Alternative Airlines Promo Codes

Alternative Airlines sells flights on hundreds of carriers and lets you spread the cost, and any Alternative Airlines discount code we hold sits above. Before using one, it is worth understanding what you are buying and from whom.

About Alternative Airlines

Alternative Airlines is a flight search and booking agent, not an airline. It lists hundreds of carriers, including smaller regional and domestic airlines that the big comparison sites often miss, and it accepts an unusually wide set of payment methods.

The proposition people arrive for is paying in instalments: booking a flight now and spreading the cost through a third-party provider.

Booking through an agent

When you book through an agent, your contract for the ticket runs through them. That has a practical consequence: if the airline moves or cancels the flight, changes and refunds are usually handled by the agent rather than by the airline directly, and the agent's own service fees may apply on top.

That is not a reason to avoid agents, but it does mean keeping the booking reference and the agent's contact details somewhere you can reach them from abroad.

Paying in instalments, honestly

Buy now, pay later is credit. Missing a payment can mean fees and, with some providers, a mark on your credit file. The affordability question is simple and unglamorous: would you still be comfortable with the payments if the trip were cancelled and the money already spent?

Instalment providers vary by country and by basket size, and the option shown at checkout depends on where you are. Read which provider is actually being used before agreeing, because their terms, not the travel site's, govern the credit.

Practical checks before you pay

Names must match the passport exactly, and correcting a name after ticketing is expensive or impossible. Check baggage separately, since many fares that look cheap carry hand luggage only. And check whether the itinerary is one ticket or two separate ones, because a missed connection between two tickets is not the airline's problem.

Using an Alternative Airlines discount code

Search, choose the fare, then enter the code before selecting a payment method. Discounts normally apply to the agent's fee rather than to the airline's fare, so judge the offer by the change in the final total.