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Irish Ferries/Tesco Points

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  • 29-10-2010 4:34pm
    #1
    scudzilla
    Registered Users Posts: 11,934 ✭✭✭✭


    I'll be going over to Holyhead in December, 2 of us travelling in a car under 1.90m high

    Travelling out on Wed 1st Dec on the 20:55 Cruise Ferry

    Coming back from Holyhead on Mon 6th on the 02:40 Cruise Ferry

    If i just go in to book as normal, not using any promotion the price comes up at €223

    If i want to use my Tesco Clubcard points then the price shoots up to €253!!

    Are they allowed to do this?


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    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Are they allowed to do this?

    yes.


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    scudzilla
    Registered Users Posts: 11,934 ✭✭✭✭scudzilla


    snubbleste wrote: »
    yes.

    Why??

    You go into Tesco's with €10 of Clubcard vouchers to buy a DVD that's €9.99.

    At the checkout you get charged €12 because you're using vouchers, this is exactly the same


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    wmpdd3
    Registered Users Posts: 9,624 ✭✭✭wmpdd3


    Do the Tesco clubcard points give you a voucher to pay with or do you have to book the trip through a separate site?

    If you are just paying with vouchers, you may have gone wrong somewhere along the line or they could charge for using vouchers. (though not likely)


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    mdebets
    Registered Users Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭mdebets


    scudzilla wrote: »
    Why??

    You go into Tesco's with €10 of Clubcard vouchers to buy a DVD that's €9.99.

    At the checkout you get charged €12 because you're using vouchers, this is exactly the same

    That's also allowed. Why wouldn't it?


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    harsea8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 238 ✭✭harsea8


    Probably an admin cost as to book Irish Ferries using Tesco vouchers you have to first "book" the crossing by phone without paying and then send the necessary number of vouchers with your ref number to an address by post, where someone obviously has to spend some time sorting through the vouchers to make sure that they cover the full payment and then verifies your booking...ie, a lot more admin involvement than booking on the website. In reality it is no different than loads of other companies that have cheapest offers on website and are dearer when you buy by phone (Aer Lingus used to be like this and still may be)


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    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Already been covered anyway OP
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055649046


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    loyatemu
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    Irish Ferries give an online booking discount and various other advance discounts. If you use clubcard tokens you don't get these discounts, I would imagine because Tesco are not giving IF the full cash value of the vouchers.

    If you only have enough tokens to pay for part of the fare, you need to weigh up whether it is worth your while using them.


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