Delta SkyMiles (Pre-WorldPerks Merger) [closed to posting] - Delta Airline Tickets to Carribean on Cobert Report 8:30 p.m. (EDT) 9 August

Ok, I guess this proves that I'm WAY too obsessed.... Steven Cobert was making a bit of fun that Joe Lieberman didn't appear on his show and was going over the swag he was going to give Lieberman:

Bowl of Cocoa Puffs
CD by some Italian singer
Some movie on DVD
DELTA Tickets to someplace (I didn't catch where) in the Carribean! :D :D

He didn't SAY they were Delta tickets, but he DID show the tickets, and they had the standard layout of Delta tickets printed by the agents on the thin cardboard (not the flimsy thermal paper in the kiosks). While I don't have HDTV :mad: and thus couldn't make out the cities, destinations, or most importantly CLASS, the Delta logo and Delta was fairly clearly visible on the tickets.

Anyone else catch this?

Do you think the producers just used some old tickets they happened to have as props, or that they really purchased tickets from Delta?

Think this might have been product positioning by Delta? I would have expected an on-air mention of Delta like "two tickets on Delta to ..." instead of "two tickets to ..." if it were product positioning, but then, I don't know much about marketing or advertising.

The tickets were to Boca.

It's Colbert, not Cobert.

No offense, but I would guess that you have not been a die hard Colbert fan during the past couple of weeks, either. The tickets were to Boca Raton, Florida -- home of uncontested incumbent congressman Robert Wexler. This clip helps explain the ongoing joke...

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/tv/colbert_slams_today_good_morning_america_over_cong ressional_cocaine_coverage_40914.asp

Thanks all for the details. I don't normally watch the Colbert Report, as I find it too satirical and light-hearted. I prefer to get my news from serious news programs, such as The Daily Show :D
I'd still like to know:
Were the tickets First Class or Coach?
Were they REAL tickets or just props?
Is there some form of Delta tie-in (for example, did Delta provide the tickets for free, for "product positioning")?

Thanks all for the details. I don't normally watch the Colbert Report, as I find it too satirical and light-hearted. I prefer to get my news from serious news programs, such as The Daily Show :D
I'd still like to know:
Were the tickets First Class or Coach?
Were they REAL tickets or just props?
Is there some form of Delta tie-in (for example, did Delta provide the tickets for free, for "product positioning")?

:D I would guess that they were real tickets, since that's probably easier than bothering to make real props. Though I don't suppose that they were really to tiny Boca Raton. Might not have even been to Florida. Boca Raton is halfway between Delta destinations FLL and PBI.

I deleted this episode from my DVR just hours before reading the OP.