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Aviation Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / July 2009Useless TIGER AIRWAYS "Australia"....
Be aware of the following SCAM-like details of Tiger Airways "Australia" bookings: * They have changed their charges. You will now be charged $5 PER PERSON PER FLIGHT, if you use a Credit Card. An Australian-issed VISA or Australian-issued MASTERCARD ***DEBIT CARD ONLY*** is free. Their systems can detect which kind of card you use by the card number. It will reject your booking, if you use the wrong card type. So, $10 for a return flight for using a credit card to make a booking, per person MINIMUM. * Their call centre is STILL in the Phillipines. Tiger's CEO promised Melbourne-based staff here in Australia, in June 2009. This is a lie. Their "Customer Service" number: (03) 9335 3033 is always diverted to the Phillipines. >Be aware of the following SCAM-like details of Tiger Airways >"Australia" bookings: [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >is always diverted to the Phillipines. Yer?? And where is the scam? QANTAS and Virgin both charge extra for credit card bookings. Regards, Moby =================================================================== Alan Stuart downunder in Perth, Oz Email: newsgroups@NOSPAM.AND.EGGS.moby58.com Homepage: http://www.moby58.com Local Weather: http://www.moby58.com/wx Stuff for sale: http://www.moby58.com/forsale * Remove NOSPAM.AND.EGGS. from email address for replies. And just to try and stop spammers: tosspam@aol.com, abuse@aol.com, abuse@yahoo.com, abuse@hotmail.com, abuse@msn.com, abuse@sprint.com, abuse@earthlink.com, uce@ftc.gov, spamcop@spamcop.net Making life REAL hard for spammers with: http://members.iinet.net.au/~shades2/spamtrap.html Hello, Moby. > And where is the scam? QANTAS and Virgin both charge extra for credit > card bookings. Sorry, SCAM was the wrong word. I meant RIP-OFF. Unlike Tiger, Qantas allows you to pay by Direct Debit for FREE. And Virgin is just as bad in the rip-off stakes as Tiger, now that you mention it. > Hello, Moby. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > And Virgin is just as bad in the rip-off stakes as Tiger, now that you > mention it. I'd say Tiger were in violation of s53C of the Trade Practices Act as well. In my view, the law requires that the price quoted on the flight selection page be the amount you have to pay if you choose the lowest cost payment option *consistent with booking online*, but there appear to be various booking fees which are not included at this point, and which are unavoidable. Sylvia. > > Hello, Moby. > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Sylvia. Well my wife and I just took a lovely 5 day vacation to Alice Springs ( from Melbourne) for $160 each return curtesy of Tiger. If thats a rip off, I am going back for more. >>> Hello, Moby. >>>> And where is the scam? QANTAS and Virgin both charge extra for credit [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > ( from Melbourne) for $160 each return curtesy of Tiger. If thats a > rip off, I am going back for more. We cant all be as lucky as you. On Jul 2, 11:22 pm, Sylvia Else <syl...@not.at.this.address> wrote: > Noodle wrote: > > Hello, Moby. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Sylvia. Well my wife and I just took a lovely 5 day vacation to Alice Springs ( from Melbourne) for $160 each return curtesy of Tiger. If thats a rip off, I am going back for more. Yeah, we flew Alice to Melbourne for $59 and other than luggage allowance and checkin time was no different to Jetstar. The flight was absolutely fine, on time with a brand new, clean A320 aircraft and plenty of food and grog on board. Better than VB meals wise, which half the time out of Hobart there is nothing left on board as they do not take on catering here. > On Jul 2, 11:22 pm, Sylvia Else <syl...@not.at.this.address> wrote: >> Noodle wrote: [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > the time out of Hobart there is nothing left on board as they do not > take on catering here. Damned fine cheap fare eh Bernie :) Interesting comment about the meals however. > Yeah, we flew Alice to Melbourne for $59 and other than luggage allowance > and checkin time was no different to Jetstar. The flight was absolutely > fine, on time with a brand new, clean A320 aircraft and plenty of food and > grog on board. Better than VB meals wise, which half the time out of > Hobart there is nothing left on board as they do not take on catering > here. Can't beat a VB meal. Straight outta the stuby on a hot day. > Be aware of the following SCAM-like details of Tiger Airways > "Australia" bookings: [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > is always diverted to the Phillipines. I think Virgin Blue have their call centre there as well. |
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