Can I use my discount code for friend's flight?
Jul 21, 2014, 8:17 pm
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Can I use my discount code for friend's flight?
The Terms & Conditions of an Alaska Airlines discount code I received reads as:
What is the purpose of that "and"?
The truth table seems like it would be the same with or without it and I'm confused.
Can I book a flight for a friend using my credit card?
Edit: OK, one thing I could assume is that and/or is used for people that don't understand the difference between "and" and "or" and instead think "or" means "xor". So someone might assume that "purchaser or traveler" would be false if purchaser and traveler were the same person, so the legal people add an "and" despite it only being false if it was an xor.
Transferability: Discount Codes are issued in the name of the traveler and are not transferable. When used, the name on the Discount Code must be the purchaser and/or one of the travelers. It may not be sold, bought, bartered, auctioned or collected in bulk. Any deemed by Alaska or Horizon to have been distributed or acquired improperly will not be honored and traveler will be liable for payment of full fare.
The truth table seems like it would be the same with or without it and I'm confused.
Can I book a flight for a friend using my credit card?
Edit: OK, one thing I could assume is that and/or is used for people that don't understand the difference between "and" and "or" and instead think "or" means "xor". So someone might assume that "purchaser or traveler" would be false if purchaser and traveler were the same person, so the legal people add an "and" despite it only being false if it was an xor.
Jul 21, 2014, 8:40 pm
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Can I book a flight for a friend using my credit card?
--mcz
Jul 21, 2014, 11:10 pm
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What the rules are stating is that if you want to apply the discount code to somebody else's travel you MUST be the purchaser by using your credit card (or other applicable payment method). These same rules apply for the companion cert.
The "and" in the T&C is superfluous.
So, to sum it up:
Good:
You pay you fly.
You pay somebody else flies.
Somebody else pays you fly.
Bad:
Somebody else pays somebody else flies.
The "and" in the T&C is superfluous.
So, to sum it up:
Good:
You pay you fly.
You pay somebody else flies.
Somebody else pays you fly.
Bad:
Somebody else pays somebody else flies.
Jul 21, 2014, 11:25 pm
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