TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ENTRY FOR COMPETITIONS
1. INTERPRETATION
1.1. Unless otherwise expressly stated, or the context otherwise requires, the words and expressions listed below, shall bear the corresponding meanings:
1.1.1. Competition – the competition as promoted by the Promoter;
1.1.2. CPA – the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (as amended);
1.1.3. Eligible Entrant – a permanent resident and citizen of South Africa over the age of 18 (eighteen) years old, in possession of a valid South African Identity Document, except any employee, director, member, partner, agent or consultant or any person directly or indirectly who controls or is controlled by the Promoter and/or immediate family members of any employee, director, member, partner, agent or consultant or person indirectly or directly in control or controlled by the Promoter. The term "Immediate family members" shall include, but is not limited to; spouse, parents, siblings, grandparents, children and grandchildren.;
1.1.4. Platforms – the social media platforms of the Promoter including but not limited to Instagram, Facebook and Twitter;
1.1.5. Prize/s – the Prizes associated with the Competition as advised by the Promoter;
1.1.6. Promoter – the promoter of the Competition is Flight Centre Travel Group Proprietary Limited, Registration Number 1994/000253/07 a company registered and incorporated in accordance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa, and/or any other company within the same group of companies;
1.1.7. Promotional Period – as advised by the Promoter;
1.1.8. Terms and Conditions – these terms and conditions, together with all annexures and addenda hereto;
1.1.9. Winner/s – an Eligible Entrant who wins the Prize in respect of this Competition.
2. ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY
2.1. The Competition is open during the Promotional Period to Eligible Entrants, and shall run on the Platforms.
2.2. In order to enter the Competition, an Eligible Entrant is required to adhere to the Promoter’s stipulated Competition requirements of entry.
2.3. The Competition is only valid within South Africa. Eligible Entrants must be within South Africa at the time of entering the Competition, for the verification process and at the time of the prizes being awarded should they be declared a Winner, failing which such person will be disqualified and the draw of a replacement entry shall take place under the same terms and conditions as the first draw.
2.4. Eligible Entrants may enter this Competition as many times as they like provided they complete the entry requirements stipulated by the Promoter, each time. However, Eligible Entrants are only eligible for 1 (one) Prize under this Competition.
2.5. Eligible Entrants who have won a prize in a competition run by the Promoter in the past 6 (six) months, are not eligible to win a Prize.
2.6. Any costs associated with accessing the Platform remains the responsibility of each Eligible Entrant, and are dependent on the internet service provider utilised.
2.7. The Competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administrated by, or associated with the Platforms. The Eligible Entrants voluntarily provide their information to the Promoters and not to the Platforms, however the Eligible Entrants and/or Participants are required to take note of the following:
2.7.1. As this Competition requires Participants to comment/post anything in relation to the relevant Platforms, Participants’ comments/posts must be original and written by them. For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions, “comment/post” includes but is not limited to, any written material or visual or audio material such as an image, a photograph, a sound or visual clip. Eligible Entrants may not use someone else’s post or work as their own post. Eligible Entrants and/or Participants may not comment/post material that is derogatory or harmful to the Promoter or the Platforms.
2.7.2. Eligible Entrants and/or any other participants may not misuse the social media platforms or Competition in any way. This includes posting content for commercial purposes or distributing spam or malicious code or using the site to collect the personal data or content of other users or direct visitors to other sites or pages.
2.7.3. Posts must not contain any content that is normally prohibited on the relevant Platforms such as explicit or offensive content.
2.8. If any Eligible Entrant and/or participant does not comply with these Terms and Conditions, their posts can be deleted and they will not be allowed to take part in the Competition.
2.9. All images submitted must be the work of the individual submitting them and must not have been published elsewhere or have won a prize in any other photographic competition. It is the responsibility of each Eligible Entrant to ensure that any images they submit have been taken with the permission of the subject and do not infringe the copyright of any third party or any laws. The Eligible Entrants must warrant that the photograph they are submitting is their own work and that they own the copyright for it.
2.10. Copyright in all images submitted for this Competition remains with the respective Eligible Entrant. However, each Eligible Entrant grants a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual licence to the Promoter to feature any and all of the submitted images in any of its publications, websites and/or in any promotional material connected to this Competition.
2.11. The names entered in the Competition must correspond with the names on the Identity Document and passport of the Eligible Entrant.
2.12. Entries will be deemed to be accepted at the time of receipt and not at the time of transmission. Entries received will be considered final by the Promoter.
2.13. Entries must be received by the Promoter during the Promotional Period.
2.14. Incomplete, inaccurate, erroneous, ineligible or incomprehensible entries will be deemed invalid and thus disqualified.
2.15. The employees of the Promoter and their immediate families are not permitted to enter the Competition.
3. ACCEPTANCE
3.1. By entering the Competition all Eligible Entrants and Winners agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
3.2. These Terms and Conditions will be interpreted by the Promoter, in its sole and absolute discretion and its decision regarding any dispute will be conclusive, final and binding and will not be challenged on any grounds, including without limitation, the grounds that the Promoter failed to act reasonably, fairly, in good faith or otherwise in accordance with the principles or procedural fairness.
3.3. By entering this Competition the Eligible Entrant agrees to receive promotional offers from the Promoter.
3.4. The Promoter reserves the right to amend the Promotional Period of this Competition at any time.
4. PARTICIPATION AND PRIZE
4.1. All entries will be reviewed by a panel of judges who will short-list the valid entries. The judging panel will then conduct an audited random draw to select the Winner/s. Except in so far as is provided for in the CPA, the Promoter’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
4.2. The Prize will be awarded and the Winners will be notified telephonically or via e-mail within the time as specified by the Promoter, on the mobile number or e-mail address that such Winner entered this Competition with. Delivery of the Prize will be arranged by the Promoter upon receiving valid verification from the Winners.
4.3. The Prize is not transferable and can only be issued in the Winner’s name. Furthermore, the Prize is subject to availability and cannot be exchanged for cash.
4.4. The Promoter reserves the right to substitute the Prize with any other prize of equal value to the Prize offered herein, at its sole and absolute discretion.
4.5. The Winner is responsible for paying for all additional expenses, and all incidental expenses incurred.
4.6. All items of a personal nature, meals not mentioned, medical and travel insurance, spending money, visas, taxes, approximate taxes, city taxes and any extras shall be for the Winner’s account.
4.7. The Promoter will assist the Winner as much as is practicable to ensure the Prize is taken according to these Terms and Conditions. The Winner needs to sign all documentation as required.
4.8. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any Winners if they do not respond to a telephone call and e-mail sent to them within 24 (twenty four) hours of notification thereof, and, in such event, a replacement Eligible Entrant from the competition entries will be chosen as the Winner.
4.9. In such circumstances, the replacement entrant shall be contacted by the Promoter by telephone and e-mailed as soon as reasonably practicable and shall be required to respond to the Promoter in the manner set out in such e-mail.
5. COMPETITION CONDITIONS
5.1. The Promoter shall not be liable for any disruption to the Competition, whether due to technical problems or otherwise, which is beyond its reasonable control. In the event of any disruption to the Competition the Promoter shall use its reasonable endeavours to remedy any disruption and resume the Competition on a fair and equitable basis to the Eligible Entrants.
5.2. The Promoter reserves the right to cancel or amend the Competition or these Terms and Conditions for reasons outside of its reasonable control. In the event of such cancellation, the Eligible Entrant agrees to waive any rights, interests and expectations that he/she may have in terms of the Competition and acknowledges that he/she will have no recourse against the Promoter.
5.3. Any breach of the Terms and Conditions may, at the Promoter’s absolute discretion, result in forfeiture of any Prize.
5.4. The Promoter has the absolute discretion to decide if participant’s actions constitute any of the actions prohibited in terms of these Terms and Conditions and to end their participation in the competition immediately and take appropriate legal action. The Promoter may also immediately remove any posts that they reasonably believe constitute any prohibited content without notice to the participant.
5.5. This Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with the Platforms.
5.6. By entering this Competition, the Eligible Entrants confirm that they agree to the Platforms terms of use.
6. PERSONAL DATA AND PRIVACY
6.1. The Eligible Entrant will be asked to provide their full name, phone number, e-mail address and age and other related information.
6.2. The Promoter and its affiliates shall collect and will use your personal data listed hereby in order to enable your participation in this Competition and on the Platforms. The storage and use of your personal data always occurs in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations.
6.3. The Promoter keeps the data to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected or as required by applicable laws or regulations.
6.4. The Promoter will not use the Eligible Entrant’s information for a different purpose without first asking permission to do so. The Promoter may however share the entrant’s personal information with any of its subsidiaries worldwide, or with authorized third parties.
6.5. The Promoter does not allow third parties to use your personal information for a different purpose.
6.6. The Promoter treats all information collected as confidential.
7. OWNERSHIP AND PUBLICITY
7.1. By providing a submission, you grant the Promoter and its affiliated companies the right, except where prohibited by law, to use your name for competition purposes in promoting or publicising the Competition, including the right to name the Winners of the Prizes in public.
7.2. The Promoter, however, does not have any obligation to use the entries for any purpose.
7.3. The Winners hereby agrees to allow the Promoter’s, to require the Winners to be identified and the photograph/s taken and published in printed media, or to appear on radio and television, and various online channels when accepting their Prizes.
7.4. Details of the Winners may also be announced on the Promoter’s website and any other media properties that it chooses. The Promoter, acting reasonably, retains the right to delay the timing of the publication of the Winners of the Competition.
7.5. By entering this Competition, the Promoter reserves the right to communicate with you at any given time during and after the Competition and you may opt out or de-register at any time.
8. INDEMNITY
All Eligible Entrants and Winners hereby indemnify the Promoter, its advertising agencies, advisers, suppliers, and nominated agents against any and all claims, damages or loss howsoever arising, including but not limited to wilful misconduct or negligent acts or omission arising from their participation in this Competition.
9. RELEASE OF LIABILITY
9.1. The Promoter shall not be liable for any loss, damage or consequential damage of any nature in contract, including negligence or otherwise caused by acceptance of these Terms and Conditions in connection with the Prize (to the extent permissible by law).
9.2. This condition does not affect, and is not intended to affect, any rights an Eligible Entrant, as a consumer might have, which cannot be excluded under applicable consumer protection laws. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any liability of the Promoter or its employees or agents for breach of any such rights is limited to the payment of the cost of having the Prize supplied again.
9.3. To the extent permitted by law, the Promoter is not responsible for:
9.3.1. inaccurate/incorrect transcription of entry information;
9.3.2. the unavailability or inaccessibility of any service whether or not caused by traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website;
9.3.3. unauthorised human intervention in any part of the Competition;
9.3.4. electronic or human error which may occur in the administration of the Competition;
9.3.5. any loss suffered or sustained, to person or property and including, but not limited to, consequential (including economic) loss by reason of any act or omission, deliberate or negligent, by the Promoter, or its employees or agents, in connection with the arrangement for supply, or the supply, of any goods or services by any person to a Winner and, where applicable, to any family/persons accompanying a Winner; or;
9.3.6. any personal injury or damage to persons or property suffered, including to the Eligible Entrant or any other person's computer related to, or resulting from, participation or downloading any materials in this Competition.
9.4. Any entries found to be duplicate or fraudulent will result in the entrant being excluded from the Competition.
9.5. By participating, all Eligible Entrants release the Promoter, its affiliates, partners, subsidiaries, officers, directors, agents, employees and all entities associated with the development and execution of this Competition from any and all liability with respect to and in any way arising from participation in this Competition, acceptance or use of Prizes.
9.6. The Promoter assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries.
9.7. The Promoter is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or telephone lines, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by the Promoter on account of technical problems, human error or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to the entrant’s or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from participation in this Competition or downloading any materials in this Competition.
9.8. Eligible Entrants agree that the Promoter and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents will have no liability whatsoever, and will be held harmless by the Winners for any injuries, losses or costs or damage of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the Prizes or parts thereof, or from participation in this Competition.
9.9. In no event will the Promoter be liable to you for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special or punitive damages, or for travel expenses, lost profits, revenues or business opportunities, even if the Promoter has been advised of the possibility of such damages.