Cuban gives every fan a free AA flight voucher

[Jimcs50]

Every fan at Dallas' last game last night got a free American Airlines flight voucher to anywhere in the US, in fan appreciation night. This is much better than free Whataburgers that the Spurs give out

That is way too cool. BTW, that is over 19,000 tickets, which could cost Cuban almost 4 million bucks.

Mark Cuban is the man. Props to Mark and the Mavs

[SpursWoman]

Dayum.

[ObiwanGinobili]

was it 1-way or round trip?

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Makes sense. Since the Mavs have home court in the first round their fans will have to fly to Memphis to see the last game of their season when they get swept.

[SpursWoman]

was it 1-way or round trip?

[ShoogarBear]

was it 1-way or round trip?

[ShoogarBear]

Nice, Mark. Should help to take the sting out of this:

[pache100]

The Spurs don't need to buy my support and fanship. I like my little "Build-a-Bear" that I got at the last regular season home game just fine.

Mark Cuban still sucks (what a pretentious show-off). And I think it's hilarious that he has to go to such lengths to ensure loyalty from Mavs fans. Fickle bunch, apparently (excluding some present company, of course).

[pache100]

I don't know how you can hate on that. I don't like Cuban 70% of the time, but the other 30% he comes up with some good ideas. Giving back to the fans like that is really cool. Most teams - all they do is take, with Cuban he comes up with creative ideas to get you interested or thinking about the Mavs or to feel like they really appreciate you.

His promotion may have cost him a lot of money on the books, but I think it will all come back to him and more.

I just think it's one-ups-manship to the max. Unnecessary and excessive, but right in character. True Cubanism.

[Holt's Cat]

Holt gave me some free Fancy Feast. One time.

[CubanMustGo]

Don't give Cuban too much credit; the idea came from AA and is being paid for by AA:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont....1777f7b5.html

It took giving the fans at the Dallas Mavericks' Fan Appreciation Night free tickets on American's flights at Dallas Love Field to do it, but Dan Garton, the carrier's top marketing executive, said the roar was louder than he expected. "What a rush," Mr. Garton said of the din that followed what he called the carrier's biggest ticket giveaway.

[...]

Unknown cost

It's unclear how much the offer will cost American. The last-minute fare to St. Louis was $268 roundtrip Wednesday evening, according to American's Web site, and a roundtrip to Austin cost $232.

But the airline expects only about a quarter of the fans who received the vouchers for free tickets will use them.

[...]

It's not as if American's flights from Love are jammed anyway. All but weekend flights appear to have plenty of seats available at low fares, according to the carrier's Web site.

[...]

The free ticket idea came from a few marketing employees about five or six weeks ago, but took a lot of persuasion at the airline to make it happen, Mr. Garton said. He had to go through the plan alone with Mr. Arpey to convince him it would pay off in the long run.

[SpursWoman]

I don't think it is ... I just think it was a pretty cool gesture that he wasn't obligated to do. And I'm sure AA cut him a really good deal.



edit: yeah, I figured they would have had a hand in it.

[ShoogarBear]

Don't give Cuban too much credit; the idea came from AA and is being paid for by AA:

Not only that, read the fine print:

It took giving the fans at the Dallas Mavericks' Fan Appreciation Night free tickets on American's flights at Dallas Love Field to do it,

When was the last time you flew in to Love Field on American?

[pache100]

Don't give Cuban too much credit; the idea came from AA and is being paid for by AA

That's what I suspected!

[Holt's Cat]

Maybe Holt will give out free Cats at an upcoming game? I could use a new 'dozer.

[SenorSpur]

The only ones that are hatin' are his fellow owners

Big ups to Cuban!

[CubanMustGo]

And, you can only take non-stop flights from Love, meaning this offer is limited to:

Austin
San Antonio
St. Louis
Kansas City

So it's typical Cuban. A lot of hype, he ends up getting credit from the masses despite not spending a penny of his own money, and the reality is much less than you might think.

I expect to see a lot of these vouchers on eBay right quick.

[Jimcs50]

Not only that, read the fine print:



When was the last time you flew in to Love Field on American?

I'd fly out of Uzbekistan National Airport if I got to fly free.

[Jimcs50]

And, you can only take non-stop flights from Love, meaning this offer is limited to:

Austin
San Antonio
St. Louis
Kansas City

So it's typical Cuban. A lot of hype, he ends up getting credit from the masses, and the reality is much more limited than most people end up thinking.

I expect to see a lot of these vouchers on eBay right quick.

I want my horse back, man!!! I do not like the way you keep looking in his mouth all the time.

[CubanMustGo]

You want to give Cubes a blow job for something that cost him nothing, be my guest. The estimate that only 1/4 of them will be used speaks volumes.

[v2000]

Every fan at Dallas' last game last night got a free American Airlines flight voucher to anywhere in the US, in fan appreciation night. This is much better than free Whataburgers that the Spurs give out

That is way too cool. BTW, that is over 19,000 tickets, which could cost Cuban almost 4 million bucks.

Mark Cuban is the man. Props to Mark and the Mavs

yea, I was pissed when I found that out, because I was supposed to go to that game, but something came up, and I couldnt go. I had free box seats too! lol

[Jimcs50]

You want to give Cubes a blow job for something that cost him nothing, be my guest.

You are a bitter bitter man.

[pache100]

You want to give Cubes a blow job for something that cost him nothing, be my guest. The estimate that only 1/4 of them will be used speaks volumes.

[CubanMustGo]

No, I'm just not a fan of Cuban, in case the userID was too subtle for you

If you lived in Dallas and saw the hero worship up here, you might understand.

[pache100]

This is similar to the time Shaq was criticized for giving to charity.

Not even close. Unless you are saying that Dallas Mavericks fans are charity cases.