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Mark T. B. Carroll ([personal profile] mtbc) wrote2023-04-25 01:16 pm
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Why FlixBus is cheap

We hadn't tried FlixBus before but were able to book good, cheap seats for an intercity journey so they definitely seemed worth a try. They then changed the booking to give us worse seats on a different bus. In the meantime, our original seats are back for sale on their website, for more money. Their live-chat service agent cannot reverse this nor initiate a refund.

No doubt the above bait and switch is entirely in accordance with their terms and conditions. However, treating customers like that seems so outrageous to me that I shall make a point of not offering them any more custom until they stop treating people like suckers.

Update: After our subsequent complaint, they eventually issued a full refund.
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[personal profile] maju 2023-04-25 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
What a nasty trick.
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[personal profile] armiphlage 2023-04-26 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Such companies deserve to fail.