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A few weeks ago, I wrote about the new Qbic hotel in London and their plan to offer 5 rooms per day for just £1.

This promotion is going live today at midday. 

QBic London

The system is a little odd – whether it is fair or not I can’t decide. There are 425 rooms over 85 days (December 15th to March 15th). Qbic is only allowing 425 people to enter the booking website. Access will be spaced out between noon and 4pm, so basically every 30 seconds one person who clicks the link will be allowed to book.

That person is then allowed to book one room for one night from the remaining list of dates.

It is not clear what happens towards the end of the process. As you get nearer 4pm, there is very little chance of the remaining rooms being available on a date you want. Does that mean that Qbic will not actually be selling 425 rooms for £1? After all, most people will have one or two target days in mind and will simply not book if they don’t find one they want.


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Comments (51)

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  • Matt says:

    Tried 3, won bugger all.

  • Rob says:

    I got one! Took me 4 attempts.

    I would try again about 3pm if they are rationing it to one person every 30 seconds or so, as they said they were.

  • Jason says:

    I’d rather not admit how many times I have tried, but let’s say that the chances of winning seem very poor! Not sure they will sell all the rooms if they carry on at this rate. Unless they give away a lump some in the last few minutes.

    • Rob says:

      The details I was given say that they are being given away at set periods. Most people don’t understand this element, which is why there is a traffic spike now. You have a far higher chance of getting one at 2pm or 3pm, albeit your choice of dates will be restricted by then.

      • pazza2000 says:

        Thanks, shall try again then. Gave up after 5 attempts there, was wondering if they have some kind of IP recognition to block multiple entries…

      • Jason says:

        I appreciate that element, but I’m out of the country for a few weeks during the next few months, so my dates are limited…

        @pazza2000 I thought the same about IP recognition, so have used a vpn with multiple IP’s, still don’t have a room.

  • Squire says:

    This is just a way of harvesting people’s email addresses for spam

  • julie says:

    Tried 3 won 1!!

  • pazza2000 says:

    I managed to get one, took a good few attempts though.

  • Nick says:

    Got a room.
    Most of Dec is still open…

  • Matthew says:

    I won..! (on the 71st attempt..)

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