This is the same mexican travel company that always seems to be calling. Never seem them from this number though. I didn't bother phoning it back as I knew it was phony.
Date: Jun 6, 2013
Time: 10:35 MDT
"Congratulations Air Miles customer. You have won 260,000 airmiles. Press 1 to accept."
If you push 1, you get put through to the screener who asks: "Are you over 25? Do you have a credit card?"
If you answer YES to both, you get onto the next person where they try to sell you a mexican vacation package. You do not actually win anything, so in this sense it is a scam. But after years of getting these calls, I gotten enough information to believe that it's a valid travel offer - but the methods they use to market and call out are extremely questionable.
If I have the time, I like to string them along for as much time as I can waste. It's my game now.
I eventually found a valid phone number to reach these people as one time I held them on the line for over 45 mins and even got a manager to call me back the next day. And he still was trying to sell me on the trip.
1-800-490-7452.
You immediately get a voicemail system "Press 1 for Accounting, 2 for Customer Sales, 3 for ..." but you can end up talking to real people. By the way - if you want to connect to their kitchen staff, Press 8 for "Other Departments" and then 2 for Kitchen!
This is the same mexican travel company that always seems to be calling. Never seem them from this number though. I didn't bother phoning it back as I knew it was phony.
Date: Jun 6, 2013
Time: 10:35 MDT
"Congratulations Air Miles customer. You have won 260,000 airmiles. Press 1 to accept."
If you push 1, you get put through to the screener who asks: "Are you over 25? Do you have a credit card?"
If you answer YES to both, you get onto the next person where they try to sell you a mexican vacation package. You do not actually win anything, so in this sense it is a scam. But after years of getting these calls, I gotten enough information to believe that it's a valid travel offer - but the methods they use to market and call out are extremely questionable.
If I have the time, I like to string them along for as much time as I can waste. It's my game now.
I eventually found a valid phone number to reach these people as one time I held them on the line for over 45 mins and even got a manager to call me back the next day. And he still was trying to sell me on the trip.
1-800-490-7452.
You immediately get a voicemail system "Press 1 for Accounting, 2 for Customer Sales, 3 for ..." but you can end up talking to real people. By the way - if you want to connect to their kitchen staff, Press 8 for "Other Departments" and then 2 for Kitchen!