Aer lingus have a "price match guarantee" on their Aer Lingus Hotels wherby they will match the price of a hotel room if you find one cheaper. This week I got an email to say that they had a further 10% off.
As I am heading away in September I thought I might avail of one of their hotels at this new 10% off rate. Within a couple of minutes I had found two websites offering the same hotel as I had chosen with Aer Lingus at a cheaper price and these sites had no "special" sale on. Just their normal prices. When I rang Aer Lingus it was suggested to me that I should take the cheaper option as Aer Lingus are only allocated a number of rooms in each hotel and they might not be able to get me a room at the same price. They said they would try to get me a room but this could take up to 48 hours to confirm and they couldn't "guarantee" it. So much for "price match guarantee".
As I am heading away in September I thought I might avail of one of their hotels at this new 10% off rate. Within a couple of minutes I had found two websites offering the same hotel as I had chosen with Aer Lingus at a cheaper price and these sites had no "special" sale on. Just their normal prices. When I rang Aer Lingus it was suggested to me that I should take the cheaper option as Aer Lingus are only allocated a number of rooms in each hotel and they might not be able to get me a room at the same price. They said they would try to get me a room but this could take up to 48 hours to confirm and they couldn't "guarantee" it. So much for "price match guarantee".