CheapOair has a rating of 4.41 stars from 220,656 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with CheapOair most frequently mention great service, easy process, and seat selection. CheapOair ranks 1st among Tickets sites.
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Frontier is starting to look like Spirit where they start out pricing the ticket at a low price and then charge for everything under the sun. Then you end up paying the same average amount as the other listed ticket prices. It is a dubious plot to obtain a passenger's capital, so I will observe their services and see if it measures up to the other airlines that charge the same amount out right. If not, I will give a just review and expose it all on my social media platforms. Thank you,
The reservationist was awful and I ended up very unhappy. First being handicapped I told her I needed an aisle seat towards the front. Then I found out she gave me a seat totally in the back of the plane. I cannot walk that far and I paid extra for the seat, insurance and changing fees. I also requested a wheelchair when I arrive 3 times and didn't see it added to the itinerary. She was not easy to speak with. My trip is starting off on a bad foot.
Booking flight had wrong seats selected. Did not correct until 2 days. I declined insurance and other add on features. Five minutes after booking agent called and tried to upsell everything I already declined. Login to web site and seats are still in correct online and in app. I have confirmation from airlines with correct seats but does not match CheapOair. I now will need to call airline directly because I do not trust what the website says.
My confirmation receipt says $2610.60, but I've been charged 2646.61, an extra $36.01 and with no explanation as to why. The total price is still cheaper than most others, but even when it's 1 penny, stealing is bad for business.
I was sent to your site by Kayak, which I trust very much. Cheapoair has been around awhile and I've seen and heard good things, but after being charged extra, I'm not so sure.
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I am trying to cancel a reservation that I booked separately from my family as it is a business expense. When booking for my family, the flight was full. Imam now trying to cancel my flight and it hasn't been 30 minutes and apparently I need to "chat" with someone to cancel. That "someone" is not available at the moment and now I have to find a totally different flight where my family can join me. What a waste of my time. You really need to inform customers how many seats are left or if the flight is almost sold out.
My complaint is the way the system keeps trying to get more purchases by confusing issues; such as buying baggage by showing one personal bag free and then offering to buy a checked in bag as if no check in bags are allowed free when in fact one bag is. Honesty and ethics demand YOU show what is already included instead of making it look like a purchase is necessary.
Shame on you for your deception, which is nothing less than lying and fraud.
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You do not respond to tickets submitted at all.
Also, I had a flight bought in December to fly in June when I got to the airport they did no find my itinerary so we could not fly and had to by a new flights at a higher price and when I contacted you for hours on the phone you were not able to do anything. I did not get a refund for the first tickets I purchased in December. I am ver disappointed.
I have been with CheapOair for few years now and used you guys a lot
I made my plans yesterday and as of today I still can't get a copy of my final invoice. I waited 30 minutes on the phone to speak to someone about it but couldn't wait any longer. My bank account has been charged but not the amounts it should be. I also updated my baggage information last time with someone in customer service and it hasn't been changed on this site even though I see it changed on Spirit's website.
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Too many tricks to force one to purchase with a particular airline. Like defaulting to another date where the change is inconspicuously hidden from the unsuspecting traveler. If not detected this causes undue stress, additional charges and time wastage to realign to suit the traveler's initial request. A LOW BLOW AND DIRTY TRICK. All for money!
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Thank you for your feedback. This sounds as though you may be referrring to an "alternate date" option that is offered within 1-2 days from requested date and is highlighted in GREEN in order to offer the lowest possible fare available in that market.
Very difficult to get the needed help. People from reservation are not picking up the phone. I was on hold for over 1.5 hr. Hard to understand the people on the phone & e-mails are sent without a button to accept change. The process through e-mail is very confusing. It tells you not to answer to the e-mail, but you have to click on the reply button to get to the "accept" button which did not work anyways.
Price was good
This website/email chain has given me the runaround for about an hour now. How can i pre-check-in when your system is telling me i don't exist? I've used the 6 letter confirmation code and the 16 digit code, both malfunctioned. These automated services do nothing but loop me around the same options as if they're going to net different results by saying the same thing over and over. If I miss my flight for any reason, i expect full recompensation. I don't have time to play ring around the rosie on the internet.
I thought it was cheap and simple. It's quickly turning into an expensive hassle.
Hello make sure you are on the airline website using the airline confirmation code. Do not check in on Cheapoair website!
Spent over an hr trying to pay with my CC, checking and savings account through my PayPal account. And in the end, spen to much time,prices went up and had to use my unsecured card informing anyways. PayPal should and is the easiest way for transactions from 5$-75K! Why couldn't it work makes me think scam. But it's a government card so $#*! it.
Cheaper then any other options
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My request for wheel chair assistance for my husband has not been met. I have talked about this on Chat. Now waiting for information on seating and wheelchair service. I was told I would hear from someone in 24 hours after my chat with your representative. At the moment I will not be using your services again. Not pleased at all. My flight is tomorrow and I am not clear on seating and wheelchair service for my total trip.
I have been waiting on customer service representative now for over 20 plus minutes.
Tried to book tickets for 1057. 00 called to make payment. Needed to put it on 2 cards, then they kept us on hold for 59 min when they came back they told me that the price went up by 200. Couldn't take my payment then so called back the next day and they upped the price again by almost another 100. Even thought email says that booking was good for 24 hours.
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Hi, I like Cheapoair, I recommend purchasing tickets from it for more than 10 years, but this ticket I face many difficulties, we had war in Jerusalem where I stayed when i left US, i described to your agent that me and my handicapped spn missed the flight, young men attached the police office and killed 2 of them. The army blocked the area that day and did not allow us to leave to Amman. I ended up purchasing to tickets and paid 1260 $, I kindly hope to recieve some refund from you. Contact me at my Phone # *******734,
I will be in US oct 20.
I have to, due to itenerary changes.
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Spending my life savings trying to book a flight right after I book a flight, you call and try up sale me. I don't fall for it So magically the seats we picked are no longer available. We booked almost 4 months in advance. Now me my daughter and my granddaughter have to sit apart or I have to pay another $140. Yeah, I called bull$#*!.
I thought you were reputable
We have reviewed the reservation and you are the only one booked in this reservation and you chose Preferred seating on UA which that seat was an upgrade to $129.00! Along with just a regular coach seat so that is why you paid so much. It is not mandatory that you pick such an expensive seat.
I don't want to select a seat BUT If I don't select a seat, I presume that the company will provide me one. I select one (out of 3) but don't feel satisfied to pay extras... to get a seat. This flight is not a long carrier flight so, it's not that important for me to select my seat. I was uncomfortable with the process, it's not easy to understand what we can do if we don't want to pay more for the trip.
There was an additional charge of 411 dollars on my credit card. I called twice and nobody could tell me what that charge was for. Still unresolved, very frustrating.
This is being reviewed.
I've tried numerous times to get the same rate and flight with my family and I spoke with 3 different representatives who all said there was nothing they can do. There is no more offer and there is no one else I can talk too.
I was sad and disappointed but need to go on this trip. This is my first time booking through this website and strongly believe it will be my last.
My sister got my ticket for me. She recommended this website she has used before. But I am not happy with the outcome and my sister is also disappointed.
Flights are based on availability and the airlines control the inventory so if the seats sold out at the cheaper fare, they go up in cost. Has nothing to do with Cheapoair the booking engine. Our apologies for the inconvenience, and sorry to hear you won't be back.
Very difficult to check things about my reservation! I was hung upon twice on the phone. I was very respectful and when I asked something that was obviously something they didn't know, they just hung up! Also i have had to wait SO long each time I called and very frustrated to be hung up on. Very difficult to hear and understand most of your cust. Service people.
When I called to find out about my seats and ask for a seat for my disabled daughter, I received NO help today! Both times that I called, the cust. Service person hung up on me! Once when I asked why I was charged and the second time when I asked for an e-mail confirmation of the seats!
Getting connected in chat was a terrible experience. Several times when I reached my turn in the queue (after one or two hours waiting) I was unable to type or to press the 'send' button. On one occasion I was able to reply and got a "please wait a moment"... for two hours. I terminated that one after your 12AM ET closing time. Very frustrating. I finally (5th time) was able to connect though.
The hotel did not show up on screen so we booked it again... guess what - now I'm double booked! :(
I tried to use my promo code several times, and it would not take it. I was very disappointed! I also cashed in some of my points to use on a card to receive money off of my ticket, but it never showed in my history on my receipt where that money was taken off. It showed no credit at all. It showed that I paid full price and that was very disappointing to me also! What's wrong with your system?
I am trusting you to give me the best rate for a rental car.
We do show that you got a discount of over $50.00 please review your receipt again, and also someone from the billing team will reach out as we don't see you ever called us to discuss prior to posting here.
It does not make any sense to over charge a credit card as a soft hold for tickets. If the price is $229 then charge that instead of $447. I spoke to a rep and he explained that the funds will be released back to the card. This is crazy. I will definitely tell my friends, family and YELP! To not use Cheap O tickets. Please change your policy if you want continued service. Thank you
Because I needed a quick last min ticket
Thank you for your feedback. We apologize for the inconvenience.
I noticed when re-searching other flight dates, when i came back to the date i liked, the cost had gone up from $93 to $104 (within 10 minutes) but when i looked closer it was not the flight cost but the agency fee that had gone up. So, because i have seen this trick before, I got on different computer and did the same search and got the original price i had seen. So clearly this is an agency trick that ups the service fee. This is tricky and deceitful!
Always get the best price; even though there are lots of price gouging tricks to avoid.
Got a good deal but various glitches made me have to start over, re-entering my info literally 4 times before!
I keep getting notification that something about my booking has been changed but when I click on the link to accept the changes it says there's an error. I've gotten three emails and haven't been able to get a hold of customer service to verify what the issue is because my booking page looks normal. It's stressing me out because I don't want the day to come and it's a drastic change.
Horrible my plane time changed had to spend $ 200 to stay in the hotel. I will never use this booking and tha batik airway. It's terrible.
Because I wanted to fly with short lay over with reasonable price but it was not worth.
Our apologies for the inconvenience, even if you booked through a competitor on the same airline, you would have had the same outcome. Airlines often go through schedule changes to accommodate schedules for new routes, gate space etc. If the change did not meet your acceptance most rules allow you to cancel it for a refund and book with another airline.
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History of Fareportal
Sam S. Jain, Founder and Executive Chairman of Fareportal, arrived in New York City in the early 1990’s and began working at a friend’s small wholesale travel agency. Jain quickly noticed the archaic practices of the business as they sifted through reams of paper to locate air fares or flight schedules. He set out to create a more efficient system that could aggregate the information digitally and in 1994 he launched his own B2B wholesale agency, FareBuzz.
Werner Kunz-Cho is the Chief Executive Officer of Fareportal Inc. the company owner of Online Travel Agencies CheapOair.com and One Travel. Glenn Cusano is the Co-CEO and Chief Financial Officer of Fareportal.
In the early 2000’s, Jain expanded the business capabilities into the B2C space with the launch of Fareportal in 2002. Soon after, he noticed a shift towards ecommerce across all industries. In order to remain on the cutting edge, he started channeling profits from Fareportal into the development of a proprietary ecommerce platform.
By November 2005, CheapOair was launched as the company’s first consumer online portal. Staying close to its traditional travel agency model, the concept of having customer care agents available 24/7 carried over to CheapOair. Jain insisted on having a telephone number prominently displayed on every webpage which was unheard of amongst competitors. Today, Fareportal’s worldwide team of customer care agents receive nearly 30,000 calls per day in support of the company’s CheapOair and One Travel brands.
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Fareportal is one of the top 5 consumer-focused online travel companies in the United States
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Fareportal partners with over 600 airlines, 1 million hotels, and hundreds of car rental companies worldwide
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The seats on the airline website will be valid we changed the seat assignments directly with the airline so it will not show up on the confirmation, go with what is confirmed with the airline directly