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[Ian Jackson]

To whom should I report this:

Your booking is complete.

Click here to claim your L:16.87 cash back on your next
[train company booking]

BIG PROMINENT [CONTINUE] BUTTON

[small print]
By clicking above, you can join our partner programme
for 15 pounds/month and claim your reward.

I think this will trick at least some people.

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[Sara Merriman]

In article <UfB*ZK...@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>, Ian Jackson

<ijac...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

> To whom should I report this:
>
> Your booking is complete.
>
> Click here to claim your L:16.87 cash back on your next
> [train company booking]
>
> BIG PROMINENT [CONTINUE] BUTTON
>
> [small print]
> By clicking above, you can join our partner programme
> for 15 pounds/month and claim your reward.
>
> I think this will trick at least some people.

Are they still doing that? Someone at work got caught by that about a
year ago. I wasn't happy.

[Chris R]

On 11/07/2018 16:39, Ian Jackson wrote:
> To whom should I report this:
>
> Your booking is complete.
>
> Click here to claim your L:16.87 cash back on your next
> [train company booking]
>
> BIG PROMINENT [CONTINUE] BUTTON
>
> [small print]
> By clicking above, you can join our partner programme
> for 15 pounds/month and claim your reward.
>
> I think this will trick at least some people.
>

Trading Standards (via CAB) and/or ASA
https://www.asa.org.uk/make-a-complaint.html
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[TTman]

On 11/07/2018 16:39, Ian Jackson wrote:

> To whom should I report this:
>
> Your booking is complete.
>
> Click here to claim your L:16.87 cash back on your next
> [train company booking]
>
> BIG PROMINENT [CONTINUE] BUTTON
>
> [small print]
> By clicking above, you can join our partner programme
> for 15 pounds/month and claim your reward.
>
> I think this will trick at least some people.
>

There's lots of those types around, especially on the well known auction
web site...

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[Robin]

On 11/07/2018 16:39, Ian Jackson wrote:

> To whom should I report this:
>
> Your booking is complete.
>
> Click here to claim your L:16.87 cash back on your next
> [train company booking]
>
> BIG PROMINENT [CONTINUE] BUTTON
>
> [small print]
> By clicking above, you can join our partner programme
> for 15 pounds/month and claim your reward.
>
> I think this will trick at least some people.
>

If it's the one I'm thinking off I doubt it's illegal or against the ASA
rules given how long it's been going on and how much publicity there's
been about it. Eg

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2017/10/beware-costly-online-cashback-schemes/

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1678359/Shoppers-hit-by-disguised-voucher.html

PS

If you were using a certain train booking site which adds a booking fee
I wonder why when it offers fares no cheaper than those from sites which
don't - the train operating companies own sites, direct or via
nationalrail.co.uk.

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[Ian Jackson]

In article <7724bb22-9e74-e65b...@outlook.com>,

Robin <r...@outlook.com> wrote:
>If you were using a certain train booking site which adds a booking fee
>I wonder why when it offers fares no cheaper than those from sites which
>don't - the train operating companies own sites, direct or via
>nationalrail.co.uk.

I was using a TOC's own site, which uses the "certain train booking
site"'s engine. Until now the version provided to TOCs has not been
worsified significantly.

[Robin]

On 12/07/2018 13:52, Ian Jackson wrote:
> In article <7724bb22-9e74-e65b...@outlook.com>,
> Robin <r...@outlook.com> wrote:
>> If you were using a certain train booking site which adds a booking fee
>> I wonder why when it offers fares no cheaper than those from sites which
>> don't - the train operating companies own sites, direct or via
>> nationalrail.co.uk.
>
> I was using a TOC's own site, which uses the "certain train booking
> site"'s engine. Until now the version provided to TOCs has not been
> worsified significantly.
>

Understood, thanks. I've manifestly not travelled widely enough.

[tabb...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, 12 July 2018 13:52:12 UTC+1, Ian Jackson wrote:
> In article <7724bb22-9e74-e65b...@outlook.com>,
> Robin <r...@outlook.com> wrote:
> >If you were using a certain train booking site which adds a booking fee
> >I wonder why when it offers fares no cheaper than those from sites which
> >don't - the train operating companies own sites, direct or via
> >nationalrail.co.uk.
>
> I was using a TOC's own site, which uses the "certain train booking
> site"'s engine. Until now the version provided to TOCs has not been
> worsified significantly.

that's not the only place running it


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