European Airline Offers 'All You Can Fly' Pass for $660

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August 22, 2024

Intermediate

Exercise 1

Vocabulary

Repeat each word, definition, and example sentence after your tutor.

deal

Noun

diːl

an agreement between two or more people or groups in which all sides benefit, especially in business or politics

The website says the deal is a one-off and won't be offered again.

pass

Noun

pæs

a card, document, etc. giving the holder permission to do something

You'll need to scan your boarding pass before you board the plane.

catch

Noun

kætʃ

a hidden problem in a situation that seems perfect

This brand is a lot cheaper than the others so I feel like there must be a catch.

guarantee

Verb

ˌgærənˈtiː

to formally promise or make sure that certain conditions will be met relating to a product or service

The airline guarantees that there will be sufficient time for passengers to catch their connecting flights.

baggage

Noun

ˈbægɪdʒ

bags, suitcases, etc. that a person takes with them when traveling

I don't have much carry-on baggage.

in a row

Phrase

ɪn ə roʊ

happening one after another

I've had to work late three nights in a row.

Exercise 2

Article

Read the article aloud on your own or repeat each paragraph after your tutor.

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European Airline Offers 'All You Can Fly' Pass for $660

You've heard of "all you can eat" — paying a set price at a restaurant and eating as much as you want.

But what about "all you can fly"?

That's right — an airline in Europe is offering the same type of deal for people who love to travel.

For about $660 a year, passengers flying with Hungary's Wizz Air can get as many flights as they want.

The all-you-can-fly pass will be available to use from September, and passengers can book flights to places in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

On its website, Wizz Air said it's selling 10,000 of these passes.

But there's a catch — each flight has an extra booking cost of $11, and it can only be booked 72 hours before it leaves. That means passengers won't be able to plan ahead, and a seat isn't guaranteed if the flight is already fully booked.

Passengers will also have to pay extra if they want to travel with baggage.

Wizz Air isn't the first airline to offer a pass like this. Frontier Airlines in the US and Malaysia's Air Asia also have similar deals, but Wizz Air is the first airline in Europe to offer one.

The announcement comes a few weeks after the airline reported a 44% decrease in its operating profit — the money the company had after paying its business costs, but before paying tax — for the first three months of the year.