You can securely pay for your booking online using the following payment options:

Credit and Debit Cards

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Maestro
• Diners Club / Discover
• American Express
• Carte Bancaire
• JCB
• UnionPay

Digital Wallets

• PayPal
• Apple Pay
• Google Pay
• Alipay 
• WeChat Pay 

Direct Bank Transfers

• Sofort 
• iDEAL 
• Dotpay
• Bancontact

The availability of payment options may vary depending on your country of residence, the currency selected, scheduled time of departure, and the device used.

A convenience fee may be required for processing certain methods of payment.

Payment can be processed in all of the following currencies: 

You need to decide which currency you want to be charged in before you start your search. You can change the selected currency by using the currency switcher located at the top right-hand-side of the homepage.

Refunds

Refunds for cancellations or ticket changes will be handled in the same currency and exchange rate as at the time of booking.

Additional fees

Banks and credit card companies usually charge additional fees for purchases in foreign currencies. In the case a refund is issued, the amount your bank refunds to your account may be subject to foreign currency fluctuations. Omio has no influence over these charges.

CVV

At Omio, we strive for maximum security when handling payments. For this reason, customers paying with credit cards should enter their credit card verification (CVV) number during the booking process. The credit card verification number is a three- or four-digit sequence of numbers printed on the front or back of your card. 

VISA, MasterCard, Maestro, Discover, UnionPay, Diners Club: The three-digit number is located in the signature area on the back of the card.

American Express: The four-digit number is located above the stamp on the front of the card.

3D Secure

3D Secure (3DS) is an additional layer of security that allows cardholders to authenticate their identity with the issuer of their credit card at the time of payment. This requires cardholders to enter an additional password using their particular credit card’s authentication service: “MasterCard Identity Check” at Mastercard, “Visa Secure” at Visa, “Safekey” at American Express, “J/Secure” at JCB and “ProtectBuy” at Diners and Discover.

To make online payment transactions safer, the transaction needs to be confirmed by at least two of the following three elements:

The length of time it takes for a refund to be processed depends on the payment method used.

• Credit card: Refunds can take up to 15 working days to be visible on your bank account.
• PayPal: Refunds can take up to a day to be visible on your PayPal account.
• Direct bank transfer (Ideal, Sofort): Refunds can take up to 15 working days to be visible on your bank account.

Please take into consideration that if you cancel your booking, we first have to wait for our travel partner to reimburse us before we can issue your refund. 

Please do not file a dispute with your credit card company or PayPal if you have a pending refund request. Once a dispute is filed, we are not able to process your refund until it clears and that can take additional time for processing.

If the deadline to receive your refund has passed, please contact us using one of the channels below.

Don’t worry if your payment is initially declined:

• You may have entered incorrect payment details. Double check your card details and billing address and try again.
• Your card issuer may have not authorized your transaction due to a technical error or blocked it due to unusual activity. Please contact your card issuer or try another card or payment method.
• You may have exceeded your card limit. Try again using another card or payment method.

If your problem persists, it could be that your card issuer is preventing international payments for security reasons. Please inform your bank of your intention of making a purchase with us and try to book again.

We are here to help! Please contact us below if you continue to experience any issues.

If you experience a booking error, we guarantee that you will be refunded in full. First, please make sure to check that your booking was unsuccessful before you try to book again!

If you have an account, you can check under ‘Your bookings’ for any tickets purchased. If you do not have an account, we kindly ask that you check your email inbox after waiting 30-45 min. You will receive email confirmation in the case your booking was successful.

If your booking failed during the checkout process, you may see a pending charge on your bank account.

Rest assured that your funds have not been deducted and the charge will clear automatically. No further action is required.

Before we can secure your tickets from the travel company, a temporary hold is put on the necessary funds in your bank account. If the following stage of the booking process fails, this amount is released back to you instantly.

It can sometimes take your bank some time to recognise that the funds have been released however. In these instances, you may see a pending charge on your statement.

The money released back to you will not appear as credit from Omio, since the funds were never actually withdrawn.

If you’re concerned about a pending charge on your account, we recommend contacting your bank to put your mind at ease.

Please make sure to check if your booking was unsuccessful before you try to book again! 

If you have an account, you can check under ‘Your bookings’ for any tickets purchased. If you do not have an account, we kindly ask that you check your email inbox after waiting 30-45 min. You will receive email confirmation in the case your booking was successful.

Connectivity issues are rare, but when they do occur your booking can fail at the last moment. In these instances you will receive an error message. These issues are usually resolved quickly. We therefore recommend trying to book again a little later.

First, please make sure to double check if your initial booking was unsuccessful before you try to book again! 

If you have an account, you can check under Your Bookings for any tickets purchased. If you do not have an account, we kindly ask that you check your email inbox after waiting 30-45 min. You will receive email confirmation in the case your booking was successful.

If you’ve tried to book several times without success, we may need to investigate further. Don't hesitate to contact us if you have experienced several failed booking attempts.

We can only issue refunds to the original credit card or payment method and currency used at the time of booking.

In case of an expired credit card or closed account, we kindly ask you to contact our Customer Service team who can provide the Acquirer Reference Number (ARN) with which your bank can locate the refund.

Please contact us using the options below.

If using an Omio promotional voucher during booking, the voucher will not be reimbursed in the case a refund is requested. Per the terms and conditions stipulated in the Omio voucher, the service fees are non-refundable.

In most cases, this is due to a typo in the email address or the wrong email address was provided during booking. Firstly, please check with your bank to see if you were charged.

If you haven't been charged then unfortunately your reservation was not successful—you will need to make another booking.

If you were charged, a confirmation email will have been sent to the email address you provided when you booked. If you can’t find it, please make sure you entered the address correctly and check your spam folder. 

Please contact our Customer Service team and provide them with proof of payment. Based on this information, we can locate your booking and re-send your confirmation. 

Please note, if you were redirected to a travel company website to complete your booking, you will need to contact them for after-sales support. This is because the booking was not made within our system and we do not have access to your reservation details.

If you have an Omio account, you can re-send your confirmation email by selecting the option from the Your Bookings page. If you haven’t received a confirmation email within 24 hours of booking, or your departure is less than a day away, please contact us.

Our system is designed to retrieve and compare ticket prices from over 350 travel companies worldwide in real-time. Because ticket prices and availability can be updated at any moment, this can result in a price change whilst booking with Omio.

If a price change happens, you will be notified before the booking is confirmed and before any payment is made. As the prices are set and updated by the travel companies themselves, we do not have any the possibility to alter the prices shown.

Some bookings made with Omio require the payment of a service fee. This helps us to run our platform and allows us to offer first-rate customer service. The total cost of the tickets and the service fee will always be displayed before confirmation of any payment.

Most travel companies we work with consider the ticket itself to be an invoice. If you book via Omio and there is a booking fee, you will receive an invoice for our services in your confirmation email.

What is iDEAL?

With iDEAL you can make online payments reliably, securely and easily through a direct online transfer. Payments are done using your bank’s mobile banking app or online banking environment.

Is iDEAL a safe?

iDeal is a secure payment method since the payment is done within your bank’s app or environment, using strong security techniques and standards.

How to use iDEAL on Omio.com?

When finalizing your booking, you can choose the payment option “iDEAL – Direct Bank Payment”.

After choosing your bank, you can pay via your bank’s app or website.

After logging in, you get an overview of the transactions and the instructions on how to pay the bill.

After confirming the transaction by entering the security code, you can review the complete order including amount, transaction ID, order number and finalize the booking.

Why can’t I use iDEAL?

• The currency you selected is not supported by iDEAL. Only EUR payments are accepted.
• You are not a resident of the Netherlands.
• Your bank does not have a license for processing iDEAL payments. In case your bank name does not appear in the drop-down menu, your bank is probably not supported by iDEAL.