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“never again”

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written by janpdiamond on 17/04/2014

I recently booked a flight for 2 people from Southampton to manchester one way with a 20kg bag each. ( there was no facility in drop down for heavier bags) I booked online via Cheapoair, that's a rather novel name! I paid a total price of £294.98 to include bags and also £20 discount was applied. When I got to the airport I was charged a further £75 for excess baggage. Whilst I appreciated the baggage issue, I feel that a total of £369.98 for a 45 minute 1 way flight for 2people was absolutely extortionate. I am I frequent flyer with Thomas Cook & can fly return to The Canaries for less than £50 per person from Manchester, which I do frequently. I will never fly with Flybe again, nor will I be booking through the inaptly named Cheapoair! K Oliver

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“I purchased a ticket by credit card and thought Ihad a...”

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written by Creagan on 31/03/2014

I purchased a ticket by credit card and thought Ihad a special offer from British Discounts this turned out to be a simple way of making money as they keep taking a "subscription" until you notice it.The monthly amount is not large but they will keep on taking it for years and do nothing they are very difficult to locate

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Dingding1's Response to Creagan's Review

Written on: 03/03/2015

Ouch. I hate that. When will the regulator actually stop this practice, like they managed with the same trick on phone bill subscriptions. SImples.

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“GB Discounts”

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written by mallyathome on 19/03/2014

GB Discounts have been taking £14.95 per month from my bank account for the past 9 months. I have not agreed any contract with them. This matter is a case for the police to investigate as it is a case of obtaining money under false pretences and amounts to fraud. Do not on any account buy anything from GB Discounts.

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“Great british discounts”

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written by on 20/02/2014

I have been forced to put it on this website I'm frustrated with the GB discounts they debited my account for 6 months without my knowledge when I called them they were telling me fibs and were wasting my time I was promised a call back which never happened .my mistake was I used fly e last year and booked an online ticket and automatically my account has been debited I was away from the country and have come back to find this . I will never use fly e or recommend it to any one .im tempted to take serious action

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“FLYBE DEBIT CARD CHARGES”

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written by Charged on 07/02/2014

At a Preliminary hearing to discover the facts before Judge Collins at the Portsmouth Courts of Justice on 16.01.2014, the Judge found that the UK’s Largest Regional and troubled Airline FLYBE who advertise widely that they do-not charge their customers for the use of Debit Cards when used for booking their on-line flights, had in fact been CHARGING FEES to the claimant for booking flights that were made using various DEBIT CARDS and as a result there could be a prima facie case for MISREPRESENTATION resulting in an award of damages. In his summing-up he said that although the amounts were small by their very nature, it was in the public interest for the claimant’s action to proceed against FLYBE to a full hearing. There will now be a full trial at the Courts of Justice on the 3rd April 2014 to consider Witness Statements, Judgment and Damages.

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Marirosello's Response to Charged's Review

Written on: 10/02/2014

Yes had the same problem, they keep charging me for my Debit Card use.. Maria Rosello Caravana

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“Lost money through their website”

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written by on 20/01/2014

I used the Flybe website to purchase luggage for a return flight and ended costing me a lot of money nearly $400 as money was taken from my account by GB discounts who I had never heard of, I only got three payments back so will never use this airline again before I went on line I tried to call them and was left holding for a long time and tried again same thing. Will never fly with them again and will let everyone I know never to use them.

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“Worst budget airline on the block”

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written by on 11/12/2013

I used to like FlyBe years ago, thinking they offered a great service connecting regional airports. Something went wrong and I'm not sure what. First issue, about a year ago: a bag that I had used on numerous FkyBe flights was suddenly deemed too large (by a fraction of an inch...) to be taken in the cabin. It appeared that narrower gauges had been fitted to the sizers at the gate which didn't measure up to what the info on the website said. Second issue are the so-called code-share flights. The point of these is that you are supposed to be able to check in all the way through if you have multiple flights to get to your final destination. If FlyBe are covering any one of these legs, you're unlikely to be able to check in online in advance, which adds extra time between flights as you need to find the transfer desk, check in there etc., which may not be a big issue if you are travelling hand luggage only, but if you have baggage to check through you just can't do it, but have to collect and check it in en route, which eats into your connection time. The stress just isn't worth it - I'll avoid FlyBe if I can in future.

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Huckitp's Comment

Written on: 17/01/2014

Agree with the comments about code share flights. I regularly fly from Southampton to Amsterdam for connections to wherever my company sends me, but checking in is always a problem and only rarely can I check in for the entire journey. Check-in at Southampton used to be relatively painless but now they have converted all but one deks to automatic baggage machines it is a nightmare. Now I must allow about 2 hours for the check-in process instead of the previous hour or 45 minutes. Progress? I don't think so. On top of that FLYBE do not respond to emails and rarely answer the phone. Awful customer service and no wonder they are currently struggling with a huge deficit. Unless they start listening to their customers they will be out of business.

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“Incompetent staff”

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written by addeer on 10/12/2013

Went to check in to flybe to connect onwards to emirates, incompetent staff tried to check in the wrong details and got herself shut out of the system. No manager available to sort things out and after half an hour were told the flight was closed. 10 passengers including us waiting to get on the flight couldn't go. No help whatsoever from any staff, all of them claim to be trainees and didn't know what to do. Had to contact Emirates and pay a huge amount to change flights.

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“Subscribed without knowing”

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written by on 19/11/2013

Hi, I am yet another person who has discovered that I was automatically subscribed to the GB Discounts without my knowlodge. Luckily my bacnk contacted me as they spotted it to be a fraudalent transaction. Needless to say I won't be using FlyBe again if this is the sort of company they work with!

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“Excess Baggage Charge”

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written by on 29/10/2013

Booked return flight with Flybe to Inverness from Gatwick in May 2013. Gatwick end OK with luggage. On return flight we booked in EXACTLY the same bags with no additional items but was told we were 2KG over which meant £45 excess baggage levy (about as much as the flight). The original website gave a differing weight limit to what they said at the airport and we were well within the weight limit. I reported the matter to Flybe 'Customer Services' (should be customer dis-service) and repeatedly had to send my 'evidence'. In October this year I get a reply from 'Customer Services' merely telling me what the baggage allowance is. They also got all the details wrong including spelling my name wrongly. All in all its a complete waste of time using their 'Customer Service' department as they rarely give you an answer and all you get is the automated reply saying it could take up to 28 days. I will definitely NOT be flying Flybe again and would rather walk to Inverness than use this airline.

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“Excessive charges disgusting ”

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written by on 10/10/2013

I originally booked a weekend away in jersey with Blue Islands Airline. I have been informed that blue islands has now transferred the flight to flybe. Anyway, I did not get this information as I had changed my email address. (Nothing sent through the post) I have now contacted flybe and stated I cannot make the trip and will now be sending another family member. I guessed there would be a charge for the name change but not the extortionate £80 they were asking. Anyway I agreed to pay the £80 to change the forename to be told that the flight had now gone up and I had to pay an extra £40 for the flight.. Am I imagining this but surely it's the same flight just changing a forename.. I have now passed this information onto citizens advice and will update on their findings. Flybe, I suggest you get my compensation ready!!!! Haha.

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“A day at the airport”

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written by phillipat on 09/10/2013

Used Flybe from Leeds to Southampton to visit in-laws in Chichester for Golden wedding party. When flights booked original return from Southampton was around 6-30pm, plenty of time to treat them to a special lunch on the day of our return (7th October). We received a phone call 4 weeks before our journey informing the return flight was now 3-20pm - CANCEL LUNCH!! Arrived at Southampton airport at 1-40pm to be informed flight was delayed until 6-35pm (invisable fog). FIVE HOURS to kill. We were given a £5.00 refreshment voucher each - wow. We then discovered the 7-05AM flight had not gone and passengers on that flight had in fact been at the airport since 6-00AM!! Was it a case of not enough passengers to justify the early flight so cancel it and consolidate the two flight into one? A larger aircraft was used which actually departed at 7-00pm. Back to the train for future visits down South from now on.

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“A totally horrible experience”

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written by on 04/10/2013

Afternoon flight from Glasgow to Belfast cancelled , no reason given. I was moved to the evening flight 4 hours later. That flight was then delayed for an hour, no reason given. I was then asked to move my seat at the last minute, no reason given. By this stage I was past caring anyway. The ground staff in Glasgow airport couldn't have cared less. Awful experience. Hope I never have to use them again.

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“first flight jitters allayed by comfortable quick journey”

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written by gregspiller41 on 04/10/2013

Having chosen Flybe for their low cost and convienience. southampton to rennes, also type of plane(for some reason prop jobs make me feel safer), my partner and I arrived at smptn to find the flight was delayed by an hour and ten minutes. after a short bout of anxiety I calmed down enough for my patience to return. Once boarded it was a short wait till takeoff, after two minutes of consternation we levelled out to what I found was a smooth and comfortable ride I was relaxed enough to take some video of the journey. I was not expecting the slight buffeting of the landing process but was reassured by my level headed lady friend that this was normal behavior of aeroplanes.After a gentle bump we were down and it had taken only fifty minutes point to point.being prone to anxiety attacks I found the whole experience calm and relaxing without the dangers and disasters I am prone to expect apart from the few minutes take off and landing I found the whole experience preferable to the journey of the fast cat seven to eight hours st malo to poole, and the sedate four hours of the well known ferry Cherbourg to poole, bless her. So my very first flight turned out to be bordering on fun. I will gladly fly flybe on my trips to france and I may even test the water further afield. All in all a very good flight and service. They offered the service of someone to talk to me and explain the flight process which I declined, I was also given diazapan by my G p which I did not need. Totally satisfied

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“rubbish should be sold/given to ryanair to improve”

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written by on 04/10/2013

yet again delayed with no real caring by incompetent staff even the airport ground crew refer to it as maybe fly not flybe my current flight BE1039 mcr Aberdeen two hours late - looking at BA via heathrow or train by to exeter via london on return they talk about awards but must give them to themselves if the CAA actually looking after customers they should take action JPDevine

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“Kids in tears, no staff, no response, no good”

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written by on 03/10/2013

After rearranging a flight Flybe cancelled the return. WHOOPS, forgot to mention it to me. We rang them to confirm i would be flying back. OH DEAR, they forgot to change their systems. ANOTHER OVERSIGHT, no staff in Belfast to sort out issues. Away for lunch, long lunch. HOW NICE. My young children very distressed, in tears, they thought we couldn't fly back. Had to contact sales. Written to complain, twice. They cant be bothered to acknowledge or reply. Total disregard for customers.

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“Flybe are just so poor to waste anymore time with ”

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written by on 20/09/2013

this is a pure rubbish outfit, have now been bumped off three consequtive flights,but hopefully the company will soon go bust, by far the worst airline ever created,

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“FLYBE should not be allowed to trade”

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written by davina03 on 19/09/2013

Abysmal company. Tried to book my flights online only for their website to 'freeze' at first I thought it was my computer playing up but I opened a few web pages and had no problems with them. I had no choice but to phone them, I was on hold for 44 minutes before someone took my call. After explaining the problem with their website and telling them I had waited 44 minutes I was only told that there would be an extra charge of £30 per person doing bookings by phone, I hung up as I was fuming by this point. Also this company uses Cookies on your computer which allows them the knowledge of how many times you've gone on their website to look at flights which in turn makes them hike the price up to make you believe the seats are getting snapped up. I am so upset that this is the only airline company that fly from the destinations I need in the winter period. I would rather drive an extra 2 hours and fly from another airport and use a different airline company than deal with these again. The reviews say it all. I wouldn't give FLYBE any stars if I had the choice.

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“excess bag fee”

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written by dsandwell on 18/09/2013

We took a flight from Amsterdam to Edinburgh - two people, two bags, two flights. When we arrived at the airport we were charged a 216 euro excess bag fee for the two normal sized bags. Half way through the flight and at the end of the flight I tried to contact Flybe customer service to get a detailed receipt for my travel report. They have a counter and phone number but no people. They have not response to my request for a receipt sent 10 days ago. In addition to the 216 fee our bags did not arrive and were delivered 1.5 days later. This is a real issue where the baggage fee is higher than the price of the ticket. With enough of these comments the airline will eventually fail.

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“CALL ON HOLD TO LONG”

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written by 124HERTBURN on 07/09/2013

WAITED OVER 30 MINUTES TO BE CONNECTED TO SOME ONE, EVENTUALLY I RAN OUT OF MOBILE PHONE MINUTES WITHOUT BEING CONNECTED. I FIND THIS TOTALLY UNSATISFACTORY PRACTICE. THIS UNEVENTFUL CALL CAME TO OVER £6.50 WITHOUT SATISFACTION. THE CALL WAS IMPORTANT TO ME AS I HAD RECEIVED AN E-MAIL MESS SAYING THAT CHANGES HAD MADE TO MY FLIGHT SCHEDULE WITH FLYBE. FLYBE HAVE MY TELEPHONE No' SO WHY THEY DID NOT ME INSTEAD OF E-MAILING I CANNOT UNDERSTAND

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