Flight Centre review

The site lists flights, rail and cruise together, so flights sit alongside rail, cruise, car rental, hotels, packages and tours. A trip that mixes a flight with a hotel or a package can be put together in the same basket rather than across separate providers.

Yes. Flight Centre adds a Online Booking Fee when you book, so the total sits above the headline price. Latam Travellers, by contrast, advertises 0 hidden fees, no contracts, which is worth weighing if fees decide the booking on a longer itinerary.

Support runs on email, chat and phone, which means email, chat, phone and a help centre are all open options. Phone suits a booking that needs changing quickly, while the help centre covers the everyday questions that come up after travel starts.

Yes, there is a mobile app, so flights and hotels can be searched and adjusted away from a desktop. The rest of the range, including rail, cruise, car rental, packages and tours in flights, rail and cruise, is part of the same site rather than a separate app.

The company behind the site is Flight Centre Travel Group Limited, headquartered in Australia. It has been trading since 1982, so bookings sit under a single listed company rather than a trading name.

Not for a coach only trip. The range in flights, rail and cruise has rail and cruise but no buses, so a traveller moving between cities by coach is better served by FlixBus, whose products are bus.

Hertz Bahamas WiFi keeps things narrow with car rental and transfers, a shorter list than the flights, rail and cruise range here. Flight Centre earns its place when the car is part of a wider trip that also includes a flight, a hotel or a cruise.

It suits travellers who want the whole trip handled by the same company and who value being able to phone a person, since support runs on email, chat and phone. It is a weaker fit for anyone shopping mainly on fees, given the Online Booking Fee.