Talk:lastminute.com

Outrage!

That last paragraph was clearly added by a lastminute.com employee.

GreatTurtle's revision of 15:29, 18 May 2007

I'm not sure such a sweeping deletion was needed - admittedly the material cut is not particularly well written, but it seems to me to be valid business history and not particularly POV. However, revert wars are just about the dullest thing in the world so can we discuss it here and see what can be salvaged? Barnabypage 16:30, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Now Defunct?

I'm not sure what the scoop is on this, but I booked a flight on Lastminute yesterday. Went to the site today to check something & it's gone! Redirecting straight to Travelocity. Does this mean Lastminute is shut down completely or just undergoing maintenance or something? Weasel Fetlocks (talk) 18:41, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

It appears to be fine now - maybe, as you say, it defaults to redirecting to Travelocity (Lastminute's parent company) if there are problems with the Lastminute site. Barnabypage (talk) 21:25, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

NPOV

Not sure if this is the right tag, but there are sections of the article (see the comment about 'continuing to deliver their quirky/subversive brand') that are unsourced and read something like LastMinute.com marketing material. On the other hand, other sections, especially the bit about opt-in/opt-out payments seem to be making strongly anti lastminute.com statements without any evidence presented. In particular the statement about discount vouchers being 'mythical' seems very NPOV. If this info is to be in the article, shouldn't it be in the 'Criticisms' section and be properly sourced? --87.86.242.99 (talk) 11:05, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Mythical vouchers

The word "mythical" is pretty clumsy but the link , widely discussed on various sites, between the Lastminute.com and controversial company Adaptive Affinity remains in place as far as can be seen and has barely been defended or rebutted by Lastminute.com. In the absence of additional light being shone on this arrangement then it should stay because it remains a legitimate criticism of the company. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.113.155.245 (talk) 00:49, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

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Fullflex

Fullflexiable, %90 voucher and u need to call them to use voucher, prices goes up after call em, just scammer company, never use again 2A00:23C6:C522:3C01:49AF:20E9:8F1D:5E0C (talk) 12:36, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Scammers

Fullflexiable, %90 voucher and u need to call them to use voucher, prices goes up after call em, just scammer company, poor employee s🙄 2A00:23C6:C522:3C01:49AF:20E9:8F1D:5E0C (talk) 12:36, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

UX scam to sell FullFlex

At the moment, lastminute.ie has some travel insurance scam integrated into the tail end of their purchase process.

After you've already entered all the payment details and expect everything to be done, when you expect the process should finally complete, then lastminute creates a pop up window that asks if you want their "FullFlex" cancelation insurance.

They do not have some regular button that you'd have to click, but instead they have crafted the screen so that the yes button can be hit accidentally. It seems they make lots the whole screen act like the yes button.

They then immediately add the insruance cost, seemingly like 20% the cost of the flight in my case, and they do the card payment with no further interaction. They briefly display the costs with the extra insurance, but then hide the costs in completed page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:16A:A201:0:127C:4CFF:FE68:5CD5 (talk) 23:47, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Proposal to add Controversy section regarding Swiss Ombudsman ruling

I would like to propose an addition to the "Criticism" section regarding the company's operational structure.

On December 1, 2025, the Ombudsman of the Swiss Travel Industry officially declined jurisdiction over a consumer complaint regarding BravoNext S.A. (the primary operating subsidiary of lastminute.com group), stating: "Although BravoNext has its registered office in Switzerland, it is merely a shell company of Lastminute.com abroad. As this company is not affiliated with any customer money protection scheme, we do not accept complaints." This official classification challenges the company's public stance on consumer protection and operational substance in Switzerland.

Source: The official ruling letter has been published and documented here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7402684041155641344/

Given the significance of a major travel OTA being classified as an uninsured "shell company" by its national Ombudsman, I believe this is relevant encyclopedic information. Can an editor review this for inclusion? ~2025-40850-44 (talk) 21:17, 16 December 2025 (UTC)