CheapflightbuddyReviews of cheapflightbuddy.com

This company is a scam. I paid $708.02 and received a confirmation that my booking was successful. After that, they called me and tried to force me to pay an additional $589 per passenger, which was never disclosed during booking. When I refused, they denied issuing the tickets and refused to refund my money. The representative Ashley was extremely rude and unprofessional and even said my bank would not be able to help me. The call is recorded. This is clearly misleading and deceptive business practice. Avoid this company at all costs.

Booked at a price, then found out it was a standby ticket and no refunds were offered. Had to pay up to confirmation. Do not use this service

Absolutely DO NOT use this company. It is bait-and-switch. They make you pay for the flight, tell you that you have the flight, then call and say you have to pay $400 more for that flight and there are NO refunds for what you already paid. You cannot get any money back even though it was 30 min later. DO NOT use them.

Purchased round trip tickets for 3 people from Rochester, NY to Reno, NV. Website was cheapflightsbuddy.com Was given a purchase price of $630.45 and received my itinerary. The following morning I received a call from the company stating that the standby tickets were no longer available and that they would work to get me a better deal and call back. I googled the website and found out information that they scam many people and use a bait and switch tactics to con people into paying more than double that they originally offered for the fare. Received a call back within a few hours. They stated the total trip now would be $1400 for basically the same airline and times. I politely said no thank you just please refund my money as no tickets were ever purchased. He said we cannot refund you would need to purchase tickets thru them. I ask why my money would not be refunded and he stated it was a standby fee at this point without purchasing any tickets. I have contacted my credit card company, they said nothing they can do until the transaction is no longer pending.

Only rated 1 star cause no stars were not an option. terrible that these people scam you out of your money then offer you a flight 20 days later. IF i needed to fliy in 20 days I would have bought a ticket for that day. They are nothing but a scam. Their "upgrade fee" was MORE than the ticket price from Southwest directly. Then they said I should have known it was a scam when i saw the price. The disclaimer about historical data means you can only fly when they say you can not when you are scheduled for this company sucks and should be shut down.

This agency is a scamming business, don’t know why UA and many airline use them as the agency to sell ticket. They firstly bait customers which cheap fare, then when customer check out to reservation and pay , they then create situations telling customers the fare only one stop , customers need to pay more to get the flight on schedule.. I booked and paid 2 weeks in advance and they waited for last hours to send the confirmation.. I called them many many times in 24 hours rule to check in on line , they have never picked up the phone… they ran this business couple guys , I remembered Trevor .. which I talked to him, the conversation acted like scammers, they tried to rush you and squeezed you after checking out and paid … never book the flight through this agency… FBI should watch their eyes in their monkey business.. I had to book another flight through Expedia which I got a confirmation at once after booking. Now I am asking for refund , UA only accepted to use the opening ticket for a year.. very frustrating in this Cheapflightbuddy… got hard time and anxious , worry…

This airline is absolute trash. Absolute scam. Called and told me that I had no carry on and tried sending me to Canada saying that it was a closer airport while it was way different from where I needed to be. Lost $600 because of these people. Also tried sending me to an airport three hours away. Also tried to get me to spend and extra $300. I do not recommend them.

Definitely a scam. I purchased a ticket on 3/13/26 for $198 round trip to Miami. My phone immediately started ringing. They called six times in a row but never left a message. I got an email last night saying they needed more information. I called and the rep told me there were no more seats on the my flight. But then he proceeds to tell me if I pay an additional $280 I could get a flight similar to the time I had requested. I asked him if that was the case why did they seat me on the flight in the first place. There were plenty of seats when I made the reservation. He was rude and told him I would call back after I checked some things out. I hung up and he called right back asking why I hung up and he needed me to pay the money now if I want to go on my trip. He also stated that if I didn’t pay it I would just be wasting money because it’s non refundable and I might as well pay the extra. I’m furious! I set my flight up with my family because we are going together. Now I’m out of the $200 and still don’t have a ticket. I called my bank and they said I can’t dispute it until after the money is pulled from my account. It’s currently pending because they want me to pay more. I don’t how it’s going to play out because I’ve never had this happen before. But either way I’m screwed. I’m really sorry to anyone else this has happened to and I hope it works out for you.