Alanita Travel Reviews 150

TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.7

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Looking at 80 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the staff for their helpfulness, patience, and professional approach, making the booking process smooth and stress-free. Many appreciate the excellent customer service, highlighting the personalized support and quick responses. People frequently mention finding competitive prices and convenient dates for their travel needs. However, some customers expressed dissatisfaction with the transparency of pricing, noting discrepancies between quoted fares and online prices, and unexpected additional costs. A few also mentioned issues with customer service, citing a lack of protocol and inadequate explanations regarding cancellation charges.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Hi, We booked our tickets to India with the help of David, and his service was excellent. He was very helpful throughout the process. We called him multiple times, and he answered all our questio... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Hello, Mr. Logan. Thank you for your excellent support and for making my travel arrangements go smoothly. I truly appreciate your patience, prompt responses, and careful attention to every detail.... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

All our ticketing to India are done through Alanita Travels for the past several years. Their staff are very friendly and patiently listen to our need and suggest good deal. I experienced this time to... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best experience both times to India and from India. Especially Kathir who took really good care and polite helped us throughout the process. Even though we made a small spelling mistake while booking... See more


Company details

  1. Travel Agency
  2. Airline Ticket Agency
  3. Flights Search Site
  4. Tour Agency

Written by the company

Alanita Travel® has been the trusted choice for travelers seeking unbeatable airfare between the United States, India and beyond. The company has built a reputation for exceptional service and the lowest fares. With tens of thousands of satisfied customers, Alanita Travel® is now the largest U.S.-based travel company specializing in this route. Browse our website for sale fares, then contact us at 1-888-465-4282 or email alanita@alanitatravel.net. Whether online or over the phone, Alanita Travel® is your go-to source for the best deals-every time.


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4.7

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

150 reviews

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Zero stars...

I wish I could give zero stars for this travel agency. For rescheduling they charged me 165 dollars claiming that it is a difference in fare due non-availability of original class. I called Airlines (Emirates) and confirmed that original class was available and had I booked thru airlines I could have done the rescheduling for free. Its false information ( plainly a lie) from agent and his manager even though class was available. I would never go with them again and hope airlines cancels their contracts and deals with these guys.

July 19, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I don't recommend to go with them

I don't recommend to go with them. It is better to purchase ticket directly from Airlines. There is not much difference in price. I had to cancel my tickets due to COVID. Even though airline do not and did not change cancellation fee, Alanita claims that the airline is charing cancellation fee. But that is not true. I requested for a refund on airline website soon after I cancelled my ticket by paying $380 to Alanita. I got my full money back from the airline in a week. However, at the time of cancellation Alanita told me that it will take 4-6 weeks. Also they promised me that if the airline return full amount then they will return my cancellation fee (baring service charges) back. Now they are saying that it is their charges.

July 16, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Cancellation

I cancelled my ticket that I booked through Alanita due to pandemic.
Airlines returned all the money but Alanita charged money for cancellation though airlines returned all money. The asked us to send money through Zelle for cancellation.

June 3, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

worst experience with them airline…

worst experience with them airline gives full refund but this scma people charge service fee for fullrefund by airlines thats never told before but ticket checked with them because of covid situation if cancel ticket whats is situation, they said if airline refund we will refund full amount wihtout cost. now they are asking each ticket some charges rediculous dont buy tickets from them

May 17, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They are fraudsters....they leach the…

They are fraudsters....they leach the money with cancellations. their employees are trained to rush you for booking and you will end up in going through cancellation or changes ...for which they will charge you. Nowadays the airlines are generous to waive the fee...these leaches are not.

April 11, 2021
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Positive experience with travel date changes

Had a good experience having my ticket / travel date changed to another date comfortably. Travel agent Charles helped us find the best fare ticket and answered all questions patiently. Have always had a good experience with Alanita travels and I am happy with their service.

April 5, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Mrs.Prabhakar

Mr. Uday from alanita travels was very helpful and kind.. he called pack promptly and gave all information..
Good luck and thanks uday

March 21, 2021
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Alanita rocked - Uday is great

I have worked with Uday from alanita and he was instrumental in helping me to resolve all my queries and help me in booking ticket from India to USA in Avery competitive price. Uday - thanks for all your help.

March 20, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst

Worst, dishonest, rude travel agency I ever worked with. Please dont trust these thugs

January 4, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bunch of liars

Bunch of liars. When the airlines says they can refund and even if we shift the ticket dates no charge for it. these frauds say they can't refund and only we can change the dates that too we have bare the charges for it. They r like looters. Only loot the money from us. Very frustrated. And the way they speak to the customers. It's infuriating. No Respect nothing. People please don't book your tickets with them.

March 24, 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I used to book tickets from them, but faced a very bad experience

Facing a very bad experience with alanita right now. Hope so they resolve it, depends on that I will provide my complete feedback.
For now, I am frustrated.

In response to COVID-19, Indian govt entry restriction for OCI holders, my family weren't able to travel to India. Airline approved full refund, but alanita is refusing refund. They kept telling (or lying) me no update from airline.

In-fact I arranged a conference call with the airline, agent Krishna attended the call, where airline informed to proceed with full refund. But later he said, he want to check some info and didn't get back. I called again to reach Krishna, this time different agent Ashik joined and wanted to have another conference call with airline.

I again arranged a conference call, but the agent didn't join.. I feel they are cheating me, still in talk with them thinking they will be at least fair with me now.

I think they are hiding information to customers and not willing to help the customers.

Alanita Travel, after seeing this, i hope you will act fairly and promptly.

March 15, 2020
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Reply from Alanita Travel

Hello,
We appreciate your feedback and we apologize that you had a difficult time in cancelling your tickets and trying to get a refund. I understand your frustration in not receiving a response. In light of the Coronavirus and Ban to certain countries, we have been informed of what to do by the airlines. In some cases, some airlines will give a full refund depending on many factors. The airline, the dates you're traveling, your visa status..etc. In regards to your ticket there were several issues including your visa status and date of issuance which we had to confirm with the airlines about. Going back and forth with the airlines takes time which is why you probably didn't receive an immediate response with your refund. In the past couple of days several airlines have been constantly changing their policies in which we had to abide by. In this case, no one was lying to you about not getting an update from the airline. The airlines too, have been receiving a very high volume of calls due to this crisis, so it does take time for them to respond to us, this can range from 24-72 hours. In many cases, passengers feel the need to go to the airlines to resolve their issues with either a refund or date change. But since you had booked with an agency the airlines can't help you, sure they can say proceed with a refund, or do this and that. But in the end your tickets were booked by an agency, as far as we know, airline websites do also mention this, that if your tickets were booked through a travel agency please contact them for your refund. I can assure you our agents or managers are not trying to cheat you in any way, whether it be about your refund or anything else. If you don't receive a response it's simply because we are either working with the airlines on it or we're receiving a high number of calls.
We truly apologize for not meeting your expectations during this time.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don't buy tickets from Alanita.

Read Carefully : Don't book tickets from Alanta.

These guys hide refund policy and cancellation. They hide information that if you cancel the flight then will not get refund. If you ask them why you hide the information then they will reply that its your mistake and you should ask us before buying.

If you tell to agent that I am getting tickets from Airlines cheaper than they will say I am not able to find that option and they say its may be fake or wrong information. They will force you to click on link and buy ASAP from them.
Alanita is getting much more benefits whether you buy or cancel tickets.

Suggestion: Book flight directly from Airlines.

March 14, 2020
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Reply from Alanita Travel

We appreciate your feedback and we apologize that you had a difficult time in cancelling and getting a refund. In light of the Coronavirus and Ban to certain countries, we have been informed of what to do by the airlines. In some cases, some airlines will give a full refund depending on many factors. The airline, the dates you're traveling, your visa status..etc. We do not have control of what the airlines tell us. Booking with the airlines might be more expensive but in this time of crisis receiving a call
or a response from them will take longer than what a travel agency can provide if your travel is not within the next 48 hours. As we have many calls and reservations to change we do prefer when someone is making a date change that they do have a specific date in mind, as we have many people to assist and going back and forth on dates takes a lot of time since we go back and forth with the airlines. Open ticket options are also available for certain airlines for people who don't know the specific dates that they would like to travel on. Once again, the airlines come up with the policies that we can follow and I won't deny that these policies are constantly changing.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Alanita Travels - Charged twice for airline ticket to India - do not ever buy from them

I was charged twice for an airline ticket to India. Took multiple emails, phone calls and 10 days for them to tell me finally that they cannot reverse it and I have to call my bank to reverse it. Bank said up to 10 biz days for me to refund it to my account. So 2 weeks at the earliest till I see my money back. Imagine if it were 4 tickets instead of one. Very poor handling of the issue. Never going to buy from them ever again and will let friends and family know as well. They lost a customer for life.

February 28, 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I used to book tickets from Alanita…but not anymore

I used to book tickets from Alanita Travels for the past 5 years. And i had good experience everytime i book tickets with them (almost every year for my vacation travel, i book with them).
i n=dont want to write any stories what they did to me to hate them. But lot of things happened and i lost my patience waiting for them to reply back to call either to book tickets or to any queries to answer. They dont deserve to be in this business...

January 2, 2020
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