Woman got Jet2 holiday for £2.42 and Portugal, Turkey and Croatia are up for grabs too

Ellen Kirwin

15 April 2024 at 8:34 am·2-min read

Passengers boarding the Jet2 inaugural flight from Liverpool John Lennon Airport. — Passengers boarding the Jet2 inaugural flight from Liverpool John Lennon Airport -Credit:Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo

Jet2 customers have bagged holidays for a bargain price and the airline is now offering more trips for potentially very low prices.

Last year, Emily Orchard, who was a student nurse from St Helens, bought a seven-night stay for two adults and two children at the Lopesan Baobab Resort in Gran Canaria for less than £2.42 after taking part in Jet2's "Bid for a Break" promotion. Now the competition has relaunched and will be giving holidaymakers the chance to pay as little as just a few pence.

The holidays available to bid on will include: a seven-night Jet2holiday for two adults and two children to the Hotel Altamadores in Gran Canaria, a seven-night stay for two adults to the NG Phaselis Bay LifeStyle Resort in Antalya, and a week getaway for two adults to the Dalmacija Places Hotel by Valamar in Split. Since launching in 2021, people have bagged the holidays for as little as 2p.

To win, customers need to download the Jet2 mobile app, register as a myJet2 customer and add in their bid to the nearest pence. If their amount is the lowest and no one else has bid that same amount, they will purchase the holiday for that price.

Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: "With Summer fast approaching, we know customers are eagerly looking towards their upcoming holidays. Therefore, we are delighted to be bringing back our highly sought-after Bid for a Break campaign to help holidaymakers escape to the sunshine.

"The campaign has proved extremely popular, so we have every confidence that holidaymakers will be excited at another chance to book a getaway for as little as just a few pence. We are always giving our customers more, so we are thrilled to be offering four lucky holidaymakers something to look forward to by jetting away with Jet2holidays. We wish everyone the best of luck."

Previous winner Emily said she "never thought she would actually win". She said: "Wow - I’m still waiting for someone to tell me I’ve got it wrong! I chose my winning bid by just looking at the time, which was 2:42pm.

"Thank you so much to the Jet2holidays team - this is a fantastic competition and I guess it really can be won by anyone.” For further information on the campaign, visit: https://www.jet2holidays.com/bid-for-a-break.

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