Cape Town - FlySafair announced their crazy R2 sale with much aplomb. And at 9am, fingers at the ready, eager online users patiently waited their turn to be one of the lucky 15 000 ticket holders.
Then there was silence and blank screens, much to the dismay of thousands of customers around the country.
Twitter exploded with devastated sobs and mostly anger. And like the saying goes, any publicity is good publicity. In FlySafair’s case, their R2 sale is now trending on social media.
Here are a few reactions on Twitter, and FlySafair’s response to an irate user.
Site crashed #flysafair #disappointed pic.twitter.com/mDD7oB5miN
— Cheniek Den Heyer (@Cheniek18) June 23, 2016
@FlySafair I was no 855 in que then it kicked me to 18500 while I was waiting!!!! Poor style #flysafair #poorservice
— Sean Star (@SeanVDM) June 23, 2016
Unprofessional response by #flysafair to @TokenBlonde84 who's dad is in hospital suffering from cancer! 💔 #BrandFAIL pic.twitter.com/fbzUTRqnjH
— Beware the DOG (@BewareDOG1) June 23, 2016
But there were the lucky few who got their hands on the golden ticket.
Lol #flysafair at it again 😂. Just got 8 return tickets to CPT in September 🙌
— Kumbi (@IamKumbi) June 23, 2016