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Old May 3, 2017 | 12:16 pm
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Originally Posted by navylad
1. They appear so regularly, such that they probably fill my advert banners on FT about 75% of the time.
2. The offers elapse and they continue to advertise.
3. The are often misleading, hence they have had their knuckles wrapped by the ASA on two occasions.

I do take other issues with Heathrow Express who do also use some scrupulous sales techniques such as hiking up prices in order to offer sale prices that seam more reasonable than they actually are, but that isn't a matter of these particular adverts.
Most of those can be better dealt with by UK bodies who deal with misleading advertising and bad trading practices.
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