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No Parking Zone! => Off Topic, Off Colour, and non-motorcycle related => Topic started by: JuST Peter on July 26, 2013, 11:09:55 PM

Title: One cent flights
Post by: JuST Peter on July 26, 2013, 11:09:55 PM

Recently i got sent an email from http://www.onecentflights.com (http://www.onecentflights.com), which went straight into my spam folder.
Upon closer inspection I thought this sounded too good to be true - flights to anywhere for just one cent?

If it looks like a duck, and walks like a duck, it must be a duck....right?

It could also be an expensive duck too, as the following reviews show:

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/10/why-one-cent-flights-will-cost-you-more-than-one-cent/ (http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/10/why-one-cent-flights-will-cost-you-more-than-one-cent/)
http://www.brw.com.au/p/tech-gadgets/one_cent_flights_zeroes_in_on_its_COpb4MQ84Vg5ifLODDiyJN (http://www.brw.com.au/p/tech-gadgets/one_cent_flights_zeroes_in_on_its_COpb4MQ84Vg5ifLODDiyJN)

On the other hand, if you're plucky enough to hold out to the very last, you could win yourself some seriously cheap flights.

Title: Re: One cent flights
Post by: Biggles on July 27, 2013, 12:19:21 AM

Here's the key paragraph:

"This is statistically impossible – like all forms of gambling, from the humble bingo game right up to high-roller casinos, most people necessarily have to lose money for the model to work."

If it looks too good to be true...