Abysmal customer service.
by morten23 on Feb 11, 2024
1 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely the worst Customer Service compared to any other booking agency. They have “lost” all my travel credits, refused to address the issue, have no supervisor or management department, hang up on customers, refuse to adhere to their own policies. So frustrating and a waste of time and money. Shame on RBC for allowing this type of point system to exist.
Booked an "all inclusive". Well everything was fine until the airline changed our departure date. It was at that point we found out "all inclusive" is far from. Apparently the fine print says that avion does not have to align the hotel date with your arrival. Noticed the flight change before anyone from that classless, unprofessional, unethical, horrid company notified us. We were told that we should have read the fine print (they were never going to inform us) and left us stranded with a senior and 2 children under 12 in a foreign country in the middle of the night with nowhere to go.
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I have booked through Avion for at least 15 years. Since Covid it seems that the people answering their phones are simply order takers, not actual travel advisors. They don't understand the complexities of air tickets, routings, changes, cancellations etc. It's so frustrating that it requires about 10 calls to try and fix a simple schedule change, and even then there is no guarantee that it gets done. RBC - you are seriously annoying some of your best clients by not having properly trained advisors to deal with simple or complex requests. Even though I have almost 1 Million points I am very leery to use them because I don't have time to deal with Avion if there are any issues. I'm very tempted to change my credit card as this is not working. I've lost so much time and money on Avion airline bookings as it's easier to walk away than to keep calling, being put on hold, explaining the situation, on hold again, further discussing the issue, on hold again, and then being cut off. Even though the Avion person has my number I've never once had a call back after I've been cut off. This is unacceptable!
The wait times are ridiculously long, customer rep attitudes are not great. Combine the two and it’s a poor experience. RBC, your ratings are consistently low and saying the same things.
They should call it the Disservice Department. At least those that call in will know what to expect. Called in the past had a similar experience recently. I left just about everything but the kitchen sink to verify the account. VR was not picking up my voice, yet all questions were answered. Unbelievable! Told I was "lucky to receive the service I received" What! Cancelling this card. No customer should need to bear this nonsense. There are plenty of institutions that want my business.
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I called to figure out why my bill was so high, come to find out, they took me off the paper bill and I never paid for 4 months. Then, I call and they didn't listen kept telling me... He'll tell me my balance then, next guy blamed me for not remembering to pay! I said I wanted to cancel, they kept me on hold so long, I hung up. What a horrible service. This will affect my credit no doubt, I am so disappointed I have 17k points, he offered a flight..... really.
Just had a wonderful experience with customer service, I was able to get my flights cancelled in time to use later on when the virus has calmed down globally. And they were even able to get me a refund on my hotel stay. It was well worth the wait on the phone to get through. For others that are trying to get through keep in mind that call times and wait times are gonna be long. Also, be nice to your agent as well you don't how many angry people that they are dealing with during the day. The girl I spoke to said that they were having on average 300 calls in queue. And that they were trying to clear them as quickly as possible. Travellers are aware and do not wait 24 hours to cancel your trip if you have a week of more to go. Do yourself a favour and protect yourself in the advance.
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This card recently changed the verification process to make purchases online, and this change has rendered this card unusable for me. I have called numerous times to try and find a solution, offered many solutions of my own, and never once yelled or got angry with the reps. But there's clearly now a note or warning on my file, because the last time I called to ask about another potential solution, the rep was unbelievably rude to me, time me there's "no solution" and hung up. That's me cancelling my account and taking my business elsewhere.