Wow Air halted operations on Thursday, stranding thousands of passengers. Here's what it was like to fly on the budget airline.
Icelandic low-cost carrier Wow Air regularly offered $99 tickets to Europe from the US and around European countries. We asked two people who have grabbed a ticket to share their experiences.According to James Dozer, who booked a $99 one-way flight from Los Angeles to Reykjavik, buying tickets with Wow Air was"actually pretty easy.
."Once I found my flights and travel dates, I paid for my flight tickets and had the option of purchasing additional services such as checked bags and seat selections. Their website even allows you to book tours and airport transfers."The check-in counters were open early, assisting passengers three hours before the flight. However, this didn't prevent issues with seat selection.
"Seeing that we were disappointed with our re-assigned seats, she proactively paged the passenger that was assigned to my selected seat and politely asked her to switch seats with us. Luckily, the girl didn't care and we were back to our original purchased seats. Fortunately, this worked out in this case but I don't know what would have happened if the girl said 'no'.
"If you're travelling with a partner you'll want to pay for the seat assignment, but for a solo traveller it's amazing value," Ott said., it cost a minimum of £7.99 to pre-book a standard seat online for a flight over four hours, from £30.99 for an XL seat and £37.99 for an XXL seat, which offered 35 inches of leg room. These prices went up for flights over eight hours.
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