Why is that the low cost airlines don’t offer
\nfrequent flier awards? It seems that unlike the US, none of
\nthe European low cost carriers have frequent-flier
\nprograms. Southwest Airlines, the model for low-cost
\ncarriers, including our friends Ryanair, gave away 2.3
\nmillion free tickets last year – more than United Airlines
\n– with its online “double bonus” promotion, which means
\nthat with four trips you get one free when you reserve on
\nthe Web. Is this something we should be demanding?<\/p>\n
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Our webmaster noticed that Ryanair offer a telephone
\nservice called Ryanair telecom. As we are usually unkind
\nabout Ryanair, we thought this month we’d try and
\nfind something kind to say about them, so here are the
\ndetails on their latest special offer. We have not used it
\nand can’t say if it is any good, but were bemused
\nthat this was another one of their activities. This is what
\nthey say:<\/p>\n
We have an offer on at the moment giving away 1,000,000
\nFREE calls in the form of 50,000 x 20 minute calls. To get
\nyour free calls, call+353 1 246 23 33and we will call you
\nback within 15 seconds! You must call from your fixed line
\nphone and register with a Visa or MasterCard credit card.
\nOnce you register, you will then receive a free call from
\nyour mobile or fixed line phone. You will get a 20 minutes
\nFREE talk time if you call from your fixed line phone to
\nany fixed line phone (premium rate calls excluded) in
\nEurope, Australia, China, North America, South Africa or
\nRussia when you successfully register. This offer applies
\nto touch tone phones and excludes calls made from
\npayphones, switchboard phones or Internet phones. If the
\ncall exceeds 20 minutes, you will be charged at prevailing
\nrates.
\nRyanair Telecom reserves the right to refuse to supply this
\nservice and may discontinue this offer or service at
\nanytime. This offer is also subject to our normal terms and
\nconditions .<\/p>\n
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