Aug 4th, 2009 at 3:00PM:
JetBlue and United Airlines are pushing the first taste of cheap fares out on Twitter. They hope to use what USA Today calls the "uber-trendy form of messaging" to push seats on flights that may have vacant seats prior to wheels-up. After deals appear, they don't always stick around long. JetBlue's first "Cheep" (a variation on "tweet") offered a $9 one-way fare from JFK to Nantucket. The model ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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JetBlue, United jump on Twitter for cheap tix
Aug 4th, 2009 at 3:00PM:
JetBlue and United Airlines are pushing the first taste of cheap fares out on Twitter. They hope to use what USA Today calls the "uber-trendy form of messaging" to push seats on flights that may have vacant seats prior to wheels-up. After deals appear, they don't always stick around long. JetBlue's first "Cheep" (a variation on "tweet") offered a $9 one-way fare from JFK to Nantucket. The model ...Twitter + Fares = Twares
May 21st, 2009 at 1:00PM: Twares may not be a word in the dictionary now, but it might be a common word in travel vocabulary soon. Twares is a noun, and it means you can get special, time-sensitive fare offers from United Airlines if you follow the airlines on Twitter. A tweet was sent from @UnitedAirlines at around 11:10 a.m. ET on Wednesday to promote a special $63 each-way "Tware" between Washington Reagan National and ...
