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Michelle M

1 reviews | Active since May 2022

18 May 2022, 11:15

Charged me twice for my airticket

I recently bought a ticket using my debit card. When I checked my bank statement two weeks later I noticed that they had charged me twice for my ticket. Any attempt to speak to a human be it email, telephone (which they never answer) and whatsapp have been fruitless.

I actually had a similar experience with them last year in attempting to get a refund for a ticket that I had to cancel due to border closure. They only got back to me well after the departure date and offered a sum so pitiful I couldn't be bothered to deal with them. I should have learned my lesson then.

Save yourself the hassle and use another agency.

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Replies (6)
Travelstart
Travelstart's reply18 May 2022, 17:24
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Hi Michelle, 

Thank you for reaching out to us.  I am very sorry that you have had such an experience with regards to the payment of the booking.  On our end it shows that only 1 charge went off on the card.  Please can send the statement with the booking reference and the above message to ***.  The team will then be able to track the excess payment and have it reversed.  Please let me know when you have sent it so that I can advise the relevant team to process urgently.  

Kind Regards,
Melissa 
Travelstart
Travelstart's reply19 May 2022, 08:32
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Hi Michelle, 

Thanks for your reply. 

Please email the following through to our payments team at:  payments @ travelstart . com 

They will need the following:

1. Copy of your bank statement
2. Amount you are querying 
3. Transaction date

Our payments team will check to see if it is a pending authorization for them to email the bank asking them to release it. 
Or see if you were debited for that amount. 

I have also sent you an email with the above information on who to email. 

Kind Regards,

Marcelle 
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Michelle M's update19 May 2022, 09:48
Reviewer Update
Hi Marcelle

Thank you for your response. I have just emailed with the necessary information and am looking forward to a resolution soon.

Kind regards,
Michelle
Travelstart
Travelstart's reply21 May 2022, 08:38
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Hi  Michelle,

Thank you for the information.  I have checked and we had not received a revert to the email sent from ***.  Please urgently revert to the email correspondence received and note I have resent it to you, so that we can assist you. 

Kind Regards,
Melissa
Travelstart
Travelstart's reply21 May 2022, 10:17
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Thank you for the revert. please note that the server is blocking your direct emails with sensitive information.  Please attach all files as a pdf and send from a gmail account as we have not received any of your responses.

Kind Regards,
Melissa 
Travelstart
Travelstart's reply23 May 2022, 12:40
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Hi Michelle,

Thank you for the revert.  We have indeed received the requested document and it has been handed to the relevant team.

Kind Regards,
Melissa