Letter from US Airlines About Free Ticktes

For those who have longed to travel, but may not be able to afford such a trip and hope that two airline tickets just might drop from the sky, your wish may have come true.
Recently, US Airlines has announced that they will be sending award notification letters to a few households around the US later this year. The letters will resemble government forms, similar to the W-2 forms used by taxpayers, and will have unique code that will identify them. For those lucky enough to receive such letters, they may receive two tickets to anywhere in the United States.
This is one of several types of promotions used by airlines recently to counter the potential drop in ticket sales. With rising oil costs and a flagging economy, many individuals and families have decided to forego travelling by air for their vacations and instead use the family vehicle for more local trips. The airline industry has suffered as of late because of these conditions.
While many promotional offers received through the mail may be of highly dubious nature, the US airlines offer is legitimate. If you receive such a letter, be sure to contact US Airlines through means other than the information on the letter itself to verify that it is indeed legit and real.
So in these tough economic times, why are airlines turning to such promotional gimmicks?
The reason is simple, flights are scheduled months in advance and recently airlines have had difficulty filling up the flights. It is especially in these days with more competition and more folks willing to shop around for the best prices, rather than stick to a particular airline. By giving away free tickets the airlines are not giving up any seats that are already paid for and gain a lot a great, free promotion which can help lure even more people to purchase tickets.
About the only negative aspect, other than perhaps an occasionally ticked off customer who sat next to a person flying for free, is that many of these types of promotions are hard to believe. With all the warnings about scam artists offering promotions or giveaways that seem too good to be true, such tactics by US Airlines may be perceived the same way. After all, the more people who throw away the tickets thinking they are fake are the fewer folks US Airlines can use in their promotional efforts to bring in more clients.
If you should receive a letter like the one described above, you should not immediately throw it away. The first thing you should do is verify the promotion is real by first calling US Airlines outside the number given in the letter for confirmation. Then call the number found inside the letter and follow the instructions. Generally speaking, you will have to spend around 45 minutes or less going through paperwork and getting a pitch about how great getting free tickets are and wouldn’t it be great if you told all your friends. Which given how much tickets anywhere in the US are worth certainly seems like a very small price to pay.
So the next time you are about to throw away the junk mail, you may want to examine it a bit closer to see if one is labeled US Airlines. You just might have won a trip anywhere in the US, really.