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Avia.ge compares fares; the airline or agent you book with handles the ticket. Here is what that means in practice.
Baggage
Every result says whether a checked bag is part of the fare. Where it is not, the airline or agent sells one at checkout, and it is almost always cheaper there than at the airport.
Cabin allowances differ. Full-service airlines usually include an 8–10 kg bag; low-cost carriers often include only a small under-seat bag and charge for anything larger. The exact limits are on the provider’s page before you pay.
Changes and refunds
Your ticket is sold by the airline or travel agent you booked with, so changes, cancellations and refunds go through them — Avia.ge never holds a booking and cannot alter one.
Most of the cheapest fares are non-refundable and charge a fee to change dates. If flexibility matters, check the fare rules on the provider’s page before paying.
Check-in
Online check-in opens on the airline’s own site or app, usually 24–48 hours before departure — even when you booked through an agent. You will need the booking reference from your confirmation email.
Airport desks typically close 45–60 minutes before an international departure. Some low-cost carriers charge for checking in at the airport, so do it online where you can.
Payment
You pay the provider, not Avia.ge. The cards they accept and any payment fee are shown on their checkout page.
Prices on Avia.ge are shown in Georgian lari (GEL). If the provider charges in another currency, your bank sets the exchange rate and may add a conversion fee.
Price changes
Airlines reprice constantly and the cheapest seats sell out first. The fare in a result is what the provider reported when we last checked; by the time you reach their site it can have moved.
If the price you see there is different, come back and re-run the search — the results are refreshed and the current cheapest option moves to the top.
Visas and documents
Many countries require a passport valid for at least six months beyond your travel dates, and a connection through a third country can need a transit visa even if you never leave the airport.
Avia.ge does not check documents. Confirm entry rules with the embassy of the country you are visiting, or ask the airline, before you book.
Children and infants
Airlines price by age on the day of travel. An infant is under two and usually travels on an adult’s lap for a small fraction of the adult fare or a fixed fee; a child is two to eleven and pays a child fare where the airline offers one, or the adult fare where it does not. From twelve, everyone is an adult.
Set the counts in “Travellers & cabin” before you search, so every fare shown already includes the right price for each person. One adult can carry one lap infant; a second infant needs a seat and is booked as a child. If a birthday falls during the trip, the return leg is priced at the older band.
Connections and self-transfer
When one ticket covers both flights, the connection is protected: if the first flight is late, the airline rebooks you on the next available departure at no cost. Every connection in a Avia.ge result is on a single ticket unless the agency says otherwise on its own page, so read the fare details before paying.
Buying two separate tickets — say a low-cost hop to Istanbul and a long-haul flight from there — is often cheaper but leaves you unprotected: a delay on the first means buying a new second ticket. If you do it, leave at least three hours between flights, check whether you need to collect and re-check bags, and confirm you can transit the country without a visa.
Multi-city and open-jaw trips
Choose “Multi-city” in the search form to build a trip of up to six flights, each with its own date. An open-jaw — into Rome, home from Milan — is a two-flight multi-city search and is frequently no dearer than a straight return, since airlines price it as one journey.
Each flight in a multi-city result can be sold by a different agency at a different price, and the itinerary can mix airlines. Check the connection times between your own legs: unlike a through-ticket, the gap between two flights you chose yourself is your responsibility.
Delays, cancellations and compensation
Under EU Regulation 261/2004 a flight that departs from an EU airport, or arrives at one on an EU airline, can entitle you to €250–€600 if it is cancelled at short notice or lands more than three hours late for reasons within the airline’s control. Flights from Tbilisi on a European carrier are covered on the way in; flights on a non-EU airline into Europe generally are not.
Care while you wait — meals, and a hotel for an overnight delay — is owed regardless of the cause. Keep your boarding pass and every receipt, and claim from the airline that operated the flight, not the agency that sold the ticket. Avia.ge has no part in the flight itself, so it cannot process a claim, but its help pages point you to the right door.
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