Transportation

Japanese airline deploys travel promotion vending machines

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October 18, 2021

A Japan based airline has installed vending machines to dispense toy capsules containing travel tips for passengers, according to a republicworld.com report. The capsules contain a piece of paper naming a destination and a promotion code that awards points to be used towards the purchase of a ticket for that destination.

Peach Aviation Limited has installed several "gachapon" vending machines after witnessing positive results from a test machine in August.

The airline sold more than 3,000 capsules in the last three months and as many as 150 tickets on holidays. The capsules cost ¥5,000 ($43.73).

Customers receive 6,000 points, each point worth one yen.