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« on: August 15, 2024, 22:47:52 »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0k4grpjrylo

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Budget airline Wizz Air has launched an 'all you can fly' subscription, which offers customers unlimited flights for an annual fee of 499 euro (£428; $549).

While airlines have offered a variety of multi-flight packages for some time, unlimited deals are a relatively new concept.

The scheme is similar to those being offered by Frontier Airlines in the US and Malaysia-based AirAsia.

Wizz Air has faced criticism in the UK (United Kingdom) for its customer service and flight delays.

The discounted price for the yearly pass will be available until 16 August and then rise to 599 euro.

From September, subscribers will be able to travel to destinations in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Asia by booking an available flight up to three days before departure and paying a flat fee of 9.99 euro.

Wizz Air said it is selling 10,000 of the subscriptions, distributed across the airports it operates from.

A model for rail??
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« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2024, 14:09:41 »

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Budget airline Wizz Air has launched an 'all you can fly' subscription, which offers customers unlimited flights for an annual fee of 499 euro (£428; $549).

While airlines have offered a variety of multi-flight packages for some time, unlimited deals are a relatively new concept.

The scheme is similar to those being offered by Frontier Airlines in the US and Malaysia-based AirAsia.

Wizz Air has faced criticism in the UK (United Kingdom) for its customer service and flight delays.

The discounted price for the yearly pass will be available until 16 August and then rise to 599 euro.

From September, subscribers will be able to travel to destinations in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Asia by booking an available flight up to three days before departure and paying a flat fee of 9.99 euro.

Wizz Air said it is selling 10,000 of the subscriptions, distributed across the airports it operates from.

A model for rail??

The "all you can..." bit, or criticism for customer service and delays?

Answering the real question though, that's effectively an All Lines Rover and would have to be priced accordingly to avoid undercutting normal fares on longer journeys.  The GB (Great Britain) rail network is rather different from a limited (geographically and number of flights) set of airline routes.
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« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2024, 19:17:48 »

It is very much mopping up late availability since you can only book 3 days before departure where there is capacity.  It is not the same as an all lines rover.
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« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2024, 19:22:21 »

Indeed, it would be possible to get yourself trapped overseas unable to find a return flight for weeks
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« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2024, 19:47:15 »

What does "up to three days before departure" mean? Is it "until three days before departure", or is it "no more than three days before departure"? Both are common idiomatic usage, so I imagine which is your understanding will be pretty well random.
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« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2024, 19:52:14 »

The latter in this case.
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« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2024, 22:08:36 »

The ambiguous wording which I misunderstood seems to be the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page)'s fault.  The actual Ts & Cs are unambiguous if a little clumsily worded, including elsewhere references to a "natural person".  All a bit academic as the whole scheme is now fully subscribed.  All a bit of a gimmick by the look of it, but as a budget airline they may not be too worried about negative publicity; Ryanair gets plenty of it but people still seem to use them.
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