1 reviews | Active since Feb 2015
Flysafair thru Travelstart, hiding luggage policy?
I received a promotional mail from Travelstart, on a promo special FlySafair, and booked my son's ticket online. He paid at the FNB ATM paypoint. Received mail confirming booking, and another later to do online check in, which we did on Friday before flight on Sat morn. Received a mail confirming all good. My son arrived with his 2 gymbag size bags, and was told he must pay R250 for the extra bag. Yes, you are allowed 20kg, but only 1 case/bag.His luggage was not even 12kg in total. He asked to take the smaller 5kg as hand luggage then, they refused. I told him NO WHERE it states such a policy on any of the online screens/emails. He asked them to phone me, they refused. He asked to show them online, they refused. He showed them the emails on his phone, they shrugged.He showed them the contents of his wallet (R60), they insisted he pays R250. He was forced to leave his one bag in JHB. I feel like a FOOL for choosing you, making me feel like a bad mother, putting my son through such an ordeal at his young age, with no understanding, customer service, or compassion shown from your staff, and for deceiving us, your customers like this!!! I will never recommend you!! Such a horrible end
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and for bringing your concerns to our attention.
I regret to hear that you are not happy with the way our website provides information and it is a concern that you were not aware of the baggage information. I can imagine that this must have caused a bit of inconvenience, especially since you had not prepared for the additional costs.
Travelstart, as an online agency tries to provide as much information as possible with regards to luggage information during the booking process. You will find on the direct communication with you, screenshots indicate that the flight search results advise no baggage included. Once selecting the desired flight, you will have the option to select your baggage allowance with the payment on the passenger information page.
I am sorry that you were not aware of this information, however as an online agency we rely on our clients to read the information provided in order to better prepare them for their journey.
Thank you once again for sharing your comments with us on this forum.
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and for bringing your concerns to our attention.
I regret to hear that you are not happy with the way our website provides information and it is a concern that you were not aware of the baggage information. I can imagine that this must have caused a bit of inconvenience, especially since you had not prepared for the additional costs.
Travelstart, as an online agency tries to provide as much information as possible with regards to luggage information during the booking process. You will find on the direct communication with you, screenshots indicate that the flight search results advise no baggage included. Once selecting the desired flight, you will have the option to select your baggage allowance with the payment on the passenger information page.
I am sorry that you were not aware of this information, however as an online agency we rely on our clients to read the information provided in order to better prepare them for their journey.
Thank you once again for sharing your comments with us on this forum.
