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.
Wizz Air asks passengers to 'pre-select' themselves for being offloaded from overbooked flights
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