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Old Jul 27, 2019, 1:25 am
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perthite
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by fakecd
ditto on 2-3 days fo double SC.

i think procedure is they run a batch every 2-3 days a week where they cross-check the PNR of bookings where SC was awarded since last batch run 2-3days ago, against list of PNR which are eligible for each DSC promotions (which in turn is presumably stored as array/matrix somewhere). so a simple algorithm of if() loop() funcions using two vectors/matrix in a programming code which can be written by the interns and i swear that was the case....

and thus the DSC of infancy had multiple loopholes (DSC towards loyalty bonus, etc) which subsequent interns were told to fix the algorithm
The whole FF program was replatformed last year, so there is a good chance that all the scripts were rewritten
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