Travelocity Consumer Reviews - Page 4

Since I sent the following information, I have made an additional 6 telephone calls additional emails. I was unconditionally promised a call back no later than 4 days ago and have still heard nothing. Customer Support refers me to Consumer Relations. Consumer Relations refers me to Customer Support.

Here is the original written complaint to Travelocity which any idiot should be able to understand: I have spent several hours writing emails and talking with at least four different Travelocity Customer Support representatives trying to resolve an outstanding issue. I've explained this from the beginning several times and I'll try to be patient and explain it again, this time in writing per the suggestion of your representative.

On the 11th of August I attempted to book two trips online. The first was no problem. I then tried to book a second trip online but kept getting an error message when selecting the return flight. Subsequently I telephoned Travelocity to book this trip by phone. I was advised, by the representative who supposedly booked the flights, that I would receive a confirmation email shortly. I did receive an email confirmation for the first trip. However, I did not receive a confirmation for the flights booked by telephone.

The following day I sent an email to Customer Care. I received a reply not relative to the inquiry. I sent a reply email clarifying my original question but received no response. I telephoned Customer Care and was asked for the Travelocity Trip ID. I did my best to explain that I did not have a trip ID number because I never received a confirmation which was the problem I was calling about. The representative suggested I wait a little longer for the confirmation. It never came.

I then went back online and successfully booked the trip. I then immediately emailed Customer Care stating the problem (still no confirmation from the telephone booking), subsequent action (new booking), advised that no charges had yet been posted to my credit card for the “missing” booking and requested that no charges be incurred. I received a “boiler-plate” response that did not address the issues.

I telephoned Customer Care once again, now concerned that a $36 charge had been posted to my credit card for the telephone booking and additionally concerned that I would be charged twice for the flight. I was advised “not to worry” that a credit would be forthcoming for the service charge and that I would not be charged for duplicate flights.

Today, when checking my credit card account, I see that I was charged for the duplicate flight. Not having the “necessary” Travelocity Trip ID to be able to discuss this with Customer Care, I called the airlines who provided me with the airline reference code for the trip for which I never received a confirmation. I again called Customer Care and after a good 45 minutes on the phone the representative finally grasped the problem and was able to find the unconfirmed trip after taking my credit card number and the airline reference code. He advised me that the duplicate trip was now cancelled but that I would have to contact Consumer Relations regarding credits.

I trust that I have provided enough detailed information for someone to piece this together and to credit back the charges relative to the unconfirmed flights. Just to be clear, I have two outstanding bookings in “My Stuff”. These are fine just the way they are. My credit card has been billed by Travelocity and by the respective airlines. I do not wish to change anything in regard to these bookings. It is the “phantom” telephone booking, for which I still have not received a confirmation or booking number, that needs to be cancelled and credited. I can be reached via email or telephone should any addition information be required.

This all occurred weeks ago and although I have been billed by my credit card company, I have never received anything in writing from Travelocity regarding the booking, the cancellation, or a refund of the charges despite many calls & emails.

It's nice to see that they made the effort to contact my bank to validate my details. However, as my mobile phone refused to ring and kept diverting my bank to my voicemail, there was no way to contact me and therefore validate the transaction. So, they sent me an email telling me the trip was cancelled and the money refunded. When I called to find out how long it would take for the money to be refunded, that's when the holes came out faster than Swiss cheese.

First, the recorded message during the on-hold music suggested that the funds after cancellations get refunded "within 2 billing cycles". I'm guessing that means 60 days, which is ridiculous to begin with. Secondly, after getting hold of an operator, with a thick Indian accent no less, I am put through to a division called the "Revenue Protection" department who would then go on to explain why the trip was cancelled, as I explained above.

I was also told by this department (over a very bad Voice-Over-IP line it seemed) that it would take 30 days for the refund. When asked if there was a way to stop the refund and just reinstate the trip and this time the bank would be able to get through to my mobile phone, I was told that the only way was to rebook it online. I asked if the refund could be expedited as the trip was planned for one and a half weeks from now. The straight answer was no.

So I called my bank to find out what could be done since the funds were indeed already drawn from my account. I was told about how the merchant could (at their discretion) fax a company letterhead with the card number, amount and approval code and request it be cancelled, which would then take effect within 20 minutes of receiving the fax. I called Travelocity back and this time got through to another fellow with a similar accent who went by the name "Ben".

After explaining to Ben what my bank told me, he then called the bank to confirm and obtain the fax number (since I did not have it). He seemed very helpful at the time and promised to send the fax within 20 minutes as well. Well, that promise fell through. After checking with my bank some 2 hours later, still nothing was received by their administration.

So, after spending almost another hour with another operator by the name of "Patrick", he then insisted that there was no need to send the fax as the refund had already been processed. He was unwilling to understand that the cancellation by way of fax would nullify everything and I tried to explain it in as plain simple English as possible.

Then he told me it would take no more than 48 hours to receive the funds back in my card. Let's see if that happens... I'll keep you posted. However, I did question him on that based on the recorded message saying it was 30 days, "Revenue Protection" telling me it was 30 days and yet he was suggesting 48 hours! He insisted that's what he had in his notes but when I asked him if he knows this for a fact based on his own experience or that of others, he persisted with the validity of his notes.

I asked him if he could provide me with an exact timeframe and guarantee it and he put me on hold as he checked with his supervisor. He got back to me and told me he would put me through to another department who could give me that information. Guess who that department was? Yes, "Revenue Protection" who once again had a really bad VoIP line and once again told me 30 days. When I asked them why their customer service operator would suggest 48 hours, they said that they are only aware of it being 30 days.

I've given up. I'm taking my money elsewhere and I'm going to book my return flights to Tokyo directly with a Northwest office here in Beijing where it seems to be 30% cheaper as well (hindsight is 20/20, right?). One thing is for sure though, if I do not see this refund within the 60 days as suggested, the first thing I'll be doing is requesting my bank to do a chargeback and leave it to Travelocity to suffer the consequences. Nobody walks away with US $1624.22 from my pocket! For those of you who have been cheated and already said that you have lost money to these guys, haven't you been able to have your bank perform a chargeback?

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON -- Here is the letter I wrote to Travelocity which sums it up. Last night I booked a flight for my 2-year old son and myself to Europe. I agreed to $1790.35 plus Travelocity's delivery fee of $19.95. I printed the page to confirm this. I got an email about 10 minutes later stating my credit card had been charged $1,949.35. I immediately called customer service who couldn't explain what had happened. The first agent I spoke with said maybe the flight had gone up or maybe Travelocity didn't offer a child's fare even if the airline did.

I stated a child's fare was printed on the page I was looking at on the Travelocity site so that didn't make sense and I re-entered the exact flight search that I was having problems with and got a quote of $1790.35 so the flight hadn't gone up in the hour since I had booked mine. For some reason the agent was unable to see this. I offered to fax the page to her which she didn't think was necessary.

I asked to speak with a supervisor and spoke with Sam in Bombay who got on the phone and to my dismay asked if I would be calling about this problem if the price had gone down, which is of no relevance to the situation. Appalled I requested to speak to a supervisor in the United States.

I was told no one could be located and to try back in the morning. I was told I would have to go through the 1-888 line and ask for a supervisor in India who was the only one who could connect me with a supervisor in the United States. I was offered a full refund by the first agent I spoke to but that was not the solution I was after.

After purchasing my ticket and my son's, I booked my husband's on the same outgoing flight so cancelling the ticket is not an acceptable solution. I spend thousands of dollars on the internet every year and I have never agreed to a price and been billed a higher one later without my permission.

This morning I called the 1-888 number and asked for a supervisor. I was put on hold and there I remained for an hour before I hung up. The agent never returned to the call. I tried again around lunch and was again put on hold for 20 minutes before I hung up. I am furious and would like a call from a U.S. Travelocity supervisor. My cell number is ** and the trip ID is **.

I would like to see Travelocity rectify this situation by honoring the agreed to purchase price of $1790.35. I also realize there is an additional $12 per ticket fee which I don't have a problem with. The response to my email was an email saying sorry the fights have gone up and the higher price stands. So I went back to the website and they are still offering the lower fare! I am filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau and will post the outcome.

EL PASO, TEXAS -- I purchased 2 airline tickets from Travelocity through their online service on September 25th. These were round trip tickets departing from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (El Paso, Texas border) to Mexico City on December 23 and returning on December 27th. Both tickets were charged to my Chase Visa credit card and paid in advance. Travelocity provided me with multiple online confirmation emails as well as a Travelocity trip ID. The most recent confirmation email was sent by Travelocity and received on December 22.

On December 23, upon arriving at Juarez International Airport, I was informed by the check-in agent that without a paper ticket I would not be able to board the plane. According to the agent, the ticket did not show up as paid on his system and neither my confirmation number nor the online reservation printout would be sufficient. The agent informed me that the ticket showed as "not paid" on his system and that I needed to go to the Azteca Airlines ticketing office in the airport "to try to solve the problem".

Upon arriving at the ticketing office, the ticketing agent once again reiterated what the check in agent had informed me, that I would not be able to travel unless I paid for the tickets again. The agent called Azteca Airline's customer service line to reconfirm the information she had on her system and subsequently informed me that what she had on her system was accurate. She then informed me that I could use one of their phones to call Travelocity which I immediately agreed to. The agent called another airline employee to lead me to another office to use the telephone. I tried Travelocity's customer service number multiple times to no avail.

No Travelocity agent ever answered. The airline employee informed me, in the meantime, that if I "did not pay for the ticket at that moment I would not be able to board the plane and also that all remaining flights were booked", which meant I would not be able to take my trip. He then left my wife and I where we were. We had to find our way back to the ticketing office. Once back at the ticketing office, the agent asked if we were going to pay for the ticket or miss the flight leaving me certainly no other choice but to hand my credit card again. The total charge was 7,574.30 pesos, which is roughly 700 dollars.

I was given a receipt and then informed that I needed to rush otherwise I was going to miss the flight. My wife and I were forced to run up the escalators and then ask the security check point officers if we could cut to the front of the line, which was very long. We just made it into the plane. Once I arrived in Mexico City, I contacted Travelocity to inform of the situation as well as seek for reimbursement for my ticket. The first agent I spoke deeply regretted the situation and informed that I would receive reimbursement. However, he informed me he needed to speak to his supervisor first. I was left on hold for 35 minutes and then the call "somehow" got disconnected.

The entire call lasted 1:11 minutes. I called back immediately and was on hold for 12 minutes before an agent answered. After explaining again what had occurred, to my surprise, I was informed by the agent that "2 paper tickets" had been delivered to my home through FedEx and that those tickets should have been used to check in. Additionally, I was informed that a "C. Savino" had signed for the package. No "C. Savino" lives in my residence. I asked to speak to a Supervisor and requested that it be quick as I was calling long distance.

I was left on hold for 27 minutes before an extremely rude and difficult to understand supervisor came on the line simply to inform that no refund would be issue as I should have had the tickets in my possession for check in purposes. I tried to explain the situation again but again, I was abruptly interrupted and informed that no refund would be issued. The call was ended. The second call lasted 52 minutes. Both calls totaled 2:03 minutes and cost $61.50. I have purchased tickets as well as a vacation with Travelocity multiple times over the course of the last year and a half.

I am absolutely disappointed and traumatized by the horrifying travel and customer service experience. The credit card used to make the repeated purchase was the card I had brought to pay for the travel expenses thus greatly limiting my ability to use it for trip expenses. In addition, the poor customer service treatment received by Azteca Airlines employees on such difficult and psychologically straining situation was absolutely unacceptable. I vouch not to ever use Travelocity or Azteca Airlines again and hope both companies re-evaluate the communication between themselves as well as the handling of such situations.

Travelocity's Customer Service Department is unprepared to handle urgent customer service situations. I hope no other passenger goes through such ordeal. I have filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau as well as the U.S. Department of Transportation. In addition, I will be contacting the Attorney General. My consumer rights must be respected.

I just went to buy some tickets online to go to Denver at the end of the month. I decided to use Travelocity even though I've often bought tickets from Orbitz without any problems. So I choose my flights, pick my seats and enter in my credit info. I'm at the last stage where when I click the button it's going to charge my card and give me my confirmation info. Instead I hit the button and get an error on the page saying something like "Sorry for the inconvenience, your last request did not go through. Try again."

An amateur online shopper probably would go and try to buy the tickets again just to find the same error. I instead decided to go to my account info on the site and sure enough the reservation is listed, but when I click it to get the info I get the same error as earlier. So now I'm still not sure if the tickets are bought and paid for because I can't get any real info on it. I waited an hour to see if anything updated or ended up in my e-mail but nothing changed.

When I call Travelocity to my surprise I end up talking with the same Pakistani I talked to a few weeks ago on a tech call to Dell. So I had to go through 20 minutes of having to spell my name and e-mail address over and over again. I literally spelt my last name 5 times before he got it right. Anyway he finally finds that my reservation did go through. When I ask how I am going to get all the flight info he says "As I said earlier sir, it is a problem with the website". He then says he's going to e-mail me the info. 5 minutes after I get off the phone I get the e-mail.

The e-mail isn't even a confirmation e-mail. It's an e-mail that would get sent to a friend. It literally says "Your friend made travel arrangements today at 888 Travelocity and requested that we share the itinerary with you." Below that is a minimal amount of info about the flights. This is what I'm supposed to take to the airport.

Travelocity's whole business is about selling reservations online. The website doesn't function properly and when you call for support you have to take a trip to India to find out that if you had followed their instructions of "Try Again" your credit card would have been maxed out beyond belief. I buy almost everything I need online and I'll have to say this has been the worst purchase I've made from any dot com company. Absolutely unacceptable!

What I learned today: Don't try buying items from a new website when you already have a website that has worked fine in the past. I'm sticking with Orbitz in the future. That guy that follows a script to help you replace computer parts in your Dell also follows a script to find all your flight info.

PRAGUE -- Car insurance I was not recognized by a car hire company, I was not informed that I will not be allowed to drive to Lithuania, LaTVia, Romania, that did completely ruined my holiday plans!!!!
Stay away from them...

ONLINE -- All flights are over booked however no one is willing to cancel or change the dates to a different date. Very frustrated mom of 5

They charge my credit card for a tickets that I never bought, when I call them they refuse to cancel the charges and keep putting in hold for 1 hr .DO NOT DO BUSINESS With THEM!!!!!!!!!

Had to cancel my trip and only got less than $1500.00 back from a $4400.00 trip. DO NOT USE THEM!

TEXAS -- I booked a hotel through Travelocity. After getting confirmation page I realized I had entered the wrong dates. I called customer service and they were able to change dates with hotel even though my deal specifically stated "no changes/cancellations". The hotel still charged me twice but then I called Travelocity again and they called the hotel and requested my refund which they did. Both times I called the agents were friendly and courteous.