I have used Skyauction for years and for sure it is "Caveat Emptor" let the buyer beware. I find what I consider to be a bargain maybe one time in a 1, 000 offers. In fairness, many offers just don't interest me but in the 100's that do I have to work hard to find something of a true savings. Fees are what kills the legitimacy of this site in my opinion. Although the fees are not hidden they don't make it easy to figure out exactly what your bottom line is going be after you add your winning bid to the figure. With different rates for different travel cities and travel times, etc. it can make figuring out your final price a lot like figuring out a Rubik's Cube. I know for some that is no feat at all but for the rest of us mopes it's very difficult. All of that being said, what I find even more rediculous than their pricing is "US" the bidders. If you ever peek at some of the winning bids you'll understand why. Countless offers I have seen over the years went for full retail and in some cases even more. Some of you folks apparetly never heard of Google. Also, when coupled with those fees I spoke about it gets even more rediculous. I mean really...don't you folks ever compare prices? Is it simply the act of successfully winning a bid that turns you on or is it the satisfaction of saving money? Just for laughs take a look at the typical Dining offers. There's pretty much only a one time processing fee to add to your winning bid so that is good but I still chuckle to myself daily when I see the winning bid on a $100 certificate come in at $78. Add the processing fee of $10 and wow you get a whopping $2 savings from just showing up at the restaurant sans certificate. And that's actually a good one. I have seen worse. Yes, keeping bidding stupidly folks. Afterall, it's not like Skyauction is ever going to offer the very same dinner, show, hotel stay, or vacation package an hour from now.

We won a bid on Skyauction.com for a cruise in Fiji. We paid US$450 for a cabin upgrade and US$80 for transfers to and from the airport. Neither of these 2 services were given to us and upon our return, they ignored our e-mails claiming simply that they were “investigating our case”. This has already dragged on for 4 months and I don’t think we would ever hear from Skyauction again if we hadn’t gotten American Express involved, asking them to reimburse us. Even so, Skyauction’s claims are simply unbelievable, saying that we were given compensations like drink credits on the cruise. What a scam!!