New Wizz Air promotion: here are the details

Finally, there is a promotion again at Wizz Air. The last promotion was in May, on the occasion of the airline’s birthday. With high prices, a 10 percent discount sounds good: but can we really save that much? Here are the details.

The Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air has announced lowered prices in the case of some of their destinations. According to Okosutas, however, it is telling that instead of the usual 15-20 percent discount, the carrier is now offering only 10 percent off.

As the aviation news portal writes, there is a limit on the value of tickets that can be discounted. Where this limit is varies from route to route. It is clear that below EUR 50, it works for almost all tickets. In these cases, of course, it is barely a EUR 4 saving: the administration fee within the ticket price is not covered by the discount.

Some routes that cost EUR 70-80 are discounted as well. However, most of the Hungarian holiday routes are not, Okosutas warns.

In some cases, we cannot book a return ticket cheaply. The reason is that most routes are priced asymmetrically. It costs EUR 15 outwards, but EUR 100 back for July and August, even to London. Among the holiday resorts, Castellon, for example, is cheap outwards and very expensive back. Meanwhile, return tickets to Burgas are under EUR 50.

As Okosutas concludes, this promotion helps very little, with minimal savings. However, it’s possible that the airline will be happy in the end, as many people don’t realise this and like to book on special offers. Wizz Air will probably get a lot of bookings and this push up the prices.