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Old Aug 3, 2024 | 3:10 am
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Originally Posted by nick5000
I got an email from Qatar offering savings up to 25% with this coupon. However when I try it the price is HIGHER than without the coupon.

with coupon: 11268.00 MYR
without coupon:10752 MYR
It's just the latest in series of nonsense up to x% discount promotions. You seem to have found a situation where up to includes the option of going negative

A handful of those targeted will fall for it without checking. But at the end of the day it's a lousy marketing ploy, breeding disillusionment and mistrust.


Maybe the marketing team preserves its integrity by giving a 25% discount in extremely limited circumstance on a couple of routes; maybe it just doesn't care.





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