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Ja sobie pluję w twarz, że nie zwiedzilem wszystki Radzieckostanów z AbuZabi i teraz poluję na promki Lotu za 1.6k do Taszkientu ...

(...)Mam identycznie spostrzeżenia tylko do Taszklientu i Samarkandy wykorzystałem, a mogłem wziąc 2 tyg. urlopu i oblecieć Kazachstany, Azerbejdzany, Armenie etc. te kierunki były też najlepiej dostępne, prawie codziennie były bilety i naprawdę ten abonament się opłacał. Latanie po Europie to ani dostępność, ani przebitki cenowej też jakiejś nie ma. Szkoda za późno obudziłem się że bazę likwidują.

THE FINAL SHOWDOWN
After monitoring the program daily for availability from my airport (EIN) for nearly a year, I’ll share my definitive findings and will bundle all questions I’ve received as moderator around this topic over the past year. All the below is based on my own experience and input from other members who are also manually monitoring availability from their airports.

What percentage of flights is available for AYCF on average? 30% from EIN. It appears that most airports average around 33% when taken inbound and outbound together. Western Europe (excluding the London area) performs the worst and “sunny” destinations the best, with the exception of the summer holidays.

Are weekend flights harder to find? Yes, weekend flights (fri/sat/sun) are almost half as likely to become available: only around 16% from or to EIN.

Do all destinations have the same availability average? No, not even close. For EIN the best outbound availability was Skopje with 45%, and the worst performer was Warsaw with just 19%. Inbound Tirana scores best with 44% availability and Warsaw is again the worst with 18%. See image for all destinations.

Is the system rigged for one-way availability? Yes without a doubt. If you wish to return to the same airport you flew from within a few days it’s highly unlikely to be possible. You usually have to self-connect elsewhere. This is mainly an issue at “spoke” airports and a bit less in main or developing hubs such as FCO, BUD, WAW, RMO, LCA, OTP, LGW/LTN.

How many seats are there available on each flight for AYCF? From experience I’m pretty confident to say it’s usually between 2 and 4 seats per flight. Some destinations or routes will be available for us until the last seat (mainly AUH flights, as they seemed endless for availability) but most of them are capped.

Are seats added during the day? No, they are only added in the morning between 05:30-07:30 CET. If they “sell out” (which they do often) they don’t become available anymore as a rule. The only exception is when either the automatic upload of availability failed OR if there was availability earlier in the day and a regular passenger cancels.

Is AYCF a scam? No, you can actually book flights for 9,99 to random places. This does not mean it’s easy, or convenient or even made available for a while (sometimes days or even weeks no flights can be made available!). When you don't live in a major or developing hub availability simply is scarce. That’s why it might feel like a scam for some, especially if you only want to travel on one route, during the weekends or return within days to the same airport you came from.

Are all flights with leftover seats available for us? No this is a lie. A spokesperson from Wizz claimed this at the launch but is untrue. The Wizz CEO claimed the aim of the program would be “to fill empty seats”, and that seems true but it doesn't mean ALL empty seats. I’ve witnessed myself, and heard from many people here, that very empty planes depart without ever one seat made available to AYCF.

Then how does the algorithm work? Nobody knows exactly. It behaves to a large extent as a raffle that's based on several pre-determined and variable parameters such as; physical space in the airplane, likelihood of last-minute (regular) sales, availability on the “other” leg, periodic blocking of routes to become available in both directions regardless of seats and the season. The “behaviour” for availability differs greatly per route and seems in part skewed to favour airports that have “performance” agreements (a certain number of travellers per year, for example to get lower fees, subsidies, a bonus or “marketing” contributions).

Does the program save money? That depends on how “good” you are at finding cheap tickets the “normal” way and if you usually travel last-minute. It can be a great deal if you don’t want to pin yourself down, and can always stay longer at the destination. For me personally it didn’t end up saving much money, because I paid more for last-minute hotels, had to book extra legs (unnecessary) to travel via elsewhere (usually requiring another hotel) to get home.

How much did I travel and save?
Flights: 38 total (my goal was 42) - see image for routes flown
Money “saved” compared to last-minute price: €5.130
“Real” savings: break-even compared to “normal” booking, just a lot more stress but also more original destinations and “cool” last-minute getaways.

Will I extend?
I'm learning towards not extending as it's been too frustrating to wake up around 05:30 to book flights, as availability usually disappears before 08:00 for EIN flights. Furthermore the inability of Wizz to manage to program professionally (mainly considering the persisting and re-appearing technical glitches/errors), lack of customer support and extremely strict no-show clause is making me hold back.

As also the most "exotic" destinations have disappeared with the cancellation of the AUH base I'm planning to travel to other destinations outside of the Wizz network in the coming months.

My expectation is that they will either end the program soon or will start aggressively promoting AYCF again in October/November with a more attractive price than the €599 I would be paying now.

Od dłuższego czasu byl rozjazd pomiędzy PDF a realna dostepnoscia i to w obydwie strony. PDF to tylko fetysz. Liczy sie to co jest dostepne w systemie. A tu sa tak dziwne rzeczy i tak dziwne blokady oraz niederministycznie pojawiające sie loty, ze... hej.
Ps. I realnie nikt nie wie, moze nawet i sam Jozek, czy jak się pojawi lot w PDF, to jest on tylko na 1 dzien, ktory dzien, na wszystkie, n z 4.... itp?

@sebaa
Re: "złapałem kraków abu ahabi na jutro, jakby ktoś reflektował to niech napisze bo chyba będę go zwalniał to powiem o której bo jednak cięzko o powrót a abonament się kończy za chwilę. Zwykle to działało tak że po zwolnieniu on trafiał do puli i można było go rezerwować."


Ale juz od wiosny nie mozna anulowac lotow. Pozostaly tylko noshow'y