Growing up with Ed!

*Updated 11/01/2010*
AirAsia has now rectified the “subscribe” link in their Red A!ert mail!

Well done!

09/01/2010 Post :

Okay so earlier today (actually a few minutes ago), I received an email from AirAsia.com, to be precise it was from their subdomain, fly.airasia.com, the same domain I received email updates from when I purchased tickets from AirAsia X.

Now here’s the content of the mail :

Dear TENGKU EDZUAN,

Missed our low fare promotions because you didn’t know about them? Subscribe for the RedA!ert e-newsletter
and be informed about our LOW fares one day ahead of promotional launches. Enjoy exclusive fares only for RedA!ert subscribers, get invites to fun and exciting AirAsia events and even win amazing prizes.

Hurry, subscribe now and you could be one of the lucky winners of free seats and holiday packages. No slogans or questions to answer, just subscribe and you could win great prizes!

Perks you’ll enjoy:
Exclusive fares for RedA!ert subscribers
Be the first to know of our low fare promotions.
Low Fares & Discounts!
Priority updates on our innovative services
FREEBIES, gifts & merchandise
Exclusive invitation to AirAsia events

All this and more just by subscribing to our RedA!ert! Isn’t that great?
Find out about promotional seats a day ahead of everyone else and get those seats before they’re snapped up!

Want to be a RedA!ert subscriber? You’re just one click away from getting the hottest news!
Logon to your AirAsia member profile to subscribe if you change your mind later.

Did I win? Bookmark this page to see if you’re one of the winners after 23 Jan 2010.

Looks alright ? Now here’s the catch.. When I clicked on the subscribe link. The following popped up instead :

Hold on a sec, thats not my email… cjku2000@yahoo.com ???

I quickly searched to find out who it belongs to.. And by the power of Facebook and Twitter.. I bring to you Ivan Ku. Employee of Air Asia perhaps ? I have no idea.

I won’t paste screenshots of him here because I don’t even know him for one.

Now I’m not to sure about the technicalities involved in this subscription for Red Alert but it’s pretty obvious something is not right.. Anyone from Air Asia would like to clear this up ? Or at least get it fixed.

It’s embarrassing to let such things slip out especially if you’re one of the top guns out there.

I will gladly update this post with the correct info if anyone from Air Asia care to explain.