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Waste of money with zero customer service!
I booked with aunt Betty for my flight from Melbourne to London.
At the time of booking I paid over $150 to reserve my seats (through aunt Betty)
I also paid extra $125 for priority customer care….
To cut a long and painful story short, Qantas had no record of my seat reservations, so I ended up having to pay another reservation fee to book my seats… no problem (I thought) I’ll just call aunt Betty with my super duper priority customer care voucher…… couldn’t get through and absolutely ZERO response to my email. Appalling rip off merchants!!!! DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY.
- 2 reviews
- 3 likes
Don’t reserve seats!
I traveled from Australia to Germany and wanted to make sure I have window seats. Paid about 150$ and ended up with middle seats. After emailing them still no response.
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Reliable
All my bookings have always taken place without any problems.
Received Ticket Shell credit as promised due to Covis 19
Cannot fault their service, competitive pricing and extras as promised . e.g baggage allowance
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- 21 reviews
- 25 likes
Great experience with one caveat.
We booked with Cathay Pacific through Aunt Betty, and as with all of these third party agents, if you enter your details correctly and don’t change any aspect of your journey, you’ll be fine. The price we got was lower than with the airline directly and we travelled without incident.
However. Aunt Betty proudly declare that they have no sneaky booking fees, but they don’t tell you that some of their economy fares require a seat reservation fee if you wish to choose your seat before departure (and who doesn’t want to do that?). So having belie...
Read moreved we’d paid the total amount, we then discovered there was a $60 per-leg seat booking fee (paid to the airline) because the economy fare Aunt Betty secured did not include seat reservations. Critically, Aunt Betty did NOT inform us of this before booking, which we felt WAS in fact a bit “sneaky”.Find out how Aunt Betty compares to other Booking Services
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Easy no fuss service delivery
Kept us up to date constantly.
Bookings ran according to plan. Through C. S. Airlines
Delivered great value for money.
Costs were given upfront should any changes have been necessary.
Serviced flights and food good, skimpy on the wine.
Hi Ian,
Thank you for booking with us - it is appreciated.
We are glad you had a good trip - even if the wine was a bit light on !!...
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- 4 reviews
- 3 likes
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Quite good, but could use some improvements
They had a competitive (read: as low as others) rate for a multi-stop flight to Europe. The booking process itself was not as smooth as for instance BYOJet.com.au.
I purchased the Price Drop Protection for AU$9, and the price for my flights dropped $180 so I put a request for refund in. There's a fair bit of fine print - some of which is impossible to meet (the cheaper website's jpg should state the date&time that you obtain the quote - not even their own website shows that), but the most difficult one is that they only allow the upload of one ...
Hi Bernt,
Thanks for your booking and kind review. Your booking is appreciated.
We hope you have a great holiday....
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- 11 reviews
- 6 likes
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good so far
hard to be in touch with them as hard to call them, it is good for fast booking.
we did not understand how to cancel our booking or the refund policy also it is good that we could see how much we can carry luggages (30k) but not with us on the plane if it was 7k or 10k
good so far
Hi Mansour,
Our website has webforms that you can use for general enquiries, but the current hold time for calls is less than one minute so you should have any issues calling us.
Thanks for your booking and review....
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Good prices, but average service if you need it.
I generally find that saint Betty is the cheapest website for flights.
My negative experience came when I needed to change a booking. They were unresponsive to emails and I eventually had to resort to calling them when on my holiday.
Hi Adam,
Thanks for your booking and review.
We are sorry you had issues with the date change. We are always looking for ways to improve the customer experience and automated date changes is on the agenda. ...
If I had just received a reply to one of my 4 emails I would have been happy.
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Repeat customer
I have used Aunt Betty several times now to book trips to Asia . On each occasion it was a simple process with no hidden fees . Their price is quite competitive and that is one of the main factors I look for when booking overseas trips .
Hi Tony,
Thanks for your continued business, we appreciate it,
Aunt Betty.
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A good alternative service which is Australia based
We have used Aunt Betty twice by now, and found Aunt Betty's service realiable. Unlike some other providers Aunt Betty follows up with the bookings made which is important as flight time do subject to changes.
Hi Jin,
Thank you for your repeat booking.
We hope you have a great trip,
Aunt Betty.
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Questions & Answers
How can we use credit shell from Aunt Betty to make online booking? Is the a code to apply when making a booking using credit shell?
Aunt Betty Customer service is not contactable.
Thank you kindly.
Anyone know what options we have since Aunt Betty is not responding to email and calls regarding our credit shell?
How can we use the credit shell to making bookings?
Or is it possible to get refund?
Thank you.
The problem is they make it so hard to redeem it that you lose your credit shell. I called twice a week ago on two consecutive days and the said we will email you. They never do. They drag it out so y...
Read moreou lose your money.they won’t refund my tickets and can’t supply flights as Etihad don fly Brisbane to Melbourne. So I’m furious. I’m taking my actions further and will get media involved if I have to . It’s ridiculous I’m losing $5200 worth of flights. Good luck..your gonna need itI'm not holding my breath to use mine either - we had flights booked with malindo to Bali for April/May 202, cancelled by the airline. Every single time I contacted AB I was advised "we haven't receiv...
Read moreed funds from the airline, so we can't refund you" and we'll let you know when the funds become available. Yeah, right... I will give it a last shot, but not expecting anything but more excuses. I'm fortunate in that I'm *only* $1000 out of pocket, unlike the many others who are significantly more worse off :-(Has anyone had their flight credit honoured? reading a lot of bad reviews about honouring credits, and it's a bit suspect how you just receive an email instead of credit code or voucher. but hoping there are some people who successfully used their credit?
Not as yet. After 6 hours on the phone spread over several days, I did manage to speak to someone today from Aunt Betty which is positive. However, as I booked the flight for my wife using my credi...
Read moret card and my email address as contact, they weren't able to handle my query without first having written authority from my wife saying I can handle the flight credit! All very frustrating.sounds like you've made some progress though. hope it works out! for your sake and mine!
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Hi Matt,
Read moreWe understand that customers do not like paying extra for seat selection, however most airlines now charge for seat selection prior to check-in opening, and they all charge for preferred seating like exit row and bulkhead (extra leg room). The customer can avoid this by doing online check-in and seleceting their seats at that point. Yes, you may have a more limited choice, but that is the price we all pay for having cheap airfares nowadays. We remind all customers to ensure that their passports are valid and that they have Visas for their destination and any transit points. Travel insurance is always recommended and can be purchased on our site. Regards, Aunt Betty.Thank you for your booking and your review.
We hope you have a great trip....