I was chatting with my colleague this afternoon about traveling, in Europe. Suddenly he asked,
Do you know about blind booking on German Wings?
I was like huh, blind booking? Yes, I know about German Wings. I’ve actually planned to get one of the flights before. But nothing about blind booking. FYI, German Wings is Germany’s version of Air Asia.
And he came over to my laptop, opened up the main website, and here’s what it says about blind booking.
We guarantee our low prices and take you either to the beach, to great cities or to the best shopping.
Exactly where you end up flying to remains a surprise until you complete your booking. You decide when and from where you depart from and what suits you.
Simply choose your departure airport and your desired travel theme by clicking on one of the themes “City”, “Metropolis” or “Beach and More”.
It basically costs around 52 Euros from Cologne-Bonn airport to cities like Barcelona, Lisbon, Munich, Stockholm, Dublin, London, Reykjavik, Vienna, Rome, Milan, Zurich, etc. You get the idea.
But here’s the thing.
You only select the depart and return date.
You won’t know where you’re going to until you’ve completed the payment. That’s why it’s called blind booking. There’s a list of cities that you can go to. But you have to pay 5 Euros to exclude any cities in the list.
He then gave me a few tips for this blind booking.
Exclude cities in Germany – Berlin, Munich and Liepzig. In most cases, those cities will turn out to be the destination.
Check the normal prices of all the destinations. Don’t exclude the cities that has high prices because there’s no way the system will give it to you anyway. Saved 5 Euros.
Anyway, this sounds fun, isn’t it?