My husband and I booked tickets to go home at Christmas. After booking the travel we received a phone call stating that the fare was no longer available and that we needed to pay almost $200 more for a different itinerary. Incensed I informed them we would find our fare elsewhere and that the price hike was unacceptable. The representative stated that they saw their error and would honor the initial price. I was given my ticket number and sent the same itinerary I had initially agreed to. When my husband and I showed up to the airport we were informed that our itinerary was incorrect...we had no reservation on the flight. Frantic calls to CheapOAir's customer support went nowhere and we ended up buying another set of tickets or else risk spending Christmas in an airport. Once we returned home and I had a chance to look at my credit card statement I noticed the amount charged was more than our itinerary showed and for a different airline completely. Apparently the itinerary we were sent was incorrect. Follow up phone calls resulted in nothing but more frustration. The error was theirs, yet they were unwilling to refund our tickets or issue a credit. As far as they were concerned they had our money and it was our problem.

Do business with this company at your own risk for they will never rectify any mistake on their part.

To CheapoAir.com:

I recently booked a flight online through cheapoair for $776. On the booking page it states: "Your credit card may be billed in 2 charges totaling the above amount...Your total will not exceed the above amount."

Credit card statement came showing 2 charges totaling $785. Customer Service rep says there was a price increase at time of ticketing and refused to refund the excess amount charged. I agreed to pay $776 not $785 for my tickets. I know it's $9 difference but I have NEVER encountered this hidden fee scam at any other online travel sites. Sneaky.

You mean if you "claimed" at time of your ticketing, the price went up $200 and I will be stuck with that amount and there's nothing I can do? Don't think so. If what I agreed to pay is NOT the amount you will charge my credit card, THEN SAY IT!!! Warn people! I can certainly go elsewhere where they will charge me the exact amount I know and agree to pay! Don't put on your webiste "Your credit card may be billed in 2 charges totaling the above amount." because it's not true; don't put "Your total will not exceed the above amount" because you KNOW it will exceed the quoted amount for any reason you give, price increase or whatever!

I will never use cheapoair again nor recommend it to anybody. Fortunately $9 is a small price to pay to learn my lession from this company.

As many users here have complained---FRAUD FRAUD FRAUD!!!

Here is my CheapOAir story: I booked a flight in November '08 to fly from San Diego to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Cheapoair had the best deal. A few days later they called saying that I needed to verify my credit card information. I called, could barely understand the person I was speaking to, and they ended up increasing the price by $200. This price put them on par with the prices on Orbitz and Expedia so I just went with it. The flight was Delta Airlines to Atlanta then Orlando, JetBlue from Orlando to Aguadilla. The customer service agent muttered that "these 2 airlines should not be booked together, " but that "it will be fine." I had a 40 minute layover between landing in Orlando and taking off to Puerto Rico. So they charged me a little more, no worries, right?

2/11/08 12:00 pm - Checked in at the San Diego airport with Delta who stated that our bags would not continue to Puerto Rico once they got to Orlando, due to the fact that Delta and JetBlue do not have an agreement and that CheapoAir should not have booked this flight. Leaving 40 minutes to get off the plane, get to baggage claim, go back to the counter, check-in with JetBlue, go through security and catch my flight seemed impossible. With no time to get CheapoAir on the phone, I got on my plane with a prayer.

2/11/08 8:30 pm - Arrived at Atlanta, waited on hold for CheapoAir for 32 minutes without talking to anybody. Had to board the plane to Orlando.

2/11/08 11:00 pm - Arrived in Orlando, ran to baggage claim, waited 35 minutes for bags. By the time the bags were in my hand, the plane to Puerto Rico had already left the gate. Waited on hold for one hour, 30 minutes with CheapoAir and never spoke to a single human being. Bit the bullet and called JetBlue, changed my flight to the only one I could get, a 3pm flight the next day to San Juan, 1.5 hours from Aguadilla. Charged an extra $214, plus $80 at the Quality Inn in Orlando. Waited on hold again for an hour at the hotel before I finally hung up again and went to sleep.

2/12/08 3:00 pm - After waiting on hold again for an hour, we boarded the plane to San Juan. Upon arrival at San Juan at 7pm, the cheapest cab to Aguadilla was $125, so we got a rental car for $79 / day. Drove to Aguadilla, too tired to wait on hold, just went to sleep.

2/13/08 - Waited on hold without talking to a person 3 different times for at least an hour each time.

2/14/08 - Waited on hold without talking to a person 4 different times for at least 45 minutes, once for 2 hours and 15 minutes.

2/15/08 - Waited on hold without talking to a person 3 times for an hour each.

2/16/08 - FINALLY get ahold of a person. They stated that they could not compensate me for my missed flight expenses because the flight was 5 minutes late, thus they were not at fault. Right, it was the extra 5 minutes that made us that late. Whatever. My flight home had the same Delta to JetBlue issue on the way back with only 1 hour between flights, so I said if they could just fix the flight home at no further charge to me I would be satisfied. After waiting on hold for a response for 20 minutes, they came back to simply state that it is a "valid connection, " that I'll have "plenty of time, " and this was verified "by the airlines and by the airport." My flight was to land at 6:10 am in Orlando, then I have an hour to get to baggage claim, get bags, check in again with Delta, go through security and catch the flight. I stated that she must have never seen the Orlando airport at 6 am and that an hour was not enough time. I told her to CHANGE THE FLIGHT. She put me on hold for 20 more minutes only to come back and say that she could get us a noon flight out of Orlando at a penalty cost of $200 a person (there are 2 of us) which I told her was unacceptable. After speaking to her supervisor, the best they could do was "promise" that I would catch my flight.

2/17/08 6:10 am - Arrive in Orlando, run to baggage claim, wait 40 minutes for bags, sprint to the check-in counter 20 minutes before takeoff and they had already closed check-in. Delta stated that they only had one flight to San Diego and that it would cost $947 per person. Got on the phone with CheapoAir, spoke to 3 different customer service reps, 2 different supervisors over the course of 2 hours (got "disconnected" 3 different times) with the end offer being that they could get us a flight to San Diego at noon for $450 total. I explained that this was unacceptable and the "supervisor" stated that there is a "baggage alert" highlighted directly below "flight details" on the online receipt they had e-mailed me. Prepared for this, my laptop was in hand with the receipt in front of me which does not anywhere claim a "baggage alert." I have attached this file as a photo. I explained this "baggage alert" wasn't anywhere which led to a childish, "yes it is, " "no, it's not, " "yes it is" conversation. I explained that, already approximately $500 down from their mistake I wasn't going to pay a cent and that my lawyer would get involved. The supervisor then said, "whatever" and hung up on me. I returned to the Delta desk and a flight miraculously appeared for $50 / person that would get us into San Diego today. After 23 hours of travel, I finally arrived in San Diego.

Moral: STAY AWAY FROM CHEAPO-ERROR

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Booked on: 11/9/2008
Reservation ID: KCPNRF
Booking Number: 1763168
Name: Anthony R Chiatello
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San Diego CA 92109
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Traveler 1: Chiatello/ Anthony Adult

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FLIGHT DETAILS

Outbound
Date Flight Depart Arrive Duration
11Feb, Wed Delta Air Lines
Flight 1046

Operated by Delta Air Lines SAN - San Diego
01:36pm ATL - Atlanta
08:44pm Nonstop
Econ
4hr 8min
11Feb, Wed Delta Air Lines
Flight 1329

Operated by Delta Air Lines ATL - Atlanta
09:20pm MCO - Orlando
10:49pm Nonstop
Econ
1hr 29min
11Feb, Wed JetBlue Airways
Flight 723

Operated by JetBlue Airways MCO - Orlando
11:35pm BQN - Aguadilla
03:07am Nonstop
Econ
2hr 32min
Total Trip Time: 8hr 09min
Return
Date Flight Depart Arrive Duration
17Feb, Tue JetBlue Airways
Flight 724

Operated by JetBlue Airways BQN - Aguadilla
04:10am MCO - Orlando
06:07am Nonstop
Econ
2hr 57min
17Feb, Tue Delta Air Lines
Flight 1431

Operated by Delta Air Lines MCO - Orlando
07:25am LAX - Los Angeles
10:08am Nonstop
Econ
5hr 43min
17Feb, Tue Delta Air Lines
Flight 7591

Operated by Delta Air Lines LAX - Los Angeles
01:50pm SAN - San Diego
02:40pm Nonstop
Econ
0hr 50min
Total Trip Time: 9hr 30min
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Price Details (USD)
Travelers: 2 Adult/s
Fare: 401.90
Taxes & Fees: 94.20
Insurance: 0.00
Discount Amount: $-20.00
Total Fare: 972.20 USD
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Credit Card: Visa -xxxx (First 4 digits)
Expiration Date: 02/12
Account Holder: Anthony R Chiatello
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DO YOU SEE A "BAGGAGE ALERT" ANYWHERE???? BEWARE OF CHEAPO-ERROR

I searched all around for a good deal on a hotel for 3 nights. I found such a great deal on cheapoair.com & was happy to see that it was refundable up until the day before my stay. Well got it all booked and realized (too late) that they charged me $85 in taxes & "govt" fees!! That was more than the cost of 1 night in the hotel. Extremely sneaky, but I should have been checking closer.
Then I found out that I wouldn't be able to stay at the hotel after all. Good thing it there was the option to cancel at no charge. WRONG!!! I called to cancel and they told me that there is a processing fee for canceling of $35 and a service charge of $50. Are you kidding me????? I saw nothing about these fees anywhere on the page while I was booking. (That was the one thing I was paying very close attention to) I tried to tell them this & they wouldn't budge. I asked to talk to a supervisor & was basically told too bad, you have to pay it.
The other upsetting thing was trying to get through to this place to cancel in the first place. I spent a 1/2 hour on hold & had to give up. Tried again & finally got through after 45 minutes! Then was placed on and off hold for 20 minutes while they worked on pulling up my info. Their phone lines were crappy so it was very hard to hear, plus we had a serious language barrier to deal with.
Please stay far away from this site!!!

Continuous Lies. Prices quoted online are NOT available. The site lets you "book" that price, then you receive an email hours later claming that that price is not available and has increased. YOu either have to buy the increase, or you can cancel for a fee. You cannot escape paying something, and it's definitely not what was adcertised. Customer service is terrible, tried to say that it was twice the price online, another rep had me on hold for over 40 minutes with not a word to me. STAY AWAY!!!