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Kiwi.com earns a 1.1-star rating from 22 reviews and 367 complaints, indicating that most travelers are dissatisfied with booking and travel experience.

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1:14 pm UTC
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Kiwi.com Refund incomplete

Booking ID [protected] Issue date 2022-12-25 Inv. No. [protected]
Flight for two people from Atlanta to Seattle, last 2 legs cancelled due to problems with plane. The cost of those two legs was $714.28. We have only received a refund of $199.76. When will the balance be refunded. Your website is impossible. Cannot get thru to anyone who can answer this question. We are very upset that you have not refunded the entire amount of the cancelled ticket price. We have also made a complaint to the Washington state attorney general, as your business practices leave a great deal to be desired!

Desired outcome: We want the balance of $514.52 refunded ASAP

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2:47 pm UTC

Kiwi.com tickets to Portugal

Horrible service!

I was searching flights in momondo website from Helsinki to Portugal and wayback to Helsinki. When I found a good price, I selected and it redirected me to kiwi webpage to do the payment. What I didnt notice is that when they sent me to the kiwi website, it was not anymore two ways flight but only one way.

I only saw this after I did the payment when I received the confirmation in my email. I called to the kiwi support and they said I could cancel the flight but my refund would be only of 10 euros, when I paid 1.700 euros for those tickets.

I feel like this website is cheating the costumers once they changed the configuration of my flight (selecting only one way) without letting me know.

Will never recommend this website to anyone for buying flight tickets.

Forget about it, they are all [censored].

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10:51 am UTC
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Kiwi.com cancellation of booking by kiwi.com

hello

in october 2022 we booked a return flight larnaca to london ltn dep nov 3 2022 ret nov 6 2022 under the name theodora malligiannis ref no : [protected]

payment was done with visa card ********7918 amount 464.55 bank of cyprus and the money was sent to you

unfortunately the booking was cancelled by you and we subsequently received an email by kiwi offering us a new booking or refund

unfortunately neither was done

we would therefore be grateful to receive a full refund for the cancelled booking

we look forward to your action

sincerely

theodora malligiannis

[protected]@gmail.com

Desired outcome: please refund of booking

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12:03 pm UTC

Kiwi.com Not cancelling flights when carrier increased prices

I booked flights to Fuerteventura with Kiwi.com on 13/12/2020 for £866.30 with Ryanair the provider. On 30/05/2021 they informed me Ryanair had changed the flights and there would be a further charge of £43.99 which I paid. On 05/07 Kiwi.com informed me that Ryanair had changed the flights again and that it would cost me a further £160.00 or they would cancel the flights and get me a refund. I asked them to cancel the flights with Ryanair and get me a full refund which they assured me they would do. They then sent me an update every 2 months saying they were waiting for Ryanair to get back to them. On 28/04/2021 Kiwi.com sent me an e-mail saying that Ryanair had declined a refund but not giving any reason for the decline. On the advice of Which I contacted Ryanair to find out what had happed and all they said was that the flights had not been cancelled and would not enter into any further correspondence which is not very helpful. As Kiwi failed to action my request I think it should be their responsibility to refund the money I paid or can I contact an ombudsman that monitors Czech businesses.

Desired outcome: Kiwi to refund me £910.29 and accept that they should have actioned my request to cancel.

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3:46 am UTC
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Kiwi.com Order No: [protected] and [protected]

On December 23rd 2022, I purchased three independent tickets from Kiwi.com (as described in the attached invoice) and I was unable to board the first of those flights.

These are independent flights, from different flight companies with different PNRs, different items on an invoice and all requiring independent check-ins. Kiwi.com cancelled all three tickets with no warning nor Terms of Purchase to support such action.

As I was not informed of this, I bought an additional ticket from Kiwi.com, which I was not able to use due to the unwarranted cancellation without warning of the previously mentioned tickets.

Kiwi.com refused to issue a refund on the grounds that they are not to blame for me not being able to board the first of those flights, which is irrelevant as I am not claiming a refund on that flight.

I paid for 3 flights, two on booking ID [protected] and another on booking ID [protected] that would have allowed me to complete my trip, and lost two additional flights at my Kiwi ticket's destination in Los Angeles due to this, and I see no reason why I should hold the financial and psychological burden for an absurd automatic system determination that is not disclosed to the customer or for whatever system limitation in place at Kiwi.com.

I ask that the company revisits this matter in light of the outlined arguments, so that it may save us the trouble of escalating this to a legal action.

Desired outcome: Refund of the order no. [protected] and the two incorrectly cancelled flights in order no. [protected].

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8:33 am UTC
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Kiwi.com Luggage allowance purchased was not added to ticket

I purchased a flight through Kiwi from Cancun to Guatemala City, flying 29 January 2023. I paid €66 for 25kg checked luggage on this flight. When I got to check in desk they said my ticket/boarding pass did not include any luggage. I showed them my KIWI booking and receipt but they did not care. They said it was not showing their end on my booking. I spoke to many people at the airport but they would not take my bag unless I paid them 2260 Mexican peso. They said it happens a lot and I will have to get the money back from Kiwi. I have receipt and screenshot of my credit card charge. It was a very stressful situation. I wrote straight to Kiwi to request a refund of £97.87 however they have now responded:

Kiwi cannot provide a refund as the requested service was it was not part of your Kiwi.com booking.
Upon investigation, checked bag was successfully added on your itinerary, hence no refund is possible.
This is a lie, it was not successfully added and I want a refund in full (no voucher).

Desired outcome: Full refund of £97.87 - no voucher or credit note.

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11:48 am UTC

Kiwi.com Connecting flight booking timings and refund

I have booked my AirAsia flight from Bangalore to Chennai and airindia flight from Chennai to dubai as a package from kiwi.com

The air Asia flight timing from 16:05 to 17:05

And flight timings for air india is 19:05 to 22:00.

Due to my domastic flight airasia delayed 1hour 15 mins in banglore airport and it's reached 6:22 at Chennai airport. So airindia closed boardings. Not allowing me to checkin.

I am literally calling to kiwi help line and they are not able to help .

This is not my responsibility in delay. Can you please refund my money back.

When I am checking with airasia they said they are not responsible for this.

And in kiwi website updated flight delayed 30 mins. But the flight delayed 1 hour 15 mins. Can you please do proper enquiry and refund my money back.

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Apr 04, 2023 1:19 pm UTC
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Are they incompetent or liars...you decide.

I am a visually handicapoed (legally blind) person who travels regularly. All airlines have services available for handicapped passengers, and I have never had a charge using their services.

I booked (big f'in mistake) with kiwi, including requesting handicapped setvices. I received 4 separate confirmations (1 for each leg of my round trip) stating Kiwi had requested the services, then another 4 emails saying handicapped services were not available. I called kiwi and they said they couldn't secure the services, but if I cancelled my tickets because of it they would rebste me 10 euros of my 400 euro trip.

I called the airlines and in less than 5 minutes organized the services at no charge.

Liars or incompetsnt is up to you to decide, but this SHAM company from the former USSR should be avaided at all costs and added to the list of Putin buddies teabagging the world.

Never sgain and will never recommend them to even walk a dog

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5:14 pm UTC

Kiwi.com Receiving my refund

Kiwi.com reservation# [protected].

Horrible experience with this company! They have been lying ever since I requested my refund in August 2022. On October 18, 2022, they informed me that they received the refund from the airline but refused to credit my account due to some internal chronology of payments. So I opened a chargeback with my bank. After this, kiwi.com informed me that they suspended the refund due to open chargeback. To continue with my refund, I was requested to close the chargeback. So I did and sent them the bank confirmation. This was on Dec. 2, 2022. After this, kiwi.com informed me they needed another 3 months to investigate the refund! All this time, they have been making excuses and lies. Their customer service is an absolute tragedy! When I approached them again yesterday and used more harsh language, they sent me a threat to watch my language; otherwise, they would not provide me with further details! So, the company has been withholding my money since October 2022 and making lies not to pay me. I have all the communication stored so that I can prove it.

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10:42 am UTC

Kiwi.com Refund

I bought airline ticket from Kiwi.com. Then at the covid time first the flight was cancelled then I got refund voucher from the airlines then I again tried to buy tickets using that voucher. Then again because of covid I didn't able to fly. Then I submitted for refund to KIWI.com with no resposne about an year. Then I contacted the airlines and airlines made the refund and send me document that they made the refund. The voucher airlines sent me it was isssued to Jade Tours. They said Though I Bought it Kiwi.com but it was Jade Tours stock. Can I get any help on this matter Please. I am attaching the copy of refund voucher and proof of payment to Kiwi.com.

Desired outcome: Please refund

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3:32 pm UTC

Kiwi.com Refund

Full name: Moses Njau Rabai

Booking Numbers : [protected] and [protected]

Email address : [protected]@gmail.com

Review : Your rating:★★★★★

Worst booking site ever. You should refund my money when Frontier airline cancelled my flight on 16th Dec 2023 due to storm alert from Sioux falls to Denver. I was forced to miss my connecting flight by Alaska airline with no refund.I never travelled that day.

I booked another flight with booking number [protected] and cancelled,I am yet to receive the refund too.

I tried boarding on sunday 18th Dec 2022 with a new rescheduled flight by fronitier airline but they declined my reservation stating that Kiwi is alleging to have refunded me back my money yet it is a lie.

I am so frustrated as my 1st booking of [protected] was $261.99 and the 2nd booking of [protected] was $339. A total of $600.99

Desired outcome: Being refunded my full amount of $600.99

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1:50 pm UTC

Kiwi.com Flight Bookings and Cancellations

Do not book with Kiwi. My flight was delayed by 14 hours (prompting me to cancel) and they sent me £10 total.

I booked another flight, having lost $700 already, and that one got delayed too, making it physically impossible for me to fly home.

Now they're not accepting my Customer Service messages. They won't so much as respond to me as they attempt to take another $700.

Desired outcome: My money back.

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8:58 am UTC

Kiwi.com Kiwi.com

WORST TRAVEL AGENCY! Robbers! I booked a flight accidentally to their website knowing that it was airasia, apparently not. Cancelled the booking after realising that. Called the customer service to asked for a full refund, no way to get my money back as it was automatically transferred to what they called kiwi credit which was not an option when i cancelled online. ALL IM ASKING IS a full refund back to my bank account and not in their so called kiwi credit, which is indeed stealing my money indirectly. Worst customer service! not a help at all! Totally scammers! Beware! dont be fooled

Desired outcome: ALL IM ASKING IS a full refund back to my bank account and not in their so called kiwi credit

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2:20 am UTC
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Kiwi.com No refund

Hello, My name is Satyam Chavan

I booked a flight ticket from Kyiv to Mumbai on 26 Feb 2022 (Booking Number: 0 2 0 0 3 3 8 7 9 8) on Kiwi.com.

My Flight was canceled by the airline and I was supposed to get a refund but it's been more than 9 months now still I haven't got my refund. I have raised a ticket multiple times but every time they say the same thing like we are waiting for the airline to issue the refund.

I tried calling them on their helpline number [protected] ) but this call was not taking any refund requests.

Desired outcome: Need a full refund

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2:34 am UTC

Kiwi.com Disputed transaction, I am querying from nedbank on behalf of a client.

08/26 08/25 15122272238013233093056 19,333.36

kiwi.com [protected] kiwi.com [protected]

O. D. DANIELS

Card : 517992 xxxxx52639

Client disputes the transaction as fraud.

Desired outcome: Refund or transaction information

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11:45 pm UTC

Kiwi.com Refund

I paid €333 to Kiwi.com for flights from Colombo, Sri Lanka to Chennai, India in September 2021. The airline cancelled the flights and refunded the money to Kiwi.com in November 2021. Kiwi.com claim that they did not receive a refund. This is a lie. Initially, Kiwi.com responded to my messages, but for some months now they just ignore my messages.

Desired outcome: A refund of €333.

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6:37 pm UTC

Kiwi.com Ticket prices rising during booking without notification

We booked two tickets at 93 Euros each from London to Thessaloniki. We booked a cabin baggage, which took us to 242.75 Euros. As you can see, we have paid quite a bit more than two single tickets combined.

Firstly, we didn't receive an invoice - which is a problem.

Secondly, we find out that we have been charged 242.75 Euros, but no cabin bag - only two personal items.

We cannot contact Ryan Air, because of their restricted calling hours - another problem.

We have to contact Kiwi, and eventually, after almost half an hour, they tell us that in the SAME booking and SAME payment, one ticket cost 93, and the other rose to 120 - plus Kiwi charged us an extra handling fee of 30 Euros - which was NEVER mentioned.

It was NEVER mentioned either that the ticket prices had risen. But how is it possible for one ticket to stay at 93 and the other to rise by 30 euros? Again, I stress, that we were never told this while booking.

I advise that you start to treat your customers with more respect, and at the least, we deserve a refund. We have always used Kiwi before. Unless you refund us, you have just lost yourself two customers.

Desired outcome: Refund.

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11:45 pm UTC
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Kiwi.com refund issue

On October 17th, 2022 I booked two tickets from Los Angeles to Memphis via Kiwi and the booking number is [protected], the confirmation code in my American Airline app is MHFDIJ, then I canceled it via Kiwi. The Kiwi website also told me that the booking has been refunded.

But now I don't still see the refund into my bank account. It's been 14 days since I canceled the booking

Do you know the reason?

Desired outcome: I don't still see the refund in my bank account

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10:09 am UTC

Kiwi.com Refund Name :- Robert Chambers

I booked my tickets through Kiwi.com and one of the airlines (connecting) canceled one of the connecting flights.

I requested a full refund as, I paid EU1268.50 for this trip (Please see photo attached) and I was refunded EU 269.

I called the helpline but they said that nothing can be done as one of the airlines refused to pay the refund

Booking number [protected]

Dates for the booking was 28/10/2022 to 03/11/2022 , going from Amsterdam to Paphos

Desired outcome: Full refund minus the charges

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11:57 am UTC

Kiwi.com Trying to speak with an afent

Hi, I’m trying desperately to speak with someone regarding a change to my travel plans. When making the original reservation, I did not buy the Kiwi insurance because the cost of the fare was so amazing and the insurance was nearly the same price. Plus I have travel insurance with my Gold card.

I have a flight leaving for Nice France from JFK this Tuesday evening. (H7BTNW) I decided to extend my vacation, I thought because I didn’t buy the kiwi insurance, I would have to forfeit the one way ticket back to France. So I purchased another, much more expensive flt. on the 7th of Nov. However, now I see I can change my trip up to 48 hours before the journey. My question for you today is, is it possible to change a flight and get a refund or a credit for the new ticket (Z3U29F) or have I simply lost 400 euros?

You must be aware that getting in touch with someone at Kiwi to actually speak with, is next to impossible. I seem to find myself on an endless loop of giving you my email, receiving access to get help but not ever getting to actually speak to anyone. Don’t you think it ironic that when I follow instructions on how to speak with an agent, it says to go to my reservation but when I open my online account I find this? “Which trip can we help you with?

You don’t have any trips planned. “

Yet, I have two confirmed bookings for flights back to France.

Can you please help me?

Thank you,

Linda Alaniz-Hornsby

My US phone number is [protected]. If someone could call me back, I would be most gratefull.

Desired outcome: I just want to speak with an agent

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12:59 am UTC

Kiwi.com Flight from EasyJet - booking #[protected]

I purchased a flight but since one of the flights got delayed, Kiwi cancelled the affected connecting flights and now it has been more than three months from the date of my flight and they haven't refunded me anything yet. I have called over the airlines and per them, they have already processed refund for my flight which was returned back to Kiwi already, yet they're claiming they haven't received it from the airlines. Total Fraud!

Desired outcome: Give me my refund!

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