It is officially my duty to inform any and everyone of this scam from cheaptickets.com. So, today I look at my bank statement, and I see charges of $9.99 from “TLG*GREATFN#####,” What the hell is tlggreatfn? i wonder. Hmm, I don’t recall buying anything on Wednesday, certainly not on my debit card (which luckily, I rarely use). Lo and behold, theres another charge from these bitches from December.
So, I google. IT IS A SCAM. Evidently, TLG is the parent company to Orbitz, CheapTickets and Buy.com. I along, with a plethora of other people, bought plane tickets from Cheaptickets.com, and was unknowing signed up for some sort of discount/rewards program called GreatFun. Mind you, I admit that I don’t always read the entire contract for services when I buy things online, but I always pay attention to those little boxes with the “special offers” and make sure they are checked or unchecked appropriately. I never received any sort of confirmation/member services email or mail to my address. The only way I (and this holds true for the other people who have posted online about this scam) even knew I was being billed for this “service” was when I saw the charges on my bank statement.
Thank goodness for consumer protection websites. This website had the phone number for customer service, which I promptly called to cancel my membership and stop the charges. Thank you, ripoffreport.com.
Talk about a disgusting, underhanded way to conduct business. Most too-good-to-be-true offers have a catch, but the catch is usually divulged up front, even if it’s in fine printor oversold as not a catch at all. To exacerbate the immorality of it all, when I called to cancel, the phone rep tried to entice me to remain a member by offering me a gift certificate to Wal-Mart! I suppose it’s true for individuals as well as companies – you can tell a company’s character by the company it keeps. (hey, it works out!)
So, long story short, if you have ever bought anything from cheaptickets.com, orbitz.com, or buy.com, CHECK YOUR CARD STATEMENT RIGHT NOW. And if you see any charges by TLG*GREATFN, call 1.800.214.6422. to get rid of those bastards.
Please spread the word. And if you have any connection at all to the better business bureau, get those bitches.
January 20, 2006
Ceci Da Supastar 
December 30, 2009 at 10:54 am
I just wanted to comment on what a great letter this is. I was about to check out cheaptix.com and spotted “SCAM” and had to check it out. What is up with Great Fun? More like “suck you dry slowly”. I am also a victim of their scam. I travel alot and pay bills by phone so dont always check charges. I had gone for 2 years paying for this service I never signed up for! And guess what? When I caught on & tried to cancel, that’s when they started sending me crap in the mail that would have given them away in the 1st place! they kept sending them long after I’d canceled! What douches!
March 1, 2010 at 8:40 am
Yes this greatfun crap is a scam organization. Had the same thing happen to me, but it occured after buying medicine from canadapharmacy.com. I accidentally clicked on some thing after paying for medicine, got transferred to some Greatfun thing, and immediately called Canada Pharmacy. They said there is no way the great fun criminals could get my account number…wrong! Month later there is a charge on my bill for $12.99. Like you, Great Fun refunded my money…of course this is their policy, you get it back if you are not too busy to notice. But certainly many people miss it for a while or don’t think to protest. Nice life where you have to constantly be fighting off attempts by people to take your money.
The blame should rest with companies like canadapharmacy or cheaptickets, who allow greatfun to attach themselves to their website, like a symbiotic relationship. Obviously they are paying their hosts…
March 3, 2010 at 3:16 pm
I was just about to purchase tickets through Cheaptickets.com and something told me to check it out first. Thanks to all you pro-actives out there I won’t become a victim. Thank you for taking he time to alert the rest of us.
Peace
September 4, 2010 at 6:53 am
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October 18, 2010 at 10:14 am
Its true …they dont offer the cheapest prices…its the same price the hotel or airlines offer.. i go straight to the airline and hotel to book. Its safe and guarantee than these sites.
April 3, 2011 at 2:09 pm
Last week I bought 3 tickets to fly overseas, from cheaptickets.com, the next day , got an e-mail saying there had been no response from the airlines, therefore the booking had been cancelled and any charges would be refunded. After waiting for my refund a few days, nothing showed up in my credit card, except for the 2,087.00 dollars charged. I called cheap tickets, what was their answer, they said they had no record of me ever paying for tickets, so they had nothin to refund to me. So now we have to wait for at least 30 days while american express investigates the FRAUD!!!!!!!!!!!!. Never buy from them.
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February 15, 2012 at 5:50 pm
Yes…they are bad news. I have used Cheaptickets in the past and never had a problem but when I went to book a flight on 2/14/12 for my two children I received a pop up stating that the charge would not go through to use another card. Knowing the money was in my account I clicked the submit button again but received the same pop up. I then went to Orbitz but the same thing happened. So, I looked at my bank account online to see what was going on……surprise!!! “8” charges from $2 up to $1444.00 totaling almost $3000. All under different names from cheaptickets to orbitz to a name I never heard of along with Delta. NO LIE!! I called the bank immediately and told them I was scammed. They said to call the companies.
I first called Delta and they knew nothing of it. I then looked online to find the numbers for the other charges which took me an hour to find. One company was from another country. Cheaptickets told me the charges would fall off in 3 – 10 days but when I called Orbitz they agreed to the charges after arguing with the representative for about 15 minutes. They said they would call my bank and remove the charges. After beeing on hold for a long time the representative said the bank was closed and to call them back in the morning.
I called in the morning and had a three way call with a representative from Orbitz and a representative from the bank . Orbiz hung up. The bank representative told me to call back Orbitz and have them fax a letter to the bank and the charges would be removed.
I called Orbitz and asked the representative to fax a letter. The represenative informed me the fax was sent. After 3 calls, being told by Orbitz they faxed a letter, the bank still did not receive the fax. So, I called Orbitz one last time and told them to put me on a three way call with the bank so this could be resolved. It took about 90 minutes of being on hold and told “I am speaking with a bank representative”. After asking the Orbitz representative about 4 times to please put the bank representative on the phone she finally did and I FINALLY got confirmation from the bank that the charges would be removed. Each time I called or spoke with someone I was on the phone for at least an hour andI was put on hold for at least 10 minutes at a time.
Today, 2/15/12, I went to Delta’s website and the flights cost a little more but I booked them anyway. The total charge for the flights from Delta directly was the same as cheaptickets and Orbitz total quotes.
OMG!!!! Never again!! I will always book directly with the airlines from now on. “What a rollercoaster ride” BEWARE!!!
February 15, 2012 at 6:50 pm
Hi, Sandra,
This is Robert, and I am part of the CheapTickets Customer Relations team. We want to learn more about your experience so that we can address the issue. Please email us at socialnetwork@cheaptickets.com. Please use my name in the subject line, so that I can investigate further.
Thank you or your patience, I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Robert Woyach
CheapTickets Customer Relations
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