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WestJet Airlines Bad information regarding covid testing and the need to purchase additional flights and covid tests due to non-entry in destination

Re: Kaity Arsoniadis Age 51 and Bianca Stein age 8 on a flight from YVR to Maui OGG
Date: August 20th-30th

Three days before our flight to Maui, because I could not get through to a live agent, I decided to drive to the airport and speak directly to an employee so that I could receive accurate information. I spoke with Brittany (who was the manager on the floor) and Ryan who was the attendant at the check in desk. I wanted to verify the correct test needed for the covid test prior to our Maui flight. They both assured me that the rapid test in the airport (next to the Fairmont Hotel) would be sufficient. My daughter and I went to that lab and the ladies there questioned whether a rapid test would suffice for Hawaii as they believed we needed a PCR test. So, I went back to Brittany and Ryan. They both checked with other people and then showed me their computer information which gave the requirements and which did not stipulate anything additional for Maui (of which I took a picture of, on their recommendation that I keep the picture should anyone ask me). On this assurance my daughter and I went back to the airport lab and had our rapid test completed. When I went home that evening and completed the4 check in for the QR code a note came back indicating that this test was invalid. I went back to westjet at YVR the next day and Connie assisted me and she advised me that I most likely needed a PCR test. She tried helping me book this but the numbers we used went through to Ontario and the local BC numbers she had were not for travellers only for those with symptoms so she recommended I check the walk in clinic downstairs, which didn't have any available appointments and so we decided that if the rapid test was not accepted in Maui then I would have to take another test in Maui and pay the additional testing for the PCR. I was ok with that so they provided me with my boarding pass based on that agreement.

Well, in Maui, I was advised that ONLY PCR was acceptable and ONLY from LIFELABS or DYNALABS. Apparently this was common knowledge as was the fact that THERE IS NO COVID TESTING IN THE MAUI AIRPORT. I was required to book a flight back to Vancouver to get tested before reentering. A WEST JET / Hawaiian Air representative assisted me. She was extremely knowledgeable. She advised I go through Los Angeles with Hawaiin Air because there are more flights per day and the covid te4sting at terminal 6 and 2 perform PCR in 1 or 3 hours. She was exactly right! So my daughter and I:

1. Paid for additional return tickets to LA
2. PCR Covid Testing in LA
3. Loss of one night stay at the Andaz Wailea.

Not to mention the hardship of waiting for the 9pm red-eye to LA with an 8yr old and then the return at 12pm from LA. Precluded by 2 days of visiting YVR to speak to WESTJET representatives to insure that we were correctly tested!

I am very disappointed in the lack of knowledge with the westjet staff. We were misdirected and given incorrect information. This mistake cost me over $2, 000 in additional costs.

Desired outcome: A travel voucher for my daughter and I for return flights to Maui

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WestJet Airlines Irrational rage and deceit by staff

My wife and our three children (1, 3, 6) took a flight from Toronto to Calgary 29 Aug 2021.

70% of the way through the flight a stewardess with red hair approached me and attempted to give me a yellow card. I asked her to explain what this card is. She said it is a permanent record with WestJet and Transport Canada that my entire family was flagged as mask non-compliant. I asked her what evidence or narrative she had developed to come to this conclusion. She said she had asked my wife multiple times to wear a mask. I looked over at my wife who was attempting to put our infant to sleep as he clawed her mask off and chuckled. I asked my wife if this was correct and my wife said this woman had asked her once, which the woman then agreed. So, I clarified with the WestJet staff that she had asked my wife once and she agreed, "but" she said my colleague asked her once. As our infant once again clawed the mask off my wife's face I asked her if this is true and she said "no".
I turned to the staff and told them they were lying and had agreed to their lies and not to bother us again on this subject.

A male staff returned and issues the yellow card. I asked him the same questions about the basis for this card. He gave the same story, which we had previously established as a lie. When the plane landed and arrived at the gate the male staff told the passengers via intercom that the gate bridge was broken and would require 10-15 mins to repair. Upon our departure, I spoke with the gate staff about this broken gate and they confirmed it was not broken. Another lie. The police officers who were asked by hthe WestJet staff to escort us off the plane confirmed it took them 10-15 mins to get to the gate after the plane had landed. The police were pleasant, but WestJet deliberately chose not to tell them that our final destination was Calgary to motivate them to escort us off the plane. Another deception.

It is also worth noting that we purchased the flight at a specific time to avoid having our daughter on the plane during her nap time. WestJet's [censored]ty operations delayed the flight by 2 hours and so my 3-yr old daughter was a monster when the staff was harassing us. Obviously she was not going to wear the mask.

On a side note, my entire family has had COVID and recovered. Symptoms were mild congestion for a week.

Until this flight, WestJet was my favourite airline on the planet. I will never fly them again, unless the complaint I filed generates a response from them.

All interactions with police and WestJet staff were video recorded.

Desired outcome: Action that reverses the humiliation my family and I were forced to endure

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Dec 24, 2022 1:22 am EST

My family left to Kamloops a wek before becuase I couldn't get time off work. I watched as my luggage boarded a plane twice. Watched the crews dutifully clean the plane and the front desk person nervously call for updates. I had two flights canceled today. One at 2:15 and another at 11:15pm. I have lost all respect for any Canadian Airline. I am sure the flight attanedents and pilots were having their Christmas party today or something. Both canceled flights were from the same reason, short staff. I want who ever scheduled flights for West Jet without staff to get fired! I want this company to pay! And give reasonable compensation to all of us who dedicated our time and emotions to wait and hope. I'd understand if it was the weather but this reason means I'm going to war! I am alone for Christmas. My 6 and 10 year old kids are crying.

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Sep 27, 2021 3:38 pm EDT

Unless it entirely impossible to reach a destination without flying on West Jet, I have now taken my last flight with West Jet. If I can't get an Air Canada flight, I'll drive to Seattle and book out of there. My party of 4 purchased a vacation package to Puerto Vallarta. Approximately 2 weeks before our departure and after we had paid for the total package cost we were advised that instead of a direct flight from Puerto Vallarta to Victoria, that flight was cancelled and we would have to stay in Calgary overnight at our own expense. Our choice was to cancel our trip at no cost and rebook at a later date but they wouldn't guarantee that it would be at the same price, Have our trip refund placed in a travel bank. We couldn't cancel the trip because of a number of circumstances that resulted in our having to go the week we planned. So we had special insurance because of covid which we would not get a refund, we were told that the refund for the trip would go in our travel bank and found out later that you cannot use your travel bank credits to book on any vacation package. When we finally got on the plane and landed at Puerto Vallarta the West Jet representative was a joke. He is only there to assist passengers for one hour once a week. After we checked in and were taken to our rooms we found that not only were the rooms not properly cleaned but it wasn't even the right rooms. We had paid considerably more to stay in the family section of the hotel so we went and found our West Jet rep whose name was Epi and he told us he would sort it, left and never returned or contacted us. The hotel finally got it all sorted out, we never saw EPI again. We were also advised that we would require covid testing prior to departing Puerto Vallarta and the total cost was $740.00 US funds. When we got to the check in at the airport there were two agents taking care of everyone who was trying to return to canada. Some did not have the proper documents, some did not realize that they would have to have a specific test done and the test they had received would not be enough for Canada customs. People were arguing and crying, it was nothing but a gong show. We knew that we would have to have the testing done but I think it would have been helpful for the west jet rep to remind people of the requirement and the specific cost of the test. But of course that would be Epi and having never seen him again I doubt that he spoke to anyone about covid testing. When we got on the plane we ended up sitting on the tarmac for 45 minutes for some reason that was never communicated to us. It was hot and humid and we weren't even offered a drink of water. So we were late arriving in Calgary and stood watching West jet employees giving out vouchers for meal and hotel expenses to passengers if their flights had been cancelled to Vancouver but our flight which had been cancelled to Victoria apparently didn't qualify for any kind of reimbursement. So we had to pay for our hotel accommodations. I wrote a lengthy letter to West Jet covering all of the circumstances of this vacation trip to hell and was advised to speak to a representative at a particular number. A number that did not enable you to speak to a living person.

There's more, I could write a book. All I know if that West Jet has our money, says our particular situation is not eligible for a refund, won't respond to a call from a living person if you write to their headquarters. All I know is that West Jet has gone from being the best choice in travel packages and has now got the worse reputation, plus we are in a position where they have thousands of our dollars in their travel bank that should be in our pocket. The topper is that we were only asking for reimbursement for our overnight stay in Calgary - $260.00. The trip cost us just over $6000.00 but they won't even talk to us so be warned the worst airline that you can take on any kind of flight particularly a vacation package is west jet.

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WestJet Airlines Closure of gate b17 - flight ws 207-yyz to zqr 0900 august 30, 2021

Both my wife had reservations for the above named flight on Aug 30, 2021.

On the boarding pass it states the gate closes at 08:45. Due to back up in security we arrived at the gate at 08:47 (I checked the time.) There was no one agent at the gate. Contract employees who deliver wheel chair passengers finally made contact and an agent appeared at 9:10.

The flight had pushed back and we were advised that there was nothing the Airline could do.
I requested to reroute our tickets through Calgary to back track to Regina AND WAS advised that my tickets were not negotiable or transferable and that I was out of luck.

I then asked to status of our checked baggage and this agent advised us that the luggage was on board the flight. That didn't sit well and I sought out WestJet Baggage and found our bags were not on the flight.

I suggest that this crew was anxious to get out of YYZ and closed the gate early.
To get home to Regina I had to purchase last minute tickets with Air Canada at a cost of 2, 000.00.

I believe Westjet should be held accountable and refund the cost of the Air Canada flight at 2, 000.00 and issued a formal apology.

Desired outcome: Westjet to refund the 2,000.00 that I have to spend on last minute tickets and issue a formal apology,

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WestJet Airlines A bad change of itinerary because of overbooking

We were scheduled on Westjet F 3529 Aug 18, 3:15 pm fromMontreal to Toronto and the with Sata until Madeira.
Because of overbooking, Westjet sent us at 19:15 to Toronto and then with BA. But the time was to short and we did not be accepted atthe gate at BA.
So we had to sleep in Toronto en 24 hours later take the plane for London Heatrow.
It costs us one day lost of vacation and calls to the hotel and the rental car company to explain the situation.
Finally, we had been also obliged by Westjet to take the COVID test and pay for that while it was not necessarily (we were both vaccinated in Canada and we had MAdeira safe confirmation).
Annie Reddy
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Desired outcome: Refund expected of 1000$

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WestJet Airlines Service and refunds

I had 2 bad experiences with your flight while trying to get home from England. The first time I had gotten to the airport 45 minutes before my flight took off, but the gates were closed already and your staff was very rude. Then after talking to someone I was able to rebook my flight for 3 days later. This time got to the airport on time had all the proper documents but was still not allowed to fly home. Cause I wasn't able to fly into Toronto then purchas a ticket from Toronto to Detroit. So I lost money on the flight. And again I was treated rudely again by staff. I would like a full refund on my flight, cause there was no indication when I rebooked my tickets that I being an American citizen couldn't fly home. You just took my money. Now I'm out 900.00 dollars. I will never fly or recommend your airline again

Desired outcome: Refind

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WestJet Airlines Westjet disability assistance & discrimination

WestJet,

I am writing to tell you how horrified and disgusted I am in regards to the disability assistance behaviours of Westjet staff during our entire trip home last weekend.

My 2 children and I flew back from Las Vegas to YEG with a stop in YYC on Saturday August 21st. Our reservation code was ILOVGP and our booking number was 2660924. My daughter had a special coding request for her trip, as she travels with her wheelchair. She uses her wheelchair right up to the plane, it gets gate checked, and it is usually waiting for her when she gets off the plane.

I have never waited hours to get a hold of anyone over the phone to add her special coding request. This trip, I had to call 3 separate times and waited on hold for over 6 hours. The first person I spoke with had NO IDEA how to add the coding, spent 45 minutes discussing with his superior how to add the code, couldn't do it in the end, and told me to call back the next day to a different number so that I could fill out the right paperwork with a different office. I could not have explained to him in any other way what I needed and how his methods were not how it ever went for us. The next day, I waited on hold for almost an hour, asked for the special department he said I needed to speak with and got disconnected during the transfer of calls! I phoned back, to wait on hold for even longer and the gentlemen who took my call was able to add the code without issue in minutes. Why the inconsistency?! We've travelled with Westjet before and this has never been such a hassle. Typically, within minutes, her code is added, seats are assigned, and we are good to travel. This should be something that is easily done online as well and shouldn't require me to have to call the general line to wait on hold forever to add a disability code. Surely there are enough guests who require assistance to be able to create a special phone line, email address, or online booking for quicker assistance. After our experience, however, it was clear that Westjet doesn't value their disabled customers as they do "normal" people.

Our flights to LV Mccarren from YEG with a lay-over in YYC were without issue. We boarded the planes ahead of other passengers, her wheelchair was taken, and then her wheelchair was waiting when she got off the plane. Westjet staff were kind, extra friendly towards both of my children, and made sure our needs were taken care of ahead of everyone else's boarding. I have usually experienced this as proper protocol from Westjet. My daughter's wheelchair has been damaged in the past and the odd thing has arose, but generally customer service is bang on.

This bring said, our flights home from Mccarren to YEG with a lay-over in YYC were a disaster and I'm not sure I will fly Westjet again or in general for a while unless my complaint is appropriately handled.

When we arrived at Mccarren, we went through check-in and security no problem. During check-in, there was a Westjet employee who was also going to be at the gate when boarding was happening so he was aware of my daughter and her wheelchair needs. We waited to board the plane, which was delayed. The Westjet app informed me that the plane was delayed due to staffing shortages. In the airport, the screens continued to say "on-time", "boarding", and "final call" meanwhile the entire group of passengers were still sitting in the airport. There was an elderly lady in a wheelchair, my guess would be in her late 70's or early 80's, waiting to board the plane with my daughter. Once boarding could occur, Westjet loaded their "priority first class" passengers on the plane first, ahead of the wheelchair users who had the special coding. The lady and myself were shocked at the behaviour we were witnessing. The next call was for all remaining passengers. WHAT?! I was so upset that I rolled my daughter over to the disabled gate side and informed the staff that the elderly lady and my daughter should have boarded first. I said that the passengers with mobility issues were a priority (as they are on every flight we take!) and not the first class passengers. One employee agreed, however, their actions said otherwise. They let both of us get in line ahead of who they could but didn't think this was necessary based on the looks on their faces. The impatient looks of passengers waiting in line to board, as we were dismantling as much of my daughter's wheelchair as we could on top of the time it took for flight deck staff to assist the elderly lady to her seat, were crippling. That is not my fault- that is the fault of Westjet's protocol and how their staff follow it. I will not apologize for my daughter's disabilities. I asked flight deck staff if someone was going to take my daughter's wheelchair and get it on the plane below, they seemed to have no idea what I was talking about. How was no one waiting and prepared for this when she had special coding? There is usually someone waiting right there and then who takes it swiftly to be stowed below.

After neglecting their passengers with mobility needs during boarding, a flight attendant made her way to our row with her tablet asking who my daughter was. She had noticed the special coding. Rarely does this type of introduction and interaction happen on the plane. I was asked if we required anything extra from the flight attendants during the flight, to which I answered that we did not. The flight attendant continued on to say that "in case of an emergency evacuation, you would wait for the first rush of people to get out and then you would try to make your way out...with her." Ummmmm...WHAT?! The flight attendant continued, her voice crackling with fear that I might say yes, asking if we would need any special assistance from the flight deck staff in the event of evacuation. I was in such shock that I said, "no, because I would have grabbed both my children and would have been trying to get out already." She nodded awkwardly and walked away. I looked immediately at my two children not knowing whether to cry or scream. My son said, "why would we need to wait for the first rush of people to get off first?" I was honest with him as much as it killed me to say out loud. Why should I have to explain to a child, my child who watches his sister struggle everyday with her disabilities, that the world unfairly doesn't value a person with a disability's life equally to that of a "normal" person? Why should my "neuro-typical" child be left with polar opposite emotions of hurt for his sister and confusion of why his life would be affected in the mix during an evacuation. He is only 6 after all.

The rest of our airport and airline trip home was a disaster. When we were deboarding the plane, my daughter's chair was not waiting for her and came up long after the plane had deboarded. This caused a delay for us. When her chair did arrive, the pilot himself assisted in wheeling her up the corridor as you could tell he felt terrible for the series of events. It was almost 10PM, I was alone with 2 little kids, had a terrible flight experience, and still had to find our luggage to bag check it, go through security, and catch our flight to YEG. I have never had to grab my luggage in between fights like that.

I had done everything required on the ArriveCan app so the process through the airport/immigration was easy. Luggage took forever to get on the baggage carousel which caused us a second bug delay for us and no time to use the washroom. I then had to register my kids as quickly as I could for testing and have them tested. I explained to them that I had a flight to catch that was going to leave in 45 minutes. No one cared and said I had time. The super wonderful lady who tested my children was also an airport employee and told us to check our bags close to where we were testing. I explained to her that other airport staff told us that we had to check them in on the second floor at the westjet counter as it was domestic and not international. She let me know that this was on the opposite end of the airport. So off my children and I ran to the opposite side of the airport to drop our bags at a westjet counter. Why was there nothing closer? When we got there, it was final boarding for our flight on the monitors. Then we had to run to security and run to the gate. No one from Westjet called to let them know that we were coming. After security, the sign to the gate number said an 8 minute walk to the gate so we ran as fast as we could. We got to the gate with no time to spare. We thankfully JUST caught our flight to YEG. Even though we were super late, my daughter's wheelchair and our luggage did make the flight to YEG.

In society, a person with a disability's life is less valuable than someone without whether you want to believe it or not- look at how inaccessible life is let alone hearing a hierarchy of who's life is of more value. I advocate and I advocate hard, not just for my family, but for the next family because no one should have to experience what we did with Westjet. One day my daughter may travel alone and she deserves to be treated with respect and have trust in humanity. She will not apologize for her disability. She has a right to travel and fly to destinations like anyone else. It is Westjet's job to ensure that it is a seamless process.

Westjet needs to formally address and apologize for the discrimination and abuse that we, my daughter in particular, experienced. The Westjet crew from boarding to flight deck attendants need to be held accountable for their actions. Covid cannot be blamed for this either. What happened was NOT covid related. I made a post to facebook and instagram detailing our experience and no one from Westjet reached out no matter how many tags it received. Action needs to be taken on your behalf to ensure that my family can trust flying with Westjet in the future and so you do not lose more customers.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to a prompt response.

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WestJet Airlines Refusal to extend voucher for 6 months for senior with compromised health

I have a Westjet voucher which I paid over $1, 000 for at a MADD Canada fundraiser. It's for a flight for 2 people anywhere that Westjet flies. Due to Covid, the expiry date on this voucher has been extended. The current expiry date is Dec. 31, 2021. I am a senior citizen with compromised health, and I do not feel that it would be safe for me to fly and travel while Covid is still around. The 4th wave is coming on strongly, and I (and my children - I am a widow) do not want me to travel until next year. I have requested an extension until June 30, 2022 to be able to use this voucher. My request was initially ignored until I followed up with the Westjet Special care Desk. Despite sending 2 more emails explaining my health situation, this was their only reply: Thank you for your email. We apologize, however currently the maximum extension we were able to offer is to December 31st If you are unable to use the voucher you may gift it to family or friends to travel before the end of year.

Thank you for looking into this for me,
Nancy Stewart
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Desired outcome: Extension of the expiry date of my travel voucher by 6 months.

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WestJet Airlines Planning

Landed in calgary from firebag just before 10pm. Sat on tarmac for an hour. Missed connecting flight to saskatoon. Offered 0 hotels or options besides moving my flight to 12 hours later and telling me to sit in the terminal. Nothing says absolutely piss poor customer service and disregard foe their customers like refusing to take any responsibility for their terrible planning.

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WestJet Airlines Lost baggage and rudeness at gate

I missed my flight due to an unorganized gate departing for flight qmidil friday aug 20th. The agent was rushing people through and was very short and rude to me. Would not help me, and actually insulted me. It's my first awful experience with westjet. I didn't get my checked bag back and have been waiting with no feedback on when my personal belongings will be back in Calgary for pick up. I'm not from Calgary so I've been waiting for a call. My name is Lisa Trafiak my email is [protected]@hotmail.com. Appreciate a response it's been an emotional time. Thank you.

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WestJet Airlines Cannot cancel flight

Westjet does not recognize my reservation code number, tried calling several times to talk with customer service at Westjet ...no luck . Tried the Westjet call back service no success either...I cannot cancel this flight therefore no refund. Had to call Visa and issue a fraudulent charge. What terrible customer service will not be booking with Westjet ever again if I can help it.

Desired outcome: Acknowledge the problem and refund my money

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WestJet Airlines Unable to add pet to flight - Callback / Onhold Issues

I've been trying to add my pet to my flight for 7 days. On hold for 6.5+ hours without success. Callback scheduled for this at 9:45 am & the call came through &I did what was asked and pressed "1". Did not recognize my 1 & asked me a second time before hanging up on me. There was a second callback with the same result. How do I get assistance from WestJet?

Desired outcome: Pet added to flight

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WestJet Airlines Unable to contact westjet

I booked a party of 5 for return flights to Vancouver, leaving London Gatwick on the 6th September 2021, returning on the 13th September
We need to move this booking to 2022 as we have learnt that we will not be permitted to enter Canada on the 6th.
We have tried to contact Westjet to resolve this issue for the past 3 weeks without success as follows:

Telephone: Over 5 hours on hold over several calls, costing us nearly £100.00 in call charges

Email: 3 attempts - 25/07/2021, 27/07/2021 and 05/08/2021 - no reply or acknowledgement for any of these

Facebook messenger: 2 direct messages; first on 12/08/2021 and second on 13/08/2021, no response from either.

I even requested a refund on line which they said would be processed, but nothing has materialised.

I requested a call back on line, they gave me a timeslot of 11:45 on Saturday 14/08/2021 - no attempt to call me was made.

Westjet has all of our money and also has changed our lientery - not dates - several times - we had direct flights and chosen seating, now they have changed these to indirect flights and random seating on all flights (they have no problem contacting me to tell me of these changes)!

Unless we resolve this within the next 5 days we intend to take further action as we cannot understand why a company of their size has not got the decency or staff to be able to make the effort to contact us.

If we don't receive conformation of our proposed changes and / or options, we will loose all of our money as we will not be able to enter Canada,

Please do all you can to assist us
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Desired outcome: As a minimum, contact from Westjet, preferably re-booking of flights

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WestJet Airlines Flight attendant krista ripley working for westjet encore

Two summers ago, before edible marijuana was legal, Krista Ripley was flying from Calgary to Victoria or Vancouver, I believe it was to the island. She would buy edible pot gummies, and put them in candy wrappers and transport them back to Calgary for her personal use. There was a store that sold them near where she was staying on the island.

I believe this to be a security risk, because although it's just pot edibles, they were still illegal at the time and she chose to conceal them as candy to get them home. So what's next, harder drugs and or any other kind of contraband? I knew of this two years ago, and I don't know if she's still doing it now in any other way or form.

Furthermore, Krista has a medical pot card which she abuses. She vapes before and after work. She flies high, works high. Now if this was alcohol, she would be fired. Being that she works in a safety sensitive position, I find this to be very concerning.

I would suggest randomly drug testing her, and have her take a polygraph to know that what I'm telling you is the truth. Otherwise it's just my word against hers.

I'm coming forward now because in my dealings with her she has become very unstable. The reason for her pot medical card is to treat mental illness.
And being that she works in a safety sensitive position, I do think that this is information that WestJet should have.

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WestJet Airlines Unaccompanied minor, nightmare.

Hello I'm writing to find some sort of resolution to a situation that happened at Edmonton International Airport yesterday august 12th. My daughter 11 years old was booked to fly direct from Edmonton to Penticton BC, as an unaccompanied minor I had waited on hold for 2hours and 55minutes when this was booked to confirm that a westjet agent would take her from me after check in through security and to the gate. When I arrived I was told this was not an option for me as they were short staffed (the paperwork for this was in 2 weeks ago so they knew an unaccompanied minor was going to be on the flight. I was left with no assistance from westjet employees and made to run all over the airport with 4 children and luggage in tow trying to figure out what to do. I finally arranged with airport guest services to watch my children while I took her through security, upon making it back up to the westjet counter I was made to wait back in line (keep in mind this is well over an hour after us arriving at the airport) got to the desk and was told her luggage couldn't go because the plane was boarding, I made a split decision that I would send her without any luggage just to get her on that plane, after this decision I was told sorry she won't make it. I had been running all over the airport trying to figure this out without any help from westjet agents resulting in her not getting on the plane. We live in a remote community it's a 6hour round trip to the airport and back, this was not a minor inconvenience. I am so disappointed and disheartened by the agents, we love westjet and have been traveling all over the continent with westjet for well over 10 years in the next month we have 6 flights alone booked with westjet! Nothing can be made right now, I was given no other options but to try and rebook her on another flight 4 days later, the flight is gone and that trip is ruined however I expect some sort of resolution for this nightmare to restore my faith and allow my family to confidently continue to travel and give our business to westjet. I look forward to hearing from someone, and I apologize if this message comes off as rude but to be honest I am extremely dissatisfied and disappointed in the events that took place yesterday.
Shannon Johns
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Desired outcome: Response and Credit for unnecessary suffering

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WestJet Airlines Tickets

They suspended my open tickets for no reason and aren't reopening them even though I have another year to use it and they won't answer and phone calls, emails, messages nothing. I want my money back. This is such [censored]. People don't just have money to throw at flights. I need that money back

Desired outcome: I want a refund

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WestJet Airlines Airline ticket montreal to toronto

Hi I spoke to agent Jason agent number he said is 12825. I asked to speak to a supervisor and he denied me speaking to any body other than him. It sounded like he was swipering the whole time said he was going to end the call he was extremely rude no type of customer service. When we booked these two tickets for my husband and daughter they were booked separately and he said no that's wrong they were booked as round trip as if we were lieing. We booked these ticket separate reservation numbers are AMCTAX and VMRQFU these were two flights from Montreal to toronto they were booked at different times from the flights from toronto to calgary and this agent said they were booked together and we couldn't even get credit for the montreal to toronto flights which is all that we were asking for. But I just want this agent to be taught some customer service skills because this will be the last time I use westjet.

Desired outcome: Teach him some customer service skills

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WestJet Airlines Airport

Wouldn't let me nor my sister board a flight because we were "late" as there was still almost an hour until departure, I was told I wouldn't be able to make it through security (as it take 2 minutes to go through security). The plane was still on the ground when I had to leave the airport(Kelowna regional airport). I was treated very very poorly and am not happy with the service I was not provided. And before this happened my original flight was changed less than 3 hours before my departure and I was not informed until just before I was supposed to leave and my flight was changed for 3 days later, I had booked time off work for my vacation it is a very very big inconvenience. This trip was to help my disabled airforce veteran grandparents, this is a lot of money that has been taken and put nowhere.

Desired outcome: I want a full refund not a voucher

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WestJet Airlines Refund

Our flight has been cancelled 14 months now and still have not got our refund, we were to fly to calgary on the 22nd of June 2020. I have emailed numerous times, I have called the call centre numerous times and have not been answered to. All I want is the refund were are legally entitled to, westjet were happy enough taking the money for the flight but dont seem to want to give it back.
We have lost all faith in westjet at this stage. There customer care is basically non exisitant

Desired outcome: Full refund

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WestJet Airlines Sevice dog policy

According to Canadian Human rights Service dogs do not have to be formally trained or tested to be a service dog. They just need to be well trained and perform a job for the handler and have a Dr letter saying you require one. West jet is saying that due to our dogs being self trained they can not be considered Service dogs even thou they are registered as such and we have traveled with them on Westjet the last 6 years as service dogs. No formal training is required as per my Human rights and Ontario law and they are interfering with my Human rights to travel with my support aid of a service animal required for my disability.

Desired outcome: Acceptance of our Service dog on our upcoming flight reservation and any future reservations.

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WestJet Airlines Baggage lost

For close to three decades I and my family have almost exclusively flown on Westjet. Starting in the days when the Flight Attendants told jokes over the loudspeaker and gifts were often given in December for travellers, until today I would say that almost 100% of the time we have used Westjet and have been very happy with the airlines, the service and the communication.

In addition, my wife and I are front line workers. We have not had a day off. Literally, a day off since the Pandemic started. We were able to get five days off to get a break, and this was it.

Sadly, this occasion, the trip we have just returned from, I cannot say the same praise.

It started with the loss of all of our luggage. We had two suitcases, one for each of us travelling and even though they went about 15 minutes apart, were tagged by the Westjet agent and placed in different chutes, they both were lost and did not appear when we arrived in Orlando.

The agent in Orlando who took our information told us that because we were only staying five days, from Sunday until Friday, and that there were no flights before Friday, that we would not be receiving our baggage until we were leaving.

On that basis, she offered each of us $100 each in reimbursements. Now, EVERYTHING was in those bags, every piece of clothing we had, including our suitcases, there was absolutely no way that we were going to be able to purchase nearly what we needed in a foreign country at a mall that we would have to discover.

We were given a report and that evening I began to call the department that handled lost luggage. Finally, we were able to get a call back late that evening and we were told that, in fact, the bags were sent with a different carrier and that would arrive that evening. We were told that we should expect them the next day.

The next day came and went and then, on Monday night called again. Still, everyone was calm and helpful, but the agent said, since the bags were handed to a different carrier, we would have to speak with them. That was not only incorrect, but not even a reasonable thing to say.
So, now Tuesday morning comes and we are told that the bags must be at customs, which also makes no sense, since we had cleared customs leaving Toronto. Yet, still no bags, and at this point, no assurances or information. They did say that because the bags were missing for over two days that we would be reimbursed reasonable expense up to $250 each. No explanation about what is reasonable.

Yes, at the end, one of the agents, after I asked that they please check with Delta, sent them a message asking them to call me. Which, if she actually did, I received no contact from Delta.

The bottom line, we gave up a significant amount of time from the first and only time off we had for over a year, spent a significant amount of money on cabs getting to a mall and to a discount pharmacy for toiletries, even thought the agents and I were polite and held reasonable conversations the entire time, the information that your recordings will show was erroneous and sometimes just foolish. We ended up giving up almost half of our vacation buying, worrying and being available for phone calls due to this misadventure of the airlines losing all of airbags.

As I said at the start, we have been very loyal and happy customers of Westjet for many, many years. However, this trip was greatly effected in a negative manner by the responses we received, the direction we received and the lack of assistance.

The bottom line, my wife and I are not complainers, we do not write whenever a flight is delayed or someone is not friendly. But, we both felt it was necessary to write on this occasion since the loss of all of our luggage and the misinformation and difficulty receiving assistance made the entire episode much worse.

Desired outcome: Contact from Westjet

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WestJet Airlines is a Canadian carrier offering flights across Canada, the U.S., Europe, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. They provide a range of travel options from economy to premium services, alongside flight extras such as in-flight entertainment and baggage handling. WestJet also has a rewards program for frequent flyers.
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WestJet Airlines reviews first appeared on Complaints Board on Dec 9, 2008. The latest review WestJet is bad was posted on Aug 7, 2024. The latest complaint Being treated very disrespectful and verbally abused, also disrespectful based on gender. was resolved on Sep 19, 2023. WestJet Airlines has an average consumer rating of 1 stars from 855 reviews. WestJet Airlines has resolved 20 complaints.
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