If I book a return journey with Wizz Air and miss the first flight, can I still take the return flight?
I have booked a Wizz Air ticket (RT 17-31/JAN) from the Netherlands to Bulgaria, but due to school I have to change the booking. What I noticed was that the rebooking fee is ridiculously high - €30 plus €10 for the fare. However, I have found an alternative flight (one-way 22/JAN) on a different reservation and it is only €20.
The dilemma is that I have to leave later than the original flight I have booked, so it means that I will not use the onward flight but will for sure use the return flight.
Do you know if Wizz Air has any specific policy to no-shows at airports etc?
Best Answer
As with some other low-cost airlines (namely Ryanair), the word "reservation" applies to the one-way ticket per person. That is, if you bought the return ticket, you have made two "reservations". Similarly, if you bought tickets for several people, then you have several "reservations".
I confirmed this with Wizzair by phone and then I also did the exact thing you wanted: I bought another ticket for the outbound flight (another carrier, even) and then just used the return flight. Even more, we were in three to have booked together, and there was no impact on other travelers. That was August 2014.
But care should be taken if flying with infants : they are bound to the reservation and therefore cannot fly within another reservation if the reservation that was holding them is cancelled. So if you take infants on your name and you don't show up, the other passenger traveling with you cannot take them.
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What happens if you miss the first flight of a round trip?
One of today's most hardened airline rules says that if you miss or cancel any portion of a plane ticket, the airline can cancel all flights remaining on that ticket's itinerary. When you miss that first flight, whether or not you cancel or no-show, the entire ticket becomes void.Can I buy a return ticket and not use the return?
For example, you can't buy a roundtrip ticket and only use the return flight; you can't combine two or more roundtrip excursion fares end-to-end for the purpose of circumventing minimum stay requirements (back-to-back ticketing); and it's illegal to book a ticket in someone's name without the person's consent.Can you still take the return flight?
No, you cannot only use the return ticket. To guarantee that the airline keeps your return ticket, you are required to travel on the first part of your trip and all the way to your final destination.Wizzair scam refund method. Money gone. Forcing me to fly with them again
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