• FareGeek

Overview

FareGeek has a rating of 2.9 stars from 554 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about FareGeek most frequently mention credit card, customer service, and confirmation email problems. FareGeek ranks 34th among Plane Tickets sites.

  • Service
    85
  • Value
    81
  • Shipping
    51
  • Returns
    51
  • Quality
    70
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What reviewers want you to know

Positive highlights

  • I booked my flight tickets in no time and was rewarded with good services.

Critical highlights

  • DO NOT USE THESE GUYS AS THEY HAVE NO CLASS AND NO CUSTOMER SERVICE.
  • They are a scam, they will steal your credit card info.
How would you rate FareGeek?
Top Positive Review

“My ticket to South Carolina was cheap”

Virginia W.
1/18/21

I travel once in every two months! So last month I selected South Carolina for my solo tour. I needed cheap airfare tickets and was browsing the internet. Though there were many offers, but the discounted deal that this website provided me with, is the one that I was attracted to the most. It had the cheapest price with no hidden costs. This deal went perfect with my budget tour plan. Thank you so much.

Top Critical Review

“Flight London to Vancouver”

Walija C.
1/4/22

My flights from London to Vancouver were cancelled in 2020 because of covid and I was told a voucher would be valid for future use. After literally hundreds of emails I managed to secure flights the following summer for the same trip, however Faregeek told me it would not be the direct flight that I originally bought -I would have to stopover in Calgary before travelling on to Vancouver. I didn't want to do this, so said I would just use the portion to go to Calgary and not wait for a connecting flight to Vancouver. The company are now trying to claim £259 for a change of route even though it was due to them not being willing to uphold the original direct flight which my voucher was for - all I did was not want to use the second flight -this was cheaper for them. They didn't charge this extra at the time, but today contacted me out of the blue, nearly 6 months after I got home, demanding payment. When I told them I would not be paying a random person calling me over the phone, 6 months after the service was delivered, they said they were going to make sure all airlines block me from flying with them. As funny as it is that this company thinks it holds the power to do this, as only the Government do, others may well have felt bullied into paying the money. Avoid this company at all costs.

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Thumbnail of user walijac
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 4th, 2022

My flights from London to Vancouver were cancelled in 2020 because of covid and I was told a voucher would be valid for future use.
After literally hundreds of emails I managed to secure flights the following summer for the same trip, however Faregeek told me it would not be the direct flight that I originally bought -I would have to stopover in Calgary before travelling on to Vancouver. I didn't want to do this, so said I would just use the portion to go to Calgary and not wait for a connecting flight to Vancouver.
The company are now trying to claim £259 for a change of route even though it was due to them not being willing to uphold the original direct flight which my voucher was for - all I did was not want to use the second flight -this was cheaper for them. They didn't charge this extra at the time, but today contacted me out of the blue, nearly 6 months after I got home, demanding payment. When I told them I would not be paying a random person calling me over the phone, 6 months after the service was delivered, they said they were going to make sure all airlines block me from flying with them. As funny as it is that this company thinks it holds the power to do this, as only the Government do, others may well have felt bullied into paying the money. Avoid this company at all costs.

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Thumbnail of user stevens467
1 review
1 helpful vote
June 14th, 2018

Sent to this site from momondo.com where 2 international tickets were booked and confirmed about 30 hours ago. Til now there are NO TICKETS. They have said, give us another 24 hours! These are legs of an international flight. They were able to ticket and charge one leg, but the trip is worthless without the otther leg. This is after calling them of and on for the last 12 hours. I don't know why they operate like this, confirm booking, but do not issue ticket. STAY AWAY!

Thumbnail of user danf41
CustomerExperienceTeam F. – FareGeek Rep

Dear Steven, we apologize for the inconvenience caused to you and regret if our services did not meet your expectations. While we tried to look up your reservation, we couldn’t locate your booking details. May we please request you to kindly share your confirmation number, booking ID, email & contact number so that we can investigate and have the reported issue/s addressed on priority. Regards, Customer service Team Faregeek.com

Thumbnail of user minan4
1 review
2 helpful votes
September 20th, 2018

We bought tickets from them and then we had to cancel due to death. They confirmed a per refund. They were terrible. After over three months, they still have not returned the money. They still kept the money.

The agents are very unhelpful and completely useless. The complaint department does not reply at all. They are nightmare. No one should buy from them.

Thumbnail of user randalls176
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 11th, 2020

DO NOT BOOK WITH FAREGEEK.

I booked a trip with them with three destinations and paid for it. After arriving at the first destination, they canceled my second flight and did not notify me. They later claimed to have sent an email about this but no email arrived. They also accused me of deleting the email, which makes no sense. I was stuck in a foreign city for three extra days and eventually had to book a flight at a much higher price to travel to my second destination. This amounted to hundreds of dollars of extra expenses - roughly $600USD. For several months I spent hours on the phone and writing emails to them about this. Eventually, they offered me a $50 reduction on my next booking through them. Perhaps needless to say, this was not adequate compensation. The financial cost was secondary to the loss of my vacation. I had plans to visit family who live far away and was not able to see the people I had planned to. It has now been many years since I have seen them and do not know when I'll have an opportunity again. I contemplated suing Faregeek but the costs would have been significantly higher than the value of the benefits. They seem aware of this and use it strategically.

PLEASE HEED THIS WARNING: FAREGEEK IS NOT RELIABLE AND IS NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR MISTAKES.

Thumbnail of user eliciam1
1 review
3 helpful votes
June 26th, 2016

I have booked with Faregeek since January 2015. I called once to inquire about cancelling and it was 300$ to do so. I decided not to change. Recent events have led me to call them again to change my flights by one day on either end of my trip which is still months away. I have now been told that it will cost 600$ per person to change it, the same amount as a new all round ticket. I was also informed that if I tried to change it again it would be more expensive. HORRIBLE customer service and awful scam! Do not use them!

Thumbnail of user danf41
CustomerExperienceTeam F. – FareGeek Rep

We regret and apologize for the inconvenience caused as we understand our services did not meet your expectations. Please be advised that we tried to locate your confirmation details but couldn’t find one. So would request you to kindly share your confirmation number, booking ID, email ID and contact number so that we can check internally and arrange a call from our Supervisor for assistance

Thumbnail of user paulg134
1 review
3 helpful votes
June 17th, 2016

I bought my girlfriend a ticket to NY for her birthday and it was all confirmed and looking good. She arrived at the airport to check in and found no record of the reservation. We found in our spam an email from FareGeek sent on the day of travel to say the reservation had been cancelled... by them... with no reason or explanation. I waited to there phone message for 1 hour before giving up. I had to buy a new ticket at the airport for double the fare. I am furious.

Tip for consumers:
Don't use FareGeek

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Thumbnail of user danf41
CustomerExperienceTeam F. – FareGeek Rep

We regret and apologize for the inconvenience caused as we understand our services did not meet your expectations. Please be advised that we tried to locate your confirmation details but couldn’t find one. So would request you to kindly share your confirmation number, booking ID, email ID and contact number so that we can check internally and have this case addressed on priority

Thumbnail of user catherinem88
1 review
2 helpful votes
July 31st, 2017

I had to cancel a flight through illness and told them immediately. Even though the flight was made up of £400 in taxes with Lufthansa from LHR to DFW via Frankfurt - they offered me a £68 refund only which they said I would be paid within 10-12 weeks. I emailed them today only to be told I didnt send them an email to say I accept this offer. Absolutely poppycock. Dont book with them is my advice".

Thumbnail of user carriee6
1 review
3 helpful votes
March 23rd, 2015

Faregeek are thieves. I booked out of LAX British air. Received a phone call saying it would be an american airline flight. They completely misrepresented. I cancelled and got charged $175 for cancellation which I was never told about got into a huge argument with someone named "falcon" and he said there are no supervisors. I will keep trying to get my money back or small claims court but beware. It was off of Momondo.

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Thumbnail of user justinc101
1 review
2 helpful votes
May 5th, 2017

I buy the ticket and then they still haven't reduce the money from my bank account. I can't check my booking in the flight website. I call them for long time but no response and they didn't reply my email as well. Poor! Please don't book flights on this website

Thumbnail of user danf41
CustomerExperienceTeam F. – FareGeek Rep

Dear Valued Passenger, we apologize for the inconvenience caused to you. While we tried to look up your reservation, we couldn’t locate your booking details. May we please request you to kindly share your confirmation number, booking ID, email & contact number so that we can investigate and have the reported issue/s addressed.

Thumbnail of user robertb443
1 review
1 helpful vote
May 3rd, 2017

They confirmed the booking, then wrote back to ask for the same credit card and ID details that had been entered securely online. When I asked politely whether this was standard procedure and whether this was possibly a scam, they gave me one hour to confirm my details via a print & scan form. As I was not at work, this could not be done in the timeframe specified. They then tried calling me three times at midnight. When I called back they said they could offer me a new far, 50% more than the originally quoted fare. I declined and booked elsewhere. Terrible, inefficient, unsatisfying way to run a business.

Thumbnail of user danf41
CustomerExperienceTeam F. – FareGeek Rep

Dear Valued Passenger, we apologize for the inconvenience caused to you and regret if our services did not meet your expectations. While we tried to look up your reservation, we couldn’t locate your booking details. May we please request you to kindly share your confirmation number, booking ID, email & contact number so that we can investigate and have the reported issue/s addressed.

Thumbnail of user gabid5
1 review
3 helpful votes
July 18th, 2018

Absolutely horrible. Booked 3 tickets to Europe for about $1500, have our confirmation # and everything. About 10 hours later receive a call (hidden #) saying our flight was CANCELLED. (Not everything, keep reading). Shortly after, we find the same exact flight for $1800+. I give faregeek a call thinking it was a joke because it was hidden #, and they say that the price we had purchased them at was a promotional value and they had no more tickets at that price. Let me remind you that at first they said our flight was cancelled now theyre saying crap about promotional value. There was nothing on our page about this being a promotional value and that there was a chance that we might not be able to get those tickets. I understand if there was a warning or a message stating but there was nothing! This company decided to cancel our THREE tickets because the flight we purchased tickets for had gotten a lot of other buyers and so they decided to raise the prices, AFTER we purchased our tickets and had our confirmation #. Extremely unethical, unreasonable and unprofessional. Dont waste your time or money with this company.

Thumbnail of user maried30
1 review
2 helpful votes
April 18th, 2016

Hi, I have an urgent appointment in Atlanta (ATL) on Thurs April 21 from Toronto YYZ. The reviews seems to be mixed. I'm scared to booked this ticket as the price is significantly cheaper than the other airline. Can someone please confirm is this is a scam? Also been on hold for over 1 hour. They have poor customer service thus far.

Thumbnail of user danf41
CustomerExperienceTeam F. – FareGeek Rep

Dear Marie, Thanks for sharing your feedback. We understand and regret for the inconvenience caused to you due to more than usual hold time. Would like to share that Faregeek.com was found on one fundamental principle - give customers access to the lowest fares without compromising on providing great services. We have built a solid reputation for being one of the first completely independent flight booking engines since 2006, which means we will always show you the best fares available by displaying the lowest total price without any compromise & give you more flexibility in how you book. For more information, kindly share your contact number so that one of our friendly service agent can contact you to assist you with booking your preferred itinerary. It will be our privilege to handle your travel requirements.

Thumbnail of user pauln65
1 review
2 helpful votes
April 19th, 2016

Booked tickets to New York with Faregeek. They confirmed my seating which was paid in full. At the airport the airline informed me the seats were priority and I had no choose but to pay the extra money. Faregeek had reserved seats which were clearly not in the price I had paid. I have tried to resolve the matter for over a month now and Faregeek have now ceased to communicate or respond to me.
Avoid at all costs. Go direct to the airline.

Thumbnail of user danf41
CustomerExperienceTeam F. – FareGeek Rep

We regret and apologize for the inconvenience caused as we understand our services did not meet your expectations. Please be advised that we tried to locate your confirmation details but couldn’t find one. So would request you to kindly share your confirmation number, booking ID, email ID and contact number so that we can check internally and have this case addressed on priority

Thumbnail of user tomass48
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
December 18th, 2017

They are Rude and not able to book your flights. Totally lost of time. Additionally they will ask you more money than what you see on the initial reservation, just because they were not able to secure it...

DONT USE THEM!

Thumbnail of user vikasg1
1 review
5 helpful votes
March 3rd, 2015

It's a scam and fraud company. They just did a fraud on my credit card and have stopped responding to my emails and phone calls now. I am filing a police complaint against them here in Canada.It seems this company is run by only 2 guys who are sitting somewhere else but not in North America as most of the time they say they are working night shifts. Do not trust them at all and spread the word. I am shocked that they have been doing frauds for years and nobody took any action against them

Thumbnail of user lilo3
1 review
3 helpful votes
February 25th, 2015

I booked my flight on Saturday, February 21 and got an immediate confirmation stating my flight was confirmed. After 10 mins, I get a follow up email stating there was a credit card mismatch. I tried calling them several times for the next 48 hours, waiting from 30 minutes to 1 hr and still could not get a hold of a customer service representative. Someone finally emails me stating the flight increased from $765 to $815. I told them that I will only authorize a payment with the original booking price and I haven't heard from them yet.

Tip for consumers:
Pay the extra money for a respectable, honest company. DON'T do business with them, it's a waste of time.

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Thumbnail of user zannism
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 24th, 2017

I bought a business class flight only through this company but when I arrived at the airport I was told the ticket was only valid with a cruise voucher. There was no mention of this on my booking. According to Air France, this is a common ploy used by dishonest agents. Air France obliges them to sell these discount tickets only as part of a package but the agent then mis-sells them to customers. I spent all day on the phone trying to rebook a ticket but Faregeek refused to help. I was forced to purchase a last minute premium economy ticket (still more expensive than the original business class ticket) for the next day and claim the difference from Faregeek (who look unlikely even to refund me). Totally dishonest. Don't use this company.

Thumbnail of user danf41
CustomerExperienceTeam F. – FareGeek Rep

Dear Zannis, We appreciate the opportunity to address your concern. As discussed, we request you to email us the receipt of the newly booked tickets at customerservice@faregeek.com and as promised we will work with our partner airlines to address your complaint and would try our best to compensate you for the additional costs incurred at the airport arising out of rebooking the tickets afresh. We also apologize for the inconvenience caused to you, however would like to assure you that we take note of such complaints in a very sensitive manner to avoid a future recurrence of such incidents. We once again thank you for reporting the issue and look forward to hear from you.

Thumbnail of user marieb72
1 review
2 helpful votes
March 14th, 2016

No customer Service. Sit on hold for hours and NEVER speak to one person, just hours of a recordung telling me I'm a valued customer! My fiance flight left without hum because his "open ticket" was never confirmed, because Faregeek doesnt follow through with customers after they get the money. Never again

Thumbnail of user danf41
CustomerExperienceTeam F. – FareGeek Rep

Thank you for letting us know about your recent experience with us. We apologize if our services did not meet your expectations. Please be advised that we tried to locate your confirmation details but couldn’t find one. So would request you to kindly share your confirmation number, booking ID, email ID and contact number so that we can check internally and have this case addressed on priority.

Thumbnail of user robertg109
1 review
5 helpful votes
June 4th, 2015

FareGeek is utterly dishonest and incompetent. I booked a ticket at an advertised price, then when I called a minute later to confirm it, the price jumped nearly $100 because of "unforeseeable circumstances." They sent me a confirmation but no ticket. Approaching the date of departure, I still had received no ticket. When I called again, I was informed that I'd have to pay another $170. These people are bold liars, unrepentant, and totally untrustworthy. I'm reporting them to the New York Consumer Protection Board.

Thumbnail of user dg129
1 review
1 helpful vote
February 21st, 2018

Faregeek are scammers! For your own protection do not use them! The tension they cause while booking a flight is unbearable and i had a n experience where they told me that my card details didn't work and wanted different details. They ended up cancelleing my booking BUT STILL CHARGED MY CARD FOR THE TICKETS!

Thumbnail of user joannl8
1 review
3 helpful votes
April 10th, 2015

I made a booking mistake that I noticed immediately and requested help looking at it. Their website claims emails will be addressed 24/7 within 10 minutes. It's the next day and I still haven't heard anything. Now the seat sale is over and it will be double the cost :(

Thumbnail of user johna371
1 review
4 helpful votes
April 25th, 2015

Booked flt on line. Their site put me into charlotte not charleston. I called them within 5 minutes of booking to end up on the phone over an hour and a half. Flt to Charleston was accually cheaper, however they wanted to charge me 170 dollars to change ticket even if it was no fault of mine. They are very rude and and requested information from me that was sensitive data. They finally canceled my flight which had not been booked yet and ONLY CHARGED me 75 dollars! They did force me to email them that I agrred to fee or they would not refund any of my transaction. (My card had not been run yet even.) Will never do business with these people again. They were not willing to give me any information about the company, CEO, SUPERVISOR ETC.

Tip for consumers:
Would not use these guys!

Thumbnail of user andreww392
1 review
2 helpful votes
February 3rd, 2019

DO NOT TRUST FAREGEEK. DO NOT BOOK WITH FAREGEEK.

I have booked through faregeek periodically over the years without any difficulty. My most recent booking, however, went very poorly. My flight to Tampa went without hitch, but when I went to the airport to fly away the airline had no record of me. My flights had been cancelled by faregeek without notification. I called their number and was told that an email had been sent and a call had been made to my cell, but neither was received. The phone agent told me a superviser would call me back within two hours (claiming that he was in a meeting), so I waited at the airport. 4 hours later, there was still no call. When I called again I was told it would be 24 to 48 hours before the superviser would call me back. Needless to say, this was frustrating. I was advised to book another flight, but the prices were four times higher due to booking then at the last minute. (My original booking was done well in advance.) I had little choice, though. It was a full 47 hours before the superviser called, and he would not apologize and said that the contract stated that the flight was not confirmed. He offered a $25 voucher. This was a few weeks ago, and now he will not take my calls or forward contact information for a Senior Manager, and takes days or weeks to respond to my email messages. I cannot stress how negligent they have been.

DO NOT TRUST FAREGEEK. DO NOT BOOK WITH FAREGEEK.

Thumbnail of user tomj83
1 review
3 helpful votes
January 3rd, 2016

I cannot recommend their service to anyone. I was informed that my ticket was cancelled just 16 hours before departure, even though the ticket was issued half a week from that date. This happened twice in a row. I may just have been unlucky. However, I wouldn't trust this company with my credit card information at any times.

Thumbnail of user danf41
CustomerExperienceTeam F. – FareGeek Rep

Thank you for letting us know about your recent experience with us.
We apologize if our service did not meet your expectations as we understand that your issue is in regards to the flight cancellation on the day of your departure.
Would request you to kindly share your booking number, email ID and contact number so that we can check internally and have this case addressed.

Thumbnail of user danl65
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 15th, 2015

Booked flights from Calgary to St Lucia in June '15, for November '15. Less than one week before scheduled to leave they call me saying my flights have been cancelled by the airline (not their fault I guess). They offer me an alternative itinerary which doesn't work for me so I request a refund. Now the fun part... I get an email a couple of days later saying refund has been processed by the airline and will be credited to my card in 10-15 business days. 15 business days goes by, no refund. I email to follow up, they say actually the airline refunded faregeek, not me directly, so they will process a refund for me with online transfer to be in my account in 7 business days with account details I provided to them. 7 business days later, no refund. Call them up, next guy says oh actually we are going to send you a check which will arrive in 2-3 weeks. So I speak to his supervisor who says actually no, we will online transfer and it will take 2 billing cycles (8 weeks for a refund money transfer!?!). Quite frankly, no one has a clue what is going on, I have been told something different every time call. I am sitting here nearly 2 months after my flights got cancelled last minute, and I'm still waiting for a refund from these guys. Ridiculous, stay away.

Thumbnail of user danf41
CustomerExperienceTeam F. – FareGeek Rep

“Thanks for choosing Faregeek as your travel partner.
We apologize if our service did not meet your expectations as we understand that you are unhappy in regards to the pending refund. Would request you to kindly share your contact number and booking details with us and one of our supervisor/s shall call you to help you with the concern raised within next 24hours”.

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