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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Simon Calder

Airline offers passengers vouchers in bid to tackle overbooked flights this summer

  • Wizz Air is inviting passengers to "pre-select" themselves as volunteers to be offloaded from overbooked Flights.
  • Passengers who volunteer and are selected at the airport will receive a €100 (£85) voucher in Wizz credits for future travel.
  • This scheme allows Wizz Air to manage Flights where more tickets are sold than seats available, anticipating typical passenger "no-shows."
  • The compensation offered to volunteers is considerably less than the £220 to £520 airlines are legally required to pay for involuntarily denied boarding.
  • Volunteers must still attend their original flight, and there is no guarantee of an immediate or convenient later flight, with rebooking dependent on capacity.

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