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SmartFares Reviews Summary

SmartFares presents a mixed reputation among its customers. On the positive side, many users appreciate the affordability and efficiency of the booking process, noting that customer service representatives can be helpful and responsive when issues arise. However, significant concerns persist regarding discrepancies between quoted prices and final charges, as well as frustrating experiences with customer service, particularly related to refunds and booking confirmations. Overall, while some customers report satisfactory experiences, a notable number express dissatisfaction with pricing transparency and support, indicating room for improvement in communication and service consistency.

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6,202 reviews
Ukraine
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Пожалуйста будьте очень осторожны и ни в коем случае не давайте им свои данные!
Зайдя через сайт kiwi.com (06.08.2019) я получила список компаний через которые я могу приобрести билет. Я выбрала компанию smartfares.com поскольку у них была очень выгодная цена. На сайте я заполнила форму на приобретение билетов и форму оплаты с номером карты и всеми данными по карте.
На мою почту пришло письмо с фейковыми билетами и ссылкой на сайт компании Smart Fares с номером брони и предупреждением о том, что в течении 24 часов я должна проверить все свои данные на наличие ошибок и в случае их обнаружения я смогу их исправить в течение 24 часов бесплатно. Проверив на сайте Smart Fares билеты которые они мне предоставили все было верно и без ошибок.
Когда с моей карты сняли средства (07.08 2019 в 20:36) я сразу написала в службу поддержки компании Smart Fares с просьбой выслать мне ссылку на электронный билет авиа компании Qatar airways билеты которых я должна была приобрести на проверку всех даных.
По моей просьбе компания Smart Fares прислала ссылку на свой сайт (07.08 2019 в 23:01) но не на сайт Qatar airways.

Утром 07.08 2019 примерно в 9.30-10.00 я связалась с представителем компании Qatar airways, которые сообщили мне что бронь билета на мое имя есть но в моих данных допущены ошибки я должна связаться с компанией Smart Fares чтобы они исправили ошибку поскольку только они имеют доступ к правкам.

Напоминаю что ссылки на бронирование билета на сайте Qatar airways мне не присылали и данных ошибок я не могла видеть и об ошибках я бы даже не знала если бы самостоятельно не позвонила в авиакомпанию.

Когда я опять же самостоятельно за свои деньги позвонила представителям компании Smart Fares с просьбой исправить ошибку и прислать мне код бронирования на официальный сайт авиакомпании Qatar airways
представители компании Smart Fares начали манипулировать и запугивать меня что мой билет пропал и все мои деньги тоже.

07.08 2019 в 12:10 Мне пришло письмо с электронными билетами на сайт Qatar airways где мои данные были указаны с ошибками.
Напоминаю на сайте компании Smart Fares данные, доступ к которым я имела, были указаны верно!

Все мои официальные письма в компанию Smart Fares игнорировались
Компания Smart Fares вела со мной чат переписку и телефонные разговоры в которых требовала деньги за исправление их же ошибок манипулируя тем, что я увидела ошибку после того как прошло 24 часа с момента бронирования.

Напомню что письмо со ссылкой на сайт Qatar airways где была допущена ошибка я получила этот же день в 12:10

Сначала представитель компании Smart Fares назвал сумму в 80 USD за каждое лицо за исправление ошибки.
Затем сумма постепенно возрастала до 439 USD.

Я потратила целый рабочий день на выяснение этой ситуации мной все время манипулировали запугивать и угрожали
Мой день превратился в кошмар.

08.08 2019 в 20:18 Мне пришло письмо (No-Reply)
что с меня зпишуть деньги в размере 439 USD и мы якобы согласовали такую сумму ранее.
После чего я поняла что я здесь бессильна что я имею дело с мошенникками и прекратила всякие разговоры с компанией Smart Fares.

08.08 2019 в 20.36 с моєй карти Universal Bank было сделано попытки снять средства на сумму 349 USD
в операции было отказано поскольку на карте был установлен лимит оплаты в интернете в 50 USD

09.08 2019 в 00:04 с моей карты было снято 50 USD
На тот момент я разговаривала с представителем Universal Bank после чего моя карта была заблокирована в целях безопасности.

Напоминаю данная операция проводилась не мной а скорее всего представителями компании Smart Fares, которые завладели моим данным мошенническим методом воспользовавшись моим доверием.

Весь следующий день я провела в полиции а также писал жалобы на различные ресурсы в том числе в Universal Bank и Qatar airways

Мне нанесен финансовый и моральный вред.

Сейчас я понимаю, что это или мошенничество или служебная халатность и то и другое являеться уголовным нарушением.
Конечно я не оставлю это дело просто так я буду пробовать вернуть средства и наказать виновных за причиненный мне вред.

Я очень надеюсь на помощь и поддержку представителей Universal Bank и Qatar airways а также представителей правоохранительных органов так как сама я бессильна в данной ситуации.

#qatarairways #kiwi.com #universalbank #visa.com

Date of experience: August 10, 2019
New York
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Dont use them
August 9, 2019

They sent me my travel document that confirmed already before 2 days ago from my flight date. Then one day left to my flight they sent me a cancel information mail. They said that there is an issue and canceled so they offered an other ticket that I need to pay more. And then their customer service was very bad, and rude. Don't use them never!

Date of experience: August 9, 2019
Minnesota
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I called them before I booked a ticket that has a stop over in Canada. I was told I would not need a transit visa in Canada to the US since I was not exiting Toronto airport in Canada. Big Lie! They told me that because they wanted to make money. Departure airport would not let me board the plane without the transit visa. Had to purchase a new ticket entirely. As I type this, Smart fare is yet to refund me. Never ever again!

Date of experience: August 9, 2019
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Scam
August 7, 2019

Hice una reserva por un precio y resulta que era más! No me lo notificaron nunca y al llamar y ver q eran 100 dolares mas les dije que no lo quería y cobraron 50 dolares por una reserva que nunca hicieron

Date of experience: August 7, 2019
Spain
1 review
1 helpful vote
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A disaster
August 3, 2019

A disaster. I bought 3 tickets to fly me and my family on August 3 from Miami to Madrid, but when they sent me the confirmation with the final tickets, they sent me tickets to fly the day after the one I had bought (for August 4!). I called them and ask them for changing my flight date (from August 4 to 3) and they told me that the solution was buying a new ticket (with the subsequent new payment).
I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS COMPANY FOR ANYTHING IN THE WORLD.

Date of experience: August 3, 2019
Israel
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Terrible
August 3, 2019

They sold me some "baggage options" without an option to take baggage!
I. e. They took money for make my baggage safer, but they new that there is no any baggage!
I had to pay for the baggage in the airport.

Date of experience: August 3, 2019
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Scammers
August 2, 2019

They lie after you book a main cabin so you can choose seats and pay the 30.00 fee to choose seats! 24 hours later they send you a economy booking where you cant choose seats and already took your money wont refund at! When you talk with customers service they are just as bad rude! I'm contacting BBB they need to be investigated with thier false selling practice!

Date of experience: August 2, 2019
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I'm not a reviewer but this company was so unbelievably untrustworthy, I needed to take the time to warn other people!
I bought a fare on the Smartfares site and 20 minutes later I got a call from Juana at Smartfares saying they couldn't honor the fare anymore bc there were only 2 seats left and the airline had changed the price. I said well that's the price you had stated so you should honor that, she said she needed to talk to her supervisor and came back and said the least they could do was so that it was $30.00 more than the original price. It felt fishy so I went to the airline site after and indeed there was still plenty of seats left! I canceled my ticket and now am off to complain to the BBB and Skyscanner who should not be dealing with untrustworthy vendors!

Date of experience: July 30, 2019
GB
1 review
5 helpful votes
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How did I get outsmarted by a travel agency? A difficult thing to admit but here goes. The promise of affordably priced tickets and quality service must have been an instance of blatant deception. A 10 hour flight change from late afternoon to early morning went unrecognised by me until the night before. The email wasn't even sent by smartfares and didn't even contain a mobile ticket just a confirmation. I missed my early flight by 10 minutes and attempted to make a simple change on the phone with the agency. 3 minutes of repeating myself to an incompetent call center representative and 8 minutes of being put on hold and miscommunication until I ran out of money for the phone booth. The next call was placed on my personal cell phone after I bought a Skype plan. A 30 minute call where it becomes apparent that all they want from me is more of my money since "nothing can be done" to get a sooner flight at a better price. Shocking, a travel agency with no other options. The absurdity of a single one way ticket? $865 USD for a mediocre flight plan. (I paid 600 for the flight I missed) The best they could do. Nothing else was mentioned besides that. It was the best possible option because "all other flights are booked for the next couple days". It was soon after I realized that they had lied. The airline had tickets the next day at a better price but that information was withheld from me so that I would rebook through them. Unable to cancel with a refund I was forced to acknowledge my costly mistake. This criticism has been light-heartded thus far so here's a taste of my scorn. This agency deserves to wither away into dust and bankrupt every high ranking position on the way to it's demise. To lose every dime and slowly shink from existence until it's worth pennies. The feeling of repugnance and contempt for this time wasting, greed driven, and deceitful agency my be incomprehensible to whoever reading this but I hope my words can shed some light. I will never book another flight through your agency nor will I allow anyone I know to do the same. This criticism will be posted on as many review sites and pages I can find until everyone sees this message. Thanks for reading.

Date of experience: July 24, 2019
Nevada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Mala atencion
July 21, 2019

Lo peor de mi vida salen los boletos en la aplicación a un precio y resulta que cuando llamas para sacarlos te dicen que tienes que pagar mas dinero de impuestos y dice el muchacho que me atendió que ningún boleto que está en la aplicación está disponible. Entonces porque salen no entiendo que descarados. Y cuando ningún agente te da una opinión que te pueda convencer nadie te puede ayudar. Que aplicación mas mala

Date of experience: July 21, 2019
California
1 review
6 helpful votes
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SCAMMM THEY SELL TICKET, CHARGE YOU AND THAN TRY TO BOOK A DIFFERENT FLIGHT... BE CAREFUL. FILED A CLAIM WITH MY CREDIT CARD COMPANY, SINCE I DONT TRUST I WILL GET A FULL REFUND WITH THEM.

Date of experience: July 19, 2019
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Stay away
July 19, 2019

We were just about to book our flight with smart fares thank goodness my husband read the reviews before we parted with our well earned money

Date of experience: July 19, 2019
Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Worst site ever
July 18, 2019

Worst site ever! A bunch of scam artist and horrible horrible customer service from their agents to their supervisors! I won't stop to this spreads all social media for people to be informed never to book anything through this website! I feel stupid get caught in this scam! If I can leave a negative star review I would! I will be contacting the Better Business Bureau on this website!

Date of experience: July 18, 2019
Virginia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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1- Bait and switch: false initial fare then they hike it either before or after you pay.
2- False claim that you get free cancellation within 24 hours. Agents insist on charging $350/passenger because "that's what the airlines charge, not us"
3- Rude customer service out of India even before any of these issues came up.

Date of experience: July 1, 2019
Illinois
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I booked my trip with this company but I received reservation for another trip( trip same but layover 32 hours). When I called them and ask what's going on why I got wrong confirmation and they said" we don't know how it's happened" but if you want to cancel or make a changes please pay $350 for each passenger. I was on the phone couple hours but nothing changed and paid $1050 for 3 passengers. When I ask can I have a receipt for this transaction they said "NO". It was my mistake that I paid this amount. Later I called to airline and ask about fee for changes tickets and price was $150 for each passenger not $350. Please avoid this SCAM company.

Date of experience: June 25, 2019
Alabama
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Booked 2 tickets, no confirmation of airfare. After HOURS on the phone with these people I was told I had to PAY MORE to get the confirmation. I stated NO. Without PERMISSION they debited our card more money and have promised a refund NONE hAVE COME. SCAMERS allll the way

Date of experience: June 24, 2019
Illinois
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Don't fall into their trap. The low prices they advertise are NOT real! They will not confirm your booking and then will tell you that you need to pay more because the price has changed. Their customer service is also argumentative and unprofessional. Avoid.

Date of experience: June 20, 2019
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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As someone that travels extremely and uses a lot of booking agents, I can officially confirm that Smart Fares is the worst company I have ever come across, and is a complete SCAM.
After finding a flight and booking it through SmartFares, I get a confirmation email and code. Two days later, I noticed my card had still not be charged- so checked my spam email (it is now one day before my flight). Lo and behold, there is an email in my space folder from SmartFares. They inform me that a small charge has been put on my card, and i need to confirm the amount to complete the booking!
I do so and call them, and they tell me that now it is too late and the booking has gone up by 300usd to over 1100. I ask why they don't clarify this in their email, and tell people to check their spam- and he said all emails are different.
I check online for the SAME flight, and see other companies still selling the SAME ticket for 950! The agent asks me if I want to pay more than i originally approved, and more than all the other companies out there. And of course i say no!
I then read up about Smart Fares online and see SO many people have had experiences like this- where they say you have a "confirmed" booking, then refuse to honor it and try and sell you a more expensive one. Also, if you decide to cancel the booking- they then charge you a 30$ cancellation fee! Think of how many people they are trying to pull that cancellation fee out of!

This company is really a complete scam, and I seriously advise no one book with them.

Date of experience: June 18, 2019
Minnesota
1 review
1 helpful vote
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May 30, 2019

This is such a scam, they advertise a lower price then when you go to book the flight it tells you a higher one sometimes almost double. Then when you call they negotiate prices? Ok, anyway whatever gets me a lower price. Then they realize they went too low and recant the offer. I understand prices fluctuate but when the prices haven't changed for two weeks and you tell me they change all the time it becomes s bait and switch. I am a very frustrated traveler right now, it's a waste of time DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THIS COMPANY AND NOW THEY HAVE MY CREDIT CARD INFORMATION. THEY TOLD ME 282.00 ON THE SITE AND CAME BACK WITH 425.00.

Date of experience: May 30, 2019
Hawaii
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Seat choice
May 27, 2019

Beware of using this site. I got the flight I was looking for. Then I found out that I can't upgrade from an economy seat to an extra-leg seat. Bah!

Date of experience: May 27, 2019