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Complaints about EXPEDIA during

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Date Category Source/link Comment
Since Sep 2005 Complaint/informative victimsofexpedia How EXPEDIA tried to scam me (1,254.95 U$D) and failed  miserably (very informative and proves EXPEDIA is a scammer)
Since Jan 2008 Complaint/informative Here you go! This is kind of a short version! More will be posted on my BLOG! I have some video I will be posting as well!

This is the horrible ONGOING  story of: Chris (You can contact this victim at: expediaexposed@gmail.com)

??? Complaint/Informative Kingkeld WARNING: Expedia.com will STEAL your money!
10-17-2007 Very Informative AC associated contents Expedia Issues "A Closer Look at Customer Service Complaints" (Don't miss these articles)
03-31-2008 Complaint/informative Blog "No-show"

Complaints from 2008 (EXPEDIA is behaving as I predicted)

We can expect hundreds maybe thousands more  complaints for this year. Expedia is very prolific in cheating customers. Come back soon to read complaints from people that are being cheated by EXPEDIA during 2008. This is just a tiny fraction of complaints in internet about EXPEDIA

 
 
   
   
   
07-21-08 Complaint IndianaJosh Blog "....Technically, the problem itself was a result of Expedia and their system that glitched and double-processed our order without actually following through with the issuing of tickets. It was Expedia's error that began all this mess, and in my mind, if they were a respectable company, with any degree of integrity, they would've recognized and admitted this mistake on their behalf, and would've at least done what they could for us....."
07-03-2008 Complaint/informative Thu, 3 Jul 2008 19:41:17 -0700 (PDT)

Submitted to www.victimsofexpedia.com

Well I just want people to know how horrible Expedia is.  I booked a hotel with them because of their $50 gas card offer.  So at 3 weeks, no gas card, sent an email to their customer support, you know - they claim to answer all emails within 4 hrs... right.  So I did this every week and got nothing, so I decided to call them and of course the were sorry and advised me that they would email me a form and then the card would be sent.  Well of course another 2 weeks went by and of course no email or form.  Called again, and was on the phone, on hold for an hour and then finally, I was promised a $50 refund to my credit card, as they no longer can provide me with a gas card.  I of course don't believe a word they say, but maybe I will be surprised!
06-26-2008 Informative Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:13:34 -0400
From: "Chris" <XXXXXX@gmail.com> Yahoo! DomainKeys has confirmed that this message was sent by gmail.com. Learn more
To: webmaster@victimsofexpedia.com
Subject: expedia BS
Hello,

Just felt compelled to share with someone what I just experienced. So, I googled "expedia scams" and found you. Put this up is you want, please protect my identity; call me Chris if you want, but don't use my e-mail or contact info please.

So. I was looking for a romatic getaway from my girlfriend and I and thought "Hey, Captain Kirk's got my back" so I went on all those sites. Expedia, Orbits, Cheaptickets, Hotels dot com. Expedia had the lowest price, but for some reason, I decided to try to bargain with the hotel and just called them. I told the girl at the front desk that I looked at all these sites and the cheapest I found was 239$ a night.
So I asked her if it was better to do that or go through the hotel first hand and she told me that is is ALWAYS more expensive to use those sites. She quoted me a price of 199$ a night for a better room!

Anyway, my intuition was correct, and I booked two nights for probably 100$ cheaper and a better room just by calling the hotel myself.

Im sorta pissed that these damn commercials make us think that we will save all this money when we actually save money by dealing with the hotel directly. I hope that you can get this out to people so they may take the time to do what I did.
Chris.
05-23-2008   my3cents.com "Do Not Book With Expedia - Overcharged By $1,600 Dollars"
05-06-2008 Complaint Submitted to victims of expedia.com (Jonas) "My trip was a travel nightmare, unbooked flights, last  minute cancellations I was not notified of. Over $200 of long distance  charges from Europe, mostly on hold. Expedia will not return calls,  they  require you call them back or wait on hold. Calling back gets a  different agent, and is invariably unable to follow up where the last agent left  off, so you are back to square one.We were stranded at the airport when they did not notify the ground transport of a flight change (they also did not notify us, we spent 12 hours at the airport). I called and specifically requested they notify
 ground transport. They did not. The return flight was unbooked, and we ended up buying another ticket  and having to stay in Greece longer than planned. Expedia is refusing  to refund the money. To say they are crooks is an understatement. Even though the cost to me  is probably less than the cost of a lawyer, their arrogance and  irresponsibility are so outrageous, I will probably seek legal recourse.
"
04-28-2008 Complaint Submitted to victims of expedia.com (Jacqueline) " Made airline reservations through Expedia using a prior credit. Expedia charged a rebooking fee through VISA but failed to have tickets issued. When the airline cancelled the reservation four months later due to Expedia's failure to pay, Expedia charged me the walkup fee. Attempts to straighten out the mess by e-mail and phone were infuriating. Customer service is not their modus oparandi. It appears that even though they had our money, they did not use it to pay for the ticket. This leaves me to believe that either they have a cash flow problem or someone has his hand in the cookie jar."
 04-28-2008 Complaint Submitted to victims of expedia.com (Tish) "We booked round-trip air with Expedia involving 2 segments
 each way. They called a couple of months later to say segment #3 would  have to be re-scheduled as airline had "cancelled" flight. Expedia  agent  put me on hold & never came back. When I called back I found out  the  rep had cancelled all our flights... totally gone! In the next 11  hours  (yes, I was on hold or on the line with multiple Expedia reps for 11  hours straight) it got "fixed", then "unfixed" several times. It was a
 nightmare! For my trouble they 'gave' me a coupon of $100 towards a  3-night hotel stay that expired in 30 days. We would have had to use  it  during the time our trip was already planned and booked. Worthless!   We  continued to get conflicting emails from them saying our flight were  cancelled and not cancelled. At one point they had us on two different  simultaneous flights. This went on for weeks!We were afraid the whole  trip  that we would get to the gate only to have them say we didn't have !
 a reservation I wrote them an email about the problem and said I
 doubted I would ever hear from them about it...and I was right!! They  must  be doing so well that they could care less about their customers. Take  your $$ somewhere else, not to Expedia!
"
 04-21-2008 Complaint Submitted to victims of expedia.com (Betsy) "More than 13 international phone calls....more than 400 minutes on  hold.... and I receive the great news that Expedia has processed my refund
 today - 3 months after I requested it - and that I will have the money  credited to my account in - hello?? - 30 to 60 days. At this point I  should just be glad that I'll have it within a year of when I purchased  the tickets.
NEVER USE EXPEDIA!!!! THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE GUARANTEES ARE AS  WORTHLESS AS THE TICKETS THAT THEY SOLD ME.
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04-19-2008 Complaint   "Expedia screwed up my flight trips and I have to pay for it"
04-15-2008 Complaint RipoffReport.com "...I had $300.00 on the account to get a Hotel and was gone. I asked Why? and they said I had 2 airline companies withdraw money from the acount. Thats when I found out that Expedia resubmited the order and when Hotwired withdraw the money my balance went -$400.00. I had tryied to get remborse my money but Expedia is refusing. The confirmation e-mail for the tickets they assigned went to a person named Orlando Tirado in atlanta Georgia besause Expedia used a wrong e-mail address with my phone #......"
 04-11-2008 Complaint rateitall " stayed in an.. Expedia hotel where I had problems. ..."
 04-11-2008 Complaint Jeff On Cloud Computing "I booked my first trip through Expedia.com. It was a package deal that included airfare and a hotel booking with Embassy Suites. I arrived at my destination and found that the hotel had no record of my reservation."
04-01-2008 Complaint/Informative RipoffReport Hotels.com New York Palace Hotel, WAMU, Providian, VISA and consumer blamed for fraudulent booking by IACs Expedia-owned hotels.com, travelnow.com Dallas, Texas Internet''
03-31-2008 Complaint rateitall "Great service until something goes wrong and you need to contact them"
03-30-2008 Complaint RipoffReport ";;;Expedia Scheduled us with a bankrupt Air Carrier, made us buy additional tickets from another airline and are not refunding us. East Elmhurst New York..."
03-30-2008 Complaint My3Cents "Expedia Sucks !!! They'll Give You The Run A Round And Leave You Hanging"
03-30-2008 Complaint Blog They won't let us leave!
03-28-208 Complaint
Lastest Victim of Expedia.com
Pissed Consumer - 04-21-2008
"Lastest Victim of Expedia.com"
03-27-2008 Complaint RipoffReport "...Expedia didn't give credits after paying extra for cancelation Bellevue Washington"
03-26-2008 Complaint RipoffReport "Expedia refuses to fly us home Internet"
03-24-2008 Complaint rateitall " PLEASE TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW NOT TO USE THIS COMPANY. THEY ARE THE WORST AND NONE OF THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS CAN HELP WITH ANYTHING."
03-13-2008 Complaint My3Cents "Expedia owes me $4,900 - Expedia Travel"
0313-2008 Complaint MouthShut "Customer Service Problems of Olympic Proportions"
03-10-2008 travelpod.com "I've been robbed!!"
02-25-2008 Complaint "My issue has not been resolved and Expedia or DELTA are not willing to change the seating because they don't have any seats available."
02-17-2008 Complaint reviewcentre.com "Their customer service is horrible. They made a mistake and I was billed for 227 for a flight I didnt want."
02-15-2008 Complaint reviewcentre.com "Customer sevice is not helpful. I waited an hour on the phone to speak to a customer service representative."
01-01-2008 Complaint reviewcentre.com "We will NEVER use Expedia again!"
02-12-2008 Complaint
U.S. Airways & Expedia
Pissed Consumer - 03-05-2008
Expedia USAirways complaint
02-03-2008 Complaint MouthShut I'll Never use Expedia Again
02-06-2008 Complaint/Informative The Once Over "User Guide: Expedia–What you need to know before you buy"
01-27-2008 Complaint MouthShut "got  a call from the FRAUD DETECTION DEPT to let me know about the incorrect amount expedia had charged. ..."
01-24-2008 Informative Elliot.org "Is Expedia censoring negative comments about its resorts?"
01-22-2008 Complaint RipoffReport.com "Hotels.com Is An Operating Company Of Expedia Nasdaq: EXPE Accused me of Lying Rude Ripped us off Charged for an unconfirmed Reservation Overcharged Venice Italy Internet Based Company Dallas Texas"
01-21-2008 Complaint Zieak.com "Fighting Expedia for a refund"
01-17-2008 and 01-06 08 Complaints Consumer affair

"....I spent 1030 USD which I am losing for no reason...." 

"...We had to buy a new ticket the day of our flight. It cost us a little over $1000 - so we have so far paid twice for a ticket to Cancun  .."

01-15-2008 Complaint complaint board "Hotel was in bankruptcy when I booked"
01-07-2008 Complaint Gadling "Holiday Travel Hell Part 2: If you need anything from Expedia, scream at them for an hour"
01-05-2008 Complaint/informative thestar.com "....Expedia trips up in handling clients' complaints"
01-05-2008 Complaint/Informative rateitall "...Dont waste your money with this one"
01-03-2008 Complaint rateitall "....Expedia customer service is no help, worst of any major company I have worked with...."
01-03-2008 Complaint
Expedia.com
Pissed Consumer - 03-05-2008
"...Yet, Expedia.com has raped our company of over $600 plus their fee"
01-01-2008 Complaint reviewcentre.com "We will NEVER use Expedia again!"
 

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Complaints from 2007 (yes, a long cheating tradition)
 
12-27-2007 Complaint Complaintboards "....There is plenty other method to buy air ticket, do not use Expedia....."
12-17-2007 Complaint rateitall "We were dumb enough to make a Hawaii package reservation with them"
12-15-2007 Complaint pissedconsumer "Wrong flight time still get penalty"
12-14-2007 Complaint ripoffreport "WLI*RESERVATIONREWARDS ,RIPOFF,They Are Using The Same Credit Card # That I Gave Expedia To Charge Me! Sneaky Corporation in Kahootz w/ Expedia, hmmm Shelton Connecticut"
12-09-2007 Complaint my3cents "Two travellers - One seat - Booking to Dallas "
12-09-2007 Complaint ripoffreport "Expedia won't issue any credits for airline fare changes- WON'T HONOR THEIR OWN POLICIES"
12-03-2007 Complaint rateitall "DO NOT USE THEM."
12-03-2007 Complaint rateitall "Don't book anything with these scam artists"
12-03-2007 Complaint rateitall "Don't book any "extras" through Expedia"
12-03-2007 Informative my3cents "Customer service-receipt and Thank you points - Airline booking"
11-29-2007 Complaint ripoffreport "Expedia lied to, misled their customers "
11-20-2007 Complaint pissedconsumer "Ghost Expedia Credit Card Charges"
11-18-2007 Complaint rateitall ".....we found out we had purchased 8 tickets for the four of us and no refund"....
11-17-2007 Complaint rateitall ".....Been trying to get expedia to refund or onbtain a refund for a trip in Jan 07......"
11-16-2007 Complaint rateitall "...EXPEDIA is a rip off!..."
11-13-2007 Complaint ComplaintBoard "Non-existant customer service!"
11-12-2007 Complaint/Informative horsepigcow.com "Why Smart Travelers Should NEVER Book With Expedia"
11-09-2007 Complaint rateitall "How is this company still operating?..."
11-09-2007 Complaint rateitall "A Kafkian experience, really: I've spent 7 and a half hours in total...."
11-09-2007 COMPLAINT for Reviews for Expedia Corporate Travel Service  rateitall "...want to lose valuable time and money and add frustration and chaos to your life. then book through expedia...."
11-06-2007 Complaint rateitall "Expedia staff is trained to LIE and oh so conviently lose connection with unhappy customers"
11-06-2007 Complaint mouthshut "Expedia.com Steals Money From Hard Working Folks"
11-04-2007 Complaint ripoffreport "The Expedia.com promise is worthless, get a travel agent"
11-02-2007 Complaint rateitall "I've been calling expedia every day for a week now....."
11-02-2007 COmplaint ripoffreport "Use Expedia if you want to pay more.."
OCTOBER 2007 Complaint informative about EXPEDIA.CA MyExpediaExperience.com Horrible experience of one EXPEDIA.CA customer
10-30-2007 Complaint MiamiHerald.com INQUIRY "Tickets for military R&R never made it to Kuwait"
10-29-2007 Complaint rateitall "... trying to cancel a flight
been on hold for 3 hours total..."
10-26-2007 Complaint ripoffreport "They advertised a motel on their website as a 3 star but the motel put us in a occupied room, cracked smoke filled, & a mouse in the room."
10-21-2007 Complaint rateitall "Do not book ever with expedia......"
10-20-2007 Complaint Complaints.com ".....I am not satisfied with my entire experience with Expedia....."
10-16-2007 Complaint my3cents "Absolute, horrible, without redemption service - Airline reservations"
10-15-2007 Complaint mouthshut "Expedia Stole $500 From Me"
10-14-2007 Complaint ripoffreport "Expedia.ca falsely claimed higher room rate for a reservation change"
10-13-2007 Complaint/Informative pissedconsumer "....Do your homework before going through one of these companies. It may look like they are offering lower prices, but it may end up costing you in the long run."
10-11-2007 Complaint rateitall "they are the aboslute worst..."
10-03-2007 informative Travolution bpisslog or BBC watchdog "Expedia takes a kicking on BBC Watchdog"
10-09-2007 Complain/informative zieak.com "Expedia refunds"
10-02-2007 Complaint rateitall "expedia has the worst customer service possible..."
10-02-2007 Informative my3cents "Reservations Not Forwarded to Hotel - Reservations"
10-02-2007 Complaint my3cents "Delta vs. Frontier vs. Expedia - Frontier vs. Delta - Expedia screwed this one!"
09-26-2007 Complaint/informative Shane Greer Blog "Don't Trust Expedia"
09-26-2007 COmplaint ComplaintBoard " Extremely poor customer service!"
09-25-2007 Complaint rateitall "Too bad you can't rate them less than a star...."
09-25-2007 Complaint planetfeedback "My Refund, 4trh request..."
09-24-2007 Complaint rateitall "Expedia is a rip-off....."
09-23-2007 Complaint rateitall "Expedia Sucks!! Do not even consider booking with these fools....."
09-22-2007 Complaint my3cents Expedia put a hold on bank funds when no transaction had taken place - Flight Booking
09-17-2007 Complaint rateitall "...I LOST $685.00 TO THESE PR1CKS."
09-15-2007 Complaint PlanetFeedback "I was lied to about a getting a voucher."
09-11-2007 Complaint Ripoff report "Expedia.com International Travel Screwed by Expedia Internet"
09-11-2007 Complaint rateitall "....Bad service,bad system, long hold times, liars for customer service...."
09-102007 Complaint Planetfeedback "Cancun trip"
09-04-2007 Complaint Ripoff report "Expedia Stole $400.00 Deposit On-line Florida"
08-31-2007 Complaint Complaints.com "DO NOT BELIEVE HOTEL RATINGS AND TRAVELER REVIEWS POSTED IN EXPEDIA!"
08-29-2007 Complaint The consumerist "Expedia Refunds Your Canceled Trip Whichever Way It Finds Cheapest, Lies About It"
08-27-2007 Complaint my space blog "DONT EVER EVER EVER USE EXPEDIA FOR TRAVEL NEEDS!!!"
08-22-2007 Complaint/Informative My3cents "Horrible Service - Flight"
08-21-2007 Complaint pissedconsumer "I'm so pissed I could Spit!...."
08-16-2007 Complaint MouthShut "Slow, horrible service, don't use Expedia"
08-14-2007 Complaint PauloUTWEST "NEVER BOOK WITH EXPEDIA! NEVER! Never fly "Jet Airways" either."
08-14-2007 Complaint Complaints Board

(Complaints on "Expedia.ca") Booked a hotel room that was not Available

08-10-2007 Complaint StarTribune "Travel Troubleshooter: Expedia didn't book tickets, and offered no explanation"
08-08-2007 Complaint my3cents "Missing Ticket - Airline Ticket"
08-05-2007 Complaint Daily Herald "The reservation that wasn't on Expedia"
08-01-2007 Complaint randyrants.com "....never thought I'd get to this level of frustration with an online company, but I getting extremely close to activating my "legal benefits" package at work and suing Expedia.com for the on going debacle that was my vacation...."
08- -2007 Complaint eopinions "Expedia SUCKS"
07-31-2007 Informative LegalNewsline.com

"Class action claims Expedia violates identify theft prevention statute"

07-30-2007 Complaint Elliot.org "The reservation that wasn't"
07-25-2007 Complaint RipoffReport.com "Expedia Reservation Ripoff followed by customer service nightmare ripoff Bellevue Washington"
07-24-2007 Complaint my3cents "Will not refund my money - Hotel Stay 1 night, pay for 4"
07-18-2007 Complaint my3cents "European car rental through Expedia.com - car rental"
07-10-2007 Complaint/informative eopinions "Expedia's support will leave you on hold until you give up""
07-07-2007 Complaint my3cents "Caveat Needed For Expedia Airfare Credit - Airfare Credit Restriction"
07-06-2007 Complaint The Consumerist "Man Locked Out Of Hotel Room, Expedia Agrees To Completely Refund ..."
06-29-2007 Conplaint/Informative World Wide Webber blog "Expedia.co.uk - Read the small print first!"
06-28-2007 Complaint Planetfeedback NEVER USE EXPEDIA - THEY WILL RUIN YOUR TRIP
06-27-2007 Complaint/informative Fainacial savior-faire "Expedia Strikes Again"
06-27-2007 Complaint ripoffreport

Expedia Ripoff dishonest failure to refund tickets Internet

06-26-2007 Complaint planetfeedback "Two Hours Waiting!"
06-25-2007 Complaint rateitall "Do I have to even put one star?........."
06-20-2007 Complaint ripoffreport "Expedia.com Issued invalid tickets, did not refund, 7 months now, lost 800 USD Internet"
06-18-2007 Complaint my3cents "Business Travel Not Possible on Expedia" "I encourage you to NEVER AGAIN use Expedia.com......"
 06-13-2007 Complaint rateitall ".....Expedia's business practices bordered on fraud....."
06-13-2007 Complaint eopinions "Deceptive, outrageous cancellation policy"
06-11-2007 Complaint ComplaintBoard "Worst of all, very rude customer service people!"
06-09-2007 complaint cogdogblog "curses to EXPEDIA"
06-06-2007 complaint rateitall "Cancellation fees are outrageous."
06-03-2007 Complaint my3cents Consumer review about hotel reservation
06-03-2007 Complaint rateitall "Expedia sucks. Bottom line........"
06-01-2007 Cmplaint ComplaintWire Expedia mistakes cost me $1225 and counting
05-31-2007 Complaint rateitall "EXPEDIA SUCKS, LIES & TAKES YOUR MONEY!!!!"
05-25-2007 Complaint/informative pissed consumers review/complaint about EXPEDIA's protection plan (probably a scam)
05-18-2007 Complaint ripoffreport "Expedia Misleads consumers with hotel reviews"
05-15-2007 Complaint Define your world "I hate Expedia.com"
05-08-2007 Complaint mouthshout "Don't book with them"
05-04-2007 Informative Customers ROCK