Notices

Swiss Air Investigation (Dec 2025): Swiss Air is currently under investigation by AirlineComplaints.org for serious violations of passenger rights including but not limited to abandoning passengers at foreign airports; causing negligent delays that result in missed critical connections, particularly impacting travelers attending funerals; providing dishonest assurances through flight staff; failing to manage visa-related issues, leaving travelers stranded in untenable legal situations abroad; mishandling luggage containing essential medications; providing inadequate support for grieving passengers; refusing to offer readily available alternative flights; ineffective communication; causing emotional distress to affected passengers; poor coordination with partner airlines; systemic breakdowns in global phone-based customer support; technical failures on their lost luggage website; ignoring customer complaints; and breaching their fundamental duty of care to passengers.

Swiss Air Investigation Update (Feb 2026): Due to observed Swiss Air behavior, this investigation is escalating for additional serious violations of passenger rights including but not limited to issuing token and bad-faith refunds that bear no reasonable relation to the actual value of unused ticket segments; refusing to reimburse documented replacement transportation costs incurred as a direct result of their operational failures; misrepresenting nominal payments as meaningful refunds; failing to honor explicit written commitments to reimburse out-of-pocket expenses; forcing bereaved passengers to retrieve delayed baggage at their own expense despite being provided with a delivery address; shifting additional financial burdens onto passengers for fuel and transport required to recover mishandled luggage; attempting to substitute legally owed cash compensation with restrictive “goodwill” vouchers; implying that such vouchers constitute adequate settlement of unresolved claims; failing to provide transparent refund calculations or justification for nominal reimbursement amounts; and demonstrating bad-faith escalation handling through repetitive, non-authoritative, template-based responses that avoid substantive resolution.

We are expanding this investigation to the public and requesting feedback from Swiss Air customers here.

Canceled / Delayed / Overbooked Flight 478 delayed or abandoned?

Tools...

Thread Tools

Display Modes

Aug 13, 2012, 4:18 PM

rowdy1958

Join Date: Aug 2012

Posts: 1

Flight 478 delayed or abandoned?

Every Spirit flight we were on(4 total) were delayed for one reason or another at least 2 hours.. Missed connecting flights.... We spent 12 HOURS in Ft. Lauderdale beacause of missed connections and were booked on another airline that took us to 2 cities before home. Also had to pay another baggage fee. Also the customers service was hideous as well, very mean people. They weren't going to give us food vouchers for our 12 hour wait. I wasn't leaving until we got them, we did.

Reply With Quote

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

More options...

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Forum Rules

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Complaint	Complaint Author	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Customer Service abandoned	markballman	United Airlines Complaints	21	Oct 18, 2012 10:08 AM
Customer Service Delayed flight, missed flight, poor customer service	AzraTucker	United Airlines Complaints	2	Apr 10, 2012 2:57 PM
Customer Service We were abandoned	Thomas D	Alaska Air / Horizon Air Complaints	3	Jan 26, 2012 3:46 PM
Canceled / Delayed / Overbooked Delayed Flight to Dallas caused missed flight to JAX	spacygal	American Airlines Complaints	2	Jun 2, 2010 11:34 AM

All times are GMT. The time now is 2:36 AM.

Canceled / Delayed / Overbooked Flight 478 delayed or abandoned?

About Us

AirlineComplaints.org

Advertising