Aeroflot review: luggage lost 10

We're just another case in what appears to be a pattern of unprofessionalism. My son was studying in Russia and returned last week. They told him in Irkutsk that his bag was ticketed through our local airport, but it got lost somewhere along the way. We don't know if it ever got off the ground because right way, there was a 5 hour delay (no reason specified) of his first flight, which would have made him miss his connection in Moscow. They changed his flight to another, earlier one to ensure his connection, but who knows if the luggage made the change. He didn't see his bag, and didn't expect to, in NYC, because he'd been told that his bag was ticketed through PDX. When he called about the bag once he was home, Aeroflot told him he must pick up his bag IN PERSON at JFK within 3 days, or it would be shipped back to Moscow. We are still trying to email a claim, and our travel agent is working to try to find new people to contact. Like LaraH above, we also had to buy him an additional $1200 ticket when suddenly and inexplicably, all his remaining tickets were cancelled in Moscow on the way there in May. What a shabby, corrupt excuse for an airline. One very painful lesson for us privileged westerners.

I was flight with Aeroflot just few weeks ago. I lost three packages in the departing flight and lost two packages on the way back. So far, I received only one package back. The other has still been missing for almost three weeks. I could not contact with the Lost and Found department as the phone was always busy. I sent them a ton of emails without any responses. This is definitely the worst airline ever and it will be my last time with Aeroflot.

Lost luggage. Bad service. They have a lot to learn to roll with the big guys. I think they should be domestic flights only. Russians are used to their own rudeness. Definitely not North Americans. Shame.

AVOID AEROFLOT! WORST AIRLINES EVER! THEY ARE NONPROFESSIONALS AND THIEVES!

I had booked 2 tickets with Aeroflot which I have attached herewith on the 9th of August from BEY - SVO - LED - BEY.

However, we missed my flight (due to some visa requirement document we had to prepare) - thus in order to keep our prepaid hotel reservations ongoing without any cancellation fees - we had to purchase 2 other BUSINESS CLASS one way ticket ($1, 685) operated by Aeroflot via Milan to get to Moscow on time since we had a limited time on our Russian Visa. I had thought that once we arrive to Moscow, we will pay the penalty fees and keep our initial ticket reservation as is.

After we reached Milano - we had to wait for 15 hours transit in Malpensa Airport because the employees were on strike, and no one from Aeroflot's representatives was at the transfer desk and no one would even talk to us (Even though I kept calling AEROFLOT'S desk from my roaming phone). No one even had the courtesy to go to the transfer desk to put us on the next 2 flights which they had from Malpensa to Moscow, so we had to wait for 15 hours to catch our flight.

After waiting for 15 hours, I spoke to the lady at the boarding pass to check if our luggage were on board before boarding the flight! Everyone at the boarding gate was extremely rude, and no one responded to us. We had no Shenghen visa stamped on our passports, so we couldn't exit the international boarders of the passport control to meet anyone at the Aeroflot counter! And no one from their counter would even respond to my roaming calls to help us catch the second 2 flights they had to Moscow...

After arriving to MOSCOW eventually - To my surprise, my 2 luggage's never reached SVO's airport in Moscow. We had spent my entire 5 days in Russia with no clothes and no luggage, we still have NO INFORMATION ABOUT OUR LUGGAGE UNTIL THIS MOMENT. I have filled and attached the Customs Claim Form which I had to fill out at SVO airport after I have lost my luggage. Kept calling them almost 10 times everyday and they never answer; when they do, they reply rudely that we have no information!

In addition to all the above, our initial tickets on Aeroflot which I had booked and paid for (Attached herewith) were cancelled; we had to do a new one way booking from Moscow (SVO) - St. Petersburg (LED) - Beirut (BEY) again! And pay Aeroflot $900 USD again per ticket to keep ours and return back to Beirut!

So we had to pay $5, 000 for 2 passengers tickets!

I requested them kindly to compensate us on the following:
Compensation for loosing our bags for 10 days. I had to re-purchase everything during my stay in Moscow; WHICH I CLAIMED AT THE CUSTOMS IN SVO MOSCOW: OUR REFERENCE NUMBER IS SVOSU***** - EACH LUGGAGE WAS WORTH $10, 000 USD. (Still NO INFORMATION ON THE BAG)
EXPENSES FOR SHOPPING IN RUSSIA SINCE WE ARRIVED WITH NO LUGGAGE! COMPENSATE FOR AT LEAST 10, 000 USD FOR 2 PASSENGERS. Clothes, underwear, jackets, shoes, vanity kits, roaming telephone expenses etc...

Compensate on waiting at the airport for 15 hours because no one would bother to meet us at the transfer desk at Malpensa.. to board us on the upcoming flights, even though we were on Business Class. Thus, a refund of my purchased ticket.

Compensate on the Roaming telephone expenses that I had to pay to get in touch with an Aeroflot representative at Malpensa, and the calls I had to call the airport to follow up with the lost luggage!

In other words, I have never been compensated for a Dollar, they never took the courtesy to respond to my calls, messages, emails... And my luggage are still lost!

I had the exact same experience. do not flight with Aeroflot. They are thieves!

It has been over 2 months and I have not even heard back. THey lost my luggage and could care less. They are thieves and I am suing in Miami. DO NOT TRUST THESE PEOPLE

Worst airline ever.. should be barred for international flights.
Completely unreliable; staff too rude to talk & they can't even speak or understand english. Lost my luggage for onward & return flight & there is nothing I can do or talk to, to get a status of where it is..
I am regretting on my decision to fly aeroflot (didn't read reviews earlier) - would recommend paying more & choosing someother airline instead of flying cheap on aeroflot.

Yes, NEVER fly with Aeroflot!

1. luggage was LOST A WEEK AGO (!) (even though it was clearly marked with tags (address/phone/name) and had a full two-way itinerary inside my bag
2. it is IMPOSSIBLE to get in touch with ANY of their reps ON THE PHONE (either no one answers the phone, or it is "constantly busy" - tried for 5 days in a row!
3. they do not have any integrated system to track your luggage and/or give you updates other than Moscow (other cities IT IS HANDWRITTEN! In a notebook ... or they just attach yellow stickers on your bag).
4. they do not know to which location your luggage might arrive - they name THREE different locations where my luggage MIGHT ARRIVE.
5. on a previous flight a month ago OXYGEN MASKS dropped - no one explained a reason, almost zero help from flight attendants during that emergency.
6. they REFUSED to put MILES on my account being RUDE and saying THEY ARE TOO BUSY FOR THAT.
7. a passenger near me spilled tea on his pants - NO HELP from flight attendants, moreover THEY THREATENED HIM TO CALL POLICE when they land and ACCUSED with "disorderly behaviour" when he demanded help and proper attitude from a flight attendant.
8. Seats not working inside a plane.

NEVER FLY WITH AEROFLOT!

DO NOT TRAVEL WITH AEROFLOT!1

I had the same problem . The worst airline ever. I will be filing a lawsuit againt them. They are veryy trashy! Good luck to you, .