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How to fly airline "Victory"
A complete Cheklist about how to calmly fly the only Russian low -cost airline.
You most likely heard only negative reviews about the Victory Airline: you didn’t miss the guys with the weights, there they were naughty, here you were not allowed to sit together in love. We in the editorial office adhere to a diametrically opposite opinion, therefore we decided to create a universal Cheklist and a set of tips so that only positive emotions to the “victory” flight.
The choice of direction
There are no tickets for 499 rubles. More precisely, they are, but not for you: they are immediately captured by subscribers of communities to search for cheap air tickets, such as Vandrouki or Samokatus . But it is precisely the subscribers of these communities that they will learn about the next sale first, so we strongly recommend signing. If you do not catch a ticket for 499 rubles, then buy for 1,499 - this is still incredibly cheap.
Holidays and dates around them are always expensive , this is the general rule of demand and proposals for all airlines. Therefore, do not be surprised if on the March or May holidays a ticket at Victory will cost as much as S7 or even Aeroflot.
Tip: Skeptically treat the news with the content of "Victory will fly in five new directions." This only means that the airline received from the state an admission to flight. Not the fact that she will fly there. It is better to subscribe to the communities about cheap tickets and get only information about where you can really fly away.
- "Victory" is cunning with directions. Let us explain: in the table of choosing areas there are cities in which the “Central Station” is written in brackets, or the name of another city in general. Everything is simple: in order not to fly burnt to the main airports, “Victory” flies to small near the main cities and organizes transfers by bus.
Therefore, in Venice in brackets there is Treviso (40 kilometers of distance), Milan - Bergamo (60 kilometers), and Munich - memmingen (more than 100 kilometers). There are completely funny things: for example, Yerevan is a plane in Gyumri Plus a bus, Vienna - this is generally a flight to the neighboring country of Slovakia and its capital Bratislava plus the bus to the Austrian capital. It is important to understand that such flights will greatly increase your movement time. Choose these options if you are not fundamentally. Information about the Fly + Bus service can be found on the Victory website .
Often, you can leave the airports in the same directions BUS cheaper than the Victory offers, check local buses and be sure to register in BlaBlaCar .
Once the author of this article flew to Pisa and booked a trip to Blablacar to Florence - the buses left at an uncomfortable time and were expensive. It turned out that the Italian driver also flew from Moscow, and left the car in a free parking lot with IKEA. A battery sat down at the car, and we drove it in the parking lot to get, and then drove cheerfully and told each other about life in different countries. We arrived, of course, earlier and cheaper than the bus.
Buying tickets
Everything is quite simple here, but you need to know the features so that you do not accidentally pay more or not to buy what you do not need at all. We especially note the fact: when you click the button to continue, then you will be displayed by pop -up windows from the series "You definitely do not want baggage" or "On horror, insurance is not chosen." The button will always change its location and color. It will then be blue on the right, then on the left and white. This is the trick of the airline, be sure to keep in mind.
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The choice of dates
If you are not fundamental to the flight date, then be sure to use the price calendar. The cheapest tickets are marked in red.
Be careful: the Victory Site system when searching can show you the neighboring cities of arrival. This is convenient when the airline has a large route network, but in the case of Victory, this can only confuse, especially those who do not often buy flights.
Examples: When finding a flight to Memmingen (Munich), you can see Baden-Baden in the list of proposed alternatives. Baden-Baden Airport is located 300 kilometers from Munich and 260 from memmingen. The same thing with flights to Pisa (Italy) - you can see the flight cheaper and accidentally click on it, and this will turn out to be a flight to Bergamo. Milan and Pisa share 280 kilometers.
True, there is a plus in this function: if you are not going specifically to these cities, then you can consider options with other airports. There it may be cheaper to rent a car or a convenient option with public transport to the places where you are going.
Tariffs
There are only three tariffs: “Standard”, “Pact Plus” and “Premium package”.
“Standard” is only hand luggage, automatic purpose in the cabin. If you are flying a company, with a probability of 99.9 % you will sit in different places. Options can be purchased in the process or after purchase in your personal account.
“Pact Plus” - included in the price of baggage (up to 20 kilograms) and the choice of a place.
Important: “Victory” does not allow you to choose different tariffs when buying a ticket back and forth. For example, you are flying to Barcelona. They gathered there lightly and a backpack, and you want to go back to the luggage of Hamon and wine. We will have to choose the lowest tariff and mark the options you need for the reverse flight yourself.
There is no significant benefit in the purchase of the plus tariff compared to the “standard” and the addition of baggage and there is no place: you will win about 150 rubles.
If you are flying to the country where you need a visa (for “victory” this is only the territory of the European Union), then the system will ask to enter the “document allowing entry into the country of destination”. If there is no visa yet, this step can be skipped, but do not forget to enter this data before the trip.
The premium tariff includes manual luggage, two luggage units (10 and 20 kilograms), a free choice of a place in the cabin (you can choose a place from an emergency exit for free), the possibility of renting a ticket (you will take a fine of 5,000 rubles per person per segment) and change the departure date no later than 48 hours. If the new ticket is more expensive than the old, you will have to pay the difference.
You can familiarize yourself with the tariffs on the Victory website .
By the way, discounts for those who fly with children are minimal at Victory. You will have to pay for a child up to two years 1,380 rubles if you are flying abroad. In Russia, children under two years old fly free. From two to 12 - a full tariff in all directions.
Additional options
Lawkoster differs from traditional air carriers in that the user himself collects the cost of the ticket. The initial, rather low flight price does not include basic options, which you will most likely need. Let's go through all additional options for Victory.
After choosing a tariff, you get on screens with the purchase of the necessary functions and options.
Hand luggage
Hand lust in Victory after a long history of prohibitions and struggle in 2017, finally, became free. It is limited by 36 x 30 x 27 centimeters and is not limited by weight (Clause 9.1 of the Rules for the Carriage of A/K “Victory”). If the airline employees have questions, they will ask you to install your luggage in a special calibrator for verification.
For comparison: the standard backpack FJälllräven has dimensions 38 x 27 x 13 centimeters and will calmly fit into the calibrator.
Also, passengers can immediately buy an option to transport animals (1,999 rubles, animals weighing up to eight kilograms, a container of up to 115 centimeters in the amount of measurements), but, given the rarity of using such a function, it is not clear why it is made so high.
Baggage in Victory. What to choose?
Baggage at the standard "Standard" has two options:
Up to 10 kilograms - 799 rubles. The size is set in 203 centimeters by the sum of all measurements. It is suitable for those who fly lightly, but take bath accessories, a corkscrew, a folding knife or other things useful in traveling. Plus, an amazing story, if you buy tickets for two or more, then buy luggage for 10 kg.
Up to 20 kilograms - 1 199 rubles. The total size is also 203 centimeters in terms of all measurements. This is suitable for those who fly from vacation, bought a couple of bottles of wine (one bottle weighs on average 1.2 kilograms) and other souvenirs.
Be sure to think about whether you need baggage in principle, and if so, which one. A lot here depends on your habits, such as a trip or a type of relaxation.
For example, you are flying to Barcelona for a week. Most likely, on the way back you will want to capture a couple of bottles of wine and food with you to Russia - take your luggage of 10 or 20 kilograms (better), and try to fly there only with a manual household.
Question to the editorial office: In Victory, you cannot buy luggage only one way, what to do?
You can buy one -way luggage, but for its purchase you will have to choose the standard "Standard" and add luggage manually.
Important: keep in mind, Victory automatically adds luggage to the flight “back” if you buy it and “there”. This is done for the convenience of passengers - in the vast majority if the passenger flies with luggage there, then and back too. Therefore, just click the “minus” when choosing baggage in the opposite direction. Thus, you can fly there with a luggage of 10 kilograms, and back with a large one of 20. Or there with a luggage of 20 and back 10 or without luggage at all.
Please note that when the baggage is added there, it is automatically added to the route “back”.
If you travel to Leipzig for three days to attend a musical event, then you will have enough hand luggage in one direction and baggage of a maximum of 10 kilograms on the way back.
Well, if you gathered in Tivat (Montenegro) for one and a half to two weeks, and even with children, it is better to buy luggage of 20 kilograms in advance, because you will definitely need it.
Tip: Do not postpone the purchase of baggage until the last moment. In airports, this service will cost twice as expensive: 1,000 rubles (15 euros) instead of 499, 3,000 rubles (45 euros) instead of 1,499. You can always buy luggage in the Victory appendix or in your personal office on the site.
Insurance during flight and travel from Victory (most likely, you will not need it)
After choosing baggage, you will be offered to choose insurance for the duration of the flight and for the time of the trip. The second, most likely, you already have, and the first one is likely to be needed.
Please note: checks about buying insurance are automatically, so if you do not need insurance, then be sure to remove them! Insurance for one flight costs 199 rubles from the passenger and includes compensation in case of a flight delay (more than four hours), loss or luggage damage, and in an accident.
Buy or not buy a choice on an airplane?
The next stage is the choice of a place in the cabin. If you stopped at the Plus Pact and Package Package tariff, then you only choose places convenient for you - this is included in the price. And if the “standard”, then you either agree to the free automatic choice of the place, or buy places for 149 or 349 rubles. Places for 349 rubles are simply at the beginning of the cabin - there are no advantages except a faster exit from the aircraft.
But what about the emergency exit? They cost 999 rubles at the tariffs “Standard” and “Plus Plus” and are free at the Premium package tariff. It is funny that, having paid for the plus tariff, which includes the choice of a place for free, you still have to pay the same cost (999 rubles) as at the budget tariff itself: it is obvious that the airline could give a discount on the purchase of these places and thereby stimulating the passenger to buy a convenient chair.
It is reasonable to buy the choice of a place at long distances (more than two hours) to eat, chat together and watch a movie. And if the flight is short, for example, from Moscow to St. Petersburg, then you can save.
Sports equipment
1,499 rubles for skis, snowboarding, bicycle or fishing equipment. Weight restriction - 20 kilograms, in size - 203 centimeters in three dimensions.
Access to the business room
For 1,500 rubles, you can access the Bergamo Bergamo Airport in Italy (so far these are all available halls). It should be noted that such a service would be convenient if access to the Business of Vnukov was not limited: not earlier than two hours before the flight (while the time of stay in the hall was limited by three hours). If there was no such restriction, then in the hall it would be possible to comfortably pass the time before the early flight. By the way, at the moment, the service of access to the business room in Bergamo costs only 1 199 rubles. Access to such a hall in Vnukov will cost 1,500 rubles.
Fast search service (FAST Track)
In some airports (for example, in Bergamo), a fast -flight inspection service is available: you will have a separate highlighted strip for accelerated control. In practice, this does not accelerate the passage very much. The cost of fast inspection is 299 rubles.
Priority landing
The opportunity to go on the plane in the first place. The cost of the service is 199 rubles. Important to those who are worried about the lack of a place in the salon for their things. The airline’s website states that when buying a priority landing, you will also get a separate fenced space plus a separate landing directly to the ladder. The service is available at the airports of Bergamo, Cologne, Memmingen, Bratislava.
Payment of flight
“Victory” will take 2 percent of the cost of your ticket as a commission when paying by a bank card. Keep in mind not to be upset at the end. If you want to pay for the flight of cash, you can do this within 12 hours, choosing a payment by “in cash in the Euroset cabin” or “cash in the QIWI terminal”. The commission when paying in cash is 3 percent.
Online registration is currently available only from Vnukovo airports (Moscow) and Pulkovo (St. Petersburg) and only for those passengers who have bought the service for choosing a place on board. If not, then you will have to defend the line on the registration stance in the old fashioned way. If you bought a ticket without choosing a place, but then you wanted to register online, then you will have to buy a place.
UPD: From October 28, 2018, the situation will change for foreign directions . Online registration will finally appear in all directions, but immediately with cunning: from Russia, the collection for registration is not charged, but to Russia-yes. If you have not registered online (and registration opens 24 hours before departure) and did not print a boarding card or saved on your phone, then at the airport you will have to pay 25 euros per person so that the airline employee registers you. This is a pan -European low -cost airline, so be sure to keep in mind. Of course, this is fraught with difficulties: you fly out of Russia there (registration is free), but back, with just a day of registration, this can become a problem.
Read more about the change in the rules of online registration-onthe airline website
If you still have chosen your place in advance, then the online registration opens 24 hours before departure and ends in 40 minutes.
In foreign directions, the online registration is not provided, so a large queue is built, be sure to come in advance. This is especially important for airports in popular areas for recreation: Italy, Spain, Montenegro.
Important: registration on most flights ends 40 minutes before departure, and in Istanbul - for 60.
If you have purchased a priority landing service, then the gate must be half an hour before planting.
Given that the main hub of Victory is Vnukovo Airport, then read the schedule of Aeroexpresses . They go from six in the morning to 12 in the morning, an ordinary interval - an hour, during a peak - half an hour.
A taxi through the usual services will cost about 1,000 rubles, but take traffic jams, seasonality and weather into the calculation.
Flight
“Victory” has a free option that not everyone knows about, because it is announced in small print in the transportation rules: stewardesses carry water for free, but only at the request of the passenger. In principle, on short flights (two to three hours), water is the only thing you may need.
Seats in Victory aircraft have no pockets. Information just in case: everyone who often fly knows that it is better to put everything in the seat or immediately put in a backpack. So the risk of forgetting the valuable thing (an electronic book and Powerbank) is minimized.
If you have a long flight (for example, in Barcelona), do not hesitate to take food with you. You will be surprised when you see how many people unfold bags and open containers from the house or cafe with food. This is normal, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Important: seats in Victory aircraft are not leaning back. So conceived. It is also impossible to transplant, it can cause a serious conflict with the staff of the airline.
In February 2018, information appeared on the launch of Wi-Fi on the sides of Victory. The Internet seems to be not planned -Wi-Fi will be installed for access to the multimedia system and ordering goods in the airline store.
And if I have problems with the "victory"?
If you need to change or correct something, from a decent Airline "Victory" turns into an angry monster. Ideally, you should understand that any step away from the usual “Buying - Flight” line will lead to problems and additional expenses. This is the main feature when using low -cost airlines. Пройдемся по основным проблемам, которые могут у вас возникнуть:
Смена имени пассажира или внесение изменений — 5 000 рублей. Поэтому внимательно заполняйте все данные. У редакции была история, когда изменения, внесенные с помощью колл-центра (онлайн их невозможно было сделать), не сохранились. Пришлось выяснять все уже непосредственно перед вылетом.
Колл-центр платный — 60 рублей за минуту. При этом ожидание соединения с оператором тоже платное. Увы, может обойтись в серьезную сумму.
Не каждый сможет дозвониться в колл-центр. Например, абоненты Yota или Tele2 просто не могут дозвониться до колл-центра, потому что «Победа» не работает с этими операторами. Плюс у вас может быть заблокирована возможность звонка на платные номера. Звонок действительно стоит дорого, но в критическом случае, увы, придется прибегать к этой услуге.
Совет: Звонок из Skype тарифицируется ниже звонка с мобильного телефона, попробуйте позвонить из программы, если рядом есть качественный доступ в интернет.
Почему «Победа» в 2018 году — это круто?
В авиакомпании наконец-то установили адекватные правила провоза багажа, у нее хорошие тарифы, новые самолеты и динамическая маршрутная сеть, в которой постоянно открываются (правда, и закрываются тоже) новые направления. «Победа» приучила и продолжает учить путешественников экономить, анализировать и покупать те услуги, которые действительно нужны.
И напоследок дадим один совет: если ваш опыт с «Победой» получился негативным, проанализируйте, что пошло не так и была ли в этом ваша ошибка. Лоукостеры предоставляют хорошие цены — в том числе и потому, что не «приходят на помощь» или не «входят в положение» каждого пассажира, а четко следуют установленному регламенту.