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BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback Daily Express £10 Cruise Offer/Rise Travel (also trading as "Hidden Retreats") Today (29 January 2005) we received a telephone call from a quite impolite female employee of Rise Travel's call centre informing us that, should my partner wish to go...
[January 29, 2005, 16:13]
BT Hoovers Up Broadband Punters With 'free' Flights
Talkback Daily Express £10 Cruise Offer/Rise Travel (also trading as "Hidden Retreats") Today (29 January 2005) we received a telephone call from a quite impolite female employee of Rise Travel's call centre informing us that, should my partner wish to go...
[January 29, 2005, 15:40]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback In due time I received a letter from Rise Travel dated 27.10.04.stating "following your application for the Daily Express Cruise offer we are pleased to advised you that you have been allocated the following £10 cruise holiday.etc.
[February 10, 2005, 12:19]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback This fantastic offer gave readers the chance to claim a cruise for only £10! MKM use a variety of reputable Cruise operators including Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Lines and Thomson Cruise Lines.
[February 1, 2005, 9:04]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback Today I recieve a phonecall from Rebecca who is based in the Express offices but who works for Rise telling me that they are negotiating for further single cabins to be released to them, and that I can expect a call within 21 days from a travel...
[February 14, 2005, 11:19]
BT Hoovers Up Broadband Punters With 'free' Flights
Talkback Daily Express/Rise Travel cruise offer. I had a letter asking me not to contact the cruise operator when I had no intention of doing so! Anything to worry about? Things aren't looking particularly straightforward, all I wanted was a holiday.
[December 4, 2004, 12:23]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback My friend has managed to get a cruise booked on the Daily Express £10 Cruise Offer with Rise Travel. The cost is £90 which includes: London Gatwick/Milan return flights, 1 night in a 3* hotel in Milan, transfers to/from Genoa, sole use of an inside...
[February 22, 2005, 8:41]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback Like many of the above I collected tokens for the Express £10 cruise offer. Then on 15th January I was jilted and told my 'allocated' cruise to the Canaries in April (I even knew the date, the liner and the itinerary) was off and I could have a...
[February 5, 2005, 13:57]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback As expected the ASA have come down hard on Rise Travel over the Daily Express cruise offer. So that is now three in a row ( BT , Gallo Wine and Express) for Rise, who always seem to blame everyone but themselves for not being able to deliver what...
[April 6, 2005, 16:40]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback Also offered Mediterranean Cruise under £10 Daily Express offer. Refused this offer and was then offered Cruise between September and December 2006! Received phone call yesterday (Jan 05) from Rise Travel cancelling due to over subscription to offer.
[January 27, 2005, 12:40]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback A cruise later in 2005 A cruise in 2006 Have been told by the help line that Rise travel are obliged to offer 5 alternatives Second person to travel and change to a double cabin. They should phone us with these alternatives and whichever we select...
[February 10, 2005, 15:23]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback Re: Express £10 Cruise Offer. I have just been called by Rise Travel to say that despite being issued with an itinerary for June 2005 (after initially being told I would be going in September 2004), that this has now been cancelled (due to not...
[January 27, 2005, 11:58]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback I ASKED RISE TRAVEL,HOW THEY COULD OFFER SOMEONE A SINGLE CABIN,WHEN THE CRUISE LINER DID NOT HAVE ANY. SINCE MY LAST POSTING,WHERE I HAD BEEN OFFERED A CRUISE IN FEB/05 TO SOUTH AMERICA. THEY HAVE SINCE OFFERED ME A CRUISE HOPEFULLY NOW,TO THE...
[January 2, 2005, 17:19]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback Regarding the Express Cruise offer. Has anyone else had a call from Rise Travel telling them that under clause 23 of the terms and conditions (the ones in the paper only go up to 12! they can withdraw the offer?
[February 10, 2005, 10:11]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback Is anyone else having trouble with Rise Travel re.their involvement with the Daily Express £10 Cruise Offer. Does anyone know if the Daily Express can be sued through Rise Travel's total incompetence?
[September 16, 2004, 0:08]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback and I have had NOTHING from the Express cruise offer, despite repeated calls and recorded delivery letters to Rise Travel and its associates, and the Express. Really? Well, it's now 1 December (2005! My local trading standards say I should take...
[December 1, 2005, 18:14]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback Its obvious the offer of a cruise is not going to be met. How do companies like Rise Travel get away with cons like this? Might as well start saving for a proper holiday with a reputable company.
[January 29, 2005, 9:30]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback just had the phone call from rise travel offering money off vouchers instead of £10 cruise.have emailed daily express since this was their offer.another con or just a disaster ?
[January 22, 2005, 11:01]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback I took the Daily Mail up on its cruise offer, £10 plus a months worth of tokens. I sent off my letter to ask what was happening and on Saturday 23rd April I received a letter from Rise Travel stating - "Unfortunately, we did not receive your...
[April 25, 2005, 10:42]
BT's Free Flights Offer Hits Turbulence
Talkback Just in the process of writing my letter to all concerned about the Daily Express Flight and Cruise Offer. Contacted by RISE travel who seem keen to update the database with client declined each offer.
[February 12, 2005, 16:26]
