Free Domestic Flight For $250 Spend At Rite Aid

A few questions

1) Can someone redeem this multiple times (i.e. could I spend $500 and get two flights)?

2) Do the flights have to be taken within the time frame or can I book for any time.

I'm thinking about buying a year's worth of razors and such and booking my holiday flights to Atlanta via this promotion.

Huntington WV is served by US Airways and Allegiant with no American Airlines service! Selecting a flight out of Huntington would almost certainly result in a flight with Allegiant.

Wait a second. You say you paid a $100 ticketing fee?

Are these free tickets going to cost +$100 in ticketing fees?

Thanks

Angus -- Yeah, US Airways / AA, pretty much the same.

And the odds of getting an Allegiant flight when you request Huntington WV are actually really low. Allegiant has a really small network, so just request to originate from a city they don't serve (but AA does) and you should end up on AA.

Anthony -- Terms limit it to one per household or booking group. So technically, you cannot do that.

However, you and your friend / family member could do the deal separately and then request the same flights. There's just nothing requiring TRCo from honoring that request, i.e. they could give you your second or third choice.

While it would be great value to get an expensive holiday flight out of this deal, I wouldn't necessarily expect that to happen. I would certainly request those flights, but be prepared to do something else with the free ticket if they say they don't have availability then.

I generally advise folks not to have their heart set on a specific redemption when they do a deal like this. There's just too many variables.

Sean -- yes, I did say that. And my notes show that in 2008, I paid a few cents shy of $100 in ticketing fees on the $600 ticket. I just can't remember what that covered. It might have been airport taxes and the like, or it could have also had a service fee from TLC. I'm sorry that I don't recall.

just sent my redemption form via priority mail - will see how it goes in 10-14 days.....Huntington, WV....lol

What happens if you return the Rite Aid products within the 30 day time period after you submit your codes? Anyone have experience from the Hyatt offer last month?

>Reward valid in the United States only (excludes U.S. territories and possessions).

The REWARD is valid only in the US, as in: the person claiming the free flight must officially reside in the 50 states. There is nothing in the terms that say you can't then travel to Puerto Rico.

If there are Rite Aids in Puerto Rico, then shoppers of the Commonwealth are out of luck.

Now they seem to have removed Honolulu from their T&C. Can someone suggest a city pair that will likely generate high fare?

David -- Wow, that is unbelievable. Just when I say that TLC / TRCo has done a generally good job of honoring the Happy You Year promotion, they pull something like this.

You should be able to search city pairs / dates to find expensive tickets. Thinly - served airport to thinly - served airport can often be expensive.

Has anyone purchased the $250 worth of products and tried to redeem for the ticket? Qualifying products are pricier than I normally pay and since Hawaii is no longer an option it would be good to know if there will be $100 in taxes and fees before outlaying the money.

I could see how returning the stuff would be considered unethical (I don't disagree with you there), but why is canceling the ticket in your view? Once RiteAid and/or this company heading up the promotion pays for the ticket, are they going to be somehow damaged financially if you cancel the flight? If I bought you a flight you didn't want and you canceled it, I guess my feelings might be hurt, but if you're happier with the $500 why should I be? And why would we assume a private company has feelings?

Anyway, assuming they issue a ticket, is there anything that could prevent someone from canceling it within 24 hours. If not, is there anything from preventing that money from going to the ticket holder and just going back to the purchaser?

Anyone who did this?

Eric -- Obviously, I agree with you. TRCo makes the rules; all we can do is try to maximize the opportunity.

Now let's discuss the ethics of changing the T&C's after the promotion is already underway. 😉

As for canceling a ticket, which I may or may not want to do, any reason to think I wouldn't get a credit with that airline if I did?

Eric -- I would probably not try canceling within 24 hours. My experience with those types of cancellations is that it generates a refund to the original form of payment. Which would presumably go back to TRCo -- you'll never see it.

If you cancel after 24 hours, I would expect that you'll end up with a credit from the airline. Now in the case of UA, you may have to *pay* the cancellation fee, and then you get the full amount later as a credit. (In contrast to not paying anything out of pocket now, but getting the value of the flight *less* the cancellation fee later.)

Anybody receive any updates on this?

I got my e-ticket receipt today for a June trip Maui-Jacksonville FL round trip ticket. I'll hope for a schedule change to get full value voucher (ticket is $1065 paid by TRCo credit card); if not I'll be happy with $865 value about May 15th-May 30th.......

How long did it take them to contact you? I sent in my form (the online one I received from them) 8 business days ago (12 days ago) and still haven't heard back.

@Eric - I happened to be on the phone with the "concierge" about my Hyatt certificates (not yet mailed) and I said "this is my 8th day - can you work on this" and she said yes.

I just called and they said they are having a higher than normal volume so once they get my form entered into the system that I should be contacted them........... ugh

I received an email saying I needed to submit my booking form, but they still haven't provided me with a booking code??? Where am I suppose to get that! Called customer service, the girl had no idea what I was even talking about. Said she would have someone call me back tomorrow. Its been 4 days now...sigh. I knew this was too good to be true!

OK - had schedule change of over 60 minutes - so I requested and have been sent a voucher for the entire value of the ticket - $1065. That is exactly what I was hoping for.....!