Date of Travel: Apr 2007 Flying from: London Heathrow Airport Flying to: Thessaloniki Airport Class: Economy Recommended: No Submitted By: Nikitas Comments: While flying to my destination my luggage was lost. Alitalia's employee herself told us that that is a common thing for Alitalia and that I shouldn't worry. I filled all the forms and was waiting. (That is why you should never lose your receipt for any carrying luggage). I received my luggage thankfully two days later and was delivered as expected to me.
However, a week later, when I trying to check in for my return fly, the staff told that my return fly was cancelled because I hadn't travelled with Alitalia in the first place. This was so untrue since Alitalia had lost my luggage in the first place and they keep record of the forms I had filled. She also told me that I should have checked for my reservation before coming to the airport but for what, my return flight? She managed to book me in the next available flight which meant waiting 6 hours in Rome's airport and another 2 hours for the new airplane's delay.
To be honest, after this experience, I am never flying with Alitalia again. I tried filling a complain form and they ignored me as expected.
Date of Travel: Jan 2007 Flying from: London Heathrow Airport Flying to: Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport Class: Economy Recommended: No Submitted By: Karen Comments: If you would like to be assured of a bad holiday: CHOOSE ALITALIA!!!
I have never had such an experience in my whole life. The airplane was absolutely disgusting and the staff were very rude. Their English was appalling, which was very surprising, since it is such an international industry.