Aeroflot distributes discounts to those who bought tickets in February
Aeroflot Airlines sends discount coupons for future bookings to passengers who bought tickets on its website in February. However, the size of the discount is so small, and it is equipped with so many conditions that few of those who received the "discount" will be able to take advantage of it - and if they can, the savings will be negligible. "Aeroflot" has successfully solved the problem of how to make a discount and at the same time almost nothing to give, believes sob.corr. Travel.ru.
The size of the discount causes a chuckle - 3% in economy class and 5% in business class. At the same time, the discount, of course, applies only to the tariff, not to fees, that is, the real size of the discount in most cases will be about 2% in economy class and 4% in business class.
But that's not all. Firstly, Aeroflot excluded the application of discounts to the cheapest rates of “promo”. Thus, in some cases, a discount in economy class does not make sense at all - it will be much cheaper to buy a ticket at a regular promotional rate than a ticket with a discount of 2% at other rates.
Secondly, as the airline indicates in the letters with discount codes, "you can book a ticket at a discount for any convenient date, except for periods of increased demand." What these periods are when they begin and end, and how many of them at all is unknown. Thus, passengers are generally left in the dark about when they can take advantage of the discount and when not.
The discount is only valid for one passenger ticket. If you need to buy two tickets, you can not only extend the discount to the second passenger, but also generally issue these two tickets in the same booking. Finally, not even a single passenger can use a discount when buying a ticket on a difficult route, not just "there" or "there and back".
If you look at the experience of Aeroflot colleagues, it turns out that few people allow themselves such paltry handouts to passengers. For example, the British bmi British Midland International often gives its customers a discount of 30% of the fare (without fees) for the next booking. And the German Lufthansa is known for promo codes, which usually give a discount of 10-30 euros from any tariff, but there are codes that drop from the price, for example, $125.
Aeroflot, which distributes penny and inapplicable discounts, has just increased the ticket refund fee from 900 to 1400 rubles on domestic lines and from 25 to 35 euros on foreign lines. Aeroflot did not forget to significantly raise tariffs on many routes to the full depth of sales, including periods of low demand.
Source: http://www.travel.ru/news/2012/02/20/198407.html