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Yes. Book Avianca on Laters.com, pick a pay-later plan inside the checkout, and get the e-ticket straight away. This holds on every route Avianca flies and every fare class it sells, so there is no route or fare to check first, only a plan to choose once the flight is picked.
Paying later is a payment method at the Laters.com checkout, not something Avianca has to switch on, which is why it works on every route we ticket. Search the route, choose a provider on the payment screen, pick a plan, and the e-ticket arrives as soon as payment is approved. Which plans a traveller sees is set by the country they book from, not by the airline they fly, so checkout shows only the plans their fare qualifies for. There is nothing to work out in advance.
An instalment plan leaves the fare alone, and the baggage allowance, and the seat. The traveller flies as Avianca's own passenger on Avianca's own fare rules, and only the paying is spread. Interest-free instalment plans run a soft eligibility check that does not affect a credit score, while interest-bearing monthly financing runs a full credit check, and approval is never guaranteed on either. A reader who wants no plan at all can still pay in full by card, or with crypto, at the same checkout.
Providers are the LatAm list at the Laters.com checkout; your booking shows the ones offered.
Split the fare on Avianca flights at the Laters.com checkout with the pay-later providers for LatAm. Plans and approval depend on the provider and your booking; Laters.com charges no booking fees or payment surcharges.
Installments across Colombia and Brazil.
This is a calculator, not a brochure. Set an Avianca fare and every plan shape below prices itself against that number, splitting it into instalments or a longer financing term so you can compare the real cost side by side.
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Suits a shorter regional Avianca fare. Offered through Affirm Stripe, Afterpay or Clearpay, no interest, though a late fee may apply. A quarter of the fare charges at checkout.
Better suited to a long-haul or premium-cabin Avianca fare that four payments won't cover. Offered through Affirm Stripe, Afterpay or Visa, subject to a full credit check, interest applies and the provider sets any late fee. Full fare charges at checkout.
Avianca is paid in full at booking, so the e-ticket issues straight away. You then repay the provider on the schedule chosen. The same instalment shape can carry a different name depending on provider and market.
Illustrative only. The figures above are computed from the fare you set: plain division for the interest-free plans, and each plan's own illustrative rate over its stated term for monthly financing. They are not an offer, a quote, or a prediction of what you will be given. Laters.com is not the lender and takes no part in the decision: which plans appear, the instalment amounts, any interest and fees, and whether you are eligible at all are determined by the provider alone, and depend on a credit or eligibility assessment, your country and your basket. The only way to see your real plans is to choose a provider at checkout, at which point that provider, not Laters.com, approves or declines the purchase. All plans, rates, fees and terms are estimates only and subject to approval and to change.
Booking direct with the airline works fine if you're paying by card in full. But that checkout only searches Avianca, and its pay-later choices stop at what Avianca itself offers. Laters.com searches every airline we sell in one go and carries a wider spread of pay-later plans at checkout. Either way, you get the same Avianca ticket, issued under the airline's own fare rules, with the same baggage allowance, seat selection and loyalty earning. Splitting the payment changes nothing about what you fly.
| What you get | Laters.com | Book direct with Avianca |
|---|---|---|
| Pay later or in instalments at checkout | Split an Avianca fare into instalments or multi-month financing from 40+ providers, chosen at checkout. | Avianca's own checkout takes payment in full by card only, with no instalment option. |
| Compare Avianca against every airline on the route | See Avianca beside every other airline Laters.com sells on the same route, in one search. | Avianca's own site searches Avianca fares only. |
| Pay with crypto | Pay for an Avianca fare in Bitcoin, Ethereum or stablecoins at checkout. | No crypto option on Avianca's own checkout. |
| Managing the trip after booking | Laters.com's support team handles changes, cancellations and refund requests on your behalf and takes them up with Avianca directly. | Manage the booking yourself through Avianca's own account tools and contact centre. |
| Local and regional payment methods | Laters.com's checkout supports local and regional payment methods alongside cards. | Avianca's own checkout is primarily card-based, with no confirmed local-wallet integration. |
Verdicts compare the feature in each row; checkout shows your actual options at the time of booking. Avianca's own site (avianca.com) returned 403 to curl, headless Chromium and a 150-entry proxy retry during this review, so the 'book direct' column reflects this page's own established research and third-party competitor research (a reseller's own marketing pages), not a direct read of Avianca's current checkout. A 2020 vendor announcement said Avianca planned to add its own instalment/multi-payment option; no confirmation was found that it shipped. Sources checked 13 October 2026: Laters.com payment options.
Our editorial rating, out of 10, for what an airline is actually like to fly once you have booked it.
Every airline we ticket is scored on the same 4 measures, so you can compare them like for like before you book. See the full methodology See all airline scores →
Scored by the Laters.com editorial team from the airline’s own published specifications and named third-party measurements. No airline pays to be rated, no placement is sold, and this page contains no affiliate links.
Avianca scores 4.6 out of 10: the plain average of the measures below, rounded to one decimal. Each measure is an editorial assessment of the published facts.
4 measures, scored the same way for every airline we ticket.
Reliability & operations8.5/10
On-time performance runs at 81.73% in Cirium's 2025 annual global ranking, eighth-best worldwide. This is a solid figure, though short of the very top tier.
Comfort & experience3/10
Seat pitch varies by aircraft: about 31 to 36 inches in Economy on the 787-8, and 31 to 33 inches on the A319/A320 narrowbodies. Skytrax currently certifies Avianca as 3-Star, a mid-tier product rating last reviewed in early 2024.
Sources: Skytrax Avianca rating
Value & network3/10
Passenger reviews commonly cite high fees, including baggage charges, as a recurring complaint. Avianca's network connects through its main hub at El Dorado International Airport.
Sources: AirlineRatings.com passenger reviews
Professional airline rating4/10
Skytrax certifies Avianca as a 3-Star airline, a mid-tier rating based on its airport and onboard product and service audit. This professional rating is separate from passenger review scores.
Sources: Skytrax Avianca rating
The published ratings and awards behind this score, each from the body that issued it.
The full method, measure by measure, is on how we score airlines.
The carriers most often compared with Avianca, on the facts we hold for both. Every one of them can be booked on Laters.com with the same payment plans.
| Measure | American | Avianca |
|---|---|---|
| Economy seat pitch | 30 in | 31-36 in |
| Measure | United | Avianca |
|---|---|---|
| Economy seat pitch | 30 in | 31-36 in |
| Measure | Delta | Avianca |
|---|---|---|
| Economy seat pitch | 30-32 in | 31-36 in |
Baggage, fees, miles, refunds and eligibility
Everything about booking Avianca flights on Laters.com and splitting the fare, plus the airline’s own rules that decide what you get.
Yes. Search Avianca (AV) fares on Laters.com and choose a pay-later or instalment plan at checkout instead of paying the full fare up front. Avianca's own booking portal only takes payment in full, so splitting the cost is a Laters.com option layered on top of the fare you find.
No. Avianca's booking system routes to its own itinerary search tool for payment in full, with no instalment option built in. Any pay-later or instalment plan for an Avianca fare comes from Laters.com's checkout, not from Avianca directly.
Missed instalments are handled by the payment provider you select at Laters.com checkout, since Avianca's own system only processes full payment and has no instalment mechanism of its own. Because paying later is a form of credit, only commit to a schedule you can keep up with.
If Avianca cancels your flight, its own conditions of carriage govern refunds and rebooking on the fare itself. Any instalments already charged are between you and the payment provider you chose at checkout, so contact them about adjusting or stopping future payments once the booking changes.
Avianca's on-time arrival rate was 81.73% in Cirium's 2025 annual ranking, placing it eighth among the world's most punctual airlines. That figure is Cirium's measure of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule across the full year, not a Laters.com estimate.
Avianca's cabin bag allowance is 55 x 35 x 25cm (115cm total), per Avianca's own published fare rules. Checked baggage follows a separate, larger size limit, so do not confuse the two when packing.
Seat pitch varies by aircraft: Avianca's Boeing 787-8 Economy cabin runs about 31 to 36 inches, and its Airbus A319/A320 narrowbody Economy cabin runs about 31 to 33 inches. There is no single figure for the whole fleet, so check your aircraft type before booking if legroom matters to you.
A pricier fare, such as one in Avianca's Business cabin, splits into larger instalments over a given plan length than an Economy fare would. Spreading a bigger total over more instalments lowers each individual payment, but remember that paying later is a form of credit, so only choose a length you can comfortably repay.
Avianca operates around 102 aircraft: a narrowbody fleet of Airbus A319s and A320s, including newer A320neo deliveries, for short and medium-haul flying, plus Boeing 787-8s for long-haul routes, per Wikipedia's fleet table (current as of July 2026). Fleet counts change as aircraft are delivered or retired, so treat this as a snapshot.
Yes. Skytrax named Avianca Best Airline in South America in 2017 and in 2018. Skytrax's regional title has been held by other carriers since, so this reflects Avianca's past recognition rather than its current standing.
Review sentiment is mixed: cramped Economy seating and high fees, including baggage charges, are named most often as drawbacks in AirlineRatings.com passenger reviews.
That depends on the specific pay-later provider selected at Laters.com checkout, not on Avianca, since Avianca's own system only takes full payment and has no instalment or credit feature built in. Check the provider's terms at checkout, and remember paying later is a form of credit that should only be used within your means.
Skytrax currently certifies Avianca as a 3-Star airline, a mid-tier rating on Skytrax's scale, last noted as subject to review in early 2024. Independent passenger review sites show mixed results rather than a single clean score, so treat any specific decimal rating for Avianca with caution.
Cirium 2025 annual on-time ranking, via Fortune · Skytrax Avianca rating · CAPA Avianca profile
Avianca is Colombia's flag carrier, and travellers booking through Laters.com can spread the cost of an Avianca fare rather than paying it all upfront.
Flying with Avianca means booking directly into the airline's own network and fare rules. Paying in instalments through Laters.com does not change the fare itself: it is the same price as paying by card in one go. The baggage allowance is whatever the fare you choose carries, and any loyalty miles earned follow the fare class booked, not the payment method. The ticket is issued by Avianca under its own conditions of carriage, so you fly as a normal Avianca passenger from check-in to landing. All paying later changes is the timing of the money leaving your account.
That timing matters because it is credit. Spreading a fare over instalments means committing to future payments, and missing one can bring a late fee or other consequences with the provider handling the plan. Treat it the way you would any other credit commitment: only commit to instalments you're confident you can meet.
Avianca's fleet leans heavily on Airbus narrowbodies, with the A320 family forming the backbone of its short and medium-haul flying, while Boeing 787-8s handle the long-haul routes. This is a mixed fleet rather than a single-type operation, built to cover both regional Colombian routes and longer international legs from the same operator. Cabins on the A320 and 787-8 have been redesigned with increased capacity in recent updates. Fleet counts change as aircraft are delivered or retired, so treat any total as a snapshot rather than a fixed number. Fleet age and cancellation rate aren't included here, as no confirmed, sourced figures for them were available at the time these facts were checked.
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