Wizz Air offers unlimited flights for £445 a year - but there are some catches
- Budget airline Wizz Air is letting customers fly as much as they want for £445
- Travellers may need multiple holidays a year to make the deal worth it
Holidaymakers can fly as much as they like in a year with a new £445 limited-time offer from Wizz Air - but it only makes sense for serious travellers happy to book at the last minute.
Wizz Air has launched an all-you-can-fly offer for £534 for 12 months, discounted to £445 from August 13 until August 15.
Customers who buy the all-you-can-fly offer can take any trip they want on a Wizz Air flight, paying an additional £9 per trip.
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Last-minute jetaway: Prague is one of the options for travellers using the Wizz Air deal
Flyers can use the deal to travel from 200 cities in more than 50 countries on 800 Wizz Air routes.
The offer applies to any Wizz Air flights from 25 September 2024 onwards, and for one person only.
One snag is that this is for last-minute trips only, and bookings must be made within 72 hours of the flight taking off.
Another snag is that, while £445 a year sounds cheap, so are Wizz Air flights.
This means customers could need to book up three to five flights a year before making their money back.
For example, a Wizz Air return trip from Heathrow airport to Marrakesh leaving within 72 hours costs £161.99, one from Gatwick to Rome costs £134.99 and a return from Luton to Prague costs £89.99.
These six flights cost £410.97 with the three £9 flat fees included - still £34.03 less than the cost of the all-you-can-fly offer.
Holidaymakers taking advantage of the Wizz Air deal would also need to factor in accomodation and other holiday costs on top of the flights.
However, booking somewhere to stay at the last minute is not typically more expensive in cities, though it can be in popular resorts.
Factoring in more expensive Wizz Air flights makes the all-you-can-fly offer more tempting for less frequent travellers.
The airline charges £228.99 for a return from Luton airport to Istanbul, leaving within 72 hours.
Return flights from Luton to Tel Aviv are around £500 with Wizz Air, meaning customers could recoup the cost of the discounted all-you-can-fly offer with just one trip.
The higher cost reflects an extra airport charge, as the Israel/Palestine conflict means planes need to land at a different terminal at Ben Gurion airport.
However, Wizz Air has no Tel Aviv flights available until late October, meaning customers with Israel in mind would need to rely on last-minute cancellations.
Baggage and seat selection charges are not included in the cost of the all-you-can-fly deal.
Wizz Air baggage charges range from €11 (£9.40) to €120.50, depending on when and how you book, as well as the weight of your luggage.
Seat selection fees are between €80 and €100.
There are 10,000 of the all-you-can-fly memberships available.
Wizz Air commercial officer Silvia Mosquera said: 'From the adventurous travellers, to the digital nomads, this membership will make travel easier for frequent flyers and connect people with new people and places.'