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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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Poor service
December 13, 2024

Flights advertised on Kayak then routed to smart fares when i selected the ones i wanted. Booked online then only to receive an email saying the flights could not be confirmed and i had to ring. The lady was trying to find me alternatives and i was having a problem understanding her. After a short while she had offered nothing to sort me out. She said she would then ring me back. That was 26/11/ and iam still waiting 3/12. Very POOR experience

Date of experience: December 3, 2024
GB
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Flights to Rwanda to Kenya
December 13, 2024

I received an email saying "Your Reservation Has Been Confirmed". Booked my flight I wasn't enough confident about the website, I was a bit confused, but I took the risk and my flights. The only thing was disappointed me as before the booking the price shows Β£794.00 and after the I booked it was showed Β£838.76 after took the payment. I was looking for same flight on Skyscanner, Kayak, TravelUp and eDream but I didn't book as it keeps changing flights time and prices. Overall I am okay with the flight timing apart from one direct flight which was Nairobi to Mombasa as I was looking for the time between 13:00 - 14:00, I really don't know why the flight was keep changing before I finalise my booking and when I finalised my booking I realised that the time was wrong for me.

Date of experience: December 3, 2024
South Africa
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Extra fees
December 13, 2024

I was quoted a particular fee and when I put my card to pay, I was charged extra fees….I wonder why! When people see a particular fee and opt for it, it is because that is the exact amount they are hoping to be charged, not extra!

Date of experience: November 27, 2024
Virginia
1 review
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Nice booking
December 12, 2024

Was easy and the process to book was fast
Nice customer service

Date of experience: December 2, 2024
California
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I got a call today after I need you. They wanted me to buy insurance. I said no and she kept insisti I have to no and I hung up

Date of experience: December 2, 2024
South Africa
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No problem with the booking of our airplane tickets. Also received my booking confirmation from SmartFares and the actual airline without any hassle. The only problem, later that afternoon (on the day of paying for my airplane tickets) my credit card account got hacked and a large sum of money taken from my account. As I've never booked with SmartFares before, I checked to make sure the URL was secure (https) but unfortunately still got my credit card details hacked.

Date of experience: November 29, 2024
Hungary
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Horrible
December 12, 2024

They are advertising flights which is not even available anymore and after they have charge your account you will receive the email the flight is not available.

Date of experience: December 1, 2024
Australia
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Don't waste your time with Smartfares
December 12, 2024

I booked my flight and within 12 hours received an email saying that the flight had gone up by... 100%. I checked the two airline's websites and they had gone up, but by about 25/30%. Smartfare's customer service email they provided in their email didn't work - it bounced back numerous times. It took me finding a slew of terrible reviews and someone disclosing an email that worked before I got a response.

Date of experience: December 1, 2024
Virginia
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Ticket Purchase
December 11, 2024

The on line purchasing of tickets was very easy. I hope the rest of the ticket process go this well.

Date of experience: December 1, 2024
Colombia
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EspaΓ±ol por favor
December 11, 2024

Por ahora bueno.por favor no me vayan a cambiar las fechas ni el vuelo. Son vacaciones de la empresa. Y las fechas son muy estrictas. Gracias. Por comprender

Date of experience: November 29, 2024
South Africa
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Quick ad easy
December 11, 2024

Easy site to use and fair prices. Gave me many different options.

Date of experience: December 2, 2024
KR
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Thank you so much πŸ’“.
December 11, 2024

Thank you 😊 πŸ’“ πŸ’— πŸ’› πŸ’– 😍 πŸ’– πŸ’• πŸ’˜ πŸ’‹ 😘 πŸ˜— 😚 πŸ˜™ πŸ’ πŸ‘ 😊 πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜€ πŸ˜„ 😁 🀣

Date of experience: November 30, 2024
Washington
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Legal robbery
December 10, 2024

I specificaly noted that i dont want to choose a seat for 80$, no travel insurance or bagage protection, after that i filled my name and billing info. Once i did that there was no double check or any question about the luggage, straight to payment which included everything i pointed as dont want. And im pretty sure they will rob me at the airport for that luggage i got. Customer service also pure bull$#*!

Date of experience: November 30, 2024
GB
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Terrible
December 10, 2024
Updated review

Don't even want to give one star. This is a scam. Booked a flight and thought I'd paid only to receive an email saying I needed to call customer service. They told me i needed to pay double to book the flight.

Date of experience: November 30, 2024

Very Good excellent
December 6, 2024
Previous review

Very Good excellent

Date of experience: November 26, 2024
Colombia
1 review
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Intranquilidad
December 10, 2024

No tuve una asesoria QUE ME AYUDARA en la tramitacion de mi solicitud

Date of experience: November 30, 2024
New Zealand
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Select seat
December 9, 2024

Just book a flight to the island and there's been different kinds of numbers calling to select a seat over the phone and also the price it's way more than it's say on your ticket.
Is it a legit website?

Date of experience: November 29, 2024
Denmark
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Fast fixed problem
December 9, 2024

I got book a flight ticket but could not get confirmed because of some selltrick from airlines that set the price down but when i purchased so need to pay double price. I contact smartfares service center to get my money back, they could do it immediately. Thank you

Date of experience: November 25, 2024
South Africa
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I have tried to do separate booking for me and my miner daughter.then I stacked with my daughter booking.but I got help from the costumers service online.they were capable to join the 2 booking together on less than 40 minutes.thank you

Date of experience: November 29, 2024
Zimbabwe
1 review
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Deceiving prices
December 9, 2024

Whats online and come to paymebt differs,Your defending point is online us sliwbto update,ive tried this with you 5 different days,and got the same i decline payment s to go thru

Date of experience: November 29, 2024
Texas
1 review
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Ticketing went well
December 9, 2024

At first when I went to the airline website (to order vegetarian meal) I could not find a record and it would not accept my ticket number SmartFares gave me. It was missing the first 3 digitt identifying the airline. When that was added, Airline found the reservation and all is good.

Date of experience: November 28, 2024