Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Fly the Friendly Skies. Or not. Whatever. We don't care.

I received an email today from United's E-Fares:
"Thank you for having subscribed to our E-Fares emails. These weekly emails are being discontinued, and this is the last issue that you will receive. E-Fares will continue to be available on united.com Tuesday through Friday of each week. To see these fares, you can select the E-Fares link in the News & Deals section of the United.com home page or on the Special Deals page, whenever E-Fares are available. You can also use the united.com booking tool and look for fares marked with a blue star and the label " E-Fares." We hope that you will continue to enjoy available discounted fares each week through united.com."

In other words:
"We feel confident enough in this economy to not have to use free email marketing to advertise our fares. If you want to know what they are, you can go out of your way to check our website, so we don't have to provide this service for you. In other words, please market United to yourself. For us. Thanks!"