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.