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Old May 21, 2015 | 4:53 pm
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Originally Posted by tarheelnj
I remember a story from many years ago (tried looking it up but couldn't find the airline or the story) of an airline that offered a "buy a ticket for yourself, get a free one for your wife" promotion. The airline marketing department then sent letters to the wives of the travelers who took up the offer, thanking them for traveling with their husbands. Brilliant.
Snopes claims urban legend on this one. UA is usually the airline though and they had a 1960s campaign to bring the wife along. I always thought the story as you note was UA that in turn sent the thank you notes vs survey.

http://www.snopes.com/love/betrayal/wifeflight.asp
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