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Old Feb 4, 2016, 9:15 pm
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dmurphynj
 
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Originally Posted by catocony
Here's an idea - team up with Subway or Togos or Quiznos or someone and offer a very simple free coach meal. A six-inch sub (nothing fancy, a couple choices like ham and cheese, roast beef, turkey, etc), a bag of chips and cookie. All of the advertising the sub chains could want, and at a decent cost to the airlines (a couple-three bucks per bag, maybe less).

Actually, UA wouldn't have to even offer them for free. Just cheaper than the current sandwich, with more stuff. Most people would pay for a sandwich combo from a major chain as BOB.
Even at $3, that's probably north of the entire budget for an F meal, let alone a coach one.

(And yes, I'm absolutely, 100% serious.)

Great idea, but I don't think the cost would work out .. at the end, would a free Subway sandwich really drive sales?
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