Should this be allowed?
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Should this be allowed?
I am looking for flights to Dublin in January and researched the AerLingus website.
I found return flights on the dates I wanted for £119.40 for two. The next day I received an email from Aer Lingus which said "pay only taxes and charges" so I looked again and guess what...£119.40!
This to me see bordering on fraud. If the offer is to only pay taxes and charges how can both prices be the same?
I thought these kind of campaigns had been outlawed or am I mistaken?
I found return flights on the dates I wanted for £119.40 for two. The next day I received an email from Aer Lingus which said "pay only taxes and charges" so I looked again and guess what...£119.40!
This to me see bordering on fraud. If the offer is to only pay taxes and charges how can both prices be the same?
I thought these kind of campaigns had been outlawed or am I mistaken?
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For as long as people make rules - people will go around those rules. 
if the price is good for you - then book it.
If you stop this (which does seem blatant) then they'll apologise and do something else. Money rulez.
if the price is good for you - then book it.
If you stop this (which does seem blatant) then they'll apologise and do something else. Money rulez.
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Well the majority of punters looking for a flight would think that this was a genuine offer and that there was only tax and charges to pay NOT a fare.
I may well still book it as it is the same price but that is not the point. I remember a while back there was a whole controversy over this type of advertising and I thought it had been banned.
It implies that the fare being offered is different from the normal fare for that route and, as I said, it obviously is not otherwise search number two after said e mail would have produced a lower fare.
It is, at the least, misleading.
I may well still book it as it is the same price but that is not the point. I remember a while back there was a whole controversy over this type of advertising and I thought it had been banned.
It implies that the fare being offered is different from the normal fare for that route and, as I said, it obviously is not otherwise search number two after said e mail would have produced a lower fare.
It is, at the least, misleading.
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Do you still have the e-mail? I would imagine it said something like; "Fares may not be valid on all flights" or "Seats are limited" or something similar.
I don't know of any airline that sells all of it's seats at the the same price, or offers its 'sale' fares on all seats/flights.
To me it appears that the 'free' seats were not available on the flights/dates you chose.
I don't know of any airline that sells all of it's seats at the the same price, or offers its 'sale' fares on all seats/flights.
To me it appears that the 'free' seats were not available on the flights/dates you chose.
