Travel
It’s no secret that air travel isn’t what it used to be before 9/11. Heck, it isn’t even what it used to be a week ago, when airlines had the decency to let you check a bag without paying for it. These days, getting on an airplane is all about being nickel-and-dimed, from the time you make the reservation to the moment you straggle over to baggage claim. If you run an airline, how can you spin that in your favor?
American Airlines, which took a beating last week when it announced plans to charge $15 for checking just one piece of luggage, has long claimed in its ad campaign that, "We know why you fly."
But for the most part, the airline seems to think you fly for all the not-very-original reasons you’d expect, such as to get home early from a lame business trip or to take a vacation using frequent flyer miles. What’s more, they largely fail to give any indication of why you should choose American over the competition.
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We see more than a few hoaxes float by our desk, most are pretty obvious. But when we saw this print advertisement allegedly from a 1979 magazine we were struck by two things.
First, it’s just eerie.
Secondly, if it’s legit – and it seems that it is – how could anything like this exist in our twin ages of the Internet and Big Paranoia and take so long to surface.
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In this interminably long political season, it doesn’t seem out of place. A campaign, Mexico, aliens and controversy.
Thing is though, it’s not that Mexico. And it’s not those aliens. And it’s an ad campaign.
Call off the political commentators.
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