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BT's free flights offer hits turbulence
Talkback I am also a previuos employee of Rise Travel and I totally agrree with the comments about the free flights. But on the other hand Rise Travel simply did not have enough staff to deal with the Daily Express promotion.
[September 8, 2005, 12:26]
BT's free flights offer hits turbulence
Talkback I empathise with those who did not receive any free flights. However, nowadays a lot of things are covered by terms and conditions and if you read these you shall find that in fact you are getting the free flights but you are paying taxes...
[September 5, 2005, 16:25]
BT hoovers up broadband punters with 'free' flights
Talkback Free Flight Offers", then all will get there flights! Should put Harry Cichy, in charge of all,
[May 21, 2004, 14:33]
BT hoovers up broadband punters with 'free' flights
Talkback I also see that Energylinx, one of the larger energy price comparisons is also offering free flights.
[May 16, 2004, 16:03]
BT hoovers up broadband punters with 'free' flights
Talkback I applied for BT free flights to Amsterdam just over a month ago and to-day I received a phone call from them offering the flights for my wife and i at a total cost of £132.80 but I can purchase my own flights from a local airline for £115.76 so...
[October 9, 2004, 22:46]
BT hoovers up broadband punters with 'free' flights
Talkback Rise Travel we applied for free flights with the Gallo offer late last summer, only to be told that the dates we wanted in October were too close to book! Eventually in November we received a letter from Rise Travel saying we had a provisional...
[January 19, 2005, 8:48]
BT hoovers up broadband punters with 'free' flights
Talkback Notibly at the moment by E & J GALLO offer of Free Flights to USA at J Sainsbury. Will this promotion topple the Hoover Free Flights Fiasco. Name seems to be comming up on a lot of Free Flight Offers.
[August 11, 2004, 18:04]
BT hoovers up broadband punters with 'free' flights
Talkback Rise Travel the travel agent behind the BT & E&J Gallo Free Flights. Tel: 0161-607-6262. Is another Hoover waiting in the Wings.
[August 13, 2004, 15:09]
BT hoovers up broadband punters with 'free' flights
Talkback I know of 4 seperate applications for free flights submitted approx.weeks and to date [despite phone calls] nothing has been heard re.flights, despite the fact that flights requested are now only 4 weeks away.
[August 15, 2004, 11:06]
BT hoovers up broadband punters with 'free' flights
Talkback I've also applied for the E & J Gallo flights offer, and so far haven't heard anything (it's nearly 4 weeks since i sent my application), however as some of you have waited ages i guess i shouldn't be too concerned.
[August 29, 2004, 14:56]
BT hoovers up broadband punters with 'free' flights
Talkback The express had mentioned that the flights would be from Glasgowor Prestwick but in reality I almost certain they are all from Prestwick with Ryan Air. I think most people would agree that this could hardly be called a guaranteed free holiday.
[August 27, 2004, 17:10]
BT hoovers up broadband punters with 'free' flights
Talkback Not only is September the only month I have free to travel, New York is the only place I particularly want to go to, though I would accept flights to Boston or Washington. I've just recieved a phone call from Rise, 36 days after sending them my...
[August 26, 2004, 17:20]
BT hoovers up broadband punters with 'free' flights
Talkback BT Free flights offer - where is the free. My free trip via BT is costling me more money than I can book the same seats on the same easyjet flight. I simulatly had problems with rise not returning my calls.
[January 5, 2005, 10:28]
BT hoovers up broadband punters with 'free' flights
Talkback It must be pointed out that the campaign was promoted as 'free' flights last Autumn and was faciliated by a sales promotion agency who, like others, use the term 'free' flights in their promotional literature.
[April 18, 2005, 10:50]
BT hoovers up broadband punters with 'free' flights
Talkback The problem was that they offered me an indirect flight (via Paris) with taxes of £130; BA are currently offering direct flights from London for £189 all-in, so there's really not an awful lot of difference when you take the inconvenience of the...
[January 7, 2005, 16:00]
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 The promotion also stated that the flights would be from specific airports - I was offered Luton (not even on the promotion leaflet! I applied for free flight promotions in January. Is the BT free flight promotion for real?
[February 24, 2005, 17:07]
BT defends free flights offer
News BT has hit back at claims that delays and backlogs have turned its free flight offer for new broadband customers a fiasco, saying that most customers have received their flights and 5,000 vouchers remain unclaimed.
[October 6, 2004, 17:10]
BT's free flights offer hits turbulence
Talkback I have aplied to Rise Travel for free flights under both the E J Gallo and Little Chef promotions and despite several 'phone calls to the Rise Travel 'help' line have had no response. I will keep trying and also report them to trading standards and...
[January 11, 2005, 9:59]
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. I was very surprised that a company of BT's pedigree should go to the...
[September 3, 2004, 16:30]
