Opodo.co.uk

Opodo.co.uk is a travel site set up by a variety of european airlines, including British Airways. Having taken the rather daring step to attend the wedding of a very good online friend in Pittsburgh the hunt was on for a cheap airfare to the US, matters were further complicated by the fact that my traveling companion - him of the dubious passport pic agreed that a trip to New York would be a great idea. With some trepidation I started to look for ...
...Google came up with thousands of flight sites but most of these did not have the ability to check multi stop flights ie you could look for a return or one way ticket only! Given that I am not a patient soul I wanted to find my bargain flight with out emailing zillions of people! Sites like Ebookers did email back fairly quickly but some 3 weeks later I'm waiting on replies from Lastminute.com and Deckchair.com! Opodo was actually found by looking ...

jo1l 18.02.2003 · Read full review
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opodo - it reads the same upside down as it does right way up. I found this amusing. I should get out more. With Opodo I can get out more, because I can fly cheaper. Pretty good huh? OK so Opodo is just another on line flight search and booking site, but this one is brought to you by the good folk at British Airways, Lufthansa, KLM, and Aer Lingus amongst others. Why is this good? It seems that these full service carriers have overcapacity and rather ...
...can offer cut price seats and hang onto the commissions they would have to pay third party agents. I can fly with a better airline for less money. The site is available in English, French and German, and is very easy to use. The quick search facility is perfect if you know where you're going and when, but if you just fancy a break to 'somewhere' they list special offer prices on the front page. Each search I made returned a range of flight options, ...

gollygumdrops 31.05.2002 · Read full review
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...if you don’t want to have headache, and if you want to be sure that you will have customer assistance in case of any problems with reservation, it is better to choose alternative booking systems. My own opinion is that opodo.co.uk now in my own black list of booking sites. ...

AlexNc 19.05.2009 · Read full review
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READ THIS - Very important . I would never use opodo again after the trouble I had after booking a flight with them. I booked a flight from London to Kathmandu three months before travelling. I used an internet comparison site and the cheapest company for the flight I booked wasn't actually Opodo but I booked through Opodo because I (wrongly) trusted them. The day before I was due to travel they rang me up and said my flight had been cancelled (!!!). ...
...a refund and try and find another flight. Obviously there were no other flights or not for less than £2000 anyway and they gave me no help finding another flight. I spent hours trying to find a flight and in the end had to buy one to Calcutta 3 days later and would have had to make my way overland to Kathmandu. Not ideal since I was supposed to meet my family at the airport in Kathmandu and had no way to contact them. Also I was supposed to be moving ...

Racky 23.02.2008 · Read full review
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I have had a lot of comments regarding this review, mainly defending Opodo and syaing its great! I still cant see why people rate it. See my recent experience at the end! I am a long serving internet flight booker and must have used, or at least tried to use all the major net booking services. I have just booked my latest holiday (cant wait!) and have once again found that Opodo's flight options were both indirect and expensive. The website is ...
...lastminute..) but has its own niches. SITE DESIGN I am always attracted to Opodo as the site is attractive, and always shouting about its special offers (they are plaguing my spam email account!). The site is logically designed and therefore easy to navigate. FLIGHTS Opodo uses lots of different airlines (claims to use 500!), despite being owned jointly by 7 European airlines. Unlike most web booking services, it also offers charter flight options. ...

Dan_ep 19.03.2005 (26.03.2006) · Read full review
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I write this opinion to warn others of the difficulties they might face when using online booking agents Opodo. I was after a return flight from Edinburgh to London and used Opodo after seeing their adverts. The online system was straight forward enough to use and my booking was confirmed twice. However things wen't badly wrong when it came to paying for the flights. The system was having trouble understanding my card details so I called the customer ...
...could take my details and process this for me. This is where my nightmare began. I repeatedly had to give my deatils to the agent as he kept forgetting the information I gave him. After an hour he finlly found the right flight details, but the price had increased. Opodo, refused to make the difference up in the price even although it was due to their error. I have also given Opodo 4 opportunities to reply to my complaint and I have yet to hear anything ...

Darren1504 25.01.2002 · Read full review
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I booked a flight from Birmingham to Brisbane to (see my father at Easter) through Opodo and all was confirmed online with the money going out of my account within 18 hours. That part was easy - I guess spending money always is. However, my father was taken seriously ill at the start of February and given only 4-6 days to live so I telephoned Opodo to explain that I needed to cancel the Easter flight and change the booking to the first available ...
...uncertain terms by a rather stroppy lady that: a) I couldn't change to the flight they had available on their website as it wasn't the exact same route of the original booking and b) it would cost me an ADDITIONAL £950 to travel on a flight which would get me there AFTER he would have died. When I suggested that a little more compassion might be in order, due to the circumstances, I was informed, "Well what do you think it's like for ME having to ...

ellielliex 29.04.2009 · Read full review
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I have written this review couple of months ago but decided to add some more info which may be relevant and useful. The website for Opodo can be reached from www.opodo.com where you choose your location ( UK, France or Germany) or you can just go directly to www.opodo.co.uk. The company is actually owned by several major airlines such as British Airways, Air France, KLM and few others. As I have traveled across Atlantic for several years I have ...
...sites in the last few years and have done a lot of browsing for best deals. I have used Opodo twice in the last few months and had absolutely no problems at all. Both of the tickets I purchased were e-tickets and besides the usual anxiety that my ticket won't be there when I arrive at the airport, I found the whole process easy and stress free ( and the tickets were waiting for me at check-in on both occasions). Opodo is one of the cheapest sites ...

dswhite 29.09.2004 (28.12.2004) · Read full review
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I've used Opodo a few times and whilst they may not be the cheapest (they are not affiliated with the budget airlines), I can always get to my destination, to the airport I want from the airport I want., at a time that is good for me. So if I have to pay a little extra, that's fine by me. Opodo is owned by BA, Air France, Alitalia, Iberia, KLM, Lufthansa, Aer Lingus, Austrian Airlines, Finnair and Amadeus. So there's plenty to get you to where you ...
...way around by using the red tabs - Home - Flights - Hotels - City Breaks - Tailor made Holidays - Holidays - Cars - Ski. I'm more of a Flights and Hotels tabs kinda guy for reasons explained later. I recently booked a flight to Rome, from Heathrow to Fiumicino. It would be cheaper to go from Stanstead to Ciampino, but I can't be bothered with all the tube and train journeys to Stanstead, then a 30 km taxi (30-50 euros)/bus ride from Ciampino to ...

deepeyes 19.02.2005 (27.02.2005) · Read full review
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Opodo is a must for all business travellers. My company has a designated travel agent, not opodo, and we can often knock the price they quote down telling them the opodo price. Last year I was quoted by the company travel agent £250 for a return flight to Amsterdam but found on opodo that by catching a later return flight on KLM it went down to £69! The company travel agent did not even offer me this and it suited my requirements better. The site ...
...ryanair, bmi baby etc. The fares you find are very competitive and with a bit of practice you can soon find fares that are close to discount airlines. The flight search facility is as good as any on the web and it's very easy to see the effect of travelling a day later/earlier or different flight times. Recently, I bought a return flight to the Middle East at short notice. Booked Friday for travel Monday. I paid an extra £22 for a courier delivery ...

ChazMan 30.05.2003 · Read full review
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hi, my experience with opodo is still ongoing, i booked a car from gatwick for the 2nd of december, there was a problem with booking on line so i phoned direct to finish the booking, i have had no response from them apart from the fee taken off my credit card, i have been on constant hold to there only phone number for the last 4 days, yesterday sombody actually answered, but before i could say two words i was swiftly cut off, my emails have been ...
...will have a car waiting for me when i arrive at gatwick. this is the worst treatment ive ever had from such a large company,they wont answer the phone & theres no email address for them god knows what my phone bill will be (phoning from ireland) so i would recomend that people should avoid opodo at all costs. Dave Crompton ...

boxtyhouse 28.11.2007 · Read full review
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I am going to visit a friend in Edinburgh and decided flying would be the cheapest and quickest option. Feeling slightly nervous about booking online (will i get my tickets, are my details safe etc), I spent a fortnight prior to booking 'researching' the different companies, prices etc. Opodo came out cheapest every time. Their web site was one of the simplest and easiest to follow, and the booking process was painless. The tickets arrived the next ...
...with a detailed confirmation of booking email, with a reference number should anything go wrong, which I found quite reassuring. The only problem I did find was that the web site kept crashing, making the process a little longer than normal, but this has certainly not put me off. I am yet to travel, but opodo have certainly provided me with piece of mind about my trip, and would strongly recommend them to anyone looking for cheap flights. ...

Jo88 15.02.2003 · Read full review
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I would strongly advise against using this website to book flights. My reservation was cancelled even though I had recieved a confirmation of booking, and when I queried it I was met with incompetent and unhelpful staff which resulted in me having to re-purchase the flights at a more expensive price. They refused to reinburse me for the difference and claimed it was not their fault. If you have made a booking I suggest that you call them up to make sure it is confirmed even if you have recieved an email confirmation. My overall advise though is do not use this website!!! ...

AliLonie 28.01.2008
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I booked an Alitalia flight to Rome for Christmas through Opodo. The flight was overbooked and the queue was "combed" by Alitalia staff placing the Italian passengers on board. By the time I checked in the flight was closed and subequent flights were cancelled due to fog. I was advised to leave the airport and apply for a refund. After an 8 month battle with Opodo they have just told me that Alitalia have recorded me as a "no show" and are refusing to give me any refund. LIARS AND THIEVES ...

Opodosucks 18.08.2008
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Whilst the opodo website is easy to use and I experienced no trouble whatsoever. The after sales service should be renamed the sales prevention service. Contact by e-mail gives a reference number but they never bother to reply. I have contacted then 3 times and get a new reference number everytime but no actual answers or contact. The only other way of contacting them is through their premium phone line. I would question the integrity of any company that expects you to pay prenium rates to query their own inefficiency. ...

geoffalbert 23.12.2007
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