BudgetAir.com Reviews

56 ‘BudgetAir.com’ Reviews

scam scam scam
the worst experience of my life
no one to help you ones they get your $$

I booked a last minutes trip on 5/22/2013 6:30AM.
(Departure date:5/27/2013)
I called 5/23/2013 to make sure everything was ok since I never received the so-called confirmation of receipt e-mail after 24 hours.
The customer service rep told me it normally takes more than 48 hours.
By the early morning of 5/25/2013(today), I was worried so I e-mailed the so-called customer service and they came back with a horrible answer a few hours later : the reservation has been cancelled due to the credit card did not go thru. I've just checked my credit card account on-line and made sure the charge was there RIGHT AFTER I E_MAILED customer service. The transaction record was there all right, but was not included in total amount I owe, which is weird.
During 5/22/2013 to 5/25/2013, I've been checking the airline website with the booking number they provided initially to make sure everything is ok, and I was able to find the record. When I phoned the customer service today after receiving the cancelation e-mail to see if there is anything they can do to fix the issue internally(and I even offer to provide new card info), the so called supervisor was telling me there is nothing he can do since all the booking has to be done 4 days in advanced and they can not guarantee the price they offered from the beginning, especially since it's {supposedly} a credit card error.
They have NEVER ONCE tried to contact me by e-mail or phone to let me know the situation during the waiting period. If it weren't me contact the customer service again, I would never know the reservation was canceled until I'm in the airport and the people who are waiting for me to start the funeral would be very upset.
The worst thing about this whole experience is that they never once admitted that they overbooked or oversold.
Fortunately I was able to book the IDENTICAL TRAVEL SCHEDULE from a better provider, which makes me wonder how much they are willing to try to help their customer SINCE THERE ARE SEATS LEFT ON THE SAME FLIGHT.
Overall, a NIGHTMARE EXPERIENCE. HIGHLY UN-RECOMMENDED!
very bad service and not helpful

I booked a flight 3 days ago. Got confirmation in my email - I had to contact the airline to make a change to my itinerary, turns out I wasn't even confirmed with the airline. I've been on the phone with BA the past 2 days and they still haven't figured out anything. Looks like I'm out $800
Do what you can to avoid scam sites like this!! BRUTAL!!! STAY AWAY
Scam and Worse Service
My Relative has just booked ticket,
And after 2 hours she has asked them to cancel it whatever they have said in conformation email that we can cancel ticket asap if we will contact them asap
She is trying from many days but they are not picking there phone as well,
and by saying we are putting you on hold they are disconnecting the phone
Rubbish service from them,
Will never use again ...
Not trust-able company,
We are still trying to cancel the tickets but they are not picking our phones ...
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Their scam services for cancel the tickets
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1) First day got response from them call us after 3 hours
2) After 3 hours got response from their team call us tomorrow
3) Second day they put on hold for 1 hour and then told us call us
tomorrow
4) Third day is gone but we didn't get any response from them ...
Is this their service?
5) They didn't call us but we called them and ask to cancel the tickets now they told us call us tomorrow ....
6) 5th day Called them they reply us that we will call you tomorrow
7) 6th day: we didn't get any call
8) 7th day called them they told us we are putting you on hold and disconnect the phone
9) 7th Day: Called them again 3 times they are not picking up the phone ...
10) called them not able to talk with any manager or head
11) Called them back ask to cancel the tickets told me 320 quid charge for 500 quid tickets
In reviews they are replying that they will contact us soon but they are not giving us reply on our calls as well

I would encourage any future customers seeking to make comments, please contact me at [email protected] for assistance. We are happy to help our customers resolve issues both prior and post booking. Happy Travels!
Its a lie, it does NOT MATTER, if you send an email to the feedback, ASHEH will respond to you by telling you in professional manner that you cannot be refunded. As I told them, they can keep my money, but I will make it my duty for years of my life to let people know that BUGETAIR IS A SCAM. PLEASE REPORT THEM TO THE BUSINESS BUREAU, ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER. WE NEED TO HURT THEIR POCKETS AS WELL.

I booked a BA Club World ticket with BudgetAir in February - it was almost £1500 cheaper than directly with BA. I was told I had to pay over the phone and I provided my details to the call centre.
This was the first (and only) transaction on my new debit card and was shocked to receive a call from my bank (as soon as I landed after my flight) telling me that someone had attempted to make £7900 worth of Internet transactions.
They are very well aware of the events leading up to this attempted fraud. All fingers point to BudgetAir!
LIARS. One star is two stars too many. I wanted a simple flight change and was prepared to pay their exorbitant fees to achieve it, BudgetAir acknowledged all of my dozen or so emails and said "yes, we can do that." But they FRICKING didn't or couldn't. Useless, useless, useless. I spent more than and hour on the phone from Australia to Holland to their parent company Travix. Waste of time! Do they have a local phone number? NO!! After dozens of emails and several phone calls, I had to persuade the airline to take over the contract so that I could change my flight. Never again. The Australian competition authority referred me to the Netherlands Competition Authority (https://www.acm.nl/en/). Avoid BudgetAir if you don't want to waste endless time on what should be trivial problems.

Very cheap and quick service and I knew before buying the the ticket was non-refundable. However, Budgetair.co.uk is not based in the UK despite what their web address states. Payment was taken from a the Dutch Headquarters in Haarlem meaning it will be treated as a foreign transaction on your credit/debit card. I would use a specific travel card or factor in the foreign charges in the cheap price. There is no mention of this fact anywhere on their website.
They do not have hold an ATOL licence which means there is no cover in the event the airline cannot fulfil its obligations under the ticket. Rather they rely on a UK company Emerald Global Ltd, ATOL 3676. They state "Many of the flights and flight-inclusive holidays on this website are financially protected by the ATOL scheme. But ATOL protection does not apply to all holiday and travel services listed on this website". I would contact them before purchasing the ticket to check if the flight is covered by ATOL - although the phone charges are pretty steep.

Have been hunting for a good deal to Florida. found it. booked it. got the confirmation seconds later. ...so far so good. :)

The EXACT same long error messages came up from the "two" companies for flight info to Tokyo (gotten, sadly, via Tripadvisor).
Lots of great sounding reviews for budgetair but they are all at a website clearly controlled by budgetair.
Wow is this a fishy company.
Hello -
I'm sorry to hear of your negative experience. Please email [email protected] with further information so we can review. Thank you - Ashleigh
VERY FISHY
That's because they are con artists, report them on Facebook on their website.
they are beyond FISHY. Oh, and Ashley will not help you either. Do not count on Carol ( manager) either. I give this company few more years before they closed.

I did not have any problems with ticketing or my flight, however, I was never billed. By the time I booked another flight, seven months later, the amount showed up on my credit card and I was over my limit. When I first noticed that I hadn't been billed, I contacted them and they told me that it takes a few weeks and I should not take any further action
Sarah,
There can sometimes be a delay between booking and billing. When you noticed you were not billed did you contact us for more information? If the reservation was ticketed, it would have been a good idea to set the amount for the tickets aside in your account to avoid being overcharged. If you would like more assistance please email [email protected]

Budget Air is the average deceptive online ticket vendor, perhaps somewhat worse because their tricks are not as well known yet.They make a lot of baseless promises and employ the usual false advertising. For example, they promise their tickets may be refundable and changeable. However, NONE of the tickets are changeable. The airlines that Budget Air sells tickets for do not allow any changes to their tickets. So if this is important for you, go somewhere else for your ticket.
Mary's comment is true...
This Month, it happened the same to me that BudgetAir.com sent me several emails. Finally I called therm about my ticket status, they replied my ticket is no refund, no reschedule. I already lost a ticket around $1,000 after I called for cancelling. Please do not trust BudgetAir.com
Mary,
Your feedback does not provide any specific information. We do advise that some tickets can be changed, however all are non-refundable. All rules are provided prior to booking and it is the customer's responsibility ensure that these rules are read prior to booking.
Thank you
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