Avianca

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3 star Skytrax Rating
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Seat Comfort 12345
Staff Service 12345
Value for Money 12345
Customer rating from 707 reviews
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1/10

"a lost customer forever"

(United States)

Not Verified | This airline cancelled my flight due to COVID 6/16/2021. I was informed I had 1 year to re-book. I just called in to book a flight on 6/03/2022 and I was informed I was supposed to call by 5/01/22 because that is the day I booked the flight. Seriously? I said to the lady, "are you sure you do not want to bend/flex by a matter of days to keep a loyal customer because as a home owner in CR I fly down there a lot and she said no. I am a lost customer forever.
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteLos Angeles to San Jose
Date FlownJuly 2021
Value For Money 12345
no
1/10

"indifferent and disregarding flight attendants"

(Canada)

Trip Verified | Had to get to Curacao for a meeting. Had to be in person. The only airline available was/is Avianca, with whom I've never flown, as I haven't had the opportunity to go to South America to this point. I read reviews and watched one or two videos that showed a pretty ordinary but fairly typical business class experience in terms of food and drink. I took note of the 1990 - 2000-era business class seats and figured I could pretend it was still 2003 just this once. The flight out of YYZ to Bogota left after midnight Toronto time and they served a little box lunch with a small sandwich, a bag of plantain crisps, and a tiny Hostess-like chocolate cup cake. No wine, only a small bottle of water. I figured, OK, everyone just wants to sleep so nothing fancy is fine. we arrived in Bogota at 5am or so for a very long (9 hours) layover and, although I paid for a C-class ticket, the 2.00pm flight to Curacao was all economy, loaded from the tarmac after we all crammed into busses from the airport basement for the ride to the plane. Fast forward to yesterday's flight. This time there was business class out of Curacao but still had the crammed bus ride back to the basement at BOG. I went to the lounge where I'd spent some 9 hours on the way in, grabbed a glass of wine, and noticed that at 2.07pm, the 2.50pm flight to TTZ showed, "closed". Panicking, I ran to the plane and sat down. No, it wasn't closed, and we waited a good 40 minutes after I sat down before buttoning up. I was tired, frustrated, and really annoyed at this point. Now the fun part. This is a 6.5 hour flight. It starts after lunch and goes over dinner so I figured we'd have a nice 2003-era business class dinner with a glass of wine. Oh boy - did we ever not have that. Once again, the same pathetic little box lunch, this time with a tiny cheese sandwich, the requisite plantain chips and cupcake, and tiny bottle of water. The only time I ever saw a flight attendant after that (other than landing) was the one time I went to the washroom and, while standing right in front of the seated flight attendants, asked for more water. I cannot believe that I paid for C- and J-class tickets so I could ride in dilapidated blue leather seats with no footrest, and then be treated to the "service" provided by the indifferent and disregarding flight attendants and their poor box lunches. Unbelievable.
AircraftA320
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Seat TypeBusiness Class
RouteBogotá to Toronto
Date FlownMay 2022
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
1/10

"our reservation remains cancelled"

(United States)

Trip Verified | At the airport, my husband and I were late and we were told by Avianca to re-schedule our flight with the call center. We were calling back and forth, being tossed between Avianca at the airport telling us that our reservation doesn't require waiver and the Avianca call center telling us that Avianca at the airport needs to provide a waiver and at the very end, Avianca call center cancelling our entire reservation. The only thing we got was that Avianca airport telling us that the person/people we talk to at the call center doesn't know what's going on and the call center telling us to contact Avianca airport to have them change what's on the system, otherwise, our reservation remains cancelled. Even after we got Avianca at the airport to put in the system that we can reschedule, the call center still refuses to reschedule for us.
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteSan Francisco to Managua via El salvador
Date FlownMay 2022
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
3/10

"I had booked a vegetarian meal, it was inedible"

(Chile)

Trip Verified | On short flight we had a nice wrap, very tasty but cold, warmed would be better. On the long haul I had booked a vegetarian meal, it was inedible. No salt or flavouring, just boiled pasta with two pieces of overcooked carrot and zucchini. I had no dessert which others did have, and was not meat! Why do they think vegetarians are sick and can't eat salt or pudding? Breakfast was a wrap with mushrooms, that was OK but why do they not give vegetarians a bread roll and just a dry cracker?
AircraftBoeing 787
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteSantiago to London via Bogota
Date FlownMay 2022
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Wifi & Connectivity 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
1/10

"Terrible customer service"

(Canada)

Trip Verified | The worst airline company I've ever had to deal with. Avoid at all costs! First, they lost my luggage on the flight from Toronto to San Jose. I received my luggage on the third day on the night of my 6-day trip. Terrible customer service, had to wait for hours in the airport to talk to a representative to file my missing luggage. Second, on the way back, when we arrived at the airport at 3 am, they notified us that our flight is full! This is ridiculous, it's not a bus, we bought tickets for the flight in advance, how can it be full? All they could offer as compensation is 80USD which can only be redeemed at their horrible company, which is totally useless, cause I will never fly with them again. Hope you find this review before you buy tickets and think seven times if you want to deal with this company. p.s. their fleet is very old.
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteSan Jose to Toronto, via Bogota
Date FlownMay 2022
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
2/10

"customer service is just terrible"

(United States)

Trip Verified | I took Avianca from Bogota to New York on an overnight flight. The seats did not recline at all, there was no screen on the seat and the legroom was terribly tight (and I’m an average size person - 5’8” and 165 pounds). The plane we took was different from the one advertised when we booked - had I known I wouldn’t have booked with Avianca. Further, the food is terrible - it’s a small sandwich with white cheese and a piece of tomato with water and coffee on the sides no options, no proteins, no other drinks offered. Finally, customer service is just terrible. They differed me to a What’s App chat or a messenger chat (I tried both) and neither even responded to the message. Bottom line is, don’t trust anything you read on their website and keep your expectations at absolute minimum (you won’t have to stand on the flight).
AircraftA320
Type Of TravellerFamily Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteSao Paulo to Bogota via New York
Date FlownMay 2022
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Wifi & Connectivity 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
1/10

"taken the money from my account"

(United States)

Trip Verified | Flying to El Salvador and coming back to the LAX round-trip through Avianca. I had paid for my dad's seats and mine and a check in bag through Avianca website which offers you a great discount. I got to the airport the day of my flight thinking everything is paid for and the surprise was that they have no record of my payment but of course Avianca have taken the money from my account. I show the person that was helping me the transaction from my account and he said I need to make a claim and I need to pay for my check in luggage because they have no record, therefore while he was explaining me there is a worker who was very rude and told me with an very bad attitude "we can't do anything for you, the luggage needs to be pay for or go to the website and make a claim or go to the Avianca website there is a return button so you can get your money back, and told the guy that was helping me "if she doesn't wanna pay stop helping her and move the line". I asked for the manager which she told me nicely that I need to make a claim. I have sent 2 emails and I haven't gotten a response yet when I called customer service I could only get my money back through the website I sent one is Spanish and one in English and through this day still waiting, what kind of service is this?
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteEl Salvador to Los Angeles
Date FlownMay 2022
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
1/10

"I'll never fly these people2

(United States)

Trip Verified | I booked a flight with Avianca. I got confirmation saying my payment was approved with a booking code along with an Eitinerary. I called yesterday May 17th to select my seat only to find out I did not have a ticket. They told me I needed to contact my bank. My bank told me & sent me transaction that my purchase was approved on their end & basically the airline did not do their part. So this whole entire time for a couple months I thought I had a ticket only to find out I did not have a ticket a week before my flight. Needless to say I'll never fly these people. My bank has refunded my money because they see that the Avianca did not do their part. So needless to say I won't be going on this trip now
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteMiami to Bogata
Date FlownMay 2022
Value For Money 12345
no
3/10

"I was asked for private information"

(Ireland)

Not Verified | My boyfriend and I were traveling from Bogota to Madrid when we were stopped by the boarding stuff and asked for detailed information about our exit to Madrid. My boyfriend showed them the flight number from Madrid to Paris, which was for 1 day after the current flight and then I was asked for my return tickets to Chile, my home country. I found strange that the staff of an airline asked for that type of information. Anyway, I answered the question, saying that I will travel from Paris to India afterwards. It was then when I was asked for my flight from Paris to India, even though I wasn't flying with them! The excuse they gave to me was that they must ask to any tourist for their return tickets or after destinations. My boyfriend from Ireland wasn't asked at all, whereas I was asked for private information. I went to their website and isn't mentioned that the staff has the authority to ask for further information. For me, was an insult. Also, the stuff was rude, in particular the lady that typed the info on the PC.
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteBogota to Madrid
Date FlownMay 2022
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Food & Beverages 12345
Inflight Entertainment 12345
Ground Service 12345
Wifi & Connectivity 12345
Value For Money 12345
no
1/10

"Will never fly with them again"

(United States)

Trip Verified | Terrible costumer service. To every question you ask the answer is “I don’t know”. When we got to Costa Rica, my travel companion’s luggage was nowhere to be found. One of the Avianca rep’s gave us the claim form and disappeared. No one showed up to collect the form for over 2 hours so we left. It’s been over a month and still no word on the luggage nor they have compensated for it. Will never fly with them again.
Type Of TravellerFamily Leisure
Seat TypeEconomy Class
RouteNew York to San Jose
Date FlownApril 2022
Seat Comfort 12345
Cabin Staff Service 12345
Ground Service 12345
Value For Money 12345
no