CheapflightbuddyReviews of cheapflightbuddy.com

In total, there are numerous scammers. I strongly advise against using their services. While planning my birthday trip to meet some friends, I purchased a ticket from these scammers. After approximately three hours, I began receiving multiple calls from the scam phone number ‪(877) 847-4278. They informed me that the flight I had just booked was no longer available, despite having paid in full. Subsequently, they claimed my flight was placed on standby and offered to assist me for an additional $300. I declined their offer and labeled them as scammers. I then contacted American Airlines to verify my flight status, and they confirmed that there was no flight confirmation provided to me. I inquired with American Airlines whether they would place me on standby after I purchased my ticket, and they clarified that they do not operate such a system; once a ticket is sold, it is confirmed. I subsequently requested a full refund and instructed them to cancel my order, but they refused. As a result, I contacted my credit card company to file a complaint and block any charges from cheapflightbuddy.com or farebuddies.com to prevent them from charging my account. FYI: Call your credit card company. Contact your card issuer's fraud department immediately. Look for the number on the back of your card - Inform them of the potential compromise so they can cancel your current card, block new transactions, and issue a replacement with a new card and number. (((Let us just assume that the next action of the SCAMMERS is, they will start to run up fraudulent charges on your credit card.))) SCAMMER farebuddies . com cheapflightbuddy . com +1-888-510-6444 1150 NW 72nd Ave Tower 1 STE 455#16809 Miami, FL. 33126, USA cheapflightbuddy . com Reviewers widely describe Cheapflightbuddy.com as a fraudulent website that engages in "bait and switch" tactics, charging customers extra fees after initial booking and often failing to provide actual tickets. The company is not accredited by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and has received numerous complaints. Negative reviews and red flags Bait-and-switch pricing: Many travelers report that after they input their credit card information for a low fare, the company contacts them later demanding more money to "finalize" the booking. If the traveler refuses, they are often left without a ticket or a refund. Fake ticket confirmations: Customers have received booking confirmations from Cheapflightbuddy but no legitimate e-ticket or reservation with the airline. An airline representative will have no record of the booking when contacted directly. Unresponsive customer service: When flights are cancelled, Cheapflightbuddy has been reported as unresponsive, leaving travelers unable to get refunds or secure their flight information from the airline. Deceptive contact information: According to a BBB scam report, Cheapflightbuddy uses its own fraudulent email accounts when booking with airlines, so customers never receive confirmation emails or updates from the airline directly. The company also lists different phone numbers on its website and in confirmation emails. Misleading reviews: Some positive reviews of Cheapflightbuddy found on Trustpilot and other sites appear to be fake. They often follow the same format, are from newly created accounts, and use suspiciously specific names (like "Elena Watson" or "Roy Dawson") that appear repeatedly in different locations. This tactic is sometimes used by fraudulent sites to counter negative feedback and give a false impression of legitimacy. Credit card security risks: Some reports from former sites with similar business models (e.g., flightbuddyonline.com) suggest that after taking a customer's credit card information, they would later claim that credit card payment was unavailable. This leads to speculation that they might be illegally harvesting payment data, prompting warnings for consumers to cancel their card.

Such a horrible experience! I made booking few hours ago at certain price. Now they are asking me to pay more money to confirm that flight. The bizarre thing is I can't even cancel it. I just have to pay whatever they mentioned it and can't cancel it. If I cancel it they won't refund it even within few hours. Such a bad experience,.... Very very bad customer service.... Never trusting this website... Felt like cheated..... Such a disappointment

I purchased two tickets at the same time for my husband and me. Shortly after, I received an email stating that my purchase was pending and that I needed to call. After a long wait on hold, I was told that my husband's ticket did not go through in time and the flight had since sold out. The only options were for him to buy a significantly more expensive ticket, or for both of us to switch to a later flight—also at a higher price. When I requested a refund, I was told it was not possible because the ticket was "non-refundable" and that "nothing is guaranteed," despite finding no clear mention of this policy on the website before purchase. This experience feels either like a poorly run system or a deliberate scam—possibly both.

I unfortunately paid for a ticket before reading reviews that claim they are a bait and switch company. Well, they need to make money somehow I suppose and how do they do that? They charge you a "Reissue" fee for a ticket you never had in the first place. You can pay the price to upgrade to the price that you would be paying for the airline (Southwest Choice Flight in my case)if you had just gone to their website. I offered to pay the additional $90 to upgrade. I had zero issues with that to guarantee my flight. I do have issues with them charging an additional $75 for a "Reissue Fee" on a ticket they couldn't guarantee me in the first place. This was the airline's promotional price that only few individuals receive. This is the price they list on all of their flight's. However, if you're not one of the select few to receive that price, that's not their fault, but you can pay $165 more than what you already paid to guarantee your flight. In my case, I told them "or I can go directly to the airline's website and pay what I should be paying for the ticket and then go to my bank (business account) and have them run a chargeback on your business to receive my money back from you scammy site". I also offered again to pay the $90 additional that I would be paying for the ticket anyway. I will wait until early tommorrow morning to see if the airline honors that price. If not, I will be running a chargeback on their account, guaranteed.

If I could rate it with a minus value, there you go. They prey on you and pretty much try to milk more and more money out of you buy telling you about a great cheap flight available to your destination and then “booking it”. Send you a completely false booking ID (I didn’t realize that it wasn’t the same format that jet blue used until I got robbed. The day before my trip I called Jet blue and was told I had no seat on the flight. I freaked out because I was scammed $378.98 for a flight that ended up having to be purchased directly through Jet blue (I’ve learned. I go directly through the airlines). Then I was charged on my credit card 2 separate charges for the scammers artwork. First, for a ticket with Jet blue in somebody else’s name, and the second part for something called travel experts. I was then called by the scammers and he sounded Pakistani or something. He tried to assure me that the 2nd ticket that I purchased not necessary. And that the original seat purchased through cheapflightbuddy was correct and valid. He then said oh no, that flights been cancelled. But for an additional $349 I can book a new flight for you. Omg it was endless. I screamed at him. Called him all kinds of beautiful 4 letter words. He deserved it. Told him he was a scammer and worse. I’m still fighting this with my credit card company. Nightmare.

DO NOT under any circumstance use this company, they try to lock you in with preliminary non refundable charges and then call you to tell you you have to reschedule and pay two or three times as much.

I was lured in with a cheaper flight paid for flight then they called and said airline changed flight with options no refund or pay a much higher price with long layovers included then they found flight 3 hrs away for the same price lots of bs told me what ever option I took it would be no refund, my advice is not to deal with them they put me in a bind no stars for me

SCAM!!!!! Show low prices, so you book and then call you and tell you that you will be standby, or upgrade with much higher price. And they tell you that you can not get your refund!!! Don’t book!!!!