Vayama Flight Search Review and $40 off Coupon Code

by Elizabeth

Update: The original $20 off link may no longer work. Use the following link for a $40 off coupon code.

Fall Into Deals: Get $40 off per airline booking


Fall Into Deals: Get $40 off per airline booking

As someone who loves to search for travel deals by scouring online travel search engines, I’ve been watching Vayama since it launched last year.

Vayama focuses on international plane tickets and negotiates deals for discounted international tickets.

Recently I got an exclusive offer in my inbox for a Vayama $20 off coupon code for Go Green Travel Green readers. Unless the deal is amazing, we tend not to post offers and sales. But the economy shouldn’t prevent you from taking your next trip abroad and there’s no catch here: you buy a ticket through Vayama, you get a $20 discount.

Without further ado, here’s the link for the Vayama coupon. Check out my thoughts on Vayama below.

Vayama – International Travel Solved $15 off each booking coupon code – CJFLIGHTS15
One thing I really appreciate about Vayama is their Vayama country guides and etiquette (click Vayama – International Travel Solved $15 off each booking coupon code – CJFLIGHTS15
country etiquette under “Travel Insights”). The etiquette guides offer great insight about how to be a more culturally sensitive traveler.

Vayama Visual Presentation

Another great piece of the Vayama website is the visual presentation. The layout of the prices and itinerary options is much cleaner than other sites. The Vayama graphic of your route at the top of the page is nice, too.

Vayama Offers Competitive Prices

I’ve used Vayama for countless comparative searches for international flights. They have consistently turned up with matching or lower prices for other airfare searching sites, including Kayak and Orbitz.

A little more information about Vayama from their site:

Vayama.com is not just another travel web site. Vayama is a new (and fun) way to search and book international flights. Compare 100′s of international airfares in one place.

Vayama Website Features:
- Search 100′s of international airline airfares in one place.
- More international flights than any other website. 100+ airlines and 191 countries.
- Save up to 63% on international flights.
- Offers international and domestic travel, but specializes in international.
- Interactive world map and innovated 3-D seat maps.
- Travel tips, taxi and public transportation information.
- Passport, visa, health and safety information.

Our [Vayama] interactive (and cool) map tool is a great way to access a wider selection of airlines, routes and fares, many never previously available online. Vayama provides you more flight choices to select from, so you can find the lowest prices and best schedules.

Whether you are traveling for leisure, visiting friends and family in other countries, or heading overseas on business, vayama is excellent for international travelers.

Vayama is a subsidiary of BCD Holdings NV, one of the world’s leading travel logistics companies.

So, if you’ve got a trip coming up, check out Vayama and use the $20 off coupon code: Vayama – International Travel Solved $15 off each booking coupon code – CJFLIGHTS15
. The code expires.


Get $40 Off Select Bookings This January

Also, if you find this post about Vayama helpful let me know in the comments and I’ll pass more offers along.

Stay current with Vayama Coupon Codes with Vayama Coupon Codes: Vayama International Flight Search

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{ 8 comments… read them below or add one }

Kim January 2, 2009 at 9:18 pm

Think twice before using Vayama. When we landed in Bolivia this summer of 2008, Aerosur would not honor the tickets we purchased from Vayama. We had to buy new tickets. I am still, 5 months later trying to get Vayama to refund money for that leg of the trip. In fact, they have not responded to my last 2 emails.

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Elizabeth January 3, 2009 at 3:34 pm

@Kim – Thanks for your feedback. That’s really good information to know about Vayama. What was the reasoning from Vayama when they responded the first times?

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Buy.com Coupons November 21, 2009 at 10:58 am

Great coupon!

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korting December 15, 2010 at 6:25 am

When searching for vacation destination coupons, you may see that a number of of the destinations and attractions that supply coupons are well-known and usually considered vacation ?hotspots.? It really is crucial to bear in mind that not all vacation destinations give on the net coupons to travelers. Just considering coupons can not exist for the destination of your selection, doesn’t mean that you shouldn?t at the least appear for them. You may end up being shocked with what you obtain.

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online discount coupon April 1, 2011 at 2:34 am

Kim thanks for the information. I almost take the coupon.

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Redding_Travelers July 9, 2011 at 2:17 am

AWFUL EXPERIENCE WITH VAYAMA

We booked our flight from Sacramento to Istanbul with a flight change in LA 5 months in advance. The day before our flight we tried to check into our SAC to LA flight online. There was no record of our names. We called Vayama. They told us that 1 month earlier they had emailed us twice to notify us that our 2 pm flight from Sac to LA was cancelled. We were supposed to have responded to those emails so that they’d book us on a 9 am flight instead. Since we’d never responded, they hadn’t bought the tickets…they’d pocketed our $2,800.

We didn’t respond to the emails because WE NEVER GOT THE EMAILS! Either they went into Junk Mail or they weren’t actually sent. Who knows. (Vayama BAD SERVICE POINT #1) Vayama had our phone number & mailing address but NEVER bothered to contact us through those means. After spending $2,800 on two flights to Istanbul for a 3 week vaccation, I’d think that it was obvious that we had all intentions of going. Especially after our credit card company had already paid Vayama & we never asked for a refund after our cancelled flight.

We told Vayama the night before our flight that “yes, we want to be on the 9 am flight”. Vayama confirmed that we were on the 9 am flight and emailed the new itinerary. They called us back an hour later to say that the 9 am flight was sold out so we could go on the 6 am flight. It was 11:30 pm at this point & we live 2.5 hours away from the Sac airport. Vayama said we could take the 6 am flight or change our flight plans for another day. We told them that we wanted the 6 am flight & that we needed confirmation ASAP because we were going to head out for SAC airport ASAP.

(Vayama BAD SERVICE POINT #2) Vayama NEVER called us to confirm that we were on the 6 am flight. In fact, we tried repeatedly to call them between midnight & 11 am to get confirmation (we didn’t sleep as we finished packing & drove to the airport) and NEVER talked with anyone from Vayama. Calls would go to their automated system and then we were left on hold until the system hung up on us. There were a few times that Vayama seemingly answered the phone but then the phone went dead. We suspect that they had caller ID and weren’t interested in speaking with us.

We got to the airport at 4:30 am, and went to the US Airways terminal because Vayama wrote an email to us listing our 6 am flight as a US Airways flight and included a US Airways flight number. When we spoke to a US Airways representative, they informed us that we were actually booked on a United flight and would have to catch a shuttle to the other terminal. We missed our 6 am flight. Why did we miss our flight? A United baggage agent wouldn’t check us in because we were at her desk 28 minutes before the flight & the deadline to check baggage is 30 minutes before the flight.

United could have split my husband & I up and sent us from Sac to LA on the last seats available on a United and an American Airways flight (one seat available per flight), however, Vayama’s travel code required that we travel on the same flight.

Our solution: Book a flight via Southwest from Sac to LA. We bought these $400 tickets in the hope that we’d make our LA to Istanbul flight later that day.

(Vayama BAD SERVICE POINT #3) While in Sac waiting for our Southwest flight, we FINALLY got Vayama on the phone again at 11 am. We told them that we’d missed our flight but we wanted them to confirm that they had BOUGHT our LA to Istanbul flight (via Turkish Airlines). They would not confirm this!! They said that since we had missed the United flight from Sac to LA that per the fine print of the contract with them that our flights were voided and Turkish Airways was free to re-sell our seats. Even if we made it to LA in time to make our flight to Istanbul, we might not have had tickets. Vayama didn’t care that (a) we only found out about the flight changes a few hours earlier because of their ineffective contact, (b) that we had found a way for us to be in LA on time for the Istanbul flight, & (c) that this was our honeymoon (which we told them just to increase the emotional factor for them)!

My husband immediately called Turkish Airlines (LA to Istanbul) & checked us into that flight, not knowing if our tickets would be honored when we got to LA. Or, if we did get to Istanbul, would our return tickets be honored.

We have since returned from Istanbul so Vayama had also bought the return tickets. We didn’t have to deal with Vayama on the return, for which we were very thankful.

My husband and I are seasoned travelers. We recognize that changes, difficulties, and problems happen & consider that as part of traveling. We had 3 delayed/cancelled flights & lost luggage not even described above going to & returning from Turkey.

We do have issue with Vayama’s:

(a) attempt to pocket our $2,800 and not even trying to contact us through an alternative means to reschedule us or return the money and

(b) unavailability to confirm our flight when they said that they would call us & be available. The fact that they wouldn’t help us fix the missed United flight problem was in their fine print but the airline was willing to help us out so why wouldn’t Vayama?

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Redding_Travelers July 9, 2011 at 2:18 am

AWFUL EXPERIENCE WITH VAYAMA

We booked our flight from Sacramento to Istanbul with a flight change in LA 5 months in advance. The day before our flight we tried to check into our SAC to LA flight online. There was no record of our names. We called Vayama. They told us that 1 month earlier they had emailed us twice to notify us that our 2 pm flight from Sac to LA was cancelled. We were supposed to have responded to those emails so that they’d book us on a 9 am flight instead. Since we’d never responded, they hadn’t bought the tickets…they’d pocketed our $2,800.

We didn’t respond to the emails because WE NEVER GOT THE EMAILS! Either they went into Junk Mail or they weren’t actually sent. Who knows. (Vayama BAD SERVICE POINT #1) Vayama had our phone number & mailing address but NEVER bothered to contact us through those means. After spending $2,800 on two flights to Istanbul for a 3 week vaccation, I’d think that it was obvious that we had all intentions of going. Especially after our credit card company had already paid Vayama & we never asked for a refund after our cancelled flight.

We told Vayama the night before our flight that “yes, we want to be on the 9 am flight”. Vayama confirmed that we were on the 9 am flight and emailed the new itinerary. They called us back an hour later to say that the 9 am flight was sold out so we could go on the 6 am flight. It was 11:30 pm at this point & we live 2.5 hours away from the Sac airport. Vayama said we could take the 6 am flight or change our flight plans for another day. We told them that we wanted the 6 am flight & that we needed confirmation ASAP because we were going to head out for SAC airport ASAP.

(Vayama BAD SERVICE POINT #2) Vayama NEVER called us to confirm that we were on the 6 am flight. In fact, we tried repeatedly to call them between midnight & 11 am to get confirmation (we didn’t sleep as we finished packing & drove to the airport) and NEVER talked with anyone from Vayama. Calls would go to their automated system and then we were left on hold until the system hung up on us. There were a few times that Vayama seemingly answered the phone but then the phone went dead. We suspect that they had caller ID and weren’t interested in speaking with us.

We got to the airport at 4:30 am, and went to the US Airways terminal because Vayama wrote an email to us listing our 6 am flight as a US Airways flight and included a US Airways flight number. When we spoke to a US Airways representative, they informed us that we were actually booked on a United flight and would have to catch a shuttle to the other terminal. We missed our 6 am flight. Why did we miss our flight? A United baggage agent wouldn’t check us in because we were at her desk 28 minutes before the flight & the deadline to check baggage is 30 minutes before the flight.

United could have split my husband & I up and sent us from Sac to LA on the last seats available on a United and an American Airways flight (one seat available per flight), however, Vayama’s travel code required that we travel on the same flight.

Our solution: Book a flight via Southwest from Sac to LA. We bought these $400 tickets in the hope that we’d make our LA to Istanbul flight later that day.

(Vayama BAD SERVICE POINT #3) While in Sac waiting for our Southwest flight, we FINALLY got Vayama on the phone again at 11 am. We told them that we’d missed our flight but we wanted them to confirm that they had BOUGHT our LA to Istanbul flight (via Turkish Airlines). They would not confirm this!! They said that since we had missed the United flight from Sac to LA that per the fine print of the contract with them that our flights were voided and Turkish Airways was free to re-sell our seats. Even if we made it to LA in time to make our flight to Istanbul, we might not have had tickets. Vayama didn’t care that (a) we only found out about the flight changes a few hours earlier because of their ineffective contact, (b) that we had found a way for us to be in LA on time for the Istanbul flight, & (c) that this was our honeymoon (which we told them just to increase the emotional factor for them)!

My husband immediately called Turkish Airlines (LA to Istanbul) & checked us into that flight, not knowing if our tickets would be honored when we got to LA. Or, if we did get to Istanbul, would our return tickets be honored.

We have since returned from Istanbul so Vayama had also bought the return tickets. We didn’t have to deal with Vayama on the return, for which we were very thankful.

My husband and I are seasoned travelers. We recognize that changes, difficulties, and problems happen & consider that as part of traveling. We had 3 delayed/cancelled flights & lost luggage not even described above going to & returning from Turkey.

We do have issue with Vayama’s:

(a) attempt to pocket our $2,800 and not even trying to contact us through an alternative means to reschedule us or return the money and

(b) unavailability to confirm our flight when they said that they would call us & be available. The fact that they wouldn’t help us fix the missed United flight problem was in their fine print but the airline was willing to help us out so why wouldn’t Vayama?

Reply

Redding_Travelers July 9, 2011 at 2:18 am

AWFUL EXPERIENCE WITH VAYAMA

We booked our flight from Sacramento to Istanbul with a flight change in LA 5 months in advance. The day before our flight we tried to check into our SAC to LA flight online. There was no record of our names. We called Vayama. They told us that 1 month earlier they had emailed us twice to notify us that our 2 pm flight from Sac to LA was cancelled. We were supposed to have responded to those emails so that they’d book us on a 9 am flight instead. Since we’d never responded, they hadn’t bought the tickets…they’d pocketed our $2,800.

We didn’t respond to the emails because WE NEVER GOT THE EMAILS! Either they went into Junk Mail or they weren’t actually sent. Who knows. (Vayama BAD SERVICE POINT #1) Vayama had our phone number & mailing address but NEVER bothered to contact us through those means. After spending $2,800 on two flights to Istanbul for a 3 week vaccation, I’d think that it was obvious that we had all intentions of going. Especially after our credit card company had already paid Vayama & we never asked for a refund after our cancelled flight.

We told Vayama the night before our flight that “yes, we want to be on the 9 am flight”. Vayama confirmed that we were on the 9 am flight and emailed the new itinerary. They called us back an hour later to say that the 9 am flight was sold out so we could go on the 6 am flight. It was 11:30 pm at this point & we live 2.5 hours away from the Sac airport. Vayama said we could take the 6 am flight or change our flight plans for another day. We told them that we wanted the 6 am flight & that we needed confirmation ASAP because we were going to head out for SAC airport ASAP.

(Vayama BAD SERVICE POINT #2) Vayama NEVER called us to confirm that we were on the 6 am flight. In fact, we tried repeatedly to call them between midnight & 11 am to get confirmation (we didn’t sleep as we finished packing & drove to the airport) and NEVER talked with anyone from Vayama. Calls would go to their automated system and then we were left on hold until the system hung up on us. There were a few times that Vayama seemingly answered the phone but then the phone went dead. We suspect that they had caller ID and weren’t interested in speaking with us.

We got to the airport at 4:30 am, and went to the US Airways terminal because Vayama wrote an email to us listing our 6 am flight as a US Airways flight and included a US Airways flight number. When we spoke to a US Airways representative, they informed us that we were actually booked on a United flight and would have to catch a shuttle to the other terminal. We missed our 6 am flight. Why did we miss our flight? A United baggage agent wouldn’t check us in because we were at her desk 28 minutes before the flight & the deadline to check baggage is 30 minutes before the flight.

United could have split my husband & I up and sent us from Sac to LA on the last seats available on a United and an American Airways flight (one seat available per flight), however, Vayama’s travel code required that we travel on the same flight.

Our solution: Book a flight via Southwest from Sac to LA. We bought these $400 tickets in the hope that we’d make our LA to Istanbul flight later that day.

(Vayama BAD SERVICE POINT #3) While in Sac waiting for our Southwest flight, we FINALLY got Vayama on the phone again at 11 am. We told them that we’d missed our flight but we wanted them to confirm that they had BOUGHT our LA to Istanbul flight (via Turkish Airlines). They would not confirm this!! They said that since we had missed the United flight from Sac to LA that per the fine print of the contract with them that our flights were voided and Turkish Airways was free to re-sell our seats. Even if we made it to LA in time to make our flight to Istanbul, we might not have had tickets. Vayama didn’t care that (a) we only found out about the flight changes a few hours earlier because of their ineffective contact, (b) that we had found a way for us to be in LA on time for the Istanbul flight, & (c) that this was our honeymoon (which we told them just to increase the emotional factor for them)!

My husband immediately called Turkish Airlines (LA to Istanbul) & checked us into that flight, not knowing if our tickets would be honored when we got to LA. Or, if we did get to Istanbul, would our return tickets be honored.

We have since returned from Istanbul so Vayama had also bought the return tickets. We didn’t have to deal with Vayama on the return, for which we were very thankful.

My husband and I are seasoned travelers. We recognize that changes, difficulties, and problems happen & consider that as part of traveling. We had 3 delayed/cancelled flights & lost luggage not even described above going to & returning from Turkey.

We do have issue with Vayama’s:

(a) attempt to pocket our $2,800 and not even trying to contact us through an alternative means to reschedule us or return the money and

(b) unavailability to confirm our flight when they said that they would call us & be available. The fact that they wouldn’t help us fix the missed United flight problem was in their fine print but the airline was willing to help us out so why wouldn’t Vayama?

Reply

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