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Bravofly Reviews Summary

Bravofly has a rating of 1.2 stars from 511 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Bravofly most frequently mention customer service, credit card and return flight. Bravofly ranks 588th among Travel Agency sites.

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value
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quality
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GB
1 review
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Do not recommend
January 8, 2015

Do not recommend. Worst customer service I have ever experienced. Unfortunately due to personal issues I am no longer able to take my flight to Melbourne next Sunday. I have rang countless times in attempt to cancel my flight and receive the little money back that I can, only to be put through to a members of staff who speak very little english with poor reception and be given empty promises that my money would arrive soon. I have now received an email saying I will receive my credit note from Bravofly which I did not ask for. I specifically asked for my money back. I do not wish to book through this company again due to poor communication and disorganisation therefore certainly do not want a credit note. Appalling

Date of experience: January 8, 2015
Sofia B. Bravofly Rep
over a year old

Dear Kate M,

We are very sorry that you are experiencing problems in obtaining your refund following your cancellation request.

Please could you send us your 9-digit Bravofly ID via private message here and we will arrange for the method of refund to be changed as well as investigating the level of customer service you received.

Best, Sofia

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The worst company on the face of the earth - avoid like the plague.

I need to change a name on a booking - I have been trying to do so for weeks as my wife and I got married and she lost her passport so the booking is in her maiden name. The airline asked for marriage certificate and passport. I sent to Bravofly - they did NOTHING, absolutely nothing with it. Every time I call the customer service is appalling, they lie, they put the telephone down on you and prior to that lie some more. I have asked to speak to a manager for weeks and weeks. When I call in the evening they say the managers don't work past 1600 hrs, when I call in the day they say that managers don't take phone calls and won't speak to me.

When I told them that I wanted to make a compliant they said that they don't really care as they are very sure of their own position. It is impossible to speak to someone on the english line who has a standard of english that is comprehendible, their manners are appalling and the customer service is the worst I have ever experienced.

Please, please, please, please do not book anything with this company - if I had my time again I wouldn't have wasted an ounce of my bandwidth on their website - let alone give them my money.

Foul.

Date of experience: December 16, 2014
Sofia B. Bravofly Rep
over a year old

Dear Ian,

We are very sorry to read your comments and will investigate the level of customer service provided immediately. In the meantime I can see that you request is in the process of being completed. We will be in touch to confirm this shortly.

Best, Sofia

Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I booked flights from Melbourne to Fiji return for family of 6. Due to unforseen circumstances, flights needed to be brought forward 1 week. Bravofly are charging $4,800 (AUD) to change the booking - whereas the airline supplier Fiji Airways cost is listed on their website as $120 per ticket - or $720 (AUD). So Bravofly are looking to make a $4,100 profit on changing flight dates. I will be looking to Consumer Affairs to make representations on my behalf.
Customer Service is non-existant, with communication restricted to email and 72 hour turn around times, as land line is never answered.

Date of experience: December 10, 2014
Sofia B. Bravofly Rep
over a year old

Dear Peter M,

Thanks for taking the time to provide us with your feedback and we are sorry that you have had cause to complain about the change fee.

Please could you reply to us here or via private message and we'll verify it for you.

Change fees can also include the difference in price between your original and new dates and penalties per person so we will check this for you as well.

Best, Sofia

Denmark
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Beware of Bravofly and misleading prices! Yesterday I booked a flight from BRAVOFLY on skyscanner. The ticket cost was 1824 kr. However after entering my credit card number and clicking "purchase", the total jumped to 2012 kr - or 188 kr/32$ more.

As I reside in DK I tried calling the Danish BRAVOFLY number 9010 9097 (which costs each time you dial the nr., plus 2kr per minute after the beep!) to ask about the difference, but my call was disconnected after the "beep" both times, which will cost me an additional 6 kr/1.20$.

I fly 5-6 times a year for work and will never use Bravofly again. Their prices are totally misleading and their customer service number automatically disconnects you - but still you must pay for making the call.

These are misleading, dishonest business practices to which the customer has no redress. As for Skyscanner - you need to do some vetting of the companies allowed on your site - Bravofly has tarnished your reputation as well.

Anne

Date of experience: December 10, 2014
Sofia B. Bravofly Rep
over a year old

Dear Anne,

We are sorry that you have had cause to complain about the final price paid. This is due to the method of payment chosen and the price is updated prior to confirming the booking with us.

We will verify to make sure the correct commissions have been applied and be in touch to discuss in more detail.

Kind regards, Sofia

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Wish I had read the reviews...
A few weeks before my trip I called Bravofly with a couple of simple requests.

1. reschedule my return flight
2. How much to take sports baggage (bicycle)

Simple requests, I've taken the bike before and I've always had an answer on cost without any problem or delay.

The first call was dealt with by someone who seemed to have something better to do and asked me to email my requests, which I did straight away including photo of bike box with dimensions and weight.

A few days later I had heard nothing... called them and had an email with an offer for a different return flight, huge admin costs but I took it. I asked again about the cost of taking the bike.

Over the course of a week I made 4 calls, sent emails and still had no answer?

On the last call the guy said I needed to call the airline direct (SAA) and gave me a south african number, even though I'm in UK! I pointed this out and he said I should email the airline and he gave me a generic email address. Yeah, thanks! I'll do your job for you.

So the company that I have paid for a service are not providing it.

I've never complained about any company before but the way I've been dealt with has been totally unacceptable.

If you want a stress free trip, start by NOT booking your tickets through Bravofly

Date of experience: December 1, 2014
Sofia B. Bravofly Rep
over a year old

Dear Andy,

Thanks for taking the time to leave us your feedback regarding your booking with us. After checking your booking in our system I can see that we have reserved the bike for the outbound flight but the payment needs to be made in the airport. We will be in touch with you to provide more details and clarify everything. We are also sorry if the level of customer service was not as expected and will look into this as well.

Kind regards, Sofia

Singapore
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Beware of bravofly
November 22, 2014

Beware of bravofly. I will never use this site. Bad customer service and unprofessional email confirmations that are misleading and confusing. Cheap pricing is not worth the hassle. Dont be penny wise pond foolish.

Date of experience: November 22, 2014
Sofia B. Bravofly Rep
over a year old

Dear Ho S,

We are sorry that you have had cause to complain about our customer service and the confirmation email.

Please could you send us more details and your 9-digit Bravofly ID via private message so we can investigate.

Best, Sofia

Luxembourg
1 review
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We made two bookings with Bravofly nearly two months ago and have still not been able to resolve some issues that occured in relation to them. The customer service seems to be very poor. What started out as a simple mistake that could have been corrected within a day or two had the customer service agents paid more attention to what we had said in our initial e-mails/calls now turned into a complicated issue that has been going on for nearly two months. At this stage I don't have much faith left it will be corrected in time for us to take our Christmas flights as intended. I am sorry I used this agency and will do my best to avoid them in the future.
******UPDATE*******
Following the above review I was contacted by a CS rep asking for all the details of the issue and some 24 hours after providing those, we received a confirmation of the corrected bookings. The colleagues working on the phone directly with clients should take a leaf out of this person's book because this is exactly how issues should be dealt with, and I am very grateful for the help that we finally received, even though it was long overdue. Consequently I am changing my rating to two stars, but I will definitely be very careful with this agency going forward.

Date of experience: November 9, 2014
Sofia B. Bravofly Rep
over a year old

Dear Val B,

We are sorry to hear that your feedback regarding your bookings with us is not a positive one and would like to help you out with your queries.

Could you please send us a private message with your 9-digit Bravofly ID so that we can check all the details.

Many thanks, Sofia

GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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This is a cowboy company
October 13, 2014

This is a cowboy company. I have lost my money booking a domestic flight in India from the UK. But thank God it was not a big amount... You are better off going to the airline yourself where you can book the plane at £30 cheaper. I paid them £52 thinking it was cheap in comparison to other companies. I did the booking on line. It gave me a confirmation by email that all was booked and gave me a PNR number. But when I checked the PNR with the airline... GOAir, there was no booking. It was a fake PRN. I checked with Bravofly and they said it was strange, they were getting the same problem. Basically their call staff are generally useless. Although not rude, they are very unhelpful. They never return your call when they said they would and when you ring back they lie and said their colleague spoken to had just left when this was not true. BE CAREFUL. I would not advise you to go with them. CHEAP IS MORE EXPENSIVE.

Date of experience: October 13, 2014
Sofia B. Bravofly Rep
over a year old

Dear Dev L,

We are sorry to read your comments and would like to investigate the matter in more detail. Could you please send us your 9-digit Bravofly ID either here or via private message.

Kind regards, Sofia

Sweden
2 reviews
12 helpful votes
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As other users have written, they add a large administration fee, written in very small print, on the last page. If you are not observant, this is what you pay as it is the page where you enter your credit card details and click Buy!

This sort of dishonest practice makes me wonder what else they are hiding. I got the same ticket from another site for about the same price but that site at least was honest and upfront about what the ticket cost.

Date of experience: September 24, 2014
Sofia B. Bravofly Rep
over a year old

Dear Allan M,

We are sorry that you are unhappy with the booking and payment process. We believe our pricing system to be clearly laid out from choosing the flight to the reservation and payment screens, therefore if you feel the price is too high it is possible to discontinue the transaction at any point until you click confirm. Anytime you add something such as our Assistance Package, luggage or the form of payment it is clearly indicated that the total price has changed.

Our service and credit card fees vary depending on destination, airline and type of card used therefore these must be added at those particular sections of the transaction process.

I am sorry you feel unsatisfied with our payment system and I hope this goes some way to helping to explain the service provided.

I remain at your disposal for any further queries.

Kind regards,
Sofia - Bravofly Rumbo Group

New Zealand
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I would NOT use Bravofly again! They looked as if they were offering a good price - about $60 less than the fare of the airline's own website. This price was in large print repeatedly until the last page when in small print they added a $60 administration fee bringing it back to the original fare.

Before that in the process, their search engine had offered a price but when it was selected it was not available and a "class upgrade" required a higher price.

This is misleading - it would be easy not to notice the increase after repeated lower prices being displayed.

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

Dear Jan H,

We are sorry to hear you have had cause to complain about our payment system.

Our service and credit card fees vary depending on destination, airline and type of card used therefore these must be added at those particular sections of the transaction process.

Our aim is to provide our customers with the best offers available in order to give you the possibility to fly at the most economical price. In addition, on certain occasions there may also be discounts available.

We are sorry that on this occasion you are unhappy with the way it was displayed and thank you for your feedback. Should you wish to discuss this further please let us know your 9-digit Bravofly ID.

Kind regards, Sofia

Connecticut
1 review
3 helpful votes
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The big problem was not being able to reserve seats when I booked the flights. All the other sights have a choice to pick the seats. By the time I went to the American Airlines sight to pick the seats, they were taken so now my family of five are not sitting near each other and I never would have booked the flight if I knew this was going to happen.

Date of experience: September 12, 2014
Brazil
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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I just booked a flight that leave this evening and I don't know if it has gone through? I need 2 get to my connecting flight? I have no idea what is going on? Do they take the money straight away or can I cancel the card so they can't get to my account? I just saw all the reviews and its not looking good. This has messed up my whole holiday! Its day light robbery!

Date of experience: August 25, 2014
Singapore
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Pricing was very cheap when compared to other site.

Date of experience: August 13, 2014
Aland Islands
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I need to change the flight schedule but your staffs in Italy can't communicate in English. Finally i can't make it.

Date of experience: August 12, 2014
Bulgaria
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Lowest price for the destination, the airline was nice and the flights were on time, conditions were announced.

Date of experience: August 12, 2014
Sweden
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Easy to use
August 12, 2014

Easy to use. Great price. 100% Customer satisfaction

Date of experience: August 12, 2014
Israel
1 review
2 helpful votes
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August 12, 2014

1. Booking easy
2. The flight was cancelled by the Airline company (Pegasus)
3. No Customer service address is available at your internet site.
4. The general phone number in Italy can't be approached.
5. I claim all my noney back!
I expect a serious and responsible response form your side

Date of experience: August 12, 2014
Qatar
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I found the least price of my ticket with bravo fly.the reservation was fast and accurate. Everything was super. Thanks bravo fly

Date of experience: August 12, 2014
Serbia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I had an excellent experience with Bravofly!
August 12, 2014

I had an excellent experience with Bravofly! Everything went smoothly, from online booking to checking in at airports and travelling. I had no issue at all. I will gladly use Bravofly's services again and I can recommend them to everybody without any reservation!

Date of experience: August 12, 2014
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Poor design and user interface
August 12, 2014

Poor design and user interface. Had to call the airline to get a confirmation of my reservation. The specific flight I was interested in was cheap, but you get what you pay for in terms of service: nothing.

Date of experience: August 12, 2014

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