Editor's Review
Online travel agencies compete on two numbers: the fare you see first and the total you pay last. eDreams is one of the larger European agencies, and its app mirrors the website, searching a wide pool of airlines including itineraries that pair two separate carriers on one trip, with hotels and car hire kept alongside.
Search is the strong part. Flexible date views, price alerts on a route you have not committed to, filters by stops, times and baggage, and multi-city itinerary building all move quickly, and the trips section afterwards holds booking references and schedules in one place. For anyone comparing a route across a dozen carriers, that is a genuine saving of effort.
The complications deserve reading before you book. eDreams sells a paid membership called Prime that discounts fares for subscribers, offered during checkout with a trial period that converts into a recurring charge unless it is cancelled, and that arrangement is the single most common complaint attached to the brand. Booking through an agency also inserts a party between you and the airline: when a flight is cancelled or moved, refunds and rebooking run on the agency's timetable and its fees rather than the carrier's. Cheap self-connecting itineraries are cheap for a reason, since a missed link between two separate tickets carries none of the protection a single through-ticket gives you.
A 4.28 average across 10M+ installs describes an app that searches well. Use it to find the fare, then think hard about where you buy it.
Features
Flight search across many airlines, including combined-carrier itineraries
Flexible date views and price alerts on saved routes
Hotel and car hire booking inside the same account
Filters for stops, departure times, baggage and airline
Trips section holding booking references and schedules
Prime membership offering discounted fares for a recurring fee
Pros
Fast, broad search that surfaces fares a single airline's own app will never show
Price alerts watch a route for you before you are ready to commit
Flights, hotels and cars end up in one booking history
Cons
Prime is pushed at checkout and its trial renews into a paid subscription unless cancelled
Agency fees sit between the headline fare and the amount finally charged
Changes and refunds go through eDreams rather than the airline, which slows them down
Self-connecting itineraries leave you unprotected if the first leg runs late
Questions people ask
What is Prime and will I be charged for it?
Prime is a paid membership that discounts fares for subscribers. It is commonly presented during checkout with a trial that becomes a recurring charge unless you cancel within the trial window, so read that screen rather than tapping through it.
My flight was cancelled. Who do I contact?
The agency you booked through, not the airline, because the ticket was issued on your behalf. That extra layer is the main practical cost of booking through an intermediary and is worth weighing against the saving.
Are the cheapest results always a single ticket?
Not always. Some of the lowest fares combine two separate carriers on separate tickets. If the first flight is late, the second airline has no obligation to you, so check how the itinerary is put together before booking.
