Airlines and False Advertising.

[Tmy]

Every damn Airline add is a pack of lies! Theyll say "fly to Vegas for $99" but thats bullshiz. Its $99 each way round trip required. Thats $198. How do they get away with such misleading ads?

Doesnt this tactic violate truth in advertising laws?

 

[Number Six]

A more misleading as IMO, although less important in the grand scheme of things, is when theaters say the movies starts at 7:30 and then it doesn't start until 7:35 or 7:40 or 7:45 (you never know when). And it's not just one theater that does that but all of them (or virtually all of them).

 

[corplinx]

Every damn Airline add is a pack of lies! Theyll say "fly to Vegas for $99" but thats bullshiz. Its $99 each way round trip required. Thats $198. How do they get away with such misleading ads?

Doesnt this tactic violate truth in advertising laws?

What's misleading about it? I can see someone with a low IQ getting confused. However, once they try to purchase the ticket even they will see that "fly to las vegas" means "fly to las vegas" and not "fly to las vegas and back".

I get mails each week from NWA with cybersaver fares and they are always roundtrip fares.

 

[Tmy]

You have giant font saying "Vegas" and "$99". That implies the price for a plane ticket. But if you were to buy a one way it would be more than that. In fact you cant get to Vegas for $99.

If your at the market and the sign says "1/2 Gallon Milk. $1". You expect to get that 1/2 gallon for a buck. Instead you have to buy 2 1/2gallons for $2. Otherwise a 1/2 gallon is $1.75 by itself. You wouldnt find that misleading advertising?

 

[Skeptical Greg]

Re: Re: Airlines and False Advertising.

What's misleading about it? I can see someone with a low IQ getting confused. However, once they try to purchase the ticket even they will see that "fly to las vegas" means "fly to las vegas" and not "fly to las vegas and back".

I get mails each week from NWA with cybersaver fares and they are always roundtrip fares.

Why do they quote the price of a one way ticket, if they will not sell you one?

 

[corplinx]

You have giant font saying "Vegas" and "$99". That implies the price for a plane ticket. But if you were to buy a one way it would be more than that. In fact you cant get to Vegas for $99.

Well, this is different from your original post. Could you link one of these bait and switch ads?

 

[Tmy]

I dont have a link. Most major newspapers carry these ads all the time. Most airlines pull this crap all the time. Im sure you can hit any travel or ailine page and see an example.

 

[Jocko]

Every damn Airline add is a pack of lies! Theyll say "fly to Vegas for $99" but thats bullshiz. Its $99 each way round trip required. Thats $198. How do they get away with such misleading ads?

Doesnt this tactic violate truth in advertising laws?

Of course not. You should expect to pay that anyway since you need two seats, fatty.

It's called a disclosure statement. Many call it the asterisk, legal, or qualifier. It's no more dishonest than a car ad that tells you the monthly payment while obscuring the total purchase price.

It's legal, it's common practice, and everyone in the entire world gets it except you. Have a nice flight.

 

[Tmy]

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Of course not. You should expect to pay that anyway since you need two seats, fatty.

It's called a disclosure statement. Many call it the asterisk, legal, or qualifier. It's no more dishonest than a car ad that tells you the monthly payment while obscuring the total purchase price.

It's legal, it's common practice, and everyone in the entire world gets it except you. Have a nice flight.

Im not fat Im big boned!!!


How much woudl it cost to fly down to Florida and break your kneecaps!

 

[corplinx]

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Im not fat Im big boned!!!


How much woudl it cost to fly down to Florida and break your kneecaps!

$89*








*price for oneway fare, excludes eleven different taxes and surcharges and the price of your luggage which will be thoroughly trashed and not compensated

 

[Jocko]

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How much woudl it cost to fly down to Florida and break your kneecaps!

In dollars or calories?

Timmy, you are the kind of consumer we advertising people dream about.

 

[Iconoclast]

Re: Re: Airlines and False Advertising.

It's called a disclosure statement. Many call it the asterisk, legal, or qualifier. It's no more dishonest than a car ad that tells you the monthly payment while obscuring the total purchase price.

I hate those flyers you get in your mail box that have the price in big letters with an asterisk next to it. I spend maybe ten minutes trying to find the footnote that explains what the asterisk actually indicates, but half the time I can't find it. The flyer always ends up in the bin, but I like to keep abreast of the latest set of conditions that turn their unbelievably cheap $99 offer into a $299 bad buy.

 

[Michael Redman]

From what I understand, airline advertising is regulated by the FAA, not the FTC. No other industry is allowed to make the types of claims airlines do because the FTC is serious about regulating deceptive advertising, but the FAA is more concerned with promoting the airline industry.