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BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
News BT's offer of free return flights for customers who signed up for one of its consumer broadband packages has hit problems reminiscent of the infamous Hoover free flights fiasco. BT is adamant that the problem isn't on the scale of Hoover's, whose...
[September 3, 2004, 16:30]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback Ten years on from the now infamous Hoover Free Flights promotion, customers will not stand for false promises. A legal precident was set by Sandy Jack V Hoover, on the subject of; Proof of Postage" many thousands of recorded dlivery items sent to...
[September 7, 2004, 8:58]
BT's Flights Of Fancy
Leader Hoover effectively invented this kind of promotion in the early 1990s when it started giving away two free flights to America to any customer spending over £100. The offer was hugely popular, Hoover couldn't cope with the demand, and the whole...
[January 14, 2005, 14:00]
BT Hoovers Up Broadband Punters With 'free' Flights
News But the promotion proved a disaster, as Hoover hasn't anticipated the level of demand, and resulted in legal action from customers who accused the company of invoking bogus technicalities to avoid paying for their flights.
[May 11, 2004, 11:50]
BT Hoovers Up Broadband Punters With 'free' Flights
Talkback Maytag owners of Hoover Europe at the time of the Hoover Flights Fiasco, workers at their Newton HQ, Iowa, USA, have been on Strike. They will resume talks on the 23 June 2004. The amazing thing on hearing the news today, the 18 June 2004 their...
[June 18, 2004, 19:46]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback They offer TWO free flights just like Hoover did! Maybe Harry should look at the new Samsung offer run by a company called Landround. Be afraid be very afraid!
[October 6, 2004, 17:16]
BT Hoovers Up Broadband Punters With 'free' Flights
Talkback Allas never got my Hoover Flights. The differnce this is a dedicated profesional Travel Agent, unlkike Hoover who should off stuck to making Hoover's. Just got my flight to New York in March, not bad for just the cost of six bt of wine.
[December 8, 2004, 9:23]
BT Hoovers Up Broadband Punters With 'free' Flights
Talkback Harry started the litigation against Hoover to get applicants their Free Flights. Remeber the Know Infamous Hoover Free Flight Fiasco. Featured in the BBC Trouble at The Top series " Hoover Flight Fiasco".
[September 17, 2004, 6:13]
BT Hoovers Up Broadband Punters With 'free' Flights
Talkback Is another Hoover waiting in the Wings. Rise Travel the travel agent behind the BT & E&J Gallo Free Flights. Tel: 0161-607-6262.
[August 13, 2004, 15:09]
BT Hoovers Up Broadband Punters With 'free' Flights
Talkback When you say Hoover these days you no longer think of Vacuums but " Flights"& " Fiasco". Hoover seem to be more famous these day's for the Know Infamous Hoover Flight Fiasco. It would seem Maytag, Hoover Europe owners at the time, still own Hoover...
[June 28, 2004, 13:10]
BT Hoovers Up Broadband Punters With 'free' Flights
Talkback Will this promotion topple the Hoover Free Flights Fiasco. Notibly at the moment by E & J GALLO offer of Free Flights to USA at J Sainsbury. Rise Travel SIGB RISE TRAVEL FLIGHT, MKM HOUSE MANCHESTER, M16 OXX.
[August 11, 2004, 18:04]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Talkback Remeber Hoover? I would be interested to know how many Free Flights there where? BT Broadband & Free Flight Offer. Did things go to plan? Or is there no such thing as a Free Flight? Harry Does.
[September 1, 2004, 14:03]
BT Defends Free Flights Offer
News When the initial delays hit the BT offer there were comparisons to the Hoover free-flights debacle in the 1990s when customers who spent over £100 were offered two free transatlantic flights -- up to 100,000 people didn't get their flights and the...
[October 6, 2004, 17:10]
BT Hoovers Up Broadband Punters With 'free' Flights
Talkback If I was one of the many companies using Rise Travel for these promotions I would be very concerned and would be asking for some hard facts about the original resourcing of the offers; why they are taking on multiple offers when they cannot...
[October 3, 2004, 10:02]
Post Office Blamed For BT Flight Problems
News The situation has been compared to the infamous Hoover offer of the early 1990s when many people struggled to get a free flight to America. Rise Travel, the company handling BT's offer of free flights for new broadband customers, has blamed the...
[September 9, 2004, 17:00]
BT Hoovers Up Broadband Punters With 'free' Flights
Talkback As with Hoover) Stop when you hear the bang. Like you, I don't understand - but I have been told that the 'mix' on this offer is based on MKM making money on the people who DON'T fly - don't ask me how, but I think it ties with the Daily Express...
[September 13, 2004, 1:31]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback I am contacting both Trading Standards, the Express newspaper and Watchdog over this - like the Hoover fiasco, this needs sorting by the big guns - we need to all bombard Watchdog with our complaints or we'll continue to be ignored.
[January 27, 2005, 11:58]
BT Hoovers Up Broadband Punters With 'free' Flights
Talkback Is this another Hoover - more publicity needed? Applied August. Letter in November offering Boston flight on Offer slip returned early November. Mid December Nothing heard - phone calls and emails chasing up 'help line'
[December 15, 2004, 20:38]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback I remarked that it sounded a bit like the Hoover situation and they said its not as they intend to honour their cruise offer. A complete travesty. Just spoken to MKM Marketing. Tried to find out when I would be hearing from them, given that I sent...
[September 20, 2004, 17:42]
BT Hoovers Up Broadband Punters With 'free' Flights
Talkback Hoover still Number One in the Blunder stakes. The Infamous Hoover Free Flight Fiasco still ranks as the Largest corporate Marketing Blunder. Hoover are still number One & have not been toppled in the BLUNDER stakes.
[August 3, 2004, 12:46]
