Land-Based options for Alor (or 'nearby')

[Plutonist]

I used to use Nusatrip.com to bypass the access issues of booking direct with Indonesian airlines. I have always had trouble EXCEPT with Garuda. Nusatrip changed their credit card verification system so all my cards no longer work. I now book with Tiket.com and actually like it a lot better. Their app is good, their customer service can be accessed via WhatsApp which is nice when you are traveling. I had to whitelist my card with them at one point but my friends and partner had no issues. (Whitelisting it meant e-mailing them a photo of my credit card with my passport in the same frame, unedited.) It's completely safe - my data was never compromised.

Recently, I had to book a flight directly via lionair.co.id with a European credit card and it seemed to work. Two-factor-authorization was handled by an external site (SecurePay) and I did get a booking confirmation from Lion Air. I had to book that flight, because I didn't find any reasonable connection on tiket.com.