Free flights with the WizzAir/Booking.com partnership

This genuinely works, building up credits is surprisingly easy.

My last flight to Marrakech cost just £10.50, and I’ve flown countless times for similar prices, sometimes completely free, simply by redeeming credits.

Here’s the trick: instead of booking accommodation directly through booking.com, access it via the hotel link inside the Wizz Air app. By doing that, I earn cashback-style credits, often between 7% and 10%. These are added to my Wizz wallet after the stay.

Booking.com need to see that you have accessed their website via the WizzAir app in order for them to apply the credit.

To qualify, you need a Wizz Discount Club membership. It’s usually €59.99 a year (sometimes discounted to around €36). This outlay easily pays for itself as members also save around €10 per person per flight, so even a couple of return trips with a companion can recoup the membership cost.

So on top of discounted flights, I’ve already earned hundreds of pounds in credits on hotel bookings I was making anyway. 

These credits pay for future flights!

On just two trips in January 2024, I received €36 in accommodation credits, and the flights for this trip only cost £12.99 each way. 

The process is straightforward once you get used to it, although there are a few strict rules:

• Credits must be used within a set time window.
• Always add your Wizz membership number when booking (the rules say you can ad them after – but in my experience you can’t).
• The prices via the Wizz link appear identical to booking direct, including my Genius Level 3 discounts on Booking.com.

As for WizzAir as an airline, I personally like them, although experiences vary. 

My eldest daughter had a nightmare with lost luggage and compensation, while I’ve personally flown with them more than a dozen times without issue, mostly with cabin baggage only.

They’re a bit like Ryanair, stick to the rules and they’re generally fine. In my experience, flights are usually punctual, and when one of ours was cancelled they paid for a hotel and evening meal without fuss.