BE AWARE – CheapFlight is hosting SCAMMERS!!
I found a good deal for Virgin via a search on CheapFlight.co.uk for £767. I booked and paid for the flight and 10mins later, got a call from a lady with a thick Indian accent on 02081353361 informing me that I had paid for a promotional ticket and Virgin was not willing to process the confirmation. There was no indication that it was a promotional ticket at the time of booking and paying for it. I was requested to pay an additional £132.00 to get a new flight. I declined and requested for a refund. They came back to say that the refund could take 3 to 4 weeks for the amount to be credited back to my original form of payment.
The implication is that I’ll have to wait 3-4weeks to get a refund which will enable me to book a replacement flight at a higher cost as we move towards the summer peak period!!! This is a scam!!!
I have used Cheapflight.co.uk for many years without any issue, however I cannot understand why CheapFlight aggregates data from cowboys like EaseMyTrip that CANNOT UPHOLD the advertised flight prices on their price comparison website? Are they not aware of the risk of such scammers to the CheapFlight brand value?
Reading some of the EaseMyTrip feedback here on TrustPilot, it is obvious that this is becoming a pattern for the company to trick people into parting with their money and then request for additional fee because they could not uphold the flight prices aggregated by CheapFlight.






