Amazon Offers $25 Plane Tickets for Holiday Travel to 5,000 Students and Young Adults (cnet.com) 43
Amazon is offering $25 (one-way) plane tickets to 5,000 students (or young adults between 18 and 24 years old) who have a Prime membership (up to $700 off the ticket's original price). CNET REports:
Last year, Amazon offered the $25 flight deals to Prime Student members, but this holiday season, the retail giant is expanding the limited-time offer to those enrolled in its Prime for Young Adults plan... Once again, Amazon is joining with [travel-booking site] StudentUniverse to offer several thousand $25 flights you can book between December 9, 2024, and January 14, 2025. The offer is for a one-way domestic ticket within the U.S., including Washington, DC, while supply lasts. Amazon said it's making available 1,000 tickets to Prime Student and Young Adult subscribers each day for five days, starting at 10 a.m. PST on December 9.
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Well it indeed IS age discrimination in the sale of products and services.
But of course there is no law against this. Young Adult discounts, Student discounts, and Senior discounts, are some examples of discrimination that there are not any laws prohibiting, And it's a fairly common practice that companies will offer some of these types of promotions.
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Isn't the Trump administration offering one way tickets to millions of Latinos.
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Yes, except in Florida, Texas, and Arizona because there are no illegal latinos there. Not a single one.
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One-way tickets? (Score:3)
So, is this for students who are moving back into their parents' basements?
"Mom, Dad, Merry Christmas! I'm back!"
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Re:One-way tickets? (Score:5, Interesting)
So, is this for students who are moving back into their parents' basements?
"Mom, Dad, Merry Christmas! I'm back!"
Hopefully, otherwise it sounds like a gimmick since those are one-way tickets. Then the students or young adults will have to buy another one-way ticket at full price and then all the airplane companies need to do is sell the one way ticket at say 85% percent of a two way ticket. So, maybe fly one way then take the bus to get back or something.
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So, is this for students who are moving back into their parents' basements?
"Mom, Dad, Merry Christmas! I'm back!"
Hopefully, otherwise it sounds like a gimmick since those are one-way tickets. Then the students or young adults will have to buy another one-way ticket at full price and then all the airplane companies need to do is sell the one way ticket at say 85% percent of a two way ticket. So, maybe fly one way then take the bus to get back or something.
You are illustrating just how people can be ungrateful no matter what.
I would look at this as "I can get a great discount for the way home. if tickets normally cost 200 each way, I'm only spending 225 dollars instead of 400 dollars." I'm saving 175 dollars. Thanks Amazon!"
Others will say "Fscking Amazon, I need a 25 dollar ticket both ways. No wonder people hate Amazon! Amazon is always screwing us over!
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YMMV but I just did a quick search for New York - Los Angeles
one way: $332
return: $418
That's simply what I was talking about...
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It really depends on the airline and route. Hub-hub sure, but you can find deals spoke-spoke and a lot of time 2x one ways are about the same as round trip. (There's also air miles and other things that could help reduce).
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What's a one way cost on the return date?
I've found minimal savings for round trip vs 2 one way.
This is our of BWI and PHL
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Hook em early. (Score:3)
- or train, but I am assured the rail system in the US sucks.
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Yes, it sounds rather light-handed with 25 USD for something that may account for a whole year of CO2 emissions on a sustainable level (1 ton / year) [1]. It's a bit better in the EU - here 18 years old may have the chance to win one month of free rail travel (with an Interrail pass). Discovering neighbor countries (which EU likes for integration) and learning more sustainable habits - trains in EU have quite low climate impact in general.
[1] A good tool to check emissions is the Flight Emissions Map: http [flightemissionmap.org]
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The one seat on a plane is less CO2 than parent driving all the way to pick up the kid and drive back.
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Well, I realise the US has rather horrible motor vehicles too, but yes? Two bad ideas does not make one of them good.
D.C. is in the U.S.? (Score:2)
Gee, I didn't realize Washington, DC is in the U.S. Good thing they clarified this.
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IAD and DCA are both in Virginia. BWI is in Maryland.
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Everybody knows Washington DC is the capital city of the state of Washington!
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Either way you look at it, Vancouver is just a suburb. Whether you talk about it being a suburb of Portland ( for Vancouver, WA) or a suburb of Seattle (Vancouver, BC)
Yes, that is stretching it a bit for Van City BC, but truly intended to annoy Canadians. Didn't the president elect say it would become the 51st state? Guess DC and PR need to wait a bit longer.
DC is not a State (Score:2)
Well DC is not a State if that's what you were thinking, and the residents have less representation since they can't vote for The House or Senate while Congress collectively governs the little people without rights to govern themselves.
For example DC residents overwhelmingly voted to legalize weed years ago, while Congress won't allow that to happen. If you live in one of the modern apartment buildings, you're not allowed to smoke weed in your own house for example. The equity capital apartment building own
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DC has no business being a state. It should be retroceded to Maryland, the same way that Alexandria was returned to Virginia.
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DC and its people have always been their own thing. What you suggest would never fly with the people and I doubt Maryland's current residents will not accept their State flipping solid blue.
Fun Fact: Go-go Music is DC's thing [wikipedia.org].
It's like you're offering some kind of hostage negotiation: "accept Maryland's Congress and State's Rights or nothing!"
And Retrocession can be seen as undermining the original vision of a neutral federal district. DC's independent status symbolizes national unity and federal governance
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...and why should DC give up its 3 electoral votes once absorbed by Maryland?
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And Retrocession can be seen as undermining the original vision of a neutral federal district. DC's independent status symbolizes national unity and federal governance.
Because nothing says "neutral federal district" like being the 51st state?
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They have? Since when, because I live in Trinidad, CO, just north of the NM state line, and there are a large number of pot dispensaries here.
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While it may seem silly to point out that it is included in the definition of Domestic Travel for the purpose of this offer, it is also worth noting that the District of Columbia is in fact not in any of the United States of America.
Most areas of the USA are within state boundaries, and thus have state laws applied to them. However, the District of Columbia has no such state government. In regards to state's rights, it is a no mans land.
So, to answer the question, No, DC is not in any the United States of
Amazon Delivery (Score:5, Funny)
They'll drop you off at the wrong destination but text a photo of your arrival. When you try to ask for a refund, they'll require you to find a way to get a return flight from your original destination.
No Funny at all? (Score:2)
Maybe Amazon isn't funny anymore, but I was anticipating some kind of TANSTAAFL joke.
Prime Go Up? (Score:2)
Jeeze, it seems like BTC and the Prime fee move together.