Skyscanner cashback and shopping guide.

What is Skyscanner?

Skyscanner is a travel search aggregator founded in 2002 in Edinburgh, Scotland, by Gareth Williams, Barry Smith, and Bonamy Grimes. Through skyscanner.com and its app, travelers compare flight, hotel, and car hire prices across hundreds of airlines, online travel agencies, and providers, then click out to the partner that holds the fare to complete the booking.

Skyscanner is owned by Trip.com Group, the Chinese travel technology company that acquired it in 2016. Skyscanner does not sell the ticket itself: it is a metasearch engine that surfaces prices and hands the booking to the chosen partner, which is why cashback depends on which partner finishes the transaction.

What is Skyscanner known for?

Skyscanner is known for comparing flight, hotel, and car hire prices in one search and pointing travelers to the cheapest provider. The tools that set it apart are the flexible date and "Everywhere" destination searches, price alerts, and a whole-month price grid, all built to find the lowest fare rather than to sell one airline's inventory.

• Flight comparison across hundreds of airlines and travel agencies
• Hotel price comparison through partners such as Agoda, Trip.com, and Expedia
• Car hire comparison through partners such as Discover Cars and Rentalcars
• "Everywhere" search that ranks the cheapest destinations from your airport
• Whole-month and flexible-date price grids to find the lowest fare
• Price alerts that email you when a tracked route drops

What is the Skyscanner cashback rate on ShopBack?

Up-to percentage back on eligible partner bookings; see the live rate on ShopBack

Live rate: see the current Skyscanner rate on ShopBack. A checked rate appears here once the hourly rate check has fresh data; the binding rate is always the one on the Skyscanner page on shopback.com.

Skyscanner cashback on ShopBack is an up-to percentage of the eligible booking value, and it only applies when the booking is completed with one of Skyscanner's listed partners. Flights earn from partners such as Trip.com, Booking.com, Expedia, and others; hotels earn from Agoda, Trip.com, and Expedia; car hire earns from partners such as Discover Cars and Rentalcars. Fees, taxes, service charges, and booking fees are excluded, and hotel bookings must be completed in the same browser session. The live rate is on the ShopBack Skyscanner page.

See the live Skyscanner rate on ShopBack

How do you save money at Skyscanner?

Start every Skyscanner search from the Skyscanner page on ShopBack, because eligible flight, hotel, and car hire bookings pay an up-to cashback rate when they complete with a listed partner. Activation is one click and free, and the cashback is calculated on the booking value before fees, taxes, and service charges.

Use Skyscanner's own price tools to find the lowest fare first. The "Everywhere" search ranks destinations by price, the whole-month grid shows the cheapest days to fly, and price alerts email you when a saved route drops. Book with a listed partner in the same browser session so the cashback tracks; hotel bookings in particular must be finished without leaving the browser.

Match the partner to the category to keep cashback eligible. Flights pay only through listed partners such as Trip.com, Booking.com, and Expedia; hotels pay only through Agoda, Trip.com, and Expedia; car hire pays only through partners such as Discover Cars and Rentalcars. Cashback confirms about 75 days after travel, so book early and let it settle.

Skyscanner promo codes and coupons: what stacks with cashback?

ShopBack lists any active Skyscanner promo codes on its Skyscanner page, right next to the cashback rate, and codes featured there stack with cashback. This page does not publish a Skyscanner coupon list of its own: codes change too often for a static list to stay honest, so the live ShopBack Skyscanner page is the single source.

The deal math is simple: a featured code lowers the price at checkout, and cashback then pays a percentage of what you actually spend. The code to avoid is one from a third-party coupon site, since the Skyscanner terms let a code not featured on ShopBack void the cashback for the entire order.

See current Skyscanner codes and cashback on ShopBack

Skyscanner deals, discounts and sales: what stacks with cashback?

The strongest Skyscanner deals are usually not codes at all: a Skyscanner sale or sitewide discount stacks with cashback automatically, because cashback is calculated on the discounted price you actually pay, and an upsized cashback rate works like an extra sitewide discount on top.

To see today's Skyscanner deals in one place, open the Skyscanner page on ShopBack: the current cashback rate, any featured discount codes, and upsized offers are listed together there. This page does not maintain its own Skyscanner sales list, because offers change too fast for a static page to stay honest.

How do you earn cashback at Skyscanner?

1. 1

   Start at ShopBack

   Open the merchant page on ShopBack (site, app, or browser extension) and click through to the merchant.

2. 2

   Shop in the same session

   Complete the purchase on the merchant site without visiting other coupon or deal sites in between, so the order tracks to your ShopBack account.

3. 3

   Wait for tracking

   Cashback appears as pending in your ShopBack account, usually within 2 days of the order.

4. 4

   Withdraw your cashback

   Once the merchant confirms the order (after the return window closes), the cashback becomes withdrawable to a bank account or PayPal.

When are the best times to buy at Skyscanner?

How does Skyscanner compare with alternatives?

Skyscanner, Trip.com, and Expedia all help US travelers find and book trips, and each has a distinct strength. The table compares what each does best so you can pick the right tool for a given search.

Is Skyscanner legit and safe to shop at?

Skyscanner is an established travel brand: founded in 2002 in Edinburgh and operating one of the most widely used flight comparison tools worldwide. Since 2016 it has been owned by Trip.com Group, a Nasdaq-listed travel technology company, which gives it the backing of a large public parent.

Skyscanner is a comparison tool, so the actual booking, payment, and customer service happen with the partner airline or agency you click through to. Skyscanner shows each provider before you commit and links out to complete the purchase; the partner's own confirmation, cancellation, and refund terms then apply to your booking.

Cashback on Skyscanner through ShopBack adds no cost to the booking. The reservation is placed with the listed partner at that partner's price; ShopBack is paid a referral commission and shares it with the member. Cashback tracks only when the booking completes with an eligible partner and confirms after travel.

What are Skyscanner shipping, returns, and payment options?

Shipping

Skyscanner delivers nothing physical: it hands you off to the chosen partner, which sends the confirmation and e-ticket. Your flight, hotel voucher, or car hire confirmation arrives by email from that partner, and you manage the booking in the partner's account rather than on Skyscanner.

Returns

Cancellations and refunds follow the partner's policy, not Skyscanner's, since the partner holds the booking. Skyscanner shows the fare type and provider before you click out, and the partner's confirmation email states the cancellation and refund rules. Cancelled or refunded bookings are not eligible for cashback.

Payments

Payment is taken by the partner you book with, so accepted cards and methods depend on that provider. As of August 2026, Skyscanner itself charges nothing for the comparison. Note that a promo code not featured on ShopBack, and any part paid with a voucher, can void the cashback on the booking.

Which Skyscanner purchases are excluded from cashback?

• Cashback only applies when the booking completes with one of Skyscanner's listed partners for flights, hotels, or car hire.
• Hotel bookings must be completed immediately in the same browser session, via the link on the ShopBack page.
• Hotel bookings must have travel dates within 2 years of the booking date and must be used, not canceled.
• Gift card and voucher purchases and redemptions do not earn cashback.
• Fees, taxes, service charges, and booking fees are excluded from the calculation.
• Cancelled, refunded, no-show, and rejected bookings, and changes that alter the booking ID, are not eligible.

The full, current terms live on the Skyscanner page on www.shopback.com .

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Terms used on this page

• Metasearch. A search engine that compares prices across many airlines and travel agencies at once, then links out to the chosen provider to complete the booking rather than selling the ticket itself.
• Everywhere search. A Skyscanner feature that ranks destinations by the cheapest available fare from your chosen airport when you have not fixed a destination.

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This page is editorial reference material, not an offer. Rates, terms, and merchant policies change; the binding versions live on shopback.com and the merchant's own site. Read how this page is researched and maintained.