[EXPIRED] LastMinuteTravel.com Offers 15,000 Hotels for $1 Per Night
Jan 26, 2009, 12:18 pm
#151
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Lafayette, CO, USA
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No, I disagree. As I pointed out in an earlier post, the T&Cs were changed prior to today's promotional booking period.
Jan 26, 2009, 2:07 pm
#155
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Lafayette, CO, USA
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Response that I got from LastMinuteTravel.com's Consumer Support:
The value of hotel rooms purchased during the World For A Dollar campaign may be taxable as income. Individuals are solely responsible for the payment of all federal, state and local income or excise taxes on prize. Depending on the value of the rooms, you may be required to provide a social security number for 1099/income tax filing purposes. In addition, you are responsible for all travel/transportation to and from hotel, meals, beverages, phone charges, incidentals, or other expenses or costs relating to the prize not expressly set forth above. You are not responsible for hotel taxes.
Jan 26, 2009, 2:27 pm
#156
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: MLA
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 84
Response that I got from LastMinuteTravel.com's Consumer Support:
The value of hotel rooms purchased during the World For A Dollar campaign may be taxable as income. Individuals are solely responsible for the payment of all federal, state and local income or excise taxes on prize. Depending on the value of the rooms, you may be required to provide a social security number for 1099/income tax filing purposes. In addition, you are responsible for all travel/transportation to and from hotel, meals, beverages, phone charges, incidentals, or other expenses or costs relating to the prize not expressly set forth above. You are not responsible for hotel taxes.
I challenged LMT.com with legal action about changes to their original T&C and my not being able to avail to their offer being I'm from Fl, and they answered me that they have reverted bact to their original T&C and I can now participate. AFAIK there is no prize in this promo, only rooms at $1 a night.
Jan 26, 2009, 2:37 pm
#159
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 175
that video is maddening.
maybe they split their 15 minutes today into 2 different times you could book. it doesn't seem like anyone has been on the site with 10 or 12 or any other time remaining...seems like the longest time anyone has had is 6 and change.
maybe they split their 15 minutes today into 2 different times you could book. it doesn't seem like anyone has been on the site with 10 or 12 or any other time remaining...seems like the longest time anyone has had is 6 and change.
Jan 26, 2009, 2:49 pm
#160
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 97
Okay, weirdest thing, but I just randomly logged onto the site and the timer was going! This was at about 1:34pm PST. I had exactly 3 minutes to make my booking and juuuust made it. I had been dinking around LMT all morning torturing myself with the horrible videos but it wasn't until I logged in that the timer showed up.
Last edited by Lora54; Jan 29, 2009 at 11:50 am
Jan 26, 2009, 3:04 pm
#161
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 118
Really hope the future timers are 15 mins as promised. Without any meaningful clues, it's crazy to expect folks to load at the beginning of a 7 minute period with enough time (5+min) to watch the vids and book. I'm doing all I can to prepare.
Jan 26, 2009, 3:07 pm
#162
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Lafayette, CO, USA
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Examples:
"To launche this new discount-model, all 15,000 hotels on LastMinuteTravel.com will soon sell for $1 per night for 15 minutes each day...."
"Starting in January, you will have 15 minutes, Monday - Friday for 2 weeks to buy any hotel for $1 per night."
And the current T&Cs clearly state that "The Campaign does not constitute a prize, lottery, or sweepstakes."
Everyone, please remember, too, that LMT.com may likely have staff that read this thread. (LMT staff, if you're lurking, please feel free to introduce yourself!)
Another point in the T&Cs that I think is confusing is the limit on bookings per person. The T&Cs led me to believe that the restriction is one per person per week. But the promotion's introductory overview page says, "1 reservation for 1 room per person during entire campaign." Upon re-reading the T&Cs, a "Campaign" is one 15-minute period -- not the entire 2-week period. So it seems to me that I can still book another room next week.
Jan 26, 2009, 3:20 pm
#165
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Lafayette, CO, USA
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And signing up for the email does not constitute creating an account. If you didn't create an account with an email address AND PASSWORD, then you can't sign in.
I spotted just the last 2 seconds of the timer during the last round.
I also thought of the possibility that they split the 15-minutes into two parts of the day, but the T&Cs do refer to a Campaign as being "an individual fifteen (15) minute period...."
The sound has not been active on my PC today. Is there really any sound made when the timer comes on? Or is that only in the promo videos from the past couple weeks?