Norwegian Air Shuttle Reviews 

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Evaluating 113 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many people found the service poorly managed and unresponsive, leading to significant inconvenience. Customers frequently criticized the booking process as problematic, resulting in unexpected costs. Customer service was widely reported as unhelpful and difficult to reach, with inquiries often going unanswered. Conversely, a small portion of people felt satisfied with the staff, praising helpful, polite, and reassuring cabin crew. Some also appreciated the good service received overall.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Norwegian caused a 11 hour and 29 minute delay on my flight and refuses to pay UK261 compensation, claiming “extraordinary circumstances” because their crew got sick. This is a blatant excuse to avo... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible company. Have had issues with them 3 times in the past couple of years. Delayes happen more often than not and compensation is always denied, despite sending out text messages, saying 'sorry,... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Wildly unprofessional staff from beginning to end. Flight to Oslo saw the hosts sitting on their phones the whole way, never once walking the aisles or checking on anyone. Gate agents rude when flig... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Idiotic check in process where they make you queue for a boarding pass with all the people who check in luggage even though you're flying with a hand luggage! Impossible to get the boarding pass onlin... See more


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Velkommen til Norwegian.no, Norges Lavpris Flyselskap. Her kan du kjøpe Billige Flybilletter til de fleste norske byer og en rekke velkjente Europeiske byer som London, Grenoble, Alicante m.fl. Vi tilbyr faste Lave Priser til alle våre destinasjoner.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible company

Terrible company, I will not fly with them again. They alow you to fly with a tiny bag and if you want to have a cabin bad it will cost you fortune. Customer service is not helpful att all.
If you have a possibility avoid Norwegian!!!

13 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

We were completely misled in connection…

We were completely misled in connection with our flight being canceled. We ended up accepting a solution where we would take another Norwegian flight the next day. In reality, we had the right to be flown home by another airline at Norwegian's expense, but this was concealed. When we brought the matter up with customer service, we were brushed off.

5 June 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

★☆☆☆☆ Terrible Booking Experience and…

★☆☆☆☆ Terrible Booking Experience and Unhelpful Support

Tried to book a flight on Norwegian’s website, but it was utterly broken. Couldn’t finalise our reservation or make a payment—just constant errors. We contacted customer support, and while they technically helped us complete the booking, they didn’t understand the problem at all. No empathy, no apology, and no effort to make up for the hour we wasted. We were also not allowed to choose our seats freely, despite the hassle. Disappointing service for a basic task that should have worked in the first place - 17 years of Loyalty with Norwegian was ruined in 20 minutes.

29 May 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Refused Boarding Despite Valid UK Documents – Norwegian Air Caused €297 Loss

I was unfairly denied boarding by Norwegian Air on my flight from Riga to London Gatwick, despite presenting all valid documents. My BRP (Biometric Residence Permit) and passport were fully in order, and I had already passed through passport control without any issues.

I currently hold a short-term student visa for the UK and had an urgent need to return. I clearly explained this to the ground staff and confirmed that all my documents complied with UK entry requirements. Despite this, I was denied boarding without any explanation.

Meanwhile, my spouse — who holds a tourist visa and was traveling under the exact same conditions — was allowed to board the flight without any problem. This kind of inconsistency and double standard is completely unacceptable. I was also not given any written documentation stating the reason for being denied, nor was I offered any support or alternative solution.

To make matters worse, the behavior of the staff was rude and dismissive. They avoided giving clear answers, showed no willingness to help, and left me entirely on my own during a stressful moment.

As a result of this situation, I had no choice but to book another last-minute flight with a different airline approximately three hours later — and that flight went ahead without any issue.

This incident caused me a financial loss of €297.15, which I had to pay for the new ticket. Norwegian Air has not refunded the original €25.83 I paid for their flight, nor have they acknowledged their error.

The way Norwegian Air handled this matter showed a complete lack of transparency, fairness, and basic customer service. Being separated from my spouse, denied my right to travel without reason, and subjected to such treatment has caused both financial and emotional distress.

I am sharing this publicly to raise awareness. I respectfully request a full refund for the denied flight and an official apology from Norwegian Air for the unjust treatment I experienced.

I hope this statement helps prevent others from going through a similar situation.

4 May 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Your aggressive customer service enjoyed to humiliate my mum, make her stress, cry and throw her stuff away

My mum flyed from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Oslo the 8 May 2025 - flight no. DY1495

She was going to visit her grand son and was really looking forward to it.

Arrived at the gate, just before departure, a stewardess informed my mum that there was no handluggage registered for her seat. Her handluggage has a standart size that is accepted by any other travelling companies like Air France, KLM, Lufthansa.
In short, she got first to know she needs to pay 45€ extra and 5 minutes later the stewardess decides to raise it up to 90€.
My mum had been saving op for a long time to be able to pay for this trip and didn't have the 90€. She called me panicked, I proposed to the stewardess to pay by phone but the stewardess refused. I could hear the stress from my mum on the phone and the aggressive stewardess totally enjoying to humiliate her and to make her stress even more.

One of the kindest stewardess proposed my mum to leave her luggage to the claim luggage but the aggressive stewardess came back and decided that there was no time for it.

My mum has been obliged to just leave at the gate her handluggage with most of her clothes and presents for her grand son.

You just chocked all your customers waiting in line there. Everyone who saw it was chocked by the way you treated my mum.

You have a (shitty) strategy to win money on your customers by not accepting handluggages that every other traveling companies accept. You then put an aggressive stewardess right in front of the gate with a credit card payment machine ready to cash in customers money. It's disgusting, but fine, you make the rules.
However, you have a responsibility to treat people good.
Your company humiliated my mum, made her cry and made her throw her personal stuffs away. All that while enjoying the spectacle. What kind of customer service/people is that?

And how is it right not to let her at least have her stuffs at a claim luggage? What did you do with her stuffs? Did you just serve yourself and enjoy her clothes / the gifts she had for her grand son? Don't make me believe you just threw it without having a look...

You are actually matching all the criterias of a low cost company (shitty tricks to get money from your customers, aggressive customer service...) but 90€ just for a hand luggage...it's expensive... your prices are actually not low cost...

8 May 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Denied boarding over passport technicality, left stranded with children

As a long-time loyal customer who has flown with Norwegian over 40 times in the past 4 years, I am shocked and disappointed by my recent experience.
My family and I were denied boarding for our Dubai trip because my son's passport was valid until May 3, 2025 (approximately 3 months after our travel date). Norwegian staff claimed his passport needed 6 months validity, despite the fact that it was valid for our entire stay and we had return tickets.
The most telling part? Emirates accepted us for travel THE VERY NEXT DAY with the exact same passport, and Dubai immigration let us in without any issues. This proves Norwegian's interpretation was unnecessarily rigid.

What made this experience truly unacceptable:

- No warning during online check-in about this passport requirement

- Customer service staff at Oslo Airport and Trondheim Airport literally turned their backs on us and muttered "this is your problem, not ours" when we asked for help

- Complete refusal to assist a family with children who were left stranded

- Total costs incurred: over 31,000 NOK in replacement flights and hotel accommodation

- Our children were devastated and anxious, with my youngest repeatedly asking if they would "let us in" on our replacement flight

- When I filed a complaint, Norwegian hid behind their terms and conditions, completely ignoring the fact that another airline accepted us and Dubai immigration admitted us with the same documentation.

- After 40+ flights with Norwegian, this experience has permanently lost my business. I cannot recommend an airline that treats customers with such disregard, especially when traveling with children.

- If you're considering flying with Norwegian, be aware that their interpretation of rules can be unnecessarily strict, and if something goes wrong, you'll likely be left completely on your own.

5 February 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Do not use Trustly payment, it is disgraceful

I am booking two flight tickets on Norwegian website and paying with Trustly payment option.
I authorised the bank transfer, but the website cancelled the transaction. As of now, I don't have either my money or a booking.
I spoke to Norwegian customer centre and they could only tell me they do not have the money, and they do not have any contact reference with Trustly.
Do yourselves a favour and pay with plain card payment—do not use this payment option, especially if Norwegian does not want to be held accountable when such shit happens.

24 April 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I would recommend you to book at…

I would recommend you to book at another company like SAS. Even though the price seem much cheaper, they will charge you extra fees on luggage and if you make a typing mistake, as I did (typed my own name twice due to a copy paste mistake on my computer), they will charge you what is equivalent to a completely new ticket.
You can’t cancel the flight or change anything without it beeing equivalent to a complete new ticket
And if you need anything from the customer service, you will need to know this: even though it is a Scandinavian company, you wont find anyone talking a Scandinavian language nor good English, thus adding to a generally bad customer experience.
I will never fly with this nor any other low flight company. You will get what you pay for, pay for the good product a different place where you are also treated right as a respectful human being

19 April 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Norwegian REFUSES to cover expenses as they'd promised!

In short:
After my flight (D84529 ARN > AGA) was cancelled, I was rebooked on another flight the following day from CPH. Norwegian promptly covered a hotel stay and explicitly told us to take a taxi to and from the hotel — assuring us the cost would be reimbursed. However, they now refuse to reimburse the taxi!

In depth:
Two months ago, I was on the same delayed (cancelled, then rebooked) flight to Agadir as my travel companion. We submitted identical compensation claims (#3282444 & #3282497) — the only difference being that I paid for the outbound taxi from the hotel, and he paid for the return. We were explicitly told by Norwegian staff at Copenhagen Airport that both taxi fares would be reimbursed.

Despite this, and despite several follow-ups to customer service — which I received no response to for nearly two months — my claim was rejected. My companion’s claim was approved in full, including the taxi. Mine was not.

This is a clear inconsistency: same flight, same expenses, same information provided, and claims submitted at the same time. Yet my case was closed with a generic response and no explanation for the discrepancy.

I find this treatment arbitrary and deeply unfair. Norwegian’s refusal to properly review the situation raises concerns about how they handle customer claims — and how differently they treat passengers in identical situations.

I sincerely hope that posting this review will lead to a more serious reconsideration of my case.

14 April 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

VERY DISSAPOINTING EXPERIENCE

Very disappointing experience – denied boarding

without explanation
We were told the gate would close 5 minutes before departure, so we arrived 15 minutes before that – yet we were denied boarding. When we asked for a reason, the staff gave no clear explanation. The door to the aircraft was still open, which made it clear to us that the issue was likely overbooking.
There was simply no space for us on the flight, and instead of handling the situation professionally, the staff were rude and showed no empathy whatsoever. Extremely frustrating and unacceptable service.

On top of that, we’re not getting any refund. It’s 100% their fault for overbooking.

11 April 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

“Great flight on time as usual!”

Really enjoy to fly Norwegian. Never experience much delay, and it’s really great service and great crew, with good information from the captain during the flight as well.

Very nice 737-800 aircraft that was pretty clean and nice, the crew was very nice. Looking forward to fly with Norwegian Air Shuttle in the future!

18 March 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Norwegian seem to forget to warn…

Norwegian seem to forget to warn passengers about the (very) likely cancellations and subsequent rebookings due to "technical problems", meaning they reserve the right to sacrifice the passengers time in order to optimize their logistics and profits. We just got an additional 3 hour wait in CPH without so much as a sorry or a voucher... oh thats not entirely accurate. They sent a voucher AFTER boarding so you have ZERO chance of using it - just as a final "s... you" before you FINALLY fly

18 March 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I went in on their public site - Lying about prices

I went in on their public site. Filled everything out and was told to log in. After doing that my flights were gone (?!) after that i filled it out again the PRICES WAS RAISED BY MORE THAN 10% - same dates and time (in less than ten minutes) i believe this is fraud

10 March 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Utterly disappointing punctuality, again and again

Extremely and utterly disappointed with Norwegian punctuality.
Last 14th Feb I had to cancel both flights because Norwegian was the only company with massive delays and I was going to miss my connection flights. In this sense the company never provided proactive support to reallocate myself.
And today we are again delayed for 1 hour. Curiously it is only for the Norwegian flights to Bergen.
Certainly we pay a massive amount for such low fare company, which indeed is becoming even cheap. £500 of flight and nobody is serious on punctuality here.
Rest assured I will do my best to fly with KLM, Wideroe and Loganair going forward.
This is a cheap company with expensive tickets and poor punctuality. Unacceptable.

2 March 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Amazing staff

Amazing staff, modern planes, comfortable with good food. Would have given 5 stars if it wasn’t for the crumpled old seats.. Overall would recommend Norwegian but beware it can be expensive sometimes

24 February 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dont pay your money to unhonest company

Despite show them that damage loggage in the trip 25122024 has been uploaded to their system they deny to cover the damaged loggage and belongings. I showed the refrence number for damaged loggage report and I showed that I have uploaded pictures for this report, however they deny to cover the damages. I pay extra for travel ensurance at Norwegian however they deny to cover the damages.

25 December 2024
Unprompted review

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