Crikey, 8 May 2009, Ben Sandilands
Singapore-owned Tiger Airways could get skinned by the ACCC over its sale of 30,000 FREE tickets last month that came with a cash price and were advertised contrary to the rules against component pricing.
The ACCC says it will neither confirm nor deny any inquiries or actions it may take.
But it did provide clear guidance over the issue of pricing goods or services by their parts in a manner which may deceive, mislead or misrepresent what was on offer, and pointed out that a further tightening of section 53C of the Trade Practices Act comes into effect on 25 May.
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