Shop on AirHelp with a Visa card
Shop on AirHelp and pay for your order, instantly and with your own card
Shop on AirHelp the simple way: get a virtual Visa card in minutes and pay for your order on AirHelp directly, or order it and PayFar will place the AirHelp purchase for you. Prices start at $179.99/yr, and you see the final amount before you pay. No shared account, no hidden fees, real people on support.
What shopping on AirHelp costs
Prices exactly as AirHelp charges them. Your card is billed in the same currency, and the conversion is quoted before you confirm, nothing is hidden in the spread.
PayFar charges no monthly fee on the card, you pay AirHelp only.
With a PayFar card, nobody needs your AirHelp login
Every other route asks you to hand over your AirHelp username and password, or to buy a login that belongs to someone else. PayFar issues a Visa card to you instead, you pay AirHelp yourself, from your own account.
Resellers and shared accounts
They pay on your behalf: with access to your account
- ✕They ask for your AirHelp email and password to pay for you
- ✕You wait hours: sometimes a day, for someone to process the order by hand
- ✕A middleman fee on top of the exchange rate, never itemised
- ✕One card funds dozens of accounts: they get flagged together
PayFar
You pay, yourself؛ we only issue the card
- ✓With the card you pay yourself: no username or password is ever handed to anyone
- ✓Pay AirHelp the moment you decide to: the charge clears instantly, at 3am if you like
- ✓No extra payment fee: just the rate of the day, shown before you confirm
Nobody logs into your AirHelp account but you. There is no shared password, no session on someone else's laptop, and nothing to revoke later.
You enter the card at AirHelp checkout and the charge settles from your balance in seconds. No order queue, no operator, no waiting for business hours.
AirHelp charges its own price and PayFar adds no payment fee and no monthly card fee. The conversion rate is quoted before you confirm.
What makes a AirHelp payment go through
Hotels and platforms place a hold on the card at booking and often a second at check-in. AirHelp needs a card that supports real authorisation holds, which is Visa behaviour, not voucher behaviour.
Front desks and airlines occasionally ask to see the paying card. When it carries your own name, that conversation lasts five seconds.
Free-cancellation rates are only actually free if the refund has somewhere to return. Your own card closes that loop; a borrowed payment method leaves the money in someone else's hands.
How to shop on AirHelp with a Visa card
- 1Search and pick your stay, ride or flight on AirHelp
- 2At payment, enter the PayFar card details
- 3Billing country: your PayFar profile country, every time
- 4Keep enough balance for the hold plus the fare itself
- 5Confirm: the booking reference arrives like any other card payment
What you need first
- 1A PayFar Visa, ready in under 3 minutes
- 2A balance of at least $179.99؛ top up in rial
- 3A billing country that matches your PayFar profile
The rest of your travel & rides bill
One card covers all of it. These are the other travel & rides services people pay for with PayFar.
Book on Booking.com
Book on Airbnb
Uber payments
Book on Trip.com
Book on ExpediaShopping on AirHelp: common questions
How much should I top up to shop on AirHelp?
AirHelp plans: AirHelp+ 6 trips $179.99/yr, AirHelp+ 9 trips $249.99/yr. Prices are exactly what AirHelp charges; PayFar adds no monthly card fee, and the conversion rate is quoted before you confirm.
How do I pay on AirHelp with a Visa card?
Open a PayFar account; the virtual Visa card is issued in under 3 minutes. Top up at least $179.99, enter the card number, expiry and CVV at the AirHelp checkout, and set the billing country to the one on your PayFar profile. The charge clears in seconds.
How much extra balance does the authorisation hold need?
Plan for the booking total plus a night's worth of headroom. Holds release automatically after checkout or cancellation, the money was never spent, just reserved.
Can I book on AirHelp for someone else?
Yes: platforms ask for the traveller's name separately from the payer's. You pay with your card; the guest name on the booking is whoever is travelling.
Pay now or pay at the property?
Pay-now rates are usually cheaper and lock the price in dollars today. Pay-later still needs a valid card behind the reservation, the same card covers both.
Get a card that AirHelp accepts
Open an account, top up in rial or crypto, and pay AirHelp yourself, no reseller, no shared login.