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TODAY ONLY: Book LEVEL flights from Gatwick to Vienna at 2p return

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We wrote the other day about IAG’s launch of LEVEL as a low-cost short-haul carrier based out of Vienna.  With flights due to launch on 17th July, they are desperate to shift seats.

For TODAY ONLY, LEVEL is selling 50,000 seats at 1 Eurocent each.  Availability is very generous.

For HfP readers, the only route of interest is likely to be London Gatwick to Vienna.  2 Eurocents return gets you a flight plus cabin baggage.

Other routes are Vienna to Palma, Barcelona, Malaga, Venice, Olbia, Ibiza, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Milan Malpensa, Dubrovnik, Larnaca, Alicante, Valencia and Bilbao.

Gatwick flights start on 17th July.  Other routes have later start dates.

Because LEVEL does not have its own booking site yet, you need to book at the Vueling website here.  Search for a random set of dates and, once you have that on screen, you will see a ‘View whole month’ option.

The Vueling website is here – note that it is running slowly …..


best credit card to use when buying flights

How to maximise your miles when paying for flights (April 2025)

Some UK credit cards offer special bonuses when used for buying flights. If you spend a lot on airline tickets, using one of these cards could sharply increase the credit card points you earn.

Booking flights on any airline?

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold earns double points (2 Membership Rewards points per £1) when used to buy flights directly from an airline website.

The card comes with a sign-up bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points. These would convert to 20,000 Avios or various other airline or hotel programmes. The standard earning rate is 1 point per £1.

You can apply here.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

Buying flights on British Airways?

The British Airways Premium Plus American Express card earns double Avios (3 Avios per £1) when used at ba.com.

The card comes with a sign-up bonus of 30,000 Avios. The standard earning rate is 1.5 Avios per £1.

You do not earn bonus Avios if you pay for BA flights on the free British Airways American Express card or either of the Barclaycard Avios Mastercards.

You can apply here.

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

30,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

Buying flights on Virgin Atlantic?

Both the free Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard and the annual fee Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard earn double Virgin Points when used at fly.virgin.com.

This means 1.5 Virgin Points per £1 on the free card and 3 Virgin Points per £1 on the paid card.

There is a sign-up bonus of 3,000 Virgin Points on the free card and 18,000 Virgin Points on the paid card.

You can apply for either of the cards here.

Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard

3,000 bonus points, no fee and 1 point for every £1 you spend Read our full review

Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard

18,000 bonus points and 1.5 points for every £1 you spend Read our full review

Comments (129)

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  • Roger1* says:

    Credit card fee: I tried numerous cards. Although Visa, MC and AmEx cards were exempt from a fee – the law, remember? – I could not find a way of avoiding the corporate card fee. Still, for £2 or so, I sucked up.

    FWIW, I tried Curve debit, Nationwide Visa debit, BAPP AmEx, Aqua MC credit and Tandem MC credit. And Curve was rejected outright.

    Airport tax: total of £22.91 included in the fare (not split between sectors). Gosh!

    • Roger1* says:

      Just to be clear, the credit card fee only showed in the dropdown box against corporate cards; personal cards showed no such surcharge.

      something to remember should I ever book at vueling.com.

  • chrisdf says:

    Thanks Rob,

    The Mother in Law has wanted to go for some time so got some October returns at £25 each for here and the wife Saturday to Tuesday. Sort myself out with a break now…

  • Roger1* says:

    While on vueling.com, I checked Luton-Zurich, just in case there was an offer. No more! Pity. LTN is a local-ish bus ride away with no drop-off or parking fee.(on the bus 😉 ).

    It’s now LGW-ZRH but winter only at what looks like high prices.

  • Roger1* says:

    Yes, but I was charged for using my personal card.

    Glitch? Possibly, but how could I pay without incurring card fees? Answer, I couldn’t, and didn’t. I paid up and swallowed the £2 corporate card fee for using a personal card for this admittedly low value transaction.

    Doesn’t make it right. 😉

  • richmond says:

    I managed to get 3 weekends in Vien in first round of promotion a few days ago, when it started at midnight. Ended up with 2 tickets for one of the flights due to slow payments.

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