Flugladen vs Opodo: Where Should You Book Flights?
Flugladen vs Opodo: where should you book flights? Both are agents: your ticket is with the airline, and Flugladen or Opodo only sell it to you. We recommend Flugladen because it is one of our partner shops, so cashback is possible, and because its terms state the fees for changes and cancellations openly. We do not list Opodo. Status October 2026; flight prices move almost hourly.
Where cashback exists
You find Flugladen at Flugladen at daily cashback (a German-language page, as the site targets Germany, Austria and Switzerland). The current rate is shown there, and your booking starts there. Opodo is not one of our partners; a ticket bought there simply carries no cashback from us.
How a cashback flight booking runs
Open Flugladen via the button on its shop page. Disable the ad blocker, accept cookies and close other voucher or comparison tabs before you search. Finish the whole booking in that one visit. You pay the usual fare; in your free account the booking appears as pending.
For trips the cashback is confirmed after the journey, not at purchase, so months can pass between booking and departure. According to the shop page it is calculated on the value of the completed booking, excluding taxes.
Final price and fees
Flugladen shows the return fare per person including taxes on its homepage, and it names the booking fee of 19,99 € as an addition to that fare. Add it whenever you compare two offers.
Opodo states in its terms that the final total with a breakdown of costs appears before you click accept and buy. The safest method: search the same flight on both, go to the last step and put the final amounts side by side.
Changing and cancelling
On both sites the fare rules of the airline decide whether you may change or cancel and what it costs. In the Flugladen terms the airline costs are yours. If Flugladen handles the change or cancellation for you, the terms name 60 € per person, at most 110 € per booking, on top of what the airline charges. A misspelt name can be expensive, so enter it exactly as in the passport.
At Opodo you send change and cancellation requests through your account, the chatbot or the help centre; the terms say they cannot be handled by email. In its app Opodo advertises free same-day cancellation for most flights. For your cashback either way: if you cancel, there is none.
Subscription, guarantee and extras
Opodo offers Prime, a yearly subscription that promises discounts on flights, hotels and car hire, plus a best price guarantee under which Opodo refunds double the difference. Per Opodo, Prime renews automatically and is cancelled fastest by phone. Read the guarantee conditions in the Opodo help section yourself.
Flugladen works without a subscription. Its page about the company mentions a discount of 10 € on your next flight for signing up to the newsletter. You can add the refund cover Refund Protect, which the terms say is not insurance. Besides flights there are hotels, car hire, trains and buses.
At a glance
| Question | Flugladen | Opodo |
|---|---|---|
| Cashback through us | yes, partner shop | no, not a partner |
| When confirmed | after the trip | n/a |
| Cancelled booking | earns nothing | n/a |
| Fees in the price | booking fee is added to the fare shown | breakdown before the buy click |
| Change or cancel | airline fare rules, service fee if Flugladen handles it | airline fare rules, request via account, chatbot or help centre |
| Subscription | none | Prime, yearly |
| Other products | hotels, car hire, trains and buses | hotels, flight plus hotel, car hire, packages, airport transfer |
Who suits what
Occasional flyers are well served by Flugladen: no subscription, clear fee wording and cashback via the shop page. Frequent travellers who bundle hotels and car hire in one account can look at Opodo Prime and work out whether the yearly fee pays off. Anyone worried about changing plans should check the airline fare before paying and think about the optional cover.
What we recommend
For most single flight bookings Flugladen is our choice: cashback is possible, the fees are in the terms and you need no subscription. Which of the two is cheaper in the end only shows in the final amount for the same flight on the same day.
Quick takeaways
- Cashback exists for Flugladen, not for Opodo.
- Enter via the Flugladen shop page, ad blocker off, finish in one visit.
- Confirmation comes after the trip; a cancelled booking earns nothing.
- Compare final amounts including the booking fee and any service fees.
- More travel pages: travel category and the guide understanding cashback.