[Gone] AZ: 320 discount on Alitalia operated flights (.JP)
Oct 21, 2012, 11:48 pm
#811
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Oct 21, 2012, 11:58 pm
#812
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This might be a bit of Stockholm syndrome, but I actually feel kind of bad of Alitalia. They have had a really crappy time for the last few years, verge of bankruptcy and bad maintenance on some aircraft. Italy as a country is in a giant pile of financial poo, and thousands of us are now arguing for free flights.
Got to disagree a bit there... this could have been the best thing ever to happen to Italy; the vast majority of us (especially the intra EU flights) stay one or several days, which means we will all pay full price for hotels, food, drinks etc, while November-February is normally a very low time for tourism to Italy.
Oct 22, 2012, 12:08 am
#813
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Got to disagree a bit there... this could have been the best thing ever to happen to Italy; the vast majority of us (especially the intra EU flights) stay one or several days, which means we will all pay full price for hotels, food, drinks etc, while November-February is normally a very low time for tourism to Italy.
It's like doing missionary work for the destitute Italians..
Oct 22, 2012, 12:12 am
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Oct 22, 2012, 12:26 am
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Got to disagree a bit there... this could have been the best thing ever to happen to Italy; the vast majority of us (especially the intra EU flights) stay one or several days, which means we will all pay full price for hotels, food, drinks etc, while November-February is normally a very low time for tourism to Italy.
Oct 22, 2012, 12:46 am
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ETA: Apparently DOT told people to F* off. The logic isn't 100% applicable here, but it does show that the DOT was willing to overlook cancellations related to a promo code with ill-constructed T&C.
Last edited by janetdoe; Oct 22, 2012 at 1:22 am
Oct 22, 2012, 1:09 am
#817
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Is saudiairlines.com being down related to this deal I wonder? Wanted to check if my e-tickets were still confirmed.
Oct 22, 2012, 1:16 am
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Got to disagree a bit there... this could have been the best thing ever to happen to Italy; the vast majority of us (especially the intra EU flights) stay one or several days, which means we will all pay full price for hotels, food, drinks etc, while November-February is normally a very low time for tourism to Italy.
Oct 22, 2012, 1:17 am
#819
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Haha, well Spain could certainly use it too...
Oct 22, 2012, 1:22 am
#820
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This might be a bit of Stockholm syndrome, but I actually feel kind of bad of Alitalia. They have had a really crappy time for the last few years, verge of bankruptcy and bad maintenance on some aircraft. Italy as a country is in a giant pile of financial poo, and thousands of us are now arguing for free flights.
I haven't forgotten the time when my dad used to reward AZ with € 310 ($400)
in '90s for a domestic roundtrip - 1h flightime
$400 not taking into account inflation! Now would be at least $600.
Not to mention the unknown amount of taxes we poured to fund the company.
Likewise many American fellows love to remember the glorious Pan Am and their "kind" price attitude.
Oct 22, 2012, 1:32 am
#821
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This is NOT a mistake fare.
We don't have TO consider it a mistake fare. We booked through the .jp choosing a flight combination clearly exposed and framed.
Over the total amount, which was not wrong cheap or outrageously erroneous, we applied the PROMOJP coupon code.
The condition of the coupon did NOT mention a mandatory origin of the flights (that was added after more than 12 hours), nor any other limitation than black out dates.
We all need to keep clear this. It is a way different story than error/mistake fares, or currency IATA input etc.
We don't have TO consider it a mistake fare. We booked through the .jp choosing a flight combination clearly exposed and framed.
Over the total amount, which was not wrong cheap or outrageously erroneous, we applied the PROMOJP coupon code.
The condition of the coupon did NOT mention a mandatory origin of the flights (that was added after more than 12 hours), nor any other limitation than black out dates.
We all need to keep clear this. It is a way different story than error/mistake fares, or currency IATA input etc.
Last edited by Forrest Bump; Oct 22, 2012 at 2:05 am
Oct 22, 2012, 2:32 am
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I'm going to call AZ this morning, trying to understand why they confirmed me my tkt saturday by phone, and today it's "void"!
I'm really wondering what they can say about it!
I'm really wondering what they can say about it!
Oct 22, 2012, 2:33 am
#825
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take note: AZ removed "I miei Viaggi" (= check my itineraries) from their site-homepage!
I mean this link: www.alitalia.com/IT_IT/TP/APV/apvsearch.aspx
I mean this link: www.alitalia.com/IT_IT/TP/APV/apvsearch.aspx