Found this the other day while scrolling through the airliners.net forums. I figured that many of you who've been flying US for a while might even remember ads like this airing.

I also thought that US Airways FAN might enjoy this too, seeing as his signature line is the focus of the clip!



http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/931/

Wow, is that sappy. And sadly no longer true.

I can still remember (and sing) the little jingle at the end.

That was a great jingle....still memorable. I still remember a billboard near Logan Airport over 10 years ago that read "YOUSAir" in large letters with "USAir begins with you" below....pretty clever. ;)

That was a great jingle....still memorable. I still remember a billboard near Logan Airport over 10 years ago that read "YOUSAir" in large letters with "USAir begins with you" below....pretty clever. ;)

I remember that billboard, too. Southbound on 1A right near the tank farm.

The "USAir Begins with You" campaign was developed by McCann-Erickson and launched in the spring of 1991. It was gradually phased out in the 1995-96 time period when a new Senior Vice President-Marketing joined the company and determined was too hoaky.

I remember that billboard, too. Southbound on 1A right near the tank farm.

Yep, 1A near the tank farm. I remember one northbound at one time as well, just north of the tank farm area.

As hokey as "USAir begins with you" might have been, it was pretty clever and I miss it.

In other retro news, I was poking through a rack on the gate A-8 counter at CLE on Friday waiting for my flight to CLT and came across a whole bunch of old ticket envelopes, the first-generation gray style with the logo the long way and no slot cut into the front. They were dated 2000 and still included mentions of things like MetroJet, 2 carryons being allowed, and flights closing 10 minutes before departure (versus 15 today). They appeared to be "new old stock"--probably sat at the bottom of a pile of ticket jackets for 6 years and were just found. I took several for the collection, and I'm glad I did. They were all gone when I came back on Tuesday and checked on my way off my plane.

Just for fun, every now and then I pull out an old "USAir begins with you" ticket jacket and use it....it's always noticed by ticket agents.

see here:
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=536906

and, for what it's worth, the version shown on retrojunk.com is an abbreviated version of what was mostly used during the height of that campaign. The longer 60-second version sung by a male vocalist was far better, IMO.

Yeah...I posted this a little while ago. sbtinme if you ever come across the male 60 sec version let me know. I always heard the 30 second version back in the day. Never did hear the 60 sec version. I am sure OLD US Airways has it some where in their archives. I wonder if they keep any of their old commericals on tape in storage?? Since CCY is gone it is hard to say where anything is anymore.

I actually saved that commercial to my PC now. Just in case retro junk kills it one day.