Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Airline sales pitch: 'Check out the oil on our beaches'

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread		 This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) Donate to DU
 
kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-10 08:34 AM
Original message
Airline sales pitch: 'Check out the oil on our beaches'
In perhaps the first commercial effort to turn the Gulf oil disaster into a promotional gag, Spirit Airlines emailed customers tonight offering discounted tickets to beaches including Fort Lauderdale, FL and Cancun with this:



Check out the oil on our beaches. You won't be disappointed. Plus, we're making it cheaper for you to get there! All you have to do is enter 50OFF in the Promotion Code box on the home page when booking your flight. You will then receive $50 off* a roundtrip purchase when booking a qualifying flight!

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0610/Airline_sales_pitch_Check_out_the_oil_on_our_beaches.html#
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-10 09:12 AM
Response to Original message
1. Crass to the nth degree, but typical of many ad agencies
:(
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
izquierdista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-10 09:37 AM
Response to Reply #1
2. Glad it wasn't a broken sewer main
Check out the SHIT on our beaches!
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-10 09:49 AM
Response to Original message
3. I saw a similar ad last night. Simply vile. nt
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-23-10 09:54 AM
Response to Original message
4. "When you're ready to crash, take Spirit Airlines for vacation!"
Why, that's just bad taste.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed May 15th 2024, 01:32 AM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC