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Airlines accepting Paypal payments for flights in 2011

Friday, September 30th, 2011

It’s time for our annual review of which airlines accept Paypal as a form of payment for purchasing flights.

Paypal has become a mainstream form of online payment used by millions of people worldwide. A number of large international airlines allow Paypal transactions, though in some cases there are restrictions of use in terms of countries and currencies.

Let’s take a look at this year’s listing:

AirTravelGenius.com Paypal Airlines List for 2011

Air Asia – direct debit in AUD only
Air China – US, Australia, Singapore, South Korea
American Airlines – US/Canada/UK only
British Airways
China Airlines
China Southern Airlines
Continental Airlines
Delta Airlines – US only
El Al
Emirates – GBP/EUR only
Hainan Airlines
Jet 2 – GBP/EUR only
JetBlue
LAN – US
Lufthansa
Monarch Airlines – GBP/EUR only
Singapore Airlines
Southwest Airlines
Transavia
United Airlines – US only
US Airways
Vueling

singapore airlines paypal

China Southern and Hainan currently have a 3%-10% rebate off flights when paying by Paypal for international flyers.

Note also that Australian travel agents Webjet, Jetabroad and Flight Centre accept Paypal for flight bookings.

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Airlines accepting Paypal for flight payments

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

NOTE: UPDATED LISTING of Paypal Airlines for 2011 go here: Airlines Accepting Paypal 2011

Following our surveys in 2008 and 2009 its time to review once again which airlines accept Paypal as a form of payment for purchasing flights. Whilst all the major airlines in the US accept Paypal payments, the uptake from other international airlines has been less widespread.

The 2010 Paypal airlines list:

US airlines:

American Airlines – US/Canada/UK customers only
Delta – US customers only
United Airlines
Continental Airlines
US Airways
Southwest Airlines
JetBlue
Midwest Airlines (merged with Frontier)

International airlines:

Lufthansa
British Airways (added Jan 2011)
Emirates – GBP/EUR transactions only
Transavia
Monarch Airlines
Jet 2 – GBP/EUR transactions only
Vueling

transavia paypal

Air Asia – Australia flights only (though currently there is no info about Paypal on their website??)

Travel Agents:

Australia agent Webjet will allow you to pay for booking flights (including domestic flights with Qantas, Virgin Blue, Tiger Airways and Skywest and all international flights excluding Jetstar). Other Aussie agents using Paypal are Jetabroad and Flight Centre.

Hotwire in the US accepts payments by Paypal.

UPDATE: Airlines Accepting Paypal 2011

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Airlines accepting Paypal payments for flight bookings

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

NOTE: UPDATED LISTING of Paypal Airlines for 2011 go here: Airlines Accepting Paypal 2011

It’s time to update our list of airlines that accept payment via Paypal for flight bookings online. The list has grown a little since last year’s article (2008)  – but this form of payment still remains more common in the US than other parts of the world.

“Paypal” airlines (as of September 2009):

American Airlines – US/UK customers only
Northwest Airlines – US customers only
Delta – US customers only
US Air
Continental Airlines
Southwest Airlines
JetBlue
Midwest Airlines

Lufthansa (Germany)
Monarch Airlines (UK)
Jet 2 (UK) - GBP/EUR transactions only
Emirates (Dubai) - GBP/EUR transactions only
Air Asia (Malaysia)
Air Asia X (Malaysia)

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Some airlines are currently offering incentives to book through Paypal. For example Jet 2 and Monarch are waiving booking fees; JetBlue will give you a free first checked bag; Emirates and AA are offering a 1% cashback to UK residents.

Online agent Hotwire also accepts Paypal as payment for flights.

UPDATE: Airlines Accepting Paypal 2011

And AirTravelGenius.com accepts Paypal for purchases of the Ultimate Airfares & Upgrades Guide

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Airlines Accepting Paypal Payments

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

NOTE: UPDATED LISTING of Paypal Airlines for 2011 go here: Airlines Accepting Paypal 2011

A few readers have asked which airlines are accepting Paypal as a form of payment for buying air tickets. In Europe there is currently only one airline: Monarch Airlines which flies scheduled and charter services around the Med. They are quite well regarded in the industry.

In the US Paypal is more widely used and the following airlines accept it:

Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, Air Tran, US Airways, Delta and Jet Blue.

For Europeans you can buy KLM flights on partner Northwest using Paypal.

Northwest Paypal

In Australia, Air Asia X accepts payment by Paypal – it flies from Gold Coast and Perth to Kuala Lumpur. It will fly from KL to London Stansted from 2009.

Also note that there are occasional “cashback” offers available through Paypal which might get you a small discount off your flight purchase.

You can also invest in the Ultimate Airfares & Upgrades Guide using Paypal.

UPDATE: Airlines Accepting Paypal 2011

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