The Hoover Free Flights Fiasco
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The Hoover Free Flights Fiasco
I know not technically a BA related, but I'm sure many older BA FT members took up this insane offer in the early 90's - its an incredible fiasco with the US flights. Spend Ł100 and get 2 Return flights to NYC or Florida. The deal of the decade. Did anyone get one of these free flights? How many hoovers did you buy?
A clip from a BBC doc below goes into some more detail.
Would love an offer like this to happen in 2020.
A clip from a BBC doc below goes into some more detail.
Would love an offer like this to happen in 2020.

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I know not technically a BA related, but I'm sure many older BA FT members took up this insane offer in the early 90's - its an incredible fiasco with the US flights. Spend Ł100 and get 2 Return flights to NYC or Florida. The deal of the decade. Did anyone get one of these free flights? How many hoovers did you buy?
Would love an offer like this to happen in 2020.
Would love an offer like this to happen in 2020.

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Back then, my Love, no one thought that J would be as affordable as it is and upgrading was unheard of in Europe.
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I know not technically a BA related, but I'm sure many older BA FT members took up this insane offer in the early 90's - its an incredible fiasco with the US flights. Spend Ł100 and get 2 Return flights to NYC or Florida. The deal of the decade. Did anyone get one of these free flights? How many hoovers did you buy?
A clip from a BBC doc below goes into some more detail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGVe2l0baoI
Would love an offer like this to happen in 2020.
A clip from a BBC doc below goes into some more detail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGVe2l0baoI
Would love an offer like this to happen in 2020.

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Well I guess there is a hint of BA relevance, with the difficulty even seasoned travellers here have with cashing in Avios or Amex 2-4-1 vouchers.
Watch this space? Especially if there are any majorly disadvantageous changes made to those programs.
Watch this space? Especially if there are any majorly disadvantageous changes made to those programs.