Originally Posted by
ELAL
I sent him an email, he responded by explaining his position, that the fake vouchers sold on ebay by people not realising they were fake, caused some to be arrested Etc. and people told him that they would appreciate that a warning is given to be careful, as Avis has no choice but to take action, as this is causing them a big loss in revenue.
He is very willing to discuss this with anybody, he even sent me his cell no. that I can call him.
His email address is
[email protected]
There is a HUGE difference between selling and/or using a fraudulent certificate for a free rental and someone entering an affiliate code to receive a discount off a paid rental.
While one can argue the latter is still naughty, it is far from being illegal or even worthy of blocking someone from renting.
If Avis was smart, instead of bellyaching over these codes, they would develop an affinity code for Flyertalkers which is as deeply discounted as any other code that's discussed here, make it only accessible via hyperlink from within the FT site so it can't be traded by the general public and then call it a day.
Even better - since FT sells a premium service (ad-free), the smart travel companies might find it beneficial to work with Randy and IB to create a package of affiliate discounts for premium subscribers that can only be accessed/used from a FT-specific booking engine - FT incentivizes us to buy the premium subscription and the travel companies get a savvy, ready-to-buy, interested and loyal audience to incentivize.
I'd rather do that than spend hours chasing codes all over the place.