"free flights"

[Bumz_Rush]

Newspapers like the Daily Mail, offer free flights to USA. Collect tokens,a nd fly for free.

These are not a trick, and for the £80 tax you do get a flight to USA, via KEF.

My question is WHY do the airlines offer these flights.

And who makes the money, or even do they make any money.


Many thanks,


Bumz

[ManAtTheBack]

Amongst the conditions are that if you want to go with a friend/partner they need to apply separately, and may not get the same dates or destinations.

Presumably they are hoping that if you get offered different dates/destinations, you will then buy a ticket rather than taking a separate holiday. No doubt there will also be encouragements to use linked insurance and hotel deals.

Still, if you are travelling alone and can change dates/destinations to suit the airline's convenience it might be worthwhile.

[Animalclub]

Airlines very, very rarely offer flight tickets without some sort of return. Remember the old saying "No such thing as a free lunch".

I used to sponser events, newspaper/radio/tv promotions with my old airline, as it was a very cheap way of advertising. It's amazing how many winners don't or can't take the trip - for various reasons.