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30 Apr 2019, 12:36

UTTERLY DISGUSTING!

I recently made 13 bookings with Travelstart. My husband had passed away and there were various flights involved to get the family together. One return flight could not be used as a member of the family developed acute bronchitis and was deemed to be unfit to travel. The ticket cost R4007.72. We advised the airport staff and she was marked down as a 'no show'. I was told to call Travelstart on my return. It took two calls of 12 & 13 minutes respectively, to actually get to speak to anyone at all! Finally I was advised to e-mail the refund department, which I did. I also attached the sick note from the GP. I received a fairly quick response with an offer of a refund of R264.72. They deducted a penalty of R3,743.00! This, despite the fact that I had insured us all for medical cancellation and there was a letter from the G.P.. This is utterly disgusting and despite the fact that I have used Travelstart for all my travel over the years, I shall never use them again!! Totally appalling from start to finish!

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Travelstart
Travelstart's reply30 Apr 2019, 13:16
Official
Dear Annabel Marx

Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback.
A customer relations team member will be in contact during the course of the day, to discuss your query.

In future, for any feedback, you may email us to ***

Regards, The Travelstart Team 

Best regards,

Travelstart
Travelstart's reply30 Apr 2019, 14:28
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Good afternoon Annabel Marx

Thank you for taking the time to speak to me earlier today.

As per our earlier conversation, the refundable amount is not R264.72 but R2136.22.
The amount of R264.72 was quoted before the doctor's note was sent to us.

As discussed, passenger was a no-show for the flight on the 25th April and the refundable amount is only R132.36. The flight for the 27th April was however cancelled in time and the full refund of R2003.86 will be processed for this ticket.

I trust you find the above in order.

Kind regards, Melony at Travelstart
Customer Relations Team

Best regards,

's update30 Apr 2019, 15:34
Reviewer Update
Well, I have already accepted the figure of R2003.86, although I see you were actually going to refund me R2,136.22, so I seem to have lost a R100 somewhere along the line.