisconsin
1 review
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Booked international flights for a family of 4 in January to fly in July and paid nearly $5k. Then the night before the flight when I was trying to check-in, I found out the ticket numbers they gave me were incorrect. Inorder to receive the new ticket numbers, smartfares charged me extra $329! Totally ridiculous!

Date of experience: September 13, 2023
California
1 review
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Smart Fares is a dishonest company. I booked tickets to fly on Fijian Airlines, our departure flight from New Zealand to San Francisco was changed from 2:05pm to 2:50pm. The airline notified us about the change and instructed us to notify Smartfares. The agent at Smart Fares changed me an additional $157.00 per ticket for 3 tickets. When I spoke to another agent at Smart Fares after the phone was disconnected, the other agent informed me that there is NO fees for the charges. I then requested to speak to a supervisor who the agent insisted that I must inform him about my reasons to speak to a supervisor before I can speak to a supervisor. After making several attempts requesting to speak to a supervisor, I was put on a long hold, then was told that the supervisor will call me back which he never did. I called again to request speaking to a supervisor, the agent became arrogant with me and hanged up the phone. My next step is to call Fijian Airlines to find out if I was responsible to pay additional fees for their flight charges. I will post another review after confirming with Fiji Airlines.
FIJI AIRLINES RESPONSE:
Fiji Airlines confirmed that there is NO additional fees for time changes of flight time. I informed Smart Fares about Fiji Airlines response and Smart Fares decided to give me back a refund. Waiting to receive the refund.

Date of experience: September 12, 2023
California
1 review
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Horrible service
October 12, 2023

Booked a ticket on a Friday, they did not issue the ticket, called on Monday they tell me the prices changed and they won't issue a ticket. Another agent tells me the airline cancelled the flight. They did not communicate with me so I can play accordingly. I won't recommend it.

Date of experience: September 11, 2023
Nevada
1 review
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Our flight to Maui was canceled by airline at the beginning of the Tragic wild fires, American refunded 100% of the fare to Smart Fares, but when we requested our fare to be refunded by Smart Fares, they refused to only return approximately 1/2 the cost as well as the original taxes paid.
We have contacted them numerous times without satisfaction, now the estimate time for the partial refund, we're told is up to 2 billing cycles … 2 months!
I've learned my lesson, never use them again, purchase ticket direct from airline!

Date of experience: August 23, 2023
Texas
1 review
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All calls goes to India and they don't understand English very well. I had to change my booking couple of time and had to pay 600$+ extra which could be avoided if they would understand English. Don't recommend. I heard Hindi conversation in the background.

Date of experience: August 19, 2023
Canada
1 review
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Horrible
Catastrofic
Abominable
Desastrosa
Frustrante

Date of experience: August 4, 2023
Massachusetts
1 review
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You failed to inform me about changes to my flight. Unacceptable.

Date of experience: July 29, 2023
Jamaica
1 review
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Very very disgruntled
August 18, 2023

This need attention ASAP! This is unfair! Inconsiderate! And inconvenience on so many levels!

Date of experience: July 19, 2023