The worst customer service EVER!!!!…read more
I have to fly to Mexico City from Oaxaca in a week's time, then get a connecting flight to Guatemala in order to renew my tourist visa. I received an email from Aeromexico yesterday, informing me that my flight had been rescheduled to two hours earlier...mind you, I already had a 5 hour layover ahead of me in the Mexico City airport, so my layover now became a SEVEN hour layover! Of course this is absolutely horrific and unacceptable. But... there are NO other flights that day (except ONE--but in the evening--I would miss my connecting flight) despite the fact that Mexico City is the biggest hub in the entire country! Unbelievable.
I called their customer service number today and was on hold, waiting for a rep to answer, for a full FORTY-FIVE MINUTES!!!! I could not believe it. Then, when a male representative finally DID answer, I complained about the long wait, telling him it was unacceptable. Rather than apologizing, as would have been appropriate, he got defensive and told me they were getting a lot of calls. Well, no wonder, if they are constantly changing flight times on customers, irrespective of their wants, needs and personal plans!!!! Unreal. I told him that the company OBVIOUSLY needs to hire more customer service reps! This comment was completely ignored by him. I then told him to pass a note about my dissatisfaction along to a supervisor. He again completely ignored this request. What a complete $^#@*$%^!!!!
Worse, he claimed he could NOT issue a refund, telling me I would have to go through the "travel agent" where I purchased the ticket (which was Cheapoair, another nightmare!). I protested that the ticket through them was non-refundable. Well... too bad, was essentially his response.... so I am simply SOL. My options are either to lose the value of the ticket and go with another company or go with the new time and spend a miserable 7 hours in an airport. And get this: the flight time to Guatemala is only 3 hours total! Yet, because of this outrage on their part (AND lack of sufficient flights to Mexico City) I am stuck. I will NEVER use them again!!!!
Oh, and by the way, I wanted to take a survey or write a formal complaint about their lack of decent customer service, so I searched on their website for any link or form for which to do this. There is none...only if you have a problem with an actual fight. In other words, they don't want to hear about it, quite clearly. So, my advice to you? Use one of their competitors. I have never had a problem with Volaris, for instance. Is it any wonder that this miserable airline--Aeromexico--has only has a 1.5 star rating!?!?! It is, unfortunately, totally fitting. I would give them a "zero" if such were an option!