A Wizz Air All You Can Fly pass holder revealed the truth behind the airline’s unlimited pass.
All You Can Fly is indeed an unlimited pass, but it comes with a few catches.
One in particular is a potential deal breaker.
But there’s good news, too.
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Let’s start with the good news
All-you-can-fly deals used to be relatively common in the past.
Both United and American had them at some point.
But they’re all gone now, and only a handful of airlines are still offering equivalent programs.
For instance, Wizz Air has one.
Let’s start with the good stuff.
The airline’s unlimited pass is relatively inexpensive.
It cost €499 ($578) when it was launched a year ago, and even though the price will go up to €599 ($694) next year, it’s still affordable.
The first flight is included, and every flight thereafter is €9.99 – equivalent to $11.47.
We should point out that €9.99 includes taxes, and that the fare doesn’t change depending on miles covered.
You could use it to go from Milan to Rome or from Milan to Abu Dhabi, and it’d still be €9.99, which is great.
The fare doesn’t include any meals, and you can only carry a backpack unless you pay extra. But to be fair, that’s something most people sort of expect because Wizz Air is a low-cost carrier.
But here’s a key issue with it: you can never plan ahead.
The key issue with Wizz Air All You Can Fly program
As stated in the fine print, ‘the booking of flight tickets must be made between three days (72 hours)’ before departure.
Translated, you can book today for tomorrow or the next day or the day after, but you can’t book today for, say, two weeks from now.
This means the unlimited pass is designed for spur-of-the-moment people who travel light, which is a relatively niche category.
As a result, this Wizz Air All You Can Fly holder – ie, yours truly – only managed to use it a few times in a year. And that included a trip to Malta, pictured above, so the savings weren’t great.
The thing is, Wizz Air is phasing out long-haul destinations, and the company is no longer flying to Abu Dhabi or the Maldives, just to name two destinations that would’ve been more expensive without Wizz Air’s pass.
This means potentially expensive trips are no longer available, and you’re mostly left with short-haul trips within the European continent, which aren’t really expensive to begin with.
But if you’re ready to book today for tomorrow and you’re the sort of person that doesn’t have a problem living out of a backpack for a few weeks out of the year, this might be the pass for you.
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