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- Airlines will always try to sit children with their parents (subject to check-in)
- Some airlines will allow travel for unaccompanied minors. Please email us to check.
- The fare is based on the child's age on the date of travel.
- More detailed information can be found here Traveling with children
- Most airlines will let infants travel with their parent(s) for free. However some airlines will charge up to 10% of the adult ticket price. Click on 'Price Breakdown' to find out more.
- If you are pregnant, but due before the flight departure date, please contact us once your baby is born and has a name. We can then add him/her to your ticket.
- Infants will not be given a seat. The airlines expect parents to travel with them on their lap.
- Airlines regard infants as being under 24 months old.
- The fare is based on the child's age on the date of travel.
- More detailed information can be found here Traveling with children
Buy flights with Giropay on Alternative Airlines
Alternative Airlines allows you to pay for flights with Giropay on hundreds of different airlines.
Giropay Flights
Search for your flight with Alternative Airlines and pay using Giropay. You can use Giropay on the hundreds of airlines that Alternative Airlines offer.
About Giropay
Giropay is a German online payment method which is based on the idea of online banking. The company was founded by the German Postbank, Star Finanz, Fiductia IT and GAD, and was introduced as a payment method in 2006. It works similar to the Dutch payment method iDeal, where the customer pays via bank transfer from their bank account to the online retailer they are shopping with. Giropay uses real-time bank transfers, which means that all payments are 100% guaranteed as the money is transferred straight from the consumer's bank to the retailer.
Who can use Giropay?
Griopay can be used by German consumers who already have the facility to use internet banking with a bank that supports Giropay. Currently, over 1,500 German cooperative banks and Sparkassen allow their customers to use Giropay. This means that approximately 85% of all German customers can choose to pay with Giropay, and about 17 million German online banking customers.
If your bank does not support Giropay, there are many alternative ways to pay for your flights on Alternative Airlines.
How to pay with Giropay
When at the checkout, you will be able to select Giropay as a payment method for your flights. The customer will then be able to select their bank from the list of German banks that are offering Giropay.
They will then be able to review and check the payment details which have been pre-filled by the merchant, such as who is being paid and how much. Customers will then have to authorise the transaction, either by a transaction number sent via SMS, or by entering their PIN and account number.
The bank will then authorise this transaction in real-time, meaning the money is taken straight from the customer’s account and into the merchants account.
Giropay FAQs
Can I buy flights with Giropay?
Yes, you can use Giropay to buy flights with Alternative Airlines.
What is Giro Payment?
A bank giro payment is a payment where a bank is instructed to transfer funds from one bank account to another by the payer, not the payee. This is where Giropay is assumed to have got its name from, as this is the concept behind Giropay.
What is Giro Payment?
Giropay is a banking method which can be used to pay for flights on Alternative Airlines. Read above for more information on this payment method.
Who accepts Giropay as a payment method?
We do! Alternative Airlines accepts Giropay as a payment method for flights. A number of other retailers also accepts Giropay as a payment method, with 16% of online transactions in Germany being via this payment method.
