Flight Bookings

There are two ways. Search live fares on this page, pick a flight and pay at checkout. Or have a Vaavia travel consultant do it with you: they can quote fare types the search does not show, read the fare rules back to you, and send a secure payment link by email.

Neither is automatically cheaper. The same public fares show up in both places, and an agency service fee applies to a consultant booking. What a consultant adds is access to some fare types an online search never displays, and a person who checks the rules with you before you pay rather than after.

Each traveler's full name exactly as printed on the passport or ID they will fly with, their date of birth, and your dates and airports. For an international trip, add the passport number and expiry date. A working email matters too, because the e-ticket and any airline change notice go there.

Sometimes. A hold is the airline's offer rather than ours, so whether one exists and how long it lasts depend on the airline and the fare. A consultant can tell you what is available on your route before you commit. Where no hold exists, the fare and the seat are secured only once the booking is paid.

If the airline cancels, or changes the flight significantly, and you decline what it offers instead, you are owed a refund of the fare, non-refundable tickets included. On a booking made with Vaavia we take that up with the airline and return the money to the card you paid with. See flight cancellation and refunds.

The fare shown in search covers taxes and carrier charges for the flight itself. Extras sit outside it: seat selection, checked bags and later changes are priced by the airline and depend on your fare type. A Vaavia service fee applies to a confirmed booking and is shown to you before you pay.

The ticket carries the traveler's name exactly as it appears on the ID they will show at the airport. You can book and pay for someone else, but the name on the ticket is theirs. Once a ticket is issued most airlines treat a name correction as a cancellation and reissue, at the traveler's cost.

A booking is confirmed once the payment has gone through and the airline has issued the ticket. The e-ticket arrives by email carrying the airline's own booking reference. Until that reference exists the seat is not held. Check every traveler name the day it arrives, while a correction is still straightforward.