Travelocity tweeted out an offer code meant for members of the Baltimore-based National Federation of the Blind who attended a July convention in Dallas. The code knocked $200 off any air and hotel package booked through September 4th. Travelocity, or so they claimed, intended the code as an exclusive deal for the roughly 3,000 NFB members who attended the National Federation for the Blind's convention earlier this summer.
The Tweet Heard 'Round The World |
The second large issue was the deal itself. Through experimenting, many realized that the hotel/air packages did not have to be booked for the same city nor was there any minimum purchase. Many people, myself included, were able to find cheap stays in Southeast Asian hotels and combine them with flights to other more favorable destinations. As a sample, I was able to book a flight to Los Angeles along with the dirt-cheap Thai hotel reservation I never planned to use. The $200 off coupon easily took care of the Thai hotel and a large chunk of the flight to L.A. Total out of pocket to me? About $100. Not too shabby for a transcontinental flight I'd say!
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What do you think? Should Travelocity honor the bookings made with an erroneously tweeted offer code?
-Charm City Traveler
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