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London to Dalaman (Turkey) August 2023 Summer from £96pp return @ WizzAir


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sorted byThe problem with Whizz has been how they’ve dealt with issues when something has gone wrong. Have a few Eatern European families at my child’s school. Limited options for them to go home, with Whizz being one of the few that flys to a nearby airport.
Last year (summer and Easter), lots of them had their flights cancelled. That wasn’t unusual for any airline. What was unusual was they offered no replacement and held onto the money for months. Some were left finding a flight home and still having their money held by Whizz.
Bear in mind this is during school hols and we’re talking about a grand for some families. Many of them simply couldn’t afford to have that stuck with Whizz and shell out again for an expensive flight with another airline. (edited)
Didn't lose any money just a complete pain in the rear
Last year my flight was cancelled 2.5 hours before take off. I was told by staff the next flight wasn't for 3 days (pointless for a 6 day break) but that if I wanted to book with another airline I could and would be refunded. After the holiday I tried to claim a refund and at first Wizz refused to refund anything other than my outgoing flight (£70, and the agent MyTrip really took the **** by then charging me £30 admin fee to transfer me the money). They also ignored my GDPR requests for a recording of the conversation that I had a reference number for.
I went to ADB which took months, but eventually I got a refund for the original outgoing Wizz flight, a refund for the new flight I had purchased, plus €400 compensation for the cancellation because it was over 1,500km flight.
I think you are usually only entitled to a new flight refund or compensation and not both but I got lucky. I don't think I'd have gotten anything if it weren't for going through ADR and Wizz tried to dispute the original claim at first but ADR went back to them a second time to argue on my behalf.
The lesson I learned was not to use Wizz and to book directly with the airline you're flying with.
With the price of air travel going up though, may be all us plebs can afford.
I'm worried now, i have a summer holiday booked with them...last thing I want is any issues (edited)