Fly now & pay later with 600+ airlines
Book flights with Alternative Airlines today and spread the cost of your tickets into manageable installments. Choose from Ryanair, British Airways, easyJet & more.
Book flights with Alternative Airlines today and spread the cost of your tickets into manageable installments. Choose from Ryanair, British Airways, easyJet & more.
We offer pay-later flights to customers in 20 European countries. Discover what's available and where, as well as which partners offer interest-free plans and which have long-term options.

Interest-free or long-term

Interest-free or long-term

Interest-free

PayPal Credit or Pay Later options

Interest-free

Interest-free

Interest-free

Interest-free or long-term

Long-term

Interest-free and long-term

Interest-free and long-term
Alternative Airlines offers 40+ ways to pay, including buy now, pay later. If you're a European traveller and you want to spread the cost of your flights into instalments, then choose a buy now, pay later partner at checkout.
Select your ideal plan. Options including:
If you want to pay in instalments without any additional costs, then select an interest-free plan at checkout.
Please note that additional fees may apply even to interest-free plans if payments are late or missed.
Select an interest-free plan at the Alternative Airlines checkout and pay in instalments without any added costs.
Pay back over a long period of time so that a small amount is withdrawn from your account each instalment. These plans are usually interest-bearing, with APR rates made clear to you at checkout.
Make financing your flights even easier. Choose a long-term plan to ensure a small amount leaves your account each instalment.
Thanks to our partnerships with many flexible Buy Now Pay Later providers, we can offer you the freedom to book your flights today and pay later in manageable instalments. This is especially ideal if you're in a hurry and need to book unplanned last-minute flights.
Not all airlines give you the chance to reserve flights and pay later. At Alternative Airlines, we ticket over 600 global carriers, including major airlines like Air France, KLM, Lufthansa and British Airways. We even offer payment methods that aren't available when booked directly with the airline.
No matter who you choose to fly with or where you plan to fly, you can pick a payment plan that suits your needs.
And if you need assistance after booking, our human customer service team is just a phone call or WhatsApp message away.
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Eligibility requirements will vary by provider. However, you can expect all to require the following:
Your credit score and the cost of your flights can also impact eligibility.
Once you have booked your flights, chosen your preferred payment plan and made your first payment with your chosen buy now, pay later partner at checkout, your e-ticket will be instantly sent to you.
If you don't receive your ticket instantly, don't worry as we often run procedural checks before sending you your ticket. You will always receive your ticket within 24 hours and we will keep you updated on when it should arrive.
The remaining balance of your payment plan will be paid on the agreed dates of your pay-later schedule. Your payment plan may end after your flight departure date. If this is the case, you'll board your flights before you've paid in full and continue payments after you've travelled.
Yes, there are some European Buy Now Pay Later providers we don't offer at checkout. This includes:
If you don’t see your preferred European payment method, you can still choose from 40+ other ways to pay on Alternative Airlines, including debit and credit cards, digital wallets and cryptocurrency.
You can cancel your flights and may still be refunded even if you purchased your tickets with a buy, now pay later partner.
To do this, you must have booked a refundable ticket or added Alternative Airlines' cancellation protection, which lets you cancel and be refunded in the event of an emergency.
Purchasing flights with a buy now pay later partner at Alternative Airlines is completely safe.
Alternative Airlines is an IATA-accredited travel agency that works only with verified payment providers, and all transactions are encrypted.
All flights booked through us are 100% valid and ticketed through our airline providers.
Many of our buy now, pay later plans are interest-free with no additional costs.
However, some of our providers, typically the ones offering long-term plans, will charge interest. This will be clearly communicated to you at checkout.
If you're late with your payments or miss them entirely, you may be charged a late fee.