Section C - Analytical Reasoning and Decision Making
Answer
question nos. 92 to 95 based on the following information:
In the country of Gagan, air travellers can buy
their tickets either directly from the airlines or from three websites that are
licensed to offer ticketing services online. In Gagan most of the commercial
transactions are done electronically, and all citizens have an account with its
national bank CeeCee. As a result the three websites
have become popular and each transaction through these websites carries a
surcharge of Gs. 250 (Gs. refers to Guppes, currency
of Gagan). Given below are four post new-year
(January 2, 2011 to February 28, 2011) offers from three competing websites:
Cozy_travel Offer: Make a confirmed booking
for any service (flight ticket, hotel or rail tickets) through Cozy_travel.com
from December 5, 2010 to February 8, 2011 and become eligible for two free air
tickets (offer is limited to the base fare). Free tickets have to be booked
through online requests from January 1, 2011 to February 28, 2011. The request
for free tickets should be submitted at least twenty-one days in advance. Free
tickets are non ammendable (except the passenger
name) and cannot be cancelled. Free tickets cannot be exchanged for cash or
king with anybody. Cozy_travel will try its best to
secure the free ticket as per the request. However, ticket confirmation is
subject to airline schedule and seat availability in airlines selected and
finalized by Cozy_travel from specific available
airlines.
Cool_yatra Offer: Book any air ticket of
any airline on Cool_yatra.com on or after December
21, 2010 and get your next ticket free. Under this offer, only the base fare of
free ticket will be refunded by Cool_Yatra.com. Customers will have to bear
rest of the charges (other fees and surcharges). The value of base fare will be
refunded to passenger on/after March 1 or fifteen days after completion of
travel on free ticket (whichever is later). The free ticket can be booked only
on GagaAir flights. The free ticket must be booked
within fifteen days of booking the original ticket and the travel date of free
ticket must be fifteen days after the booking date of free ticket. There must
be a seven day gap between the travel date of main/original ticket and the free
ticket. The travel date of free ticket should be on or before February 28,
2011. The free tickets cannot be transferred. On cancellation of the original
ticket(s), you no longer remain eligible for the free ticket(s).
Easy_travel Cash Back
Offer:
Easy travel offers 25% cash back on all air ticket bookings between December 5,
2010 and February 28, 2011 using CeeCee net banking
services or its debit/credit card. The cash back amount will be credited back
to customers account within twenty-one days from making the transaction.
Maximum cash back during this period is Gs. 400 per person per ticket and total
amount that can be claimed by a customer is Gs.2,400
Ek ke
Sath Ek Offer from Easy_travel: Book an AirSpice ticket
with Easy_travel using any credit/debit card, and get
another ticket absolutely free. The free tickets will be issued on AirSpice on its entire network. The offer is valid for sale
from January 11, 2011 to January 31, 2011. The free ticket must be booked at
least fifteen days prior to the date of travel and need to be completed within
the offer period. The promotion code for the free ticket will get activated
only seven days after booking the main ticket. Easy_travel
will charge a handling fee of Gs.1000/- per person for any amendments made on
main ticket. Cancellations of tickets purchased under this offer are not
permitted. The free tickets obtained under this offer can not be exchanged for
cash and cannot be re-routed.
92 Which offer has got the
maximum chance for becoming the most popular among the air travellers of Gagan during post new-year period? Among the following
options, choose the best offer-explanation combination.
A. Cozy_travel,
because the customers will get twice the number of flights and the offer is
applicable for all services provided by Cozy_travel.
B. Cozy_travel,
because it allows any customer to transfer the free tickets to any one if they
are not interested in using it.
C. Ek ke sath ek
offer from Easy_travel, because it offers absolutely
free tickets to all customers.
D. Cash Back offers from Easy_travel,
because all other offers are restricted either in terms of airlines to choose
or the period of offer.
Explanation:
As Cozy-travel offers two tickets free for any service, people who book even rail tickets or hotels would stand to gain. As these tickets have a date restriction, it may not be useful to many of them but the fact that they can be transferred to anybody else would make it the most popular. Choice (B)
93 Suppose the offer from Cool_yatra became the most popular, and the other two
agencies have sought help from business consultants to make their offers more
attractive. Identify the best recommendation among the following.
A. Recommendation for the Ek
Ke Sath Ek
Offer of Easy_travel: Negotiate with GagaAir to come up with an offer that provides one free
ticket for every main ticket booked in AirSpice.
B. Recommendation for the Cash Back Offer of Easy_travel: Ensure that cash back amount will be credited
back to customer's account within fifteen days.
C. Recommendation for the offer from Cozy_travel: Reduce the number of free tickets to one and
applicable only for air ticket booking (not for other services), but allow
customers to book their free tickets from Cozy_travel.com in GagaAir or comparable airlines without any date
restrictions.
D. Recommendation for the Ek
Ke Sath Ek
offer of Easy_travel: Negotiate with GagaAir to come up with an offer that provides one free
ticket for every main ticket booked in GagaAir and
run both offers simultaneously.
E. Recommendation for the offer from Cozy_travel: Do not allow customers to transfer tickets to
others, but disclose that Cozy_travel will consider
both GagaAir and AirSpice
flights that connect all cities in Gagan for issuing
free tickets.
Explanation:
The fact that
Cozy travels gave two tickets initially should have made the offer very popular
but for date restrictions, which would have meant that many who got the tickets
would not have been able to use it. Now even though the number of free tickets
is reduced to one, the fact that there are no date restrictions would make it
the best recommendation. Choice
(C)
94 Jagan is appearing for MAAT
exam on January 2, 2011, in a city which is not his home town and he is yet to
book the air ticket to reach his hometown from MAAT centre. Based on his MAAT
performance, he is confident about getting an interview call from the institute
of his choice located in Akashpur. All institutes
associated with MAAT will contact the short-listed candidates within next two
weeks with venue details and date of interview. Interviews will be scheduled
within fifteen days from the date of announcement of shortlist, and will be
held at the respective institutes. Jagan's hometown,
MAAT centre, and Akashpur are connected by all
airlines and the base fares starts at Gs.1,000. While visiting Akashpur for the interview, Jagan
will have to put up in a hotel. The minimum charge for booking a hotel in Akashpur through Cozy_travel is
Gs. 2,400. Equally good hotels which are not listed in the Cozy_travel
website charge Gs. 1,000. All the three travel websites assure a minimum of one
free air ticket for every booking. If Jagan has no
other reason to fly which one of the following offers should Jagan go for?
A. Ek Ke Sath Ek
Offer of Easy_travel
B. Get the flight ticket and hotel booking from Cozy_travel. He should use confirmed free ticket for return
journey and exchange extra tickets (if any) on barter basis
C. Get the flight ticket through Cozy_travel, and use the second ticket if available for the
return journey
D. Get the flight ticket from Cool_yatra
E. Get the flight ticket and hotel booking through
Cozy_travel, and use free tickets for return journey
Explanation:
None of the
given options perfectly matches with the requirements of Jagan
as he might be intimated about his interview on 25th only on the 16th,
ie only nine days before, and as each of the offers
have atleast
15 day restriction between booking and flying, he cannot use any of them. Among
the given options Ek Ke Sath Ek offer of Easy-travel is
the best. Choice (A)
95 Janaki needs to reach Khilli on January 28 to visit her uncle, and will return
after fifteen days. Janaki found that the minimum
fare for both the to and fro journeys is Gs. 5,000 which includes Gs.1200 base
fare. If all airlines connect Janaki's city to Khilli, and all three offers (except the Cash Back Offer)
ensure minimum of one free air ticket, which of the following should Janaki opt for?
A. Ek Ke Sath Ek
Offer of Easy_travel
B. Cash Back Offer of Easy_travel
C. The Cozy_travel
offer
D. The Cool_yatra
offer
E. Buy air tickets directly from airline
websites
Explanation:
As the base
fare is Gs 1200 and her return date is 12th February, she should opt
for the Cozy-travel offer. Though Cool-yatra would
get her the same benefit, she would have to pay the full amount now and would
be reimbursed
later while Easy-travel offer gives a benefit of Gs 400 and the second one
would not be applicable as travel has to be done before Jan 31.
Choice
(C)