*** WARNING: Jet2 "20,000 free seats" online competition***

hybernia

In case you've been emailed by budget airline Jet2 about the existence of this online competition, or if you happen to have discovered it by other means, you will be aware that the airline is allegedly offering 20,000 free return air fares to those who can identify 10 pictures of different locations which Jet2 serves.

Please note though:

1) A free return air fare willnot be won simply by guessing all 10 locations correctly, despite the blatant promise of the Jet2 promotional publicity;

2) A free return airfare may possibly be won if a contestant who correctly identifies all 10 locations then goes onto be a winner in a subsequent draw about which Jet2 says nothing at all other than a small print reference buried in the competition's Terms & Conditions;

3) But even getting all 10 locations correctly identified is not guaranteed to secure even an entry into Jet2's unpublicised winners' draw because Jet2 can, and will, decide that if it doesn't feel like honouring any or all promises publicly made, then it won't:



Not sure whether to contact the ASA about this tomorrow -- that is, if the ASA even regulates this kind of stunt. Not sure, either, how to file a request for the names of the 20,000 "winners" at the end of this so-called competition later this week.

* Note: the Jet2 online contest encourages entrants to keep on trying to get the full total of 10 locations correctly identified even if they fail at the first attempt. They are told they have scored 0-9 locations out of 10, and to try again to accurately identify the locations they got wrong, first time around. Those locations are re-run on-screen by Jet2.

However: entrants who eventually succeed in getting all 10 correct seem (in our experience) disqualified from winning either the promised free airfare or even the entry ticket to the Jet2 secret prize draw. They are instead offered a £60 voucher off a Jet2 2017 holiday.

That said: the "decision" handed down by Jet2 in regard to our entry -- where all 10 locations were accurately identified in one go, not through incremental corrections -- shows that the company will simply tear up a winning entry if it feels like it (though of course, with the soother of a 2017 discount voucher. . .)

The way this charter airline is so obviously anxious to sign people up for a Jet2 2017 holiday would seem to explain a great deal about how this alleged "20,000 Free Seats!" promotion has been constructed and is currently being run. . .

JReacher1

I wouldn't expect guessing ten destinations would give you free return fares as that would be a bit ridiculous (and easy to exploit).

Thanks for the warning though.

JJG

It’s time to get your destination knowledge up to scratch because we’re launching our biggest ever giveaway, offering people the chance to win one of 20,000 FREE return flights, plus ten 5* package holidays, through our interactive online quiz, ‘Name That Destination’.

The quiz launches on Monday 7th November, giving people the opportunity to win one of 20,000 return flights at a rate of one return flight giveaway every 15 SECONDS. It runs from Monday 7th November until Friday 11th November (open from 07.00 - 21.00 each day) and to be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is view ten images of various Jet2.com and Jet2holidays destinations and correctly identify and name all ten.

As an extra special treat, one lucky winner will also be selected at random to win return flights to New York PLUS there’s the chance at the end of the week to win one of ten 5* Jet2holidays breaks, which will be released on Friday 11th November.

There’s even better news as you can start practicing NOW. Just head to https://ntd.jet2.com to swot up on your destination knowledge, ahead of the giveaway going live at 07.00am on Monday 7th November. With free return flights being given away at a rate of four every minute, there’s plenty of reason to get practicing!

Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: “We’re passionate about giving back to our customers and this huge giveaway is no exception. We are giving away 20,000 return flights across all 58 of our fantastic sun, ski and city destinations from all nine of our UK bases. We hope that people enjoy the quiz, and get to not only learn about our great destinations but actually experience them too, by winning one of the 20,000 return flights!”

The announcement on the Jet2 website. I can't see anything misleading in this and that's without looking into the Terms and Conditions. Terms and Conditions which you have to agree to before you enter.

mije1983

hybernia wrote: »

1) A free return air fare willnot be won simply by guessing all 10 locations correctly, despite the blatant promise of the Jet2 promotional publicity;

Well, yes. No doubt there will be many, many more entries than 20,000 so not everybody can win a flight.

hybernia wrote: »

2) A free return airfare may possibly be won if a contestant who correctly identifies all 10 locations then goes onto be a winner in a subsequent draw about which Jet2 says nothing at all other than a small print reference buried in the competition's Terms & Conditions;

I guess you missed this bit in the promo blurb:

to be in with a chance of winning

Not you will win, but in with a chance. Like pretty much every competition ever. A correct answer doesn't guarantee you will win.

hybernia wrote: »

3) But even getting all 10 locations correctly identified is not guaranteed to secure even an entry into Jet2's unpublicised winners' draw because Jet2 can, and will, decide that if it doesn't feel like honouring any or all promises publicly made, then it won't:

Not sure of the point you are making here? There is only going to be 1 winner of the New York flights. Of course, it's possible you have some communication with Jet2 that you haven't shared with us that validates this point?

hybernia wrote: »

Not sure whether to contact the ASA about this tomorrow

Please don't waste their time, and I'm sure you have better things to be doing with yours as well.

hybernia wrote: »

However: entrants who eventually succeed in getting all 10 correct seem (in our experience) disqualified from winning either the promised free airfare or even the entry ticket to the Jet2 secret prize draw. They are instead offered a £60 voucher off a Jet2 2017 holiday.

Where does it say the £60 off disqualifies you from the New York draw? Again regarding the free flights, see point 1. Not everyone will win.

hybernia wrote: »

That said: the "decision" handed down by Jet2 in regard to our entry -- where all 10 locations were accurately identified in one go, not through incremental corrections -- shows that the company will simply tear up a winning entry if it feels like it (though of course, with the soother of a 2017 discount voucher. . .

Again, where does it say you are not allowed entry in to the New York draw?

It appears that you have completely got the wrong end of the stick here, and that you thought you had a guaranteed free flight.

There a very few competitions that guarantee a prize for a correct answer. Thinking otherwise is quite naive. Competitions are generally run to increase awareness of a company, and to drive traffic to their sites. Therefore a very simple easy to answer question or quiz is going to guarantee the most visits. Which of course then leads to most people getting the answer right.

DoaM

I don't know if the other respondents to this thread are being deliberately obtuse, but I can clearly see what the OP is driving at ...

Enter the quiz, get ALL the answers right, yet you still don't get entered into the prize draw.

How is that right? If getting all the answers right aren't the full qualifying criteria, then what are? (OP didn't say anything about getting the answers right automatically meaning you win).

hybernia

mije1983 wrote: »

Not sure of the point you are making here? There is only going to be 1 winner of the New York flights. Of course, it's possible you have some communication with Jet2 that you haven't shared with us that validates this point?


Where does it say the £60 off disqualifies you from the New York draw? Again regarding the free flights, see point 1. Not everyone will win.

Again, where does it say you are not allowed entry in to the New York draw?

It appears that you have completely got the wrong end of the stick here, and that you thought you had a guaranteed free flight.

There a very few competitions that guarantee a prize for a correct answer. Thinking otherwise is quite naive. Competitions are generally run to increase awareness of a company, and to drive traffic to their sites. Therefore a very simple easy to answer question or quiz is going to guarantee the most visits. Which of course then leads to most people getting the answer right.

I had to re-read your response before realising you must've been sitting so high on your high horse when composing it that oxygen deprivation affected your brain.

Though what I wrote was clear enough, you have chosen to repeatedly refer to free flights to New York when nowhere does my post make mention of that nor have I indicated the slightest interest in any such flight.

My post stated: "A free return airfare may possibly be won if a contestant who correctly identifies all 10 locations then goes onto be a winner in a subsequent draw about which Jet2 says nothing at all other than a small print reference buried in the competition's Terms & Conditions".

I'd assumed anyone interested enough in those T&Cs would read 'em before commenting, but as I was obviously in error, here's the actual text:

"16. To enter the competition, entrants must register their first name, surname, address, email address and preferred departure airport at http://ntd.jet2.com and answer 10 multiple choice questions about destinations which Jet2.com fly to. If an entrant answers all 10 questions correctly, they [sic] will be entered into a draw to win one return flight ticket from and to one of the UK airports from which Jet2.com directly flies." [my emphasis]

Whilst quoting the actual T&C text, I suppose I ought to include this, too:

"8. Jet2.com may in its absolute discretion change these terms and conditions without notice or cancel or amend the competition without prior notice at any time."

I therefore included within my post the message from Jet2 that (a) confirms a successful 10/10 contest entry which (b) is also an unsuccessful 10/10 entry -- and thus the embodiment of the promises extended by Jet2 in paragraph 16 . . . but then revoked by Jet2 as per paragraph 8.

It was on that basis that I made my post here: to alert others that this competition is not all it seems . It was on some quite different basis that you made yours.

Still, there's always humour to be derived from those who seek to portray others as having the wrong end of the stick when they can't grasp any end of the stick themselves.

hybernia

DoaM wrote: »

I don't know if the other respondents to this thread are being deliberately obtuse, but I can clearly see what the OP is driving at ...

Enter the quiz, get ALL the answers right, yet you still don't get entered into the prize draw.

How is that right? If getting all the answers right aren't the full qualifying criteria, then what are? (OP didn't say anything about getting the answers right automatically meaning you win).

Thank you. :T

George_Michael

hybernia wrote: »

My post stated: "A free return airfare may possibly be won if a contestant who correctly identifies all 10 locations then goes onto be a winner in a subsequent draw about which Jet2 says nothing at all other than a small print reference buried in the competition's Terms & Conditions".

To be fair, before you actually enter the competition it does state that if you correctly name 10 locations correctly then you could win a return flight, not that you will win the flights.

DoaM

Yes. But it does NOT say that you may or may not even be entered in the prize draw to even have a chance of winning.

Or is the nature of the draw that if you get the answers correct then you instantaneously get a notification of winning or not? (It's not at all clear from the information presented whether or not this is the case).

mije1983

You are correct. There certainly is humour in people not understanding simple terms. :rotfl:

hybernia wrote: »

I had to re-read your response before realising you must've been sitting so high on your high horse when composing it that oxygen deprivation affected your brain.

If you just want people to agree with you, I'd suggest a darkened room on your own, not an internet forum.

hybernia wrote: »

Though what I wrote was clear enough, you have chosen to repeatedly refer to free flights to New York when nowhere does my post make mention of that nor have I indicated the slightest interest in any such flight.

So what is the 'secret prize draw' you mentioned? As you 'assumed anyone interested enough in those T&Cs would read 'em' I'm sure you realise what the prize is for the winner of that. It's quite clear that to get entry to that, you have to be a winner of 1 of the 20,000 free flights. So of course you will be disqualified if you don't win 1 of the 20,000 free flights.

hybernia wrote: »

However: entrants who eventually succeed in getting all 10 correct seem (in our experience) disqualified from winning either the promised free airfare or even the entry ticket to the Jet2 secret prize draw. They are instead offered a £60 voucher off a Jet2 2017 holiday.

To be honest, I lost interest in your post after that point, but I would be interested to hear what the ASA said when you raised this with them.

tobiascurious

Has anyone won a free flight yet? Looks like it will include taxes and baggages as well!

Curious to know whether they specify the date and destination or whether the winner can chose? Does anyone know?

Thanks