Aer Lingus now starting to offer a voucher option for people who want to cancel ticket.
Its offering 10% on top of the total fare paid including taxes
10% extra, but also when using a voucher EI does NOT change handling fees per passenger so you save a further €9 per flight per passenger
You are betting on EI surviving but you are making 10% + a further €9 per flight saving IF the voucher covers the total cost of the ticket, if there is any cash portion the €9 fee will be applied
Details
- If EI go bust the voucher has no value
- €9 handling fee per passenger is not charged using vouchers
- Voucher can be used to purchase multiple flights
- It may be possible to merge multiple vouchers (and this could save you money, see below)
- Cannot pay with a voucher and combine with pay with Avios
- Vouchers have no expiry (possibly 5 years, but normally 2099 is the indicated date)
- Lead passenger name must match that on the voucher
- If you mix and match voucher + cash the €9 per passenger per flight handling fee will reappear
- Issued in the currency of the point of origin, so if issued in USD, can only be used for flights sold in USD