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Canada
1 review
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Worst customer service experience of my life; they must take us for fools! Never in my life have I had to jump through so many hoops without getting anything resolved. They charged me for a booking, never provided any booking info and expect me to repurchase a ticket…? Anyway please email me at edwinaarthur at hotmail dot ca. If you've had a terrible experience with this company, let's shut this down

Date of experience: April 26, 2023
GB
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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A scam company - they book you on impossible connecting flights that gives you less than 50 minutes to change over.
I am in a wheelchair and they said that's not their problem I wasn't able to make it as they do not account for people with disability or have a hold luggage. What a disgrace.

Date of experience: March 22, 2023
GB
1 review
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I booked x2 flights with kiwi.com, sky scanner put me onto them. Flying Gatwick to Vienna returning to Edinburgh but changing in Krakow. My Vienna to krakow flight was canceled and they tried to offer alternatives that would not get me in time for my connecting flight in krakow, making the whole trip invalid for me as I can't get home, 6 weeks after lodging my complaint they have offered me a £13 refund, a absolute disgrace of a company.
They took my money £160 x2 for a trip they could not fulfill surely they have to refund me. Terrible customer service, avoid this company at all costs and I will think twice about using sky scanner now.
Is there nothing I can do about my lost money?

Date of experience: November 23, 2018
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Try to avoid This website... Booked an flight from their website and had an two transite. Went to airport they ask me for visa for transit... Which I only had an visa for final destination. I have lost £600 on that day.

I have called customer service s... N keep saying sorry we can't help you.

How the hell kiwi.com come up with flight with different airline. Which need a visa.

Date of experience: June 17, 2019
Philippines
1 review
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These scammer won't give you a refund even if the airlines the who cancelled the flight. I've been asking for a refund since june 2022 until now they havent processes it back you will get the same response over and over again. Just my two cents purchase directly to the airlines so atleast you can get a refund.

Date of experience: December 2, 2022
Virginia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Terrible!
June 4, 2019

Refusing a refund on a flight that was apparently cancelled and we were never notified about it! They REFUSE to take responsibility and REFUSE refunds because of their "policy" which none of them seem to keep straight. Currently driving from north Caroline to Massachusetts in a rental for 13 hours because we "assumed " from 10+ confirmation emails, one being the day of that our flight was still on time. Terrible customer service! Do not use this company!

Date of experience: June 4, 2019
California
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Worst experience, rude unhelpful staff.

I got stranded overseas mid flight, and Kiwi now refuse to use the kiwi guarantee they promote to pay for accommodation and meals (I'm stuck for 14 days).

They then email me at 1am, telling me I have 4 hours to select a flight home.

I told them I need to do it during business hours so I can arrange things with my airport, embassy and customs etc. They told me too bad and nothing they can do.

FIrst and last time I'll ever use them. Scammers

Date of experience: July 6, 2020
Maryland
6 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Kiwi has horrible customer service. I had an international reservation and incredibly I was never given an opportunity to view a seating chart to select a seat, much less receive a seat assignment. This has never happened to me. It took 48 hours to request one or the other to kiwi.com. Their return email said SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE. What? I also asked if there was food service or whether we would bring our own food. My contact didn't know. These people are beyond belief. I called KLM and they gave me a seat assignment in a heartbeat; what if I hadn't? KIWI is scary; I'm stuck with them for now, but use them at your own risk.

Date of experience: July 18, 2019
Florida
1 review
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Very terrifying experience. They changed my flight and the options were literally double the price and double the time. If I choose the refund they will not fully refund me and I have to wait for 3 months for my money. What is this?

Do not use their service... Pay a little more somewhere else and get a guaranteed flight and service.

Date of experience: November 23, 2023
Michigan
1 review
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Awful Experience
December 12, 2023

Worst case you pay for every extra service to get nothing. DO NOT USE KIWI To guarantee seats together you have to pay extra, chose from seats available, paid extra, and they were already booked. Kiwi doesn't feel obligated to refund. Kiwi will not get my business again. Let this be a warning.

Date of experience: December 12, 2023
Canada
1 review
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The bad and The worst ever
August 25, 2023

This company care only about your money, they don't have any customer service or solution to any problem that may happen, one of My flights delayed and they told me I have to take next flight the day after, and I have to to pay nearly extra 680 $,,, it's really insane

Date of experience: August 25, 2023
District of Columbia
1 review
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We booked our flights from IAD to LIS via Kiwi. The Kiwi confirmation shows the right itinerary but Air Portugal website shows we are flying to London Via Lisbon. When we called the customer service within 24 hours, we were told that we will not be able to check in any bags as they will arrive in London (not Lisbon). Kiwi refused to change or cancel my ticket. We paid $2100+ to book this itinerary and are being told that we will only get 10 euros back in Kiwi credits if we cancel. This vacation is stressful with 2 kids even before it has started. This is very upsetting and unethical behavior. We feel cheated with no where to go for help

Date of experience: February 4, 2024
Florida
1 review
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We booked flights through kiwi.com for flights in Brazil for Aug. 2020 and due to Covid had to cancel. Kiwi.com makes it virtually impossible to do anything but request a refund and you will get a MAXIMUM of 3-4% of your ticket price. We have traveled the world seeing 78 countries over 50 years and this is the worst company in our travels

Date of experience: August 18, 2020
Czechia
1 review
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I had a cancelled flight booking in April 2022. I had to wait over a year only to learn that "no compensation would be provided by the carrier". The carrier was the Czech Airlines. The whole process was absolutely non-intransparent, I never received any official statement from the airline about the decision, even after requesting it. I honestly used to be a fan of this Czech start up couple of years ago, well not anymore.

Date of experience: May 25, 2023
Utah
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Do Not Use!
June 10, 2023

This site is such a joke! Please go to a reliable travel website, because this is not one! They took my money. But spelled my name wrong to the airlines. Then told me I had to pay for them to fix it. Then would not give me a confirmation number for one of the my flights. So I had to purchase another flight! Total rip off. I should've read these reviews before I booked. Never again

Date of experience: June 10, 2023
Portugal
1 review
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Terrible
July 6, 2021

They don't care about anyone. Flight cancelled and they never told me. The airline sent them my new tickets but they didn't contacted me so I had to pay for new ones. After a few day they told me it was because of the big number of customers and they are sorry but they can't do anything. No respect for customers. Criminals!

Date of experience: July 6, 2021
California
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I bought an air ticket on Kiwi.com. The flight was cancelled without any advance notice when I arrived at airport. Kiwi promised me to refund the money after I filed the claim on its website. After two months, it told me it would not refund. What a scam!

Date of experience: August 14, 2018
Sweden
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Wrong tickets
January 4, 2020

One experience with Kiwi.com and it was the worse. The trip was planned with two stops. The reservation was ok, but we got teh boarding passes they were wrong and the second plane was leaving at the same time than the first one. I obviously missed my connection and got stuck for two more days (before christmas). Never saw that before! I ended up taking a new ticket (from my own money... so noway we book with them again!

Date of experience: January 4, 2020
Oregon
1 review
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Worst company ever
March 22, 2023

Kiwi charged me 150 dollars to get the kiwi guarantee which said that I would have a full refund in the case of a cancelled trip. When I had my trip cancelled they didn't give me any of my money back, and then tried to pass it off as my bank's problem. I called and of course, it wasn't. Never book through kiwi. Ever.

Date of experience: March 22, 2023
North Carolina
1 review
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Punta cana trip
October 16, 2022

I had no problems, they kept me informed. In fact they could not check me in on one flight and sent multiple notices telling me if we were charged at check in to get a receipt and I would be reimbursed. I was charged and they did reimburse me.

Date of experience: October 16, 2022

Overview

Kiwi.com has a rating of 1.3 stars from 2,166 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Kiwi.com most frequently mention customer service, full refund and credit card. Kiwi.com ranks 236th among Plane Tickets sites.

service
1,068
value
1,028
shipping
690
returns
872
quality
933
This company does not typically respond to reviews
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