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Singapore
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[ZERO star] Bad Experience with Bravofly
August 5, 2023

I had a very bad experience with Bravofly. They didn't send updated itinerary to passengers when there is a change in flight timing. Moreover, when u ask for the updated itinerary, they will make u difficult to go through the tedious process or push to the air flight comp.
Also, whatever they have booked, cannot be found in the flight comp's system, Scary experience! Regret to book from Bravofly, last and no more next time.

Date of experience: August 5, 2023
GB
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There is no 0 star rating, don't go with bravofly one of the worst. There customer care team is very rude and miss guided us for cancelling ticket.They will charge like anything if need any further service…. Must to avoid and save money for hassle free flight

Date of experience: December 9, 2023
GB
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They are based in switzerland for a reason. You can't get hold of them when something goes wrong and they won't pay up. Most bookings end in tears and they pocket your cash no matter what. Stay away and warn your friends to never use them.

Date of experience: November 25, 2016
Mauritius
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AVOID AT ALL COSTS
September 13, 2016

You will not get a ticket but only a booking request code. Your booking may or may not be approved. Before that determination is made the price may go up - you have NOT reserved the right to purchase at the advertised price.

Once the booking request is confirmed and accepted, you will still not get a booking reference number for you to be able to confirm with the airline whether you are flying or not. This will put you in a very bad position with price continuing to climb should you re-purchase elsewhere, your deadline approaching, and no guarantee from the airline that bravofly has even passed on the request.

Customer service is of no use.

Date of experience: September 13, 2016
Arizona
1 review
1 helpful vote
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SO HORRIBLE!
June 8, 2016

SO HORRIBLE!
My outbound flight was cancelled, I received incredible grief about a partial refund. They kept telling me it was my job, not theirs to contact the agency. I had to purchase separate outbound flight as they would not refund my car rental or my inbound flight. Then they would not adjust my car rental time to match the new flight time.

Date of experience: June 8, 2016
Sofia B. Bravofly UK Rep
over a year old

Dear Jamie S,

Thank you for your review, I am extremely sorry to read about how inadequate was your booking experience with us.

From the review, I was unable to catch exactly what happened and how the outbound flight was cancelled. In order to understand the case I kindly invite you to send me a private message confirming your 9-digit Bravofly booking ID.

We will be in touch as soon as an outcome has emerged from my investigation.

Kind regards,
Sofia

GB
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Having searched for cheap flights and finding a great deal - I continued to place my card details and book the flight, selecting the purchase button. It was at this point that I realized I had been entirely wrong to assume that the price i had found and agreed to pay, would be the actual price taken from my account!
One prompt confirmation email later, and I realise my great flight prices were coupled with an extortionate and unethical 32 euro card charge! NOT WHAT I AGREED!
Even worse, when I called customer service, I was connected to last. Minute CS who blamed another website entirely - cancelled my flight and were unable to refund my money for a further 2 weeks! By which point flight prices have inevitably increased by more than 30 euros! An appalling experience - DO NOT USE

Date of experience: March 1, 2017
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Booking reference *******
I booked our holiday to Portugal back on 4/1/16 when checking airline details I noticed that for our return flight with TAP Portugal 3 out of 8 of us do not have an e ticket reference?! 2 of the 3 are babies less than 6 months old! I called TAP Portugal who said the reference and e-ticket number needs to be requested by Bravofly, I called Bravofly and spoke to a man called Vijay Who agreed all 8 tickets were paid for as per my receipt but they would look into it and call back within 3-5 days but it has been 10 days and Iv heard nothing! We need to know that our babies and my fiancé will be on our flight home just as we have paid for nearly 5 months ago! A friend of ours is hoping to speak to watchdog about this as we just don't know what to do!
They also took out more money than the agreed price back when the flights were paid for but I couldn't be bothered to fight it when I heard these bad reviews!
I truly don't know what I can do to resolve this

Date of experience: April 21, 2016
Sofia B. Bravofly UK Rep
over a year old

Dear Jemma P.,

Apologies for the delay in our response here. In first of all, we thank you for your valuable feedback. We would like to reassure you that we have been looking into your request and apologise if you had a cause for complaint regarding the long management.

For any further queries please don't hesitate to contact us privately here.
I have forwarded your request to the relevant Team in order to investigate your case.
Kind regards,
Sofia

Germany
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I had a very bad experience with Bravofly and Fullflex, I paid the requested fees of flight ticket to Fullflex, for flexibility on change, and when I requested a change i didn't find a reply, even confirmation of receiving emails. And after more than 72 hours of requesting the flight change, I had a reply for start processing my email while my flight were about 36 hours.

They are not professional not dynamic and it's totally unprofessional, they are very very slow. Still this is my first step of complaining againts this very poor service which does not meet the amount paid as well.

Date of experience: April 21, 2018
Sofia B. Bravofly UK Rep
over a year old

Hi Ahmed M,

Thank you for your valuable feedback here on SiteJabber. I'm sorry to hear that you have had a cause to complain about our services.

FullFlex policy is an additional service that our customers can purchase on our website at the time of the reservation process and it is valid for cancellation requests rather than change queries. If, for an unforeseen event, you are unable to travel on the selected dates, you can request a cancellation before the departure of your outbound flight and you'll receive a voucher code worth 90% of your original ticket price.
Regarding any change request, you won't be charged additional administrative or handling costs from us if you have the FullFlex, however, airline change fees have to be paid the same.

Being a travel agency, we act as an intermediary between the customer and the airlines and we have management times to deal with a request based on the urgency of the query.

It is strange to hear that we told you that the request would be managed within 72 hours even though the flight departure was within 36 hours. I'd like one of our Customer Care Agents to investigate this further and get back to you. Could you please respond to our private message with your Booking ID number and more details.

Best,
Bravofly

GB
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I made a big mistake of booking for a flight on their web site. Booking reference no*******. They were quick to debit my bank account but didn't receive any booking confirmation! After several phone calls I didnt receive any flight details that I was promised I would receive as soon as possible. Didnt receive any flight details up to 20hrs before flight! Very irritating. This site is for scammers! I regret using this so called travel agency! I am advising all my friends, relatives and everyone that never book anything through this company! This web needs to be reported yo the authorities

After booking

Date of experience: September 19, 2016
BN
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1 helpful vote
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Im planning to purchase ticket with this website since they offering good & cheapest price for my last minute trip. I can see lots of negative comments. But just want to make sure before i proceed. Appreciate your advise...

Date of experience: September 7, 2015
Sofia B. Bravofly UK Rep
over a year old

Dear Burju T,

Many thanks for contacting us here on SiteJabber.

I am truly sorry that the bad comments you have recently read on the Internet about our company have led you to doubt regarding the level of service we provide.

Unfortunately these bad reviews can easily be found, but I can assure you that these are just the tip of the iceberg compared to the huge amount of happy and satisfied customers who book everyday on Bravofly.

Bravofly is one of the major leaders in the online travel industry and manages thousands of bookings every day. As a matter of fact, the vast majority of them lead to satisfied customers.

We hope that in the future you will take advantage of our services and become one of our satisfied and regular customers.

If you wish to book with us, please visit our website www.bravofly.com, in case you want to be assisted in the booking process, please do not hesitate to contact us at the following 24/7 Worldwide number, 0039 0423 402040.

Should you still have dilemmas, do not hesitate to drop us a private message with your query and we will reply to you immediately.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Kind regards,
Sofia

KR
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Given incorrect information, refused the name of the operator as I would understand her name, hung up upon, numerous email ignored, unable to answer a simple question, refund taking twice the quoted time and still not received, passing the buck to the operating airline or bank, untrained, unprofessional staff and far the worst company I have ever had the unfortunate experience of doing business with them. I'd rather shovel coal on a ship for my passage for 2 months than ever have anything else to do with this appalling company. This company makes the dodgy businesses in South East Asia look like professionals. Do not book with them.

NB. You can't explain your company's mistakes Sofia. So no need to reply to this. Everyone please report any misdeeds to your card company and file complaints with the disputes team for reimbursement.

Date of experience: February 18, 2014
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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False advertising
July 8, 2014

False advertising. States on quote "Price includes agency fees of 0.00 €, per person per route DISCOUNT €80.00". Then when you fill out all the forms and names of people traveling, ages of the people, address, phone etc. at the very end when you have finished, it adds on 50 euro. Very devious. Just tell the truth from the beginning. I will not trust Bravofly in the future. Bravofly is an untrustworthy, underhanded company that should be avoided in my opinion.

Bravofly's reply to my review is untrue, as when I tried to book again to see, there is still no visible sign or mention of the agency fee being deducted only if Amex is used. Maybe they typed it in invisible ink. I suspect it is just another lie to palm the customer off just like in the rest of the reviews here.

The only time they will get in touch with you is when you complain online to sites like Trust Pilot. Otherwise it is impossible to reach them. I can't see Bravofly lasting very long.

Date of experience: July 8, 2014
Sofia B. Bravofly UK Rep
over a year old

Dear bob s,

As written on Tripadvisor at the time, we confirmed that the correct payment fees were applied to your booking.

The screen to which you are referring is our reservation screen where agency fees, if applicable are added, whilst on the following payment page depending on the payment method chosen a fee may be applied.

We are sorry that you are not happy with the way this was displayed and did send you an email at the time with more details and to discuss the matter in more detail.

Best, Sofia

GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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DO NOT USE BRAVOFLY
June 23, 2015

Well I have used Bravofly for trip all over the world... NEVER AGAIN.
I booked a short notice, urgent flight. Bravofly took the money and everything seemed ok. Half hour later Bravofly cancelled the flight without a reason. As this was an urgent booking I frantically tried to contact them by phone. They would not speak to me until I paid a 6.1 Euro charge. I was then informed that in fact there were no seats on the flight, even though they had sold me one. I am still awaiting to have the fare refunded to my account. When I contacted Bravofly about what had happened, I got a blunt and complete refusal to refund the cost of the phone call. Is this what they call customer service?

Date of experience: June 23, 2015
Sofia B. Bravofly UK Rep
over a year old

Dear Trev D.,

Thank you for contacting us and we're sorry that your flights were no longer available.

Unfortunately airline prices are extremely dynamic therefore there can be a fare increase or full booking from one second to the next and on certain occasions between your booking request and confirmation from the airline.

Our system wasn't updated and this is the reason why the seats were no longer available on the flight you selected.

If you still haven't received the refund, could you please send us a private message with more details and confirming your Bravofly ID? This way we will be able to look into the matter and provide you with a proof of transaction document you can pass on to your bank.

Kind regards,
Sofia

GB
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Rogue Trader
June 21, 2015

I used KAYAK for flight comparison and found that Brave fly were offering me tickets for
£945.57, but their confirmation showed £1,075.75. They have taken this amount from
My visa debit card. This is fraud and thieving. It was in March, and since then I have made
Effort to recover the difference of £125.18 without any success.

Whilst there is nothing much I do, but I do not understand how such rogue companies are
Allowed to be in business. And what is the point of price comparison?

Date of experience: June 21, 2015
Sofia B. Bravofly UK Rep
over a year old

Dear Balwant B,

Thank you for booking with us and providing us with your valuable feedback.

The extra payment is probably related to the card payment fee and agency fees (which are both updated on the payment screen when you choose the method of payment). The final price is then displayed before you confirm your booking.

Could you please send us a private message with your 9-digit Bravofly Booking ID and we will then be able to verify whether the correct commissions have been applied to your booking.

Kind regards,
Sofia

GB
1 review
4 helpful votes
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This is the worst booking company I have ever encountered. They made a mistake with my original reservation which I phoned in about immediately. They then asked for 109 euros to correct the mistake (to write the name of the passenger properly), which I paid (it seemed easier just to get it over with -- I didn't want to have to deal with these long phone calls again, being put on hold to listen to music, and then being cut off and having to start over multiple times). With my credit card details they then charged for a NEW flight at a higher rate leaving the original booking in place. It now turns out that I have paid for TWO tickets plus the fee to change an error that was not my fault; obviously only one of these tickets can be used. I warn others to beware of this incompetent company, greedy for money but with no ability to serve customers well.

Date of experience: November 4, 2014
Sofia B. Bravofly UK Rep
over a year old

Dear A O,

We are very sorry to read your comments about your booking with us and that it has not been a positive one.

Please could you send us your 9-digit ID Booking so that we can check both the error you mention with the original booking and the way in which this was corrected (as at times depending on the terms and conditions of the airline it may be necessary to cancel the old ticket and purchase a new one).

Best, Sofia

GB
1 review
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Everything was fine until I had to return home. I was charged additional costs for "security". Only for my carrier (Ryanair). For all other carriers (everywhere in the world as far as I know) this was included in the ticket price. When booking NOTHING was mentioned on the website.
This is illegal as it contradicts European law. But as an individual customer probably not worth filing a complaint for.
Anyway, I'll avoid this in future. Last time I booked through Bravofly or with Ryanair. This is apparently what they call "the new customer friendly" Ryanair. Right.

Date of experience: May 12, 2014
Sofia B. Bravofly UK Rep
over a year old

Dear Lennert O,

Thanks for providing us with your feedback regarding your recent trip with us. We are sorry to hear that you were charged additional costs for security by the airline. Once you have completed your transaction with Bravofly and received your confirmation email, Bravofly does not add any additional fees.

Could you please reply to our private message with more details and your Bravofly ID so that we can investigate the matter.

Kind regards, Sofia

GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Stay away
December 4, 2014

Stay away - terrible at resolving issues or changes and awful refund policy.
The telephone helpdesk are rubbish -always had to call more than once to get to talk to a representative
Save yourself problems and do not use Bravofly!

Date of experience: December 4, 2014
Sofia B. Bravofly UK Rep
over a year old

Dear Ranjan,

We are sorry to read your comments here and are looking into your case in more detail and will be in touch shortly.

Best, Sofia

Minnesota
1 review
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This company needs to be shut down. Going through my own equally horrendous process of changing my flight that others have had, only being offered taxes to be refunded $80 or a voucher for $100 on a $1000 ticket... only to find out via the airline directly that these con artists changed the credit card form of payment in my record to THEIR own and obtained the full refund... Disgusting

Date of experience: September 1, 2015
Sofia B. Bravofly UK Rep
over a year old

Dear l s.,

Thank you for providing us with your valuable feedback.

Whether an airline offers a refund for a cancellation and the amount of it depends both on the airline and the type of ticket purchased as rules vary greatly.

I highly doubt that our system automatically changed the credit card type at the time of booking. I would be very grateful if you could provide me with your 9-digit Bravofly booking ID to verify whether a full refund has been issued by the airline.

If so, I will promptly ask our Accounting Department to transfer the amount back to you.

Kind regards,
Sofia

GB
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Absolutely no idea whatsoever. Extremely slow in replying to important emails. Never have the answers you want or need.

A simple scheduled flight change has become an absolute nightmare. Service staff have no idea on the refund process, nor can they explain simple discrepancies. Never ever ever book through Bravofly.

Date of experience: July 26, 2015
Sofia B. Bravofly UK Rep
over a year old

Dear Daniel S.,

Thank you for sharing your feedback with us.

As I understood from you, our service was not on par with the level you had expected.

I would be very grateful if you could please send us a private message confirming your 9-digit Bravofly booking ID and we will look into the matter immediately.

Kind regards,
Sofia

Greece
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Terrible service
April 27, 2015

I booked using this site for cebu pacific and paid with credit card (or at least i thought).

When i arrived at the ticket counter i saw them my passport and the stuff reported that there is no reservation!
At a closer look, he noticed that there was a reservation and right after, a cancellation. Bravofly has informed me about my reservation, all seemed normal, but never informed me that they cancel it one moment earlier. So i had to stay in the hotel and look for another ticket next day morning!

Date of experience: April 27, 2015
Sofia B. Bravofly UK Rep
over a year old

Dear mike m.,
I am very sorry to read about the problems you experienced at the airport and how this has affected your trip.
The quickest and most efficient way to contact us here on SiteJabber is via private message therefore we kindly invite you to provide us with your 9-digit Bravofly ID.
I look forward to hearing from you soon again and helping you sort the issue out.
Kind regards,
Sofia

Overview

Bravofly UK has a rating of 1.8 stars from 117 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Bravofly UK most frequently mention customer service, credit card and full refund. Bravofly UK ranks 65th among Plane Tickets sites.

service
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value
13
shipping
9
returns
11
quality
12