CheapOair: Cheap Flight Deals Reviews

by One Scammed Customer

After saving for a trip to Arizona and Mexico for 3 years, me and my family were excited for our trip and happy that we got a good deal from this website. This ended when we got to the airport and found out that there was no record of our flight and that a flight going to the city we were going to has not existed for more than 6 months. In shock, we tried to call customer service. We have currently been on hold with them for more than 3 hours. A man picked up, said he could not help us, put us back on hold and that is where we are now. When we talked to the management of the airport they informed us that they have no affiliation to CheapOair and that what they do is often sell regular priced. When we finally got put through, they took an extra 30 minuets to pull up our “itinerary” that we already told them does not exist. We had booked activities in Arizona and because of our non-existent flight were not able to attend them. Altogether, we wasted over 3000 dollars on these flights and don’t even know if we can go to Mexico and if that flight doesn’t exist too. I you account the activities and hotel we would not use, it is actually so much more. I recommend using any other service or just buying through the actual airline. This whole experience has been extremely stressful and heartbreaking for us because we worked so hard for this vacation and we might have just been completely robbed by this fake company that might just be a scam.

by Khashook

I booked our vacation tickets 40 days in advance before my vacation, a week before trip this app called and told me airline changed the schedule. I asked them to let me research and I'll get back to them. I called them, I was on hold for 25 minutes and then they said I have to pick the new schedule that they force me to take with layover time of 25 hours! after being on the phone for 2 days each time average 2 hours they didn't do anything, they didn't take responsibility or find me a ticket with better hours, dates or airline. They have untrained staff, supervisors with no power and poor customer service. Anytime you call you have to waste minimum 2 hours of your time. They insisted to give my money back and full refund me to not take the responsibility. I told them you canceled my flight a week before the flight and you want to refund me? what can I buy with that money a week before my vacation? Wrote the email for CEO and no answer either. I found my ticket somewhere else and asked for full refund and guess what? it takes two months to give my money back. I want to sue them.

by 9thLife

Original review below. Thanks to developers for the response, better late than never. Your whole response could’ve been simply , “no, CheapOair cant do that” as opposed to repeating what I stated already as the entire POINT of the concept; that groups of people flying all together sometimes find it easier to book all tickets at once, but unless you book your own single flight you cannot access the info on CheapOair , so CheapOair is NOT for your needs.
Great. Got it. Sheesh.
Original review:
It looks like I cannot use CheapOair to track my booking because I wasn't the one that bought it. Under "My Trips" the screen pops up as "No Trips Found" with no place to input a booking conf number which I have because my kid bought my plane ticket for me. So maybe CheapOair would be great if I could use it... We did find the cheapest tickets via this app but CheapOair seems to have this one loophole for me or anyone else who didn't buy their own ticket.

by Monitza78

Got an email for flights to Las Vegas I called this app customer service because I had purchased two tickets but at the rate that was sent to my email was a lot cheaper and decided to take my Two children with me instead when I called the guy was very rude I gave him all the information he asked for and then gave me a quote a lot higher then the one I was seeing on my screen I asked why and he replied with then you book it I told him I can’t they are both minors he said you can just change the DOB he kept going on I felt so pressured not thinking right I went ahead and purchased the two tickets when I gave him the booking number this guy starts laughing and said well that’s why it’s so cheap it’s a one way ticket I told him how can it be a one way ticket if it asked for the return date and then transfer me to a different department where they charged me to cancel the tickets worst customer service ever will not due business with them ever.

by Channi~

Couple of years back I booked a ticket for a friend and I accidentally spelled the person name wrong. So I called this app right away, they were charging me an additional 50$. Told them I’m not paying that and hung up, and called right back(thinking maybe I’ll speak to someone else) And it seemed like the same person and now they were charging me 60$ to fix the name, hung up and called a third time(still seemed like the same person)and they finally told me the truth I had 24hrs to cancel with no charge.
Now the other day I booked a round trip flight through them and wanted to add a child to the flight going only one way. The person I was speaking to couldn’t comprehend that, so I said forget it I will call the airline. She said no give her a chance, so I did. Was on the phone with her for literally an hour thought she understood what I was explaining to her, took my card number and read out the flight she was about to book, and it was in the opposite direction I wanted to add the child.
You can find some cheaper flights online from this app sometimes, but after you book, just call the airline for any changes because all they want is money and they don’t care about anything else after they get there money.

by Olvi94

As i was cancelling my flight due to COVID-19, i was given the option to choose how i’d like to proceed with the cancelling. The options were full refund or credit thru CheapOair . I selected full refund and was charged $35 however i had included flight insurance on my ticket and was not made aware of the $35 cancellation fee. I call customer service because im seeing this credit for a next flight on CheapOair (which i did not select as an option) and after being on hold for an hour this guy answers, asks for my booking number which i give to him, and then proceeds to ask for more information that should have appeared after being given the booking number so right off the bat im thinking its a scam. Couldn’t understand him very well, had some weird noise in the background going on, and just wouldnt answer any requests of being transferred to a different agent. Dont think i’ll be seeing my refund...

by Ash655321

CheapOair & website are 100% a scam. You will not save money, they will manage to scam you out of more money than you even agreed to spend. They took an extra $434 out of my account without my authorization. Their customer service is nonexistent. You have about a 3% chance of actually getting through to someone after being on hold for hours on end. When I did finally get to speak to someone, they wouldn’t listen to me & insisted I was wrong. They charged me for features & amenities that aren’t even available on the airline my flight was with, for that class of ticket. I was luckily able to dispute the charges with my bank & got a full refund. Do not ever book anything through this scam, you will instantly regret it. Use Google Flights to track prices & book directly with the airlines. After a total of 8 unauthorized charges, these jokers charged me over $1400 for a round trip domestic flight for basic economy. I could have flown first class & booked directly for cheaper. Beyond a joke. Stay far away!

by Amber Stephens1209

I booked a flight for me and my 3 year old son a few months ago before the virus was bad and I added insurance to both flights. I booked the flights for the beginning of May to visit family. I recently found out that I am newly pregnant which puts me at a higher risk, I am also unemployed now, so I have tried calling, emailing Cheap O Air, no response. I tried canceling my flight through CheapOair and not only did they want me to pay $90 for both flights to cancel them, but they were only willing to give me a voucher for half of what my tickets were even worth. They keep sending me emails everyday making extreme changes to my flight and now I have to try and contact the airline directly to see if they will give me a refund since it’s obvious cheap o air doesn’t care about the people at all. It’s really sad to see companies not helping communities and people during this time. It is sickening. I will make sure to post on every social media site about how terrible you people are! And I will NEVER book through CheapOair again.

by Ctoandasan

This ongoing crisis has exposed the weaknesses and efficiencies of this app. Because one has to deal (speak/chat) directly with an agent just to cancel (not even asking for refund) a flight because of travel restrictions, and because of the high volunenof calls, one has to wait for hours (if you are lucky!) just to be able to get through. How about those outside the US, spending money on an overseas call? CheapOair shoud just feature self-cancellation with an automatic feature that waives cancellation fees based on the airline advisory. I understand this app will still charge its own. Ancellation fee ($50?) and that’s fine and the agents xan be paid out of these fees. But MAKE IT EASY FOR CUSTOMERS TO MANAGE THEIR BOOKINGS!!!!

This crisis has ezposed the disadvantages of dealing with third party online travel apps. They may be good for comparing fares but not for booking flights. Better to book directly with the airlines.

Customers will learn from this crisis. Third party online travel apps will be shunned.

by HarleyBikerDude

I just got off the phone with one of your representatives about changing my return flight from Vietnam. I was quoted for $877 to change the ticket. I have been flying for 20 years and this is not my first time I had to change a ticket on a return flight. I was not happy with the quote and he kept on insisting to take it out of my card. I was flying threw American Airlines. So I am quoted for $877 and a one way ticket was for $751. How in the hell you think I’m stupid. So my round trip that I paid for $1057 from Jackson MS to Ho Chi Minh City and all I needed was to change the going home date and I was going to be charged more than a one way ticket. I even told the man no but hell no I'm not doing that for $877. I told him I’m calling American Airlines to change my ticket. He insisted that they will not make the changes and that their is no way he could get it changed any cheaper and I will be charged $877. I kept telling no I’m contacting American Airlines. I hung up the phone and I contacted American Airlines and within 10 minutes I had my flight changed to the new date and only cost $350. As of today you just lost a customer. Very disappointed on this.

by Gor805

This company is a racket. My flight had canceled by the airline due to the Covid-19 outbreak. I had purchased the ticket through this app so the airline told me to call them. I had also received an email from this app telling me of the change. When I called cheapoairs customer service line (which was the only option) the woman was kind, but told me I can only get credit with that airline. When I expressed my dissatisfaction, she said I could be transferred to the cancellation department (why wasn’t this just offered) and insisted I just take the credit. I refused, so she then said she would transfer but warned me that calls were getting “dropped” when transferring.... so I wait about 30-40 mins and the wait music stopped rang once and said the number is no longer in service or had been disconnected.... so basically this app will literally do everything in their power to not refund you. I had cancelled about 8 flights for this last Europe trip planned. Orbitz, Kayak, Kiwi, Norwegian air, all refunded me because of the covid. I’m just left dealing with scandalous company. Will NEVER do ANY kind of business with them every again.

by Filmguyysernane

I was told that i would be able to cancel flights due to uncontrollable circumstances such as testing positive for covid, family emergencies, etc. As soon as I got covid, I called their help center to try and attempt to move my ticket, or at least get a refund for it. I call their customer service, immediately get put on hold for an hour, just to continuously be put on hold again and again after finally getting help. Their agents are all very difficult to understand, and not much help. All I was told was that there was absolutely nothing I could do, and that I would lose my money, even though I even paid the extra money for travel protection, which by the way, is a complete scam as some agent over the phone told me it was only valid for 24 hours? Are you kidding me? You can literally cancel a ticket for FREE within the first 24 hours, what in the world is the point of travel protection? There goes thousands of dollars. CheapOair is a joke, I’d recommend using an actually good app to book flights like Expedia. Never had any trouble with them. Taking my money elsewhere.

by Culalam

I booked flights and 1 hour later I realized that I had selected wrong date. I tried the “ manage my booking” to cancel my booking. It’s didn’t work. I called customer service and on hold for 1 hour 23 mins. The representative told me that I would be charged for cancellation fee of $25. I told him that when I booked, there were the message showed that “ no cancellation fee with 24 hours”. I also told him the US law allows 24 hours period, therefore, I will bring this to the court if this app charge me. Then he put me on hold for another 15 minutes. After the wait, he said that his manager have approved the fee waiver or $0 cancellation fee will be applied. He asked me for 1 time password so he could cancel my booking. However, when I asked for cancellation confirmation, he didn’t provide me. He said that was it and I should be fine. One hour later, I checked CheapOair , my booking information still there. I also use computer to check for my flight and the information still there. When I called the customer again, no one picked up the phone and I was on the line for more than 2 hours. I will file a faulty report so other people can be aware of this company.

by Missfabulous1

Orbitz experience is terrible, the length of time and effort to try to chat with a live agent through CheapOair has been a nightmare. I booked a flight for HNL departure to destination ATL using their app for date 6 11. Provided my card info. I double checked before booking the flight. Then I get the confirmation, and the itenerary for my one way flight, and to my dismay Orbitz put me on American Airline flight, one way from HNL to LAX. Good luck trying to speak with an agent through CheapOair to get them to correct their error. I was placed in line on CheapOair by the useless chat bot. when I requested an agent, No agent ever came on to assist with fixing the flight mess up, and the length I waited was rediculous. I requested to cancel the flight through CheapOair and again the chat box sent me to an agent. Orbitz took the payment but makes it very difficult to cancel or get your flight info corrected. With that being said Irbitz needs to improve their customer service and provide contact number in their app so a customer can get their issues resolved , and know that they are speaking with a legitimate customer service rep and not a scammer. As of today June 9 this issue still has not been resolved.

by Smokediver68

I got CheapOair years ago but never booked until today. I do not use the email address associated with my Facebook account and cannot access it. While I did get a confirmation sent to an email I can use, since it was different than the one I used to log into the account (by way of that little Facebook button) not only can I not get the rewards, I also cannot see the trip I booked within CheapOair .
Customer service does nothing but give you email addresses and cannot help. The idea behind customer service is to help, not just provide the buyer with multiple paths to create more effort on their part.
When you do that, customers are more likely to spend that energy in, say, writing an app review telling people to use Travelocity or Expedia instead.
I’m not bothering with emailing people to get rewards bc I don’t need rewards points for something I will never use again!

by M1k40

I had a so-so experience with this app. Yes, I was able to get cheap tickets for my flight and choose my seats although with some up charge; but, CheapOair is very difficult to navigate, and with all the constant promos going on everywhere, sometimes you can’t even get to necessary actions on your booking. Even though I chose the option for the company to check in for my flight for me as soon as check in opened up and send me the boarding pass, they never did and I only ever got my flight info because I got nervous and downloaded the actual airline app and did it there. Thank goodness for that. I will probably not be using this company again. If I do, I will have to make sure ahead of time that I can check in to my flight manually.

Update: I finally did get my boarding passes sent to me three hours before my flight. So at least they did get them to me.

by Crazyricks21

I love booking here till I had an issue just two weeks ago. I was booking a one way ticket for my daughter and the agent told me it’s better to booked two way even though she won’t use the other way ticket it’s cheaper he said so I did what he told me then when I went to the airport to pick up my daughter they told me that the ticket will be canceled because my daughter is ng with me yet, no one told me that will happen so I was furious and called them and that’s what they told me the same thing so here I was waiting for my flight at the airport and arguing with the agent and she told me that I have to buy another ticket for my daughter so I didn’t have a choice but to get another ticket and she told me that they’ll review the problem and will get a refund from them. Till now didn’t here anything from them. I’ve been using this website for awhile and love it now I don’t even know if I should trust them again. I bought so many tickets from them coz it was easy now no clue if I still use it. I was really disappointed after that plus not hearing from them.

by Loalmod

I’ve been using this app for years. I always find the lowest prices here. Everything is so easy and convenient. I earn points that I can later use for flights or hotels. The only setback is that different than most of the loyalty programs out there, points do expire with ChOA. I’ve recommended CheapOair to every single family member and coworker, they tried it themselves and they all love it! I don’t put myself into the hassle of having to navigate a million pages comparing prices, I know I’ll end up finding the cheapest price here. Forget about Kayak, forget about that Hopper website, this app is the real deal. I am forever grateful for the people that founded this platform, it allowed my wife and I fulfill many travel dreams/goals.

by Pheleps

I am surprised n even shocked at your review. And also so sorry you went threw so much. Is it because of the constant changes of flights n diminishing flights due to the covid19 virus. I loved my expierence with this company. They put me in a window seat, my preference, directly behind the wing, also my preference. I was in B boarding which was pretty quick since it went up to E and F. The price was slightly lower than the aircraft company, and the planes are exactly the same. I got an itinerary as well n boarding pass on my phone for my flights, both ways. I’m sorry you had that’ you had this experience . I’m sure if given a proof of the transactions they will compensate.

by Peel40

I will not use their service again they have the worst customer service. The people on the phone are nice but it’s hard to understand them because of their heavy accent I needed to change the spelling of a name that was spelled wrong they tried to charges me a hundred for each name they miss spelled the lie and tell they are going to fix it sent them our passports and as we did they did nothing but kept asking for money’s when I refused to pay it cause the airline told me that charging that was ridiculous they said the would do it for 75 dollars per name correction finally they said the would do it for 25 dollars I never returned their call I went in my trip without incident thanks to American Airlines I will never use this service again total scam

by Diana Valentina

I had a call for two hours where the first advisor victor whose last name I look for my flight took my information and agreed to proceed with the payment when it did not take more than a minute to tell me that my card did not pass and I told him I can repeat the number of the card and I stop talking and I didn't hear anything else! The call went on and I called from another phone where the acessor Stefany Santolla answered me when I told her what had happened and told her the name of her partner “Victor” told me oh he went to eat if he wanted to give me his number and in a Time your break is over he'll call her! I was very upset and asked to speak with a supervisor and he told me that they were in a meeting and I had to call in 2 hours to be able to talk to someone so he offered to assist me where my rate went up $ 150 dollars because it took me more than an hour to buy the ticket

by Kimasuda

The flights have been ok so far. The first one with this app was bad. The flight was late/cancelled due to weather, and therefore missed my connecting flight. None wanted to help me because I got Basic economy which is the lowest! Get the step above!

The worst is the ‘Travel Mate’ Tavel insurance!!
For a lousy $40-$50 for snacks and dinner that I charged due to being stranded at the airport, they wanted a personal written letter from the American Airlines about the delayed flight! It took months to get that. I got a legal service, faxed all my paperwork, and then Travel Mate wanted more plus the tiny receipt (1”x1.5”) for dinner, etc. I didn’t get a receipt for coffee, water, etc. By this time, I couldn’t find the tiny receipt, they never paid a penny! In fact, each time they stated they needed more paperwork, incomplete, etc!! Travel Mate is the worst!!!😩😡

by Wifey1991

I needed a last minute, same day, one way flight from LGA to DEN. As I was looking at your app and entering my credit card, I was told the flight was sold out. I bailed on entering the rest of my info. A customer service rep called me back immediately to see why I didn’t finish with the reservation. The gentleman found me a flight out of JFK (no more available at my price point at LGA) at a reasonable price. He worked with me for 20 mins while I verified information and asked a lot of questions. He was amazing and very thorough. He even gave me a few reward points for booking with them on the phone.
You now have a user for life.

by FoojyPod

I think I have used every single application, online website, Travel agents, phone service direct with carriers, online chat service, but this one Is the easiest one I have ever used it takes fewer steps and less time to change the settings to allow you to search for alternate times dates routes and options to pick the lowest price. For example the other three services that I tried came up with flights for over $800 using this app I was able to find a flight for $270 by simply changing two of the parameters. Saving that kind of money is what it’s all about!