Card-Carrying Tightwads Rejoice! (Ah, I think...)
Dear Fellow Official Card-Carrying Zihua-loving Tightwads,
We *may* have a new reason to rejoice. Volaris is introducing a new Annual Pass (Pase Anual) subscription. For a annual subscription of MXN$7999 pesos (MXN$5999 introductory offer), you can fly anywhere Volaris has service, including the U.S. and Central and South America. All you pay is for the price of the airport fees and the national travel tax.
The Annual Pass is very similar to their v.pass subscription. For MXN$600 pesos per month, you get to buy one round-trip ticket anywhere Volaris flies in Mexico. (No connection flights are included.) You pay only for the airport fees and the TUA (national travel tax). The catch is you have to wait until the first of the month to book your flight for that month. I have been using the v.pass subscription since before the pandemic and -- except for during the pandemic! -- have gotten a ton of value from it.
The only catch with the Annual Pass seems to be that you can only book up to 24 hours in advance for domestic flights in Mexico and up to 3 days in advance for international flights.
As usual, the wording in both Spanish and English on their website is very vague. I am particularly concerned that there may be yet another catch that they are not clearly spelling out. I am afraid that although they say the subscription applies to all their flights, they may only be publishing a daily list of flights that the subscription applies to, not simply the flights for which have open seats. (See UPDATE 2 below. This does not seem to the case.)
I have been going back and forth with their customer service via email. (Volaris has no customer support via telephone.) Hopefully, I will get a definitive answer. I have no problem with the first restriction as a semi-retired Digital Nomad. If the second restriction is in place, I don't think I will sign up. All of us who have dealt often with Volaris in the past have at one time or another been burnt by, "Lo siento, Senor. Usted no entiende.
Anyone else tempted by what seems to be a very generous offer?
UPDATE 1: I forgot to mention another restriction. You are only purchasing one-way tickets. However, to me, this is definitely a great perk. One of the issues of the v.pass subscription is that you have fly into and out of the same airport. With the Annual Pass, you can fly point-to-point and crisscross the country. Very cool!
UPDATE 2: The response from the Volaris customer service seems to allay concerns about the second restriction discussed above. It appears that as long as there are seats available, you are free to choose any flight, domestic or international with the first restriction that you only have 24 hours for domestic flights within Mexico and 3 days for international flights.
Response from Volaris customer service:
"Si bien el Pase Anual Volaris incluye todas las rutas nacionales e internacionales de Volaris con las características que te mencionamos, pero los lugares estarán suejtos a la disponibilidad, por lo que si ya no hay disponibilidad para un vuelo este no se mostrará al momento de que realices la consulta para reservar."

