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Was bought 2 flights at the basingstoke ifly for a christmas gift. I was super nervous but Will who was my groups instructor for the 7pm flight today was brilliant! So calm and instructions were super clear. Highly recommend.

The most expensive 2 minutes I've ever paid for. Bought a flight experience for my 9 year old son. In total he was in the wind tunnel for 2 minutes. At the end the instructor asked who wanted to do some additional extra with him for £14 to fly up and down etc. This we were expecting and looking forward to and what is shown on all the marketing videos. However my 9 year old son is in the chamber and the parents outside and he didn't know what to say. Why didn't they ask the parents who would be paying not the 9 year old in a wind tunnel. I complained and fed this back to reception who couldn't care less. We left utterly dumbfounded and in total disbelief that this 2 minutes was the total experience. If you could call it that. If your not keen on kids and want to see them thoroughly disappointed, this is the place for you.

Utterly ripped off. Four people at £285, plus we were upsold to go a little higher for extra £10 each (within allocated time). Total time was less than 2 mins each, so £40 per MINUTE. I know this cost included a few grainy photos and a few secs of video, but this is all digital, no quality hard copies. Our Instructor, however, did an AMAZING job. She was great and this review is no reflection on her doing her job well.

Our experience today with Jordan as our instructor was brilliant. I didn’t realise it was so difficult and Jordan made me feel very uncomfortable in the air stream. An early start as our flight was at 8 but well worth it. The instructions given by Jordan were clear and helpful. Thank you for a super experience.

I had the most amazing experience at IFly Manchester! The staff were lovely, pleasant and welcoming, it was a great atmosphere and the experience as a whole was reasonably priced.

Leaves a lot to be desired! We had an instructor called Zac who had an enormous ego and no interest in making sure the guests enjoyed their very expensive experience. Ive been before and enjoyed it but never again. Both myself and my kids had loads of time unassisted last time but Zac basically never let anyone go and got in the way for the whole session. He didn’t even step away for long enough to get a picture of the kids flying solo.
The other instructors take you right up to the top of the tunnel if you opt for the hi fly but Zac takes you just twice and only half way up the tunnel for the princely sum of an extra £10. What they don’t point out is that the hi fly is carried out within the time you have already paid for, you’re literally looking at 50p per second extra on top of the money you have already paid.
Zacs ego is so inflated that he decided to do a short demo of his skills in the tunnel then ushered everyone to give him a round of applause as he exited the tunnel.
I lodged a complaint at reception that the instructor had basically ruined our session. Sadly I only got to speak to an assistant who was clearly a bit thick and just repeated the same rehearsed lines like a broken record.
Don’t waste your money its really pretty lame!

My 14 year old son received two Indoor flights with the team at Milton Keynes on the 18th July 2022. He absolutely loved it and can't wait to go again. His Instructor, George, made the whole experience so smooth and so much more enjoyable with a terrific attitude and an engaging manner.

Not a customer focused business.

Was given a voucher to fly as a birthday present, arrived at Basingstoke center 15 mins before the session, not 45 mins as required by the center, and was told to get lost as not enough time to get changed and instructed (i.e. to be told about the same flying rules as a mandatory pre-flight video explains in 3 mins). Objection that this indeed could be done within 15 mins was dismissed on the “computer says no” grounds.

Rules are important, especially safety ones, but common sense should prevail.

Really disappointed, morale obviously low as instructors looked as though they wanted to be anywhere else but work. Our first minute was 45 seconds and the second minute we were only in the wind tunnel for 50 seconds whilst I paid an extra £10 to be elevated in the wind tunnel.
Time to change your business model IFLY as we were offered half price returns and yet you could offer it free and we wouldn't want to come. I would suggest you have less people through the door, give longer flights and motivate your staff - we are much more likely to return. I hope this review helps

Absolute rip off don't waste your money, bought as a present with a media voucher. The only decent part to it is the high fly & they want £10;00 extra for something that lasts 20 seconds. The pictures are crap and the video can only be described as a joke. The staff are great but I doubt anyone would go twice

We have been regular goers to Ifly since the September 2020. But lately we would only have our 2 boys have flying experiences. During the pandemic when the IFly in Milton Keynes allowed to operate under stricter rules, very few clients in the groups. Some occasions only 2 or 3 and the flights were maybe 10 or 15 sec longer , the staff were super accommodating e.t.c We felt welcome especially as one of our boys is on the spectrum and his joy and happiness during the experience was priceless for us (given the distance and the cost)
We booked this year the birthday treats for the boys flying sessions
On the 4/02/2022 we had the first one and the second one was due on the 1/03/2022.
During the one on the 04/02/2022 the onboarding was more relaxed, our boys knew the safety briefing by heart now and we had to wait around for entire 45 min before the flight sessions. Nothing, specific was done apart from the fact that we requested different fully covered helmets. However, what we did notice that the flights were reduced by 15 or20 sec for almost all 12 participants (much bigger group then usual group) we sat on the side and we could see the timer. As usual we had extra flights and additional lifts to the top …so additional $$$ but again it was a treat and the boys were so happy. We end up paying for extras almost as much as per the flights themselves.
At the checkout we were prompted and pushed to get the next session for my other son with additional VR experience. We booked and paid for the session on the 4/02 for the 01/03.
Unfortunately, on the day while driving from London after the boys finished school we got stuck in traffic .Called to advise that we are running late for 6.00 pm session and we a desperately wanted to make sure that the boys have the experience on the day as it was the actual birthday on the actual day and we already been driving for almost 2 hours. We had nothing else planned or booked as it was a school night .plus we never ever been late , having an autistic child it keeps us very disciplined with our planning and schedule.
The staff did not show any interest in the details ( that the boys are frequent flyers and have experience )and the importance of the flights taking place today. No amount of pleading in Begging has helped - we did arrive 10 min before our schedule time and there was an instructor standing waiting around while I was trying to ask for any other alternatives. My boys were visibly upset ,crying as we had to drive back home for another 2 hours ( not the best way to celebrate a birthday)
Our Son on the spectrum was panicking
that his scheduled activity was not going to take place and starting to isming.
Seeing all of this ,made me feel full of despair, humiliation and sadness.
Especially as the manager on duty Chanel was so abrupt, displaying indifference and annoyance at our family.
We were she found it quite funny the fact that she has the power to just send us away.No attempt to help our family in any way , no signs of empathy or display of basic human kindness. A Business that’s not long ago struggled to stay afloat during the pandemic a place where we kept coming back while there were not too many customers to show support.
We could not even get our money back
I left Ifly very emotional as I felt I failed my little ones on a special occasion. There are some wonderful Instructors at the Centre but management is only focused on profits and making money.

Nothing wrong with earning a living but there should be room for kindness and empathy for places that promote inclusion

It is such a shame that iFLY has ZERO compassion in these tough pandemic times and cannot extend vouchers that have expired during COVID and if you want to extend they charge you even more... So SAD that a company treats people suffering as much as we have in the UK like this.

Absolute rip off. Stay away. Paid £68+£10 to expect a 30 mins session but only got 2 mins. You will share 30 mins in turns with a group of 6 people and then they had further booked the same session with another group, so you end up with no more than 2 mins.
Instructors extremely rude and unhelpful, may be under paid and stressed out. The receptionist was ok and cooperative. They are making endless money for a really bad service and should be investigated by the government.

I purchased an IFLY voucher for my 11 year old son for Christmas. I wanted to give him an experience that he would remember. We managed to book a slot on the 11/08/20, it was extremely difficult to select a suitable date and time, there was not many options. We were informed by IFLY that we were required to attend 1 hour prior to the slot. We arrived one hour before and were told that we were too early and were asked if we would go away and come back. We stayed in the building. The instructor came and all participants were given kit and an introductory talk that lasted under 5 minutes. I cannot understand the requirement to arrive an hour early. I was under the impression that my son would have received his two minute flights, however this was not the case. We were offered an additional extra to accompany the instructor to the top of the dome which costed £8. This was included in my sons two minute flights that I had already paid for. Therefore my son did not receive the time flying that we had paid for. I feel that this has been a con and I will not be returning or advising others to go. It is not value for money. The other issue I felt, was that the instructor paid particular attention to one particular child who clearly had more time than the other participants. It later came out that she was thinking of purchasing lessons. This is not fair or professional.

Initial sessions were great. Then was convinced to purchase three more sessions at a reduced rate. however when attempting to book within the period given there were never any slots available and then had to pay an 'extension' cost of £30. Will be trying elsewhere after these sessions are completed. Should not sell vouchers if there is never any space. Opportunistic gain when having to extend the vouchers.

I'd like to give it 0 stars. Having been a previous customer, with pleasant experiences, I was very disturbed by how my family and I were treated on our visit to Milton Keynes on 06-10-17. We arrived 5 minutes late due to traffic on the M1 and went through the registration process (as instructed to do so on previous visits). When we got to the desk, still a good 40 minutes before our flight time, we were told we had missed the briefing session by a couple of minutes and we weren't allowed to slip in. One of our 3 flyers was a novice and so was told couldn't fly but the other 2 could. Then we were offered the 3rd person could fly on her own at a later time - a 13 year old girl with complete strangers? I don't think so! It was supposed to be an activity for all kids to do together. There was no flexibility in the staff; there was ample time for the briefing, they just were on a power kick and so unhelpful. I was given the manager's email address as no-one there could do a refund (???), not even the manager on duty. I emailed as soon as I got home - after a 3 hour, 160 mile wasted round trip. 4 days later - not even a courtesy acknowledgment of my email. I would avoid this company like the plague - in my opinion, the service is sub-standard; they do not care about their customers and have absolutely no interest in being helpful, despite being told repeatedly they did have some flexibility. We certainly saw no evidence of this.

Hi

Had a great day out with my two children aged 9 and 13. The staff at Milton Keynes were really friendly, and whilst they do charge you a little extra for going higher, I would still do it.

The venue is good too, as there are plenty of resturants nearby so you can really make a day of it.

Martin