Also, there have been attempts to make forced arbitration clauses illegal in the USA from both sides of the aisle, including Gaetz. It is self-evident that such clauses are an abomination but one must play within the rules of the game as they have been set.

This is all very exciting. Has anyone gotten their 250x Avios yet, or any Avios at all?

I really hope they haven�t.

A little note of churlishness from you there perhaps, CIHY �..?

I personally would never have been enticed by this particular offer. But I HAVE been the beneficiary of one or two �error fares� over the years. Did you ever harbour a similar sense of resentment towards anyone who successfully flew in such scenarios ?

Absolutely not, I am happy if any genuine Kate Spade customers are rewarded, just not those taking part just for the rewards of this obvious mistake, personally I think it is mortally wrong.

It absolutely is, but these big companies wouldn't bat an eyelid about doing something morally wrong to bang a bit more profit in the bank (like forcing everyone to sign a new contract or be sacked at the start of the pandemic just as an example). I know two wrongs don't make a right, but sometimes a little retribution is sweet. I doubt very much anyone will get the 250K avios in any case.

Well I�m surprised and disappointed how different we are.

(I somehow managed to do neither.)

Why on earth would you care?
These people bought stuff from an expensive store in the hope that they would get Avios at the advertised (high) return rate.
I wish them all the best, and if they all get their 250x Avios, good for them.

Still "pending" for everyone afaik.

I know it�s not important if I care or not to anyone else but it�s interesting to see who agree with me.

looks like you�ve already got one like 🤠

And PMs from people I respect.

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Everyone's entitled to their feelings. This seems like a particularly bizarre hill to die on for a variety of reasons. BA/Kate Spade/the shopping mall made an offer for a short period of time. People acted in line with that offer. Those companies are now (apparently) honoring that offer. For what it's worth, Kate Spade's offered me 70 percent in rebates on purchases I've made through their store in the past through another portal, so I don't see this as particularly out of line for them.

You wrote that this was mortally wrong - I'm going to assume you're arguing it's morally wrong. I'm not sure how that's morally wrong when we're dealing with companies who charge massive premiums for handbags that cost a fraction of that amount of money to produce. Or with an airline that routinely lies about their EU261 responsibilities hoping that it'll stop people from pursuing what they deserve. Or who don't protect customer data after writing in the checkout process that it's safer to store our data with them than enter it in each time. Or anything and everything regarding the Dirty Tricks scandal with VS.

I don't suspect that we'll find common ground on this issue, so I'll leave my feelings there.