Tiger Airways: ‘Air Ways’ TV series premieres on Channel 7 on Tuesday, 14 July

[straitman]

I wonder if this show is sponsored by the PR departments of Virgin and Qantas?

Maybe Tiger actually think they are improving their image with this program :!:

 

[HardieBoys]

Maybe Tiger actually think they are improving their image with this program :!:

Maybe, maybe not. Probably, they adhere to the 'any publicity' rule. I guess there are a lot of people who don't watch the TV show, and will choose travel options based on cost alone.

 

[samh004]

I guess there are a lot of people who don't watch the TV show, and will choose travel options based on cost alone.

I watch the show and still booked with them. I guess $100 to MEL from BNE, return, was just too good an opportunity, but also I guess I need to fly with them to be able to speak form a point that I can slag them off? It’s only fair!

 

[straitman]

I watch the show and still booked with them. I guess $100 to MEL from BNE, return, was just too good an opportunity, but also I guess I need to fly with them to be able to speak form a point that I can slag them off? It’s only fair!

Sam,

Are you trying to start a new trend :?:

People often slag off around here without having had the experience :!:

 

[munitalP]

Sam,

Are you trying to start a new trend :?:

People often slag off around here without having had the experience :!:

LOL



Mr!

 

[UP4014]

I watch the show and still booked with them. I guess $100 to MEL from BNE, return, was just too good an opportunity, but also I guess I need to fly with them to be able to speak form a point that I can slag them off? It’s only fair!

Look forward to your report.

I'm happy to take the experience of others to avoid my own bad ones, like looking at history to save me making the same mistake as someone else. No point in learning it the hard way myself.

 

[markis10]

Look forward to your report.

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Should be plenty of time to post it while waiting for the delayed flight , we know they have net access in the terminal although I am not sure if its for the eclusive use of late pax.

 

[Dee Thom]

Looks like Tiger has given Shelley Roberts the flick, after all her hard work to get the carrier into the black ( also to start "Air Ways"), and will appoint one Crawford Rix to the CEO Au position. Mr Rix was a CEO for the loss making bmiBaby, flying between England and Europe, so is fully qualified for Tiger...........

Cheers Dee

 

[medhead]

I watch the show and still booked with them. I guess $100 to MEL from BNE, return, was just too good an opportunity, but also I guess I need to fly with them to be able to speak form a point that I can slag them off? It’s only fair!

No need to spoil a good story with the facts.....

 

[HardieBoys]

OK, so get really drunk, wear something eye-catching but unflattering, turn up late, groan, roll eyes, and turn to the camera at the end to say, "I'll never fly Tiger again!".

 

[pauly7]

Maybe Tiger actually think they are improving their image with this program :!:

OK - there is a reason that Easyjet, Southwest and Tiger did/do these shows.

Because they do work and define an image with the public. Any image would be better than the one Tiger gets given from the general media reportning on their many slip ups.

The marketing message Tiger are pushing with this is 'we are very cheap, we are no frills but we are fair - we are different and you need to familrise yourself with why and how we are different'

Thats it. Everything they do and show supports this sentence above.

Note the editing and slant of the VO on the show. Tiger is always fair, it always operates within its conditions of carriage, the passengers are always wrong (even if they are honestly wrong not decieving wrong). Market research on these shows indicate clearly that the public will side with the party that is 'in the right' and the editing of the show leaves no doubt that the passengers are either just stupid or have not familiarised themselves with Tiger and its terms

Blend in a few 'feel good my kid is sick/getting married/first time flyer im going to the gold coast' stories and you have a ratings winner.

It is one big marketing campaign and is working very very very well.

I can't beleive people (on here) think its a real documentary series ahahah its a mockumentary at best and you should SEE the legal agreement Tiger has with the production company on the way things are potrayed and what goes to air and what remains on the edit suite floor......

 

[serfty]

Throw away ticket ... evil TT though for the day ...

Buy two really cheap tickets on the same flight (vary your name slightly).

Dress smart casual, wear false beard and glasses and line up when check-in opens. Check-in early; secure boarding pass.

Go to QP for an HP or two (WP/CL only). Lose glasses, beard and smart casual; dress vivid bogan.

Head back up after T-40 and try to check in. Be denied, complain loudly, don't swear, be obvious, don't break any law, keep complaining, refuse to pay more to be rebooked.

Hang around terminal, when boarding commences, queue up. ...

... be ready to produce original BP at last moment.

 

[UP4014]

Re: Throw away ticket ... evil TT though for the day ...

Buy two really cheap tickets on the same flight (vary your name slightly).

Dress smart casual, wear false beard and glasses and line up when check-in opens. Check-in early; secure boarding pass.

Go to QP for an HP or two (WP/CL only). Lose glasses, beard and smart casual; dress vivid bogan.

Head back up after T-40 and try to check in. Be denied, complain loudly, don't swear, be obvious, don't break any law, keep complaining, refuse to pay more to be rebooked.

Hang around terminal, when boarding commences, queue up. ...

... be ready to produce original BP at last moment.

Yes yes yes, a classic.

 

[DrJ]

Re: Throw away ticket ... evil TT though for the day ...

Go to QP for an HP or two .

Or three, the walk between T4 and the QP and back will more than burn off the excess calories!

 

[Hvr]

Re: Throw away ticket ... evil TT though for the day ...

Buy two really cheap tickets on the same flight (vary your name slightly).

Dress smart casual, wear false beard and glasses and line up when check-in opens. Check-in early; secure boarding pass...

Do they check ID carefully? If so remember to use your real name for the first check in.

Also, is there a way to pay cash for a ticket? If not you may have to get someone else to pay for you so they can't match the names via a credit card etc.

Would be worth doing to see the look on their faces.

Although I reckon they would find a reason to deny you boarding and call the police to escort you off the premises.

Back to the show, I wonder how many people just don't show up a minute late etc because they are afraid of ending up looking like an idiot on television if they complain. Maybe the show actually prevents a lot of complaints? It clearly sets the standards, however much we may disagree with them, and sets out how people will be dealt with, So no use arguing, suck it up and move on is the best way and denies Tiger of footage for their advertorial.

 

[wallacej]

Re: Throw away ticket ... evil TT though for the day ...

Do they check ID carefully? If so remember to use your real name for the first check in.

Also, is there a way to pay cash for a ticket? If not you may have to get someone else to pay for you so they can't match the names via a credit card etc.

Would be worth doing to see the look on their faces.

Although I reckon they would find a reason to deny you boarding and call the police to escort you off the premises.

Back to the show, I wonder how many people just don't show up a minute late etc because they are afraid of ending up looking like an idiot on television if they complain. Maybe the show actually prevents a lot of complaints? It clearly sets the standards, however much we may disagree with them, and sets out how people will be dealt with, So no use arguing, suck it up and move on is the best way and denies Tiger of footage for their advertorial.

BUT BE SURE that there is a camera waiting to capture your moment!!

 

[Hvr]

And it is back on television tonight at 7.30 AEST.

Can't wait to see what they'll show tonight.

 

[odysseus]

Seemed the usual crowd, although the staff weren't quite as threatening as they used to be. Not much has changed though!

 

[yohy?!]

Seemed the usual crowd, although the staff weren't quite as threatening as they used to be. Not much has changed though!

True - that's the impression I got...T4 at MEL is definetely not somewhere I ever want to find myself again!

 

[ethernet]

I can't believe people who fly do not have $100 on them - some even less than $20. Vagrants the lot of them. BTW: pictures of long lines and delays not shown, and there was effort not to show 'holding bay' of T4.