FlySafair Sale – flights for R2

Marketing gimmick.. Look at the Queue number vs tickets sold.. I started on around 21xxx in the queue and around 136xx tickets available.. I'm currently on 4537 in the Queue (looks like it's stuck) and there's still 12860 tickets available.. I don't think 19000 exited the Q without buying tickets..

A friend got to 12x and got kicked to the back of the queue.. It's just a silly way for them to get attention
 
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I get:

Connection timed out

The initial connection between CloudFlare's network and the origin web server timed out. As a result, the web page can not be displayed.

Ray ID: 2b76cb9e6b1b15ec
Your IP address: 61.14.48.30
Error reference number: 522
CloudFlare Location: Johannesburg
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Scam. Or the IT division hosting the website is incompetent and someone should be fired for causing the same mess for a second year in a row. Bloody useless
 
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How many people actually flew last time ?
Not a friends aunts sister in law, an actual member here....
 
only one way ticket so arrange urs :D
 
This is nothing but a fake special to attract attention. There is no R2 special. They say there are 15000 tickets. Maybe they sell 1000 tickets, and claim they couldn't sell the rest because of server problems. None's the wiser.
 
Unresponsive waiting room after 35 min.

Server fail after 46min.

I'm out.
 
I don't know any maths behind running an airline, but 15 000 tickets? Maybe I can do a little bit of guesswork:

  • 15 000 tickets would represent a total of 80 to 85 flights. That is the plane filled to max with R2 ticket holders.
  • A ticket from JHB to CT is around R900 (without any add ons like luggage or a rebooking fee). This means that Flysafair will be making a loss of around R 13,5 Million.

Someone should report this company for false advertising.
 
I actually got to the website. And then the searches wouldn't load. Whats the point of having a waiting room, if the server still crashes?
 
MaryJane said:
I don't know any maths behind running an airline, but 15 000 tickets? Maybe I can do a little bit of guesswork:

  • 15 000 tickets would represent a total of 80 to 85 flights. That is the plane filled to max with R2 ticket holders.
  • A ticket from JHB to CT is around R900 (without any add ons like luggage or a rebooking fee). This means that Flysafair will be making a loss of around R 13,5 Million.

Someone should report this company for false advertising.
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Um, it's not false advertising. This definitely happens. When they ran the same special last year, I (and a lot of other forumites here) successfully bought those R2 tickets.

They don't make such a massive loss because they have a fixed number of "R2 seats" reserved on each airplane alongside all their paying clients. Those seats may have been empty anyway, and you have to basically pay to have luggage or any other value-add (that would result in extra costs).

Filtered over all their destinations and all their flights over a few months, I reckon it's still a worthwhile promotion. It's effective too, lol, as their website crash demonstrates.
 
Foxhound5366 said:
Um, it's not false advertising. This definitely happens. When they ran the same special last year, I (and a lot of other forumites here) successfully bought those R2 tickets.

They don't make such a massive loss because they have a fixed number of "R2 seats" reserved on each airplane alongside all their paying clients. Those seats may have been empty anyway, and you have to basically pay to have luggage or any other value-add (that would result in extra costs).

Filtered over all their destinations and all their flights over a few months, I reckon it's still a worthwhile promotion. It's effective too, lol, as their website crash demonstrates.
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15 000 seats though? I call BS, unless it's done over an extended period.
 
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