Email from the funday times - Updated...I am going on holiday!

sillysally00

Brillliant outcome, congratulations :j:j:j

starrybee

Do you know where you'll be staying? Didn't see anything mentioned in the T&c's!

Nope, no idea yet. All she said was 5 nights, flight + accom. Will have to wait and see!

mjm3346

:TCongratulations:T

This was the ASA judgement against the one in the Sun which they lost even though "family" was in the T&Cs, there wasn't anywhere for the Times to go without even a mention of "family"

Upheld
The ASA considered the description of the prize as a "family holiday" and the fact the holiday was to Disney World communicated to entrants that they would be expected to take children on the holiday. This was then clarified in the Terms and Conditions which clearly stated that the prize was based on two adults and two children aged 2–11 years old. We therefore considered it was reasonable for The Sun not to award the prize to entrants who intended to use the prize only as an individual or a couple. However, we understood that the complainant had also asked whether she could take her sister's children on the holiday, and that they were in the correct age bracket. The terms and conditions did not state that only children for whom the entrant had parental responsibility were able to travel. We considered that it was foreseeable that entrants might wish to travel with children from their extended family who were not their own and that if The Sun did not wish to award the prize in such circumstances they should have specified the exclusion in the terms and conditions. We considered that, because the apparent exclusion had not been made clear, the complainant had been caused unnecessary disappointment.
We concluded the promotion breached the Code.
The promotion breached CAP Code (Edition 12) rules 8.2 and 8.17.7 (Sales promotions).
Action

The promotion must not appear again in its current form. We told The Sun to ensure that exclusions were made clear in any future promotions

jakesmum

Wow, congratulations on what looks to have been a bit of an ordeal in order to get the end result of a fab holiday!! Can't believe they made such a big deal about it.. as a single parent it annoys me when the 'family' is defined as the old two adults, 2 kids setup, which is often used by the comps in their T&C's but luckily for you (not for them), it wasn't mentioned here... well done and well deserved.:beer:

Rossco_Clarko

Yay! Fab news! Let the planning begin

ellemm

Great outcome, so pleased it worked out for you and have a great time :T

Horror_writer

really pleased you got the holiday in the end!

Well done.

sofaloafz

starrybee wrote: »

:D

The lady from the Times just called back to say they are going to let me go :T :T :T

Bouncing in my seat right now, I can't quite believe it!

Thank you so much for everyone's support! :grouphug:

So so pleased for you

Let us know when you've been and how fantabulous it is! :j

fire**fly

Email from the funday times - Updated...I am going on holiday!


brilliant, well done :T:T

claire21

So pleased for you!

Ps I will break the news gently to my kids that they are not going with you lol

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