"terrible customer service"
Christian Grosjean (United States)
Not Verified | Slow, inefficient, terrible customer service. The only airline without a bag drop area took well over an hour to do a very simple bag drop. Agents were needlessly rude. Were not able to add my ktn to my boarding pass even though I have global entry.
Type Of Traveller | Solo Leisure |
Seat Type | Economy Class |
Route | Los Angeles to Guatemala |
Date Flown | October 2022 |
Seat Comfort | 12345 |
Cabin Staff Service | 12345 |
Food & Beverages | 12345 |
Inflight Entertainment | 12345 |
Ground Service | 12345 |
Wifi & Connectivity | 12345 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | no |
"Terrible seats"
N Sautire (United States)
✅ Trip Verified | Terrible seats, no entertainment at all. The cheapest as possible is what you get with seats that don’t even incline, no screen to tell travel progress.
Type Of Traveller | Business |
Seat Type | Economy Class |
Route | Bogota to Miami |
Date Flown | October 2022 |
Seat Comfort | 12345 |
Cabin Staff Service | 12345 |
Food & Beverages | 12345 |
Inflight Entertainment | 12345 |
Ground Service | 12345 |
Wifi & Connectivity | 12345 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | no |
"very bad experience with Avianca"
Jenny Alarcon (United States)
Not Verified | I had a very bad experience with Avianca in which I bought a flight from Houston to Peru for November 18-26 2022 and I received an email saying that the flight had been changed immediately call the airline in which I don't have much flexibility and they told me that they could give me a refund since they were giving me so many long hours of flight 20 hours of travel and a short time of stay since it was changed leaving Sunday arriving Monday afternoon and returning Friday. The person told me that they will give you a refund and it will take a month, I had no problem with that, but how long are you going to fill out the information? They ask you for so many things, it has already been three weeks and they continue to ask for information and nothing they tell you that it is already done. processed - be very careful before going to buy flights with Avianca since they do NOT tell you that your flight can change at any time and long flight hours. And if it goes Going through the refund problem is a long wait and nothing at all. I have traveled on other airlines and I have never had problems with reimbursement, it has been easy and fast. Realmente e tenido una experiencia muy mala con Avianca en la cual compre un vuelo de Houston a peru para Noviembre del 18-26 022 en y recibí un correo electrónico diciendo que el vuelo había sido cambiado inmediatamente llame a la aerolínea en la cual no tengo mucha flexibilidad y me dijeron que me podían dar un reembolso ya que me estaban dando tantas largas horas de vuelo 20 horas de viaje y un corto tiempo de estadía ya que fue cambiado saliendo domingo llegando lunes por la tarde y regresando viernes. La persona me dijo se te va a dar un reembolso y se demorará un mes, no tenia problema de eso pero cuánto vas a llenar la información te piden tanta cosas ya an pasado tres semana a y siguen pidiendo información y nada que te dicen que ya está procesado… tengan mucho cuidado antes de ir a comprar vuelos con avianca ya que NO te dicen que tu vuelo puede hacer cambiando en cualquier momento y largas horas de vuelo. Y si va. A pasar por el problema de reembolso es una larga espera y nada de nada. Eh viajado en otras aerolíneas y nunca e tenido problemas de reembolso a sido fácil y rápido.
Type Of Traveller | Family Leisure |
Seat Type | Economy Class |
Route | Houston to Lima |
Date Flown | November 2022 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | no |
"not be flying Avianca again"
C Galenos (United States)
✅ Trip Verified | We were given the wrong information at the airport by Avianca employees & manager regarding documentation, resulting in a missed flight for my aunt, who is elderly, when she returned with the additional documentation Avianca told her it was not needed, at this point Avianca required her to buy a new flight because she listened to the information provided by Avianca employees, the ticket being offered to her was over 1,000USD, thankfully my younger sister googled flights on her phone and was able to buy her a flight for under 300USD. Avianca took no responsibility over the situation and we were forced to buy 2 additional tickets, according to them, although she had the original return flight already purchased it was no longer valid because she had missed the departure flight (because she listened to Avianca staff) which made no sense to us. There was no apology for the misinformation shared by Avianca at any point. Not only that, we were on the phone over 4 hours to no avail. I will not be flying Avianca again. Also the food on the plane was horrible. & on the departure flight the entertainment screen did not work.
Type Of Traveller | Family Leisure |
Seat Type | Economy Class |
Route | Los Angeles to Lima via San Salvador / Bogota |
Date Flown | September 2022 |
Seat Comfort | 12345 |
Cabin Staff Service | 12345 |
Food & Beverages | 12345 |
Inflight Entertainment | 12345 |
Ground Service | 12345 |
Wifi & Connectivity | 12345 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | no |
"going from bad to worse"
E Bardeno (United States)
✅ Trip Verified | I do not recommend this airline that is going from bad to worse with the services that they offer to their clients and now with those changes that they made to size the tickets as if they were shirts that one is buying. In case the service was already lousy and now they take away the opportunity to buy tickets in business class they are going to treat you worse. No recomiendo esta aerolínea que va de mal en peor con los servicios que le ofrecen a sus clientes y ahora con esos cambios que hicieron de ponerles tallas a los tickets como si fueran camisas las que uno está comprando. De por si ya estaba pésimo el servicio y ahora quitan la oportunidad de comprar tickets en clase ejecutiva lo van a tratar peor a uno.
Type Of Traveller | Business |
Seat Type | Business Class |
Route | San Francisco to San Salvador |
Date Flown | September 2022 |
Seat Comfort | 12345 |
Cabin Staff Service | 12345 |
Food & Beverages | 12345 |
Inflight Entertainment | 12345 |
Ground Service | 12345 |
Wifi & Connectivity | 12345 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | no |
"Never flying with this airline again"
R Meischer (United States)
✅ Trip Verified | Never flying with this airline again. I booked a ticket from Santa Marta to bogota, I received a booking confirmation email stating that my payment was approved, an Eticket receipt, and my itinerary on the Avianca app. However, when I arrived at the airport I was refused boarding since apparently my payment wasn’t received and my ticket was never reserved. I never received a cancellation email from Avianca and there was no way that I could have known that my ticket was not reserved. The airline crew members tried to help me book another ticket for later that evening, but the Avianca site was not working, I tried to use three different credit cards, all of which were rejected for no apparent reason (these credit cards are international and my bank confirmed that there was no problem with the credit cards). I ended up taking out money from the ATM and paying the airline crew members directly to board the last flight of the night. I cannot stress how important it was for me to arrive in Bogota at the scheduled time, and this delay made me miss my ride to Anapoima and required me to book a hostel in bogota for the night. I also can’t explain how stressful it is to be randomly refused boarding, even after showing them the different receipts I received that verified my purchase. Still have no idea what the problem was and why they couldn’t inform me that my ticket was canceled… I sent them a complaint asking them for compensation and received an automated bot response. (I would like to note that the airline crew at Avianca tried their best to help and I really appreciated their assistance, particularly Darcy Forero and Lorraine Sanches).
Type Of Traveller | Solo Leisure |
Seat Type | Economy Class |
Route | Santa Marta to Bogota |
Date Flown | September 2022 |
Seat Comfort | 12345 |
Cabin Staff Service | 12345 |
Food & Beverages | 12345 |
Inflight Entertainment | 12345 |
Ground Service | 12345 |
Wifi & Connectivity | 12345 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | no |
"really disappointed with this airline"
G Costa (United States)
✅ Trip Verified | Houston to El Salvador. Typically I don’t do reviews for anything! But I’m really disappointed with this airline. I think most people know about Avianca this is the WORST airline I ever flown with!! Please people don’t ever fly with them this is worst then Spirit at least Spirit specifies that they charge for everything you’re aware of! But this airline hide the charges! Worst ever!!
Type Of Traveller | Family Leisure |
Seat Type | Economy Class |
Route | Houston to El Salvador |
Date Flown | September 2022 |
Seat Comfort | 12345 |
Cabin Staff Service | 12345 |
Ground Service | 12345 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | no |
"they can not fulfil the tickets"
J Carvalho (United States)
✅ Trip Verified |Sao Paulo to Pereira via Bogota. It seems like a lot of people here went through the same situation. I should have read the reviews before booking with this company. Bought a ticket in their website in 12/21/2021 for $2692.64 to have my parents fly from Brazil to Colombia. They processed the payment but didn't issue the tickets, three days later they emailed me saying they can not fulfil the tickets from that origin city (even though their website booked it). They advised me to book it from a different city so I went back to the site and booked it and had paid for that flight. So as of today 09/22/2022 after long phone calls (at least 3 a month) and many forms later submitted, usually the same forms again and again because they never have it, I am still out of $2692.64.
Type Of Traveller | Couple Leisure |
Seat Type | Economy Class |
Route | Sao Paulo to Pereira via Bogota |
Date Flown | March 2022 |
Seat Comfort | 12345 |
Cabin Staff Service | 12345 |
Food & Beverages | 12345 |
Inflight Entertainment | 12345 |
Ground Service | 12345 |
Wifi & Connectivity | 12345 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | no |
"proof of an active yellow fever vaccine"
C Harchel (United States)
✅ Trip Verified | This is the second and last time that I have flown Avianca. The first was in early 2020 and we were upsold at every opportunity, including being told my personal item (laptop bag) needed to be paid for. On this occasion, country hopping across South America, Avianca implement a requirement for proof of an active yellow fever vaccine to board flights from Brazil to Colombia. In the months leading up to the flight, I was bombarded with emails about upgrading my flight but not a single one mentioning that they would be demanding this at the airport. The check-in agents at the airport said they would try to help then slinked off without even indicating that they were not able to or advising on what to do. Eventually I was able to speak to an agent who was incredibly rude but eventually said to call the customer service helpline. I did this, attempting to re-route my flights to stop at another country and on 6 occasions the agent would ask me to hold the line while they looked into the options and then the line would get disconnected. My signal was great and it happened with multiple agents so I know it is a deflection tactic that they were employing. In the end I had to figure out a new plan that couldn't even rely on using any of the flight credits. Horrible airline, staff and aggressive approach to taking your money in any way possible. T
Type Of Traveller | Solo Leisure |
Seat Type | Economy Class |
Route | Sao Paulo to Medellin via Bogota |
Date Flown | September 2022 |
Ground Service | 12345 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | no |
"Worse airline ever"
Evony Westby (Belize)
✅ Trip Verified | Worse airline ever, They double charge and don't reimburse. No kind of assistance at the airport and placed me as no show even though i was there for about 2hours arguing because they wanted me to purchase a ticket for my 2months old baby and i agreed but then they wanted me to cancel my ticket and purchase another again and moreover there were no more flights for that time. They charged me 80USD for a carryon and 79 for extra baggage and still didn't put me on the flight. So all that money went down the drain.
Type Of Traveller | Solo Leisure |
Seat Type | Economy Class |
Route | San Jose to Guatemala |
Date Flown | July 2022 |
Seat Comfort | 12345 |
Cabin Staff Service | 12345 |
Food & Beverages | 12345 |
Inflight Entertainment | 12345 |
Ground Service | 12345 |
Wifi & Connectivity | 12345 |
Value For Money | 12345 |
Recommended | no |