A friend of mine came across an ad on Youtube for a “MyFlightSearch” and it seemed pretty dodgy. So I looked into it, and I did find some interesting things. Like most travel agencies, they have a lot of negative reviews claiming scam, no refunds, cancelled or non-existent bookings. There is also a scammer.info article claiming that they impersonate major airlines, however no substantial evidence is provided asides from people wrote the reviews calling it a scam. In my brief look into the company, I found these numbers belonging to them: (833) 200-3172, (888) 884-4555, (833) 200-3343, (833) 665-4259, (855) 630-4626, (702) 333-2004, (855) 752-4496, (702) 333-2004, (855) 888-1419, (800) 200-3310, (833) 200-3270, and (833) 200-3122. When calling the number, the lone worker left to handle night calls first told me they were Airborn Traveler, with the number (833) 718-7246. However after that he claimed to never have said that, and that they were MyFlightSearch, even despite the fact that the 7246 number led me right back to him!
Overall the thing’s I’ve found have been pretty sketch, but there is no concrete evidence of them being a scam outside alleged victim testimonies. So I bring it to you all, can you find evidence of this company being a scam? Is it just another shady travel agency? Or is it legit and these things not matter much? Before one votes, I ask that you really look into the information I have provided, the old scammer info post provides, and any and all information one can gather from researching into this company.
- It’s a legitimate business
- Just another shady travel agency
- Complete scam
No doubt this is a shady scam outfit and here is a video from ABC6 Troubleshooter back in 2020 that supports the pattern of online complaints.
I didn’t vote because all of the above apply to this company. They are a legitimate company that uses shady practices and scams some of its customers.
They were caught with malware ads (malvertising) on their website back in 2019:
Just a few complaints over the years of “airborntraveler”, which you confirmed is the same outfit:
https://www.scamwatcher.com/scam/view/486519
https://www.scamdoc.com/view/819895
On the scampulse site, there is this one showing they bought the tickets:
Quanda Simmons
• Apr 25, 2022
Scammer’s phone 833-718-7246
Scammer’s website Airborntraveler.com
Country United States
Type of a scam Other
Initial means of contact Not applicable
Made an online round trip flight and never received a confirmation or an e-ticket, I paid 241.0
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A little more digging and it is confirmed that Airborntraveler and Myflightsearch are the same people.
Domain Name: airborntraveler.com
Registry Domain ID: 2484013307_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: https://www.godaddy.com
Updated Date: 2022-02-15T11:37:31Z
Creation Date: 2020-01-23T17:44:26Z
Expiration Date: 2023-01-23T17:44:26Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Domain Name: MYFLIGHTSEARCH.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1868029065_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: https://www.godaddy.com
Updated Date: 2020-06-17T11:16:35Z
Creation Date: 2014-07-23T02:00:59Z
Expiration Date: 2022-07-23T02:00:59Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
US Flight Travel LLC (Myflightsearch.com)
14683 Midway Rd STE 214 Addison, TX 75001
https://www.bbb.org/us/tx/addison/profile/airline-ticket-agency/us-flight-travel-llc-0875-91123191
My Flight Search/Flight Search Inc. (Myflightsearch.com)
4045 Spencer St STE 402 Las Vegas, NV 89119
https://www.bbb.org/us/nv/las-vegas/profile/airline-ticket-agency/my-flight-search-1086-90041014
https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/C4308575
https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_nv/E0093112016-6
https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ut/9133385-0142
https://www.theairlinesreservations.com/travel/myflightsearch-reservations/
888-978-0366 if you hover over the number at the bottom under ‘contact us’, it says tel:+1-860-288-7006
So it’s come to my attention that there are a couple threads that claim this company is a scam and all that, however that is not proven. These two threads (1) and (2)
These threads are just… not a good look for the site. The first thread makes it seem like cheapflights.com is part of this groups “scam” operation, which is just a massive fucking lawsuit waiting to happen. As well as a baseless association with Beluga Fares (not the first time they’ve been accused of being another group)
The second thread is an unorganized mess, with different groups being lumped in without reason.
But the thing that is the funniest, imo, is the fact that neither of these threads actually found the link between them and this organization.
However I do have some new stuff to share:
https://twitter.com/myflightsearch
MyFlightsearch gives (833) 665-4259
https://www.youtube.com/MyFlightSearch
https://www.myflightsearch.com/idreamoftravel/
cheapairfare.com is also a “sister-entity” as described by one of the employees, so airborntraveler.com could also be a sister-entity, i’m not entirely sure rn
but seriously, to reiterate, there is no evidence these people are scamming. There are only bad reviews, and as an employee told me, most are because of covid-related problems that get customers upset.
