Tigers Anzac Day rip off exposed

[Torin Wilson]

Pretty sad that $38 airfares are being called ripoffs...

[NickN]

more Australian's disrespect ANZAC day than you could wrap your head around...get over it, just look at the moronic tree-swingers that organise fanatics tours to Gallipoli, that is cringeworthy if I ever saw it.

as for the tradition, its lost and was lost long ago, christ, we name a damn biscuit after the day..your faux outrage is only surpassed by your blatant bias against a foreign carrier.

..... and no wonder they disrespect it with attitudes like yours. For your information I have not lost any respect for our servicemen and women and for you to claim otherwise I find disgusting.

Many Australians still observe and respect ANZAC day traditions and I refute the claim that many Australians disrepect one of our most important national days of recognition and rememberance.

I don't give a crap about Tiger, but the fact they are foreign owned just shows even more that they have no interest in Australia or its people by using a national day of rememberance to sell a few not so free tickets. And shame on Tiger management for allowing it to happen. They'd rather sell a few seats than place the importance on ANZAC day that it deserves.

[Andrew McLaughlin]

Geez Nick, chill out! If you respect it, do it in your own way and live and let live mate!

Monty just pointed out that heaps of people don't respect it, not that HE doesn't. That the day has been commercialised to the *****house is unquestionnable, and in that, I agree wth him!

[Grahame Hutchison]

We may have lost all the original ANZACs however there are still many service men and women who have put their life on the line in WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afganistan, and the list goes on. What does amaze me is the growing number of young people who have made their way to ANZAC Cove and France etc. to try and understand the sacrifice thay made and pay their respects. Those interviewed on Today Tonight this evening were genuinely emotional about the whole experience, and I am sure I would feel exactly the same if I eventually cross the visit off my "Bucket List".

Tiger using the term ANZAC for a commercial purpose is inappropriate and I am sure they will cop some flack over it, especially as it was somewhat deceptive.

[NickN]

Geez Nick, chill out! If you respect it, do it in your own way and live and let live mate!

Your absolutely right Andrew, and my apologies to Montague. Even though I am of the "younger" generation my grandfather has always taught me to respect all service men and women, especially ANZAC day, I was just upset at being accused of feigning outrage. I hope Montague can understand I am genuine and my opinion of Tiger is not entirely due to the fact Tiger is foreign owned. Had an Australian airline or company done the same I'd be just as upset.

The term "Anzac" has been removed from Tiger's website and now just says "Free Seats".

It never said "Anzac" to begin with. What you see there is what you get, and apart from the media release, you wouldn't have know that Anzac Day had anything to do with it..

This sale seems to be just a big publicity stunt etc.. before JQ's 5th Birthday sales next week..

[D Chan]

Originally Posted by NickN

..... and no wonder they disrespect it with attitudes like yours. For your information I have not lost any respect for our servicemen and women and for you to claim otherwise I find disgusting.

Many Australians still observe and respect ANZAC day traditions and I refute the claim that many Australians disrepect one of our most important national days of recognition and rememberance.

I don't give a crap about Tiger, but the fact they are foreign owned just shows even more that they have no interest in Australia or its people by using a national day of rememberance to sell a few not so free tickets. And shame on Tiger management for allowing it to happen. They'd rather sell a few seats than place the importance on ANZAC day that it deserves.

I don't take the view they did it intentionally to offend the ANZAC day traditions, though I certainly believe they didn't do their research and definitely was a bit stupid to have gotten themselves in such a messy situation.

[Arthur Boy]

Inappropriate, Amateurish, Inexperienced, Uneducated, Asinine, Poor Judgement, Headline Grabbing, Deceptive, maybe.

A personal insult, a slur on our brave and much loved and respected men and women services veterans, I think not.

Public shaming for denigrating one of our sacred terms, and days, deserved.

Some sort of public apology, perhaps with some non-profiteering sign of remorse, appropriate.

Apart from all that, accept it as a major corporate c**kup, and move on.

[Bruce Bramwell]

What about people selling anzac Cookies?

[NickN]

In order to call a biscuit an ANZAC biscuit the manufacturer has to adhere to a very specific recipe when making them (correct ingredients etc). I also believe they get permission from the relevant departments before marketing them as such. Arnotts has a long running tradition of making ANZAC biscuits.