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I cannot begin to warn you about the HORRENDOUS SERVICE provided by this company. Here are the details:

Booked a flight through Kayak.com, not aware it was a third party doing the booking (1st problem and unacceptable practice from Kayak) - The booking company turned out to be Airfare.com

The fare was a little better than others, but not much, and definitely not worth the aggravation and excess charges.

Change fees are $350 DOLLARS, when the airline only charges $200.00, but they claim its the airline. So they are charging $150 dollars above the airline fees for themselves.

It is an absolute nightmare to make any changes, since they are incredibly inefficient. Unfortunately, you are forced to go through them for any issues with your ticket.

I needed to make a change to my outbound flight, so I sent a request through their site.

24 hours later I had no reply or confirmation of receipt, so I called their customer service

The agent that answered spoke broken English and sounded like he was eating while on the call with me.

He informed me my record showed no change request, so advised me to send a follow-up email.

This time I sent it directly through my Outlook, so that I would have proof of my communications.

30 hours after that, still having received no reply, not even an acknowledgment of having received by change request, I called in again.

I asked to speak with a supervisor, who turned out to be even worse than a regular agent, if that s even possible. Aside from taking 15 minutes to come to the phone, supervisor Robert ID # 308 was incredibly rude and provided false information, as follows:

He claimed requests are answered within 24 to 48 hours. My request was placed 56 hours ago and still no reply or acknowledgment of receipt.

When I pointed this out, he said that my matter was not urgent so they would take longer. This is Christmas time so it is urgent.

When I complained that I had not even received an acknowledgement my request was received by them, he threatened to hang up on me.

When I commented on the extra $150 dollar change fee above what the airline charges, he said I didn t know that, but I actually do, because I am a trained travel agent and work as an outside sales agent. But when I said that he countered asking me why had I booked through them then. actually that is a good question, the answer is the fare was a little lower than what I could get, but mostly that I was fooled into thinking I was booking through Kayak, not this joke of a company.

I ended up accomplishing nothing other than aggravation, although I did have the pleasure of hanging up on him.

I m considering purchasing a whole new ticket, just to avoid paying them any change fees.

If you care about your money, time, and most importantly your peace of mind, don t use this company ever. I ll be sending an official complaint the BBB and to Kayak.com, because it makes them look very bad having this kind of rip-off company associated with them.