Families planning a European getaway have fresh incentive to book now, with Aegean Airlines rolling out a limited-time offer that gives children and infants free flights when they travel on the same booking as an adult.
How Aegean’s Kids-Fly-Free Offer Works
Aegean Airlines, Greece’s flag carrier and a member of Star Alliance, has unveiled a promotion aimed squarely at cost-conscious families. For a short booking window, the airline is offering free tickets for children and infants on many of its economy flights, provided they travel with at least one paying adult on the same reservation.
The core of the deal is straightforward. On selected fares, children aged 2 to 11 and infants under 2 receive a 100 percent discount on the base airfare and any fuel surcharge. Parents still pay mandatory airport taxes and fees, but the underlying ticket cost for young travelers can effectively drop to zero, representing substantial savings on multi-child bookings.
The promotion applies to flights operated by Aegean and its regional subsidiary Olympic Air across the carrier’s network, covering both domestic Greek routes and international services around Europe and parts of the Middle East and North Africa. Codeshare flights marketed by Aegean but operated by partner airlines are excluded, so families must ensure the operating carrier is Aegean or Olympic Air at the time of booking.
The offer is valid only for bookings that include at least one adult and one child or infant. It does not apply to unaccompanied minors, and all travelers in the booking must fly on the same itinerary for the discount to apply.
Key Dates, Booking Rules and Eligible Travel Periods
The kids-fly-free offer is strictly time-limited, and families looking to take advantage need to pay close attention to the calendar. Aegean has tied the promotion to a defined booking window in October 2025, during which reservations must be made for travel stretching from late 2025 through the height of the 2026 summer season.
According to the airline’s published conditions, families must book between October 7 and October 14, 2025, to access the promotion. Travel covered by the offer must take place between November 10, 2025, and August 31, 2026, giving customers the option of winter city breaks, Easter getaways and peak-season island holidays under the same family-friendly deal.
Separately, Aegean is also advertising a family-focused travel package sale that runs on slightly different dates. Through its Aegean Travel Packages platform, bookings made between February 10 and February 19, 2026, can unlock 100 percent discounts on flights for infants and children up to 11 years old, plus scaled discounts of up to 30 percent for the rest of the family on selected package itineraries. Those package deals cover travel from March 1 to November 30, 2026, further extending the period in which families can secure lower-cost holidays.
In both cases, the airline stresses that all fares shown in its booking system during the promotional periods already reflect the applied discounts. Once the booking deadlines pass, standard fare conditions and child discounts resume.
Fare Types, Age Limits and Fine Print Families Need to Know
The most generous version of Aegean’s offer is linked to its Family fare, an economy-class product specifically created for group trips with children. When customers select the Family fare during the promotional window, both children and infants can receive a 100 percent discount on the base ticket price and fuel surcharge, subject to the usual taxes and charges.
Families that choose ComfortFlex, a more flexible economy fare, still receive strong benefits: infants get their tickets free, while children’s base fares are discounted by 50 percent. On the carrier’s lower Light and Flex fares, infants can receive up to 90 percent off the base fare, although children’s tickets on those entry-level products are not discounted under the kids-fly-free campaign.
Age definitions matter. Under Aegean’s rules, infants are travelers who will not have reached their second birthday by the end of the trip. Children are passengers between 2 and 11 years old, again calculated based on their age at the conclusion of travel. If a child turns 12 during the journey, Aegean requires that the entire itinerary be booked at an adult fare. Similarly, when an infant turns 2 mid-trip, the airline requires a paid seat at the applicable child fare for all sectors.
Families should also be aware of standard fare conditions still in effect. While tickets can typically be changed, any rebooking may incur a fare difference and change fees based on the selected fare type. Promotional discounts will only apply within the original offer’s validity period. If customers move their travel dates outside those windows, they may lose access to the kids-fly-free pricing even if they keep the same routing.
Double Miles and Added Perks for Loyalty Members
Aegean is weaving its Miles+Bonus loyalty program into the promotion, positioning the deal as not only a way to reduce upfront costs but also to earn rewards faster. For bookings made under the Family or ComfortFlex fares during the campaign, registered Miles+Bonus members can earn double award miles on eligible flights.
To qualify, travelers must input a valid Miles+Bonus membership number at the time of booking, and the booking must meet the promotion’s basic criteria, including at least one adult and one child or infant on the same reservation. According to information publicized by travel trade outlets that track such offers, the extra miles are credited within roughly two weeks after the flight date.
The promotion builds on recent enhancements to Aegean’s loyalty ecosystem. In 2025, the airline deepened its partnership with Emirates, allowing members of each carrier’s programs to earn and redeem miles across both networks. For families, that means flights booked under the kids-fly-free deal can contribute not only to future Aegean trips but potentially to long-haul journeys when miles are redeemed via partners.
While the free and discounted child fares do not themselves carry additional mileage bonuses beyond the double-earning incentive, the adult tickets in a family booking can generate a meaningful mileage return, especially on longer international routes where base mileage accrual is higher.
Family Travel Packages Combine Flights, Hotels and Flexibility
Alongside the standalone airfare promotion, Aegean is actively marketing its Aegean Travel Packages as a one-stop option for families who prefer to bundle flights, hotels and added flexibility into a single purchase. Under the current package campaign, families booking through the platform can secure free flights for children and infants up to age 11, along with varying percentage discounts for adult and teen travelers depending on travel dates.
The package offer, which is available for bookings made through February 19, 2026, includes flights operated by Aegean and Olympic Air and a wide selection of hotels in destinations such as Athens, Crete and other Greek islands. Packages come with benefits such as a checked baggage allowance of 23 kilograms per passenger, an 8-kilogram cabin bag and free standard seat selection on eligible itineraries.
A key selling point is built-in flexibility. Aegean Travel Packages allows unlimited itinerary changes up to eight days before departure for a fixed per-person fee, subject to any fare differences. That level of flexibility is designed to reassure families who may be wary of locking in travel months in advance amid changing school calendars or personal commitments.
Because the flights for children and infants within these packages are discounted by 100 percent on the base fare, the savings can be significant, especially on longer domestic or regional routes that would otherwise command higher per-seat prices during peak periods.
Routes, Destinations and Why Aegean Is Targeting Families Now
Aegean operates a dense network within Greece and connects its main hub in Athens, as well as bases in Thessaloniki and other cities, to destinations throughout Europe and parts of the Middle East and North Africa. Its kids-fly-free initiative effectively positions Greece and neighboring countries as more accessible options for family travel in the lead-up to and during the 2026 peak season.
From Athens, the airline serves popular island gateways including Heraklion in Crete, Rhodes, Santorini and other summer hot spots, along with major European capitals and secondary cities. For families based in markets such as the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany and Scandinavia, the promotion can reduce the total cost of multi-city itineraries that combine a European city break with a week on a Greek island.
The timing of the campaign suggests Aegean is working to stimulate advance bookings and lock in family demand ahead of what is expected to be another strong tourism year for Greece. By encouraging customers to commit earlier with the lure of free seats for children, the airline secures forward revenue visibility while filling off-peak and shoulder-season flights that might otherwise sell more slowly.
For parents, the deal provides a rare chance to cut one of the most expensive line items in a family holiday budget. With airfares across much of Europe remaining elevated compared with pre-pandemic levels, any opportunity to remove the cost of several seats from a booking is likely to attract attention, particularly from larger families.
How This Compares With Other Airlines’ Family Offers
Free flights for children are not entirely new in European aviation, but they remain relatively rare and are usually tied to tight booking windows and specific conditions. In recent years, a handful of regional and low-cost carriers have rolled out limited campaigns allowing kids to fly free on selected routes or dates, often outside peak summer periods.
Aegean’s current promotion distinguishes itself in several ways. It covers a broad network of domestic and international routes rather than a narrow set of city pairs, and it applies across multiple fare types within economy class. The lengthy travel window stretching from November 2025 through August 2026 offers families the flexibility to plan everything from off-season cultural trips to high-season beach holidays under one umbrella promotion.
Another notable element is the integration of the deal with the airline’s broader loyalty and package offerings. By pairing free kids’ tickets with double miles for adults and the option to bundle hotels via Aegean Travel Packages, the carrier is attempting to position itself as a go-to brand for family travel to and within Greece, rather than offering a one-off fare sale disconnected from the rest of its product strategy.
For now, the most important message for prospective travelers is that the opportunity is time-sensitive. Families who hope to take advantage of the free-seat promotion for kids will need to finalize their plans during the specified booking windows and pay careful attention to fare type, age rules and operating-carrier details at checkout.