Our Website is offered to you conditioned upon your acceptance without modification of all the terms, conditions, and notices set forth below (collectively, the “Terms” or “Agreement”). This Agreement describes the terms and conditions applicable to the services available through our website and details your responsibilities, thereby limiting the liability of the flight experts and its third-party suppliers or providers. These include the airlines, hotels, rental car companies and other suppliers that provide Bookings or other services through our website (such third parties are collectively referred to as the “Travel Service Providers”). Please read these Terms carefully, as they contain important information. You should also read our “Privacy Policy (as defined below), which also governs your use of our website, and is incorporated by reference in this Agreement. By accessing or using our Website, booking any Bookings on our Website, or contacting our call center agents, you agree that the Terms then in force shall apply. If you do not agree to the Terms, please do not use, or book any Bookings through our Website or our call center agents.
The Flight Experts.com reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to amend, modify, or alter this Agreement at any time by posting the amended Terms on this site. We recommend that you review these periodically. The amended Terms shall be effective from and after the date that they are posted on our Website.
Our website is intended to provide services primarily for residents of North America. This Agreement applies to any use of the Website, any use of the Services and any Bookings made from the United States. We may determine your location including through use of your IP address. If your IP address is in the United States, these terms and conditions apply to you.
BY ACCEPTING THESE TERMS, YOU ARE AGREEING TO THE MANDATORY ARBITRATION AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER CONTAINED BELOW.
As a condition of your use of our website, call center agents, and other products and services provided by The Flight Experts.com, including any content (together “Services”), you warrant that:
the flight experts retains the right, at our sole discretion, to deny access to anyone to the Services we offer, at any time and for any reason, including for violations of this Agreement.
You agree to give us an opportunity to resolve any disputes or claims relating in any way to our Website, any Bookings, any dealings with our customer service agents, any services or products provided, any representations made by us, or our Privacy Policy (“Claims”).
These Terms & Conditions and the rights of the parties hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Elgin, IL, USA. Unless otherwise mutually agreed by the parties in writing or as described in the Mandatory Arbitration provision below, you consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Elgin, IL in any action arising out of or in connection with this Terms and Conditions. Unless otherwise prohibited by applicable law, any Claim must be brought within two (2) years from the date on which such Claim arose or accrued.
All Claims will be resolved via binding arbitration initiated through the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”); except that you may assert Claims on an individual basis in a small claims court located in [Kane, Elgin, IL] if they qualify under the rules of the small claims court. This includes any Claims you assert against us, our subsidiaries or affiliates, Travel Service Providers or any companies offering products or services through us (which are beneficiaries of this arbitration agreement). This also includes any Claims that arose before you accepted these Terms, regardless of whether prior versions of the Terms required arbitration.
There is no judge or jury in arbitration, and court review of an arbitration award is limited. However, an arbitrator can award on an individual basis the same damages and relief as a court (including statutory damages, attorneys’ fees, and costs), and must follow and enforce these Terms as a court would.
Arbitrations will be conducted by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its rules, including the AAA Consumer Rules. Payment of all filing, administration and arbitrator fees will be governed by the AAA's rules, except as provided in this section. If your total Claims are less than $10,000, we will reimburse you the filing fees that you paid to the AAA, and we will pay your arbitrator’s fees. You may choose to have an arbitration conducted by telephone, based on written submissions, or in person in the state where you live or at another mutually agreed location.
All proceedings to resolve Claims will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated or representative action. If for any reason a Claim proceeds in court rather than in arbitration, we each waive any right to a jury trial. The Federal Arbitration Act and federal arbitration law apply to this agreement. An arbitration decision may be confirmed by any court with competent jurisdiction.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT, BY ENTERING INTO THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS, WE ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION WITH RESPECT TO THE CLAIMS COVERED BY THIS MANDATORY ARBITRATION PROVISION.
All Claims you bring against the flight experts must be resolved in accordance with this "Resolution of Disputes" section. All Claims filed or brought not in accordance with this "Resolution of Disputes" section shall be considered improperly filed and void. Should you file a Claim not in accordance with this "Resolution of Disputes" section, we may recover from you our attorneys' fees and costs up to US$1,000, if we have notified you in writing of the improperly filed Claim, and you have failed to promptly withdraw the Claim.
Our website provides extensive information related to travel to our customers, which may include information about vacation destinations, tour packages, travel providers, airfares, flight schedules, cruise details, travel insurance, or and foreign currencies.
We receive this information from third-party sources such as airlines, hotels, tour operators and transportation providers. We always take reasonable care to make sure this information is accurate and up to date. However, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information or that it is the most current information available and cannot be held liable for any inaccuracies. Moreover, please understand that all the information on our website is subject to change. Also, travel products, packages and services described on our website are subject to availability.
As a traveler, you must know and understand the applicable legal requirements related to travel, including passport, visa, and health requirements. The ultimate responsibility for obtaining this information and complying with all passports, visa, health, or other requirements remains solely and exclusively with you.
Additional terms and conditions, including additional terms and conditions set out by Travel Service Providers, may apply to Bookings (“Additional Terms”). Please read such Additional Terms carefully, including any airline conditions of carriage which may be set out on an airline’s website. You agree to abide by any applicable Additional Terms, including Additional Terms relating to payment, availability, check-in times, baggage fees, baggage restrictions, change fees, cancellation fess, and the use of fares, products, or services. For greater certainty, airline fare rules are Additional Terms.
If your itinerary includes flights operated by more than one airline, please read carefully each such airline’s terms and conditions, which can be found on each airline’s website. Each airline will have its own restrictions, rules, and fees. If one of these flights is affected by an airline change (e.g., cancellation or rescheduling) that causes a customer to make changes to the other flight, the customer may be responsible for any fees or ticket cost incurred for making changes to the unaffected flight. Such airlines may charge their own fees for changes, refunds, or if exchanges are requested. You are responsible for complying with each airline's terms and conditions, which may differ (for example, check-in times and limits on baggage size/weight). It is advisable you print your outbound and return portions of your e-ticket confirmation for all flights prior to traveling. You may be asked for proof of your return ticket at check-in. The Flight Experts.com may offer customers the opportunity to book a booking for a combination of two one—way tickets instead of a roundtrip ticket.
Combined one-way tickets may provide a greater choice of flights, are often cheaper and can be combined on the same airline or on different airlines. Unlike roundtrip tickets, each one-way ticket is subject to its own rules, restrictions, and fees. If one of these flights is affected by an airline change (e.g., cancellation or rescheduling) that causes a customer to make changes to the other flight, the customer will be responsible for any fees incurred for making changes to the unaffected flight.
For certain low-cost carriers, the price of your flight has been converted from a different currency for convenience purposes to provide you an estimate of the amount of the purchase in your local currency. As a result, when you book, the amount charged to your credit card by the airline may be slightly different due to currency fluctuations. Your statement may also include an applicable fee from your card issuer to process the transaction plus any applicable taxes for international purchases.
Federal law forbids the carriage of hazardous materials aboard aircraft in your luggage or on your person. A violation can result in five years' imprisonment and penalties of $250,000 or more (49 U.S.C. 5124). Hazardous materials include explosives, compressed gases, flammable liquids and solids, oxidizers, poisons, corrosives, and radioactive materials. Examples: Paints, lighter fluid, fireworks, tear gases, oxygen bottles, and radiopharmaceuticals. There are special exceptions for small quantities (up to 70 ounces total) of medicinal and toilet articles carried in your luggage and certain smoking materials carried on your person.
If you are traveling internationally, please be advised that the provisions of the Montreal Convention and the Warsaw Convention may be applicable to your journey including portions entirely within the countries of departure or destination. The Conventions govern and, in most cases, limits the liability of carriers to passengers for death or personal injury.
Passengers are responsible for ensuring that they meet foreign entry requirements and that their travel documents, such as but not limited to passports and visas (transit, business, tourist, and otherwise), are in order and any other foreign entry requirements are met. We urge customers to review travel prohibitions, warnings, announcements, and advisories issued by the relevant governments prior to booking travel to international destinations.