Delta Airlines introduced a special half-fare rate for wives accompanying their husbands on business trips.
Posted by Jokeminder42@reddit | Jokes | View on Reddit | 42 comments
Anticipating some valuable testimonials, the publicity department of the airline sent out letters to all the wives of businessmen who used the special rates, asking how they enjoyed their trip.
The results were mixed. On the positive side, 96% of the surveys were returned -- by far the highest in the history of such surveys.
On the negative side, virtually all of the returned surveys contained only one short sentence: "What fucking trip???"
Pm-me-ur-happysauce@reddit
Everything in this joke points out to the fact that it was written in 1900
Faber_College@reddit
Re:fw:fw:fw:fw:fw
KingRichard4342@reddit
"Faber College - when better women are made, Faber men will make them!" LOVE that movie!
RussiaIsBestGreen@reddit
1930 was a little early for commercial air travel.
cyborg_127@reddit
I was curious so I looked it up. Delta Air Service commenced operations as a passenger service June 17th, 1929.
nookane@reddit
Northwest Airlines was founded in 1926 and later merged with someone else to become delta
nookane@reddit
And they were late to the game
NCEMTP@reddit
With 3 flights a week, expanded to daily by the end of the year, in a 6 seater biplane offering service between a few airports in Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama.
Not exactly the heydey of commercial air travel, even if it did technically exist in 1930.
Utterlybored@reddit
Because men don’t cheat on their wives any more?
thehonestyfish@reddit
Because airlines don't offer discounts anymore
Malvastor@reddit
Well, more to the point they don't send out letters anymore. But you can't do basically anything without getting an annoying "How was your experience? Please fill out this 20 minute survey!" email/text immediately after.
divDevGuy@reddit
How was your experience at the doctor's office today?
How was your experience paying your bill online for your previous doctor's office visit?
How was your experience taking the two past surveys? Answer with this quick one question survey that has a dozen sub questions.
Your feedback is very important to us. We'd like to remind you that you have three outstanding surveys waiting for your response. Please take this survey to let us know why you don't respond to surveys.
This text message confirms that you have unsubscribed from all future communications including appointment reminders, payments due, and overdue payments sent to collections.
How was your experience changing your communications preference today? Let us know with this quick survey!
Malvastor@reddit
"We noticed you screamed in frustration and banged your head against the wall lately. How was your experience with blinding rage and despair? We'd love to hear feedback regarding your cranial fractures!"
SillyFlyGuy@reddit
Should change it back to the original Braniff Airlines.
farnsmootys@reddit
Ha. Infidelity.
Only-Peace1031@reddit
True story.
When West Jet was first introducing their Companion pass it was going to be a Spousal pass.
However, a big wig had a mistress and he wanted to be able to give her the free pass. The policy was changed to include friends, all so that his side piece could travel for free.
relayrider@reddit
last time i tried to take my side piece on a flight there were lots of flashing lights and alarms
DoDoorman@reddit
You can afford a side piece? 😮
relayrider@reddit
even mentally ill undocumented ppl in the usa can!
https://abc7chicago.com/post/sheridan-gorman-killed-suspected-killer-jose-medina-pleads-not-guilty-faces-victims-parents-tom-jessica-court/18997502/
Only-Peace1031@reddit
Well to be fair West Jet started in Canada. Lol
Omeganian@reddit
Old...
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/letter-to-free-wives/
colBoh@reddit
Delta should've realized when they saw so many flights coming through Las Vegas.
JebryathHS@reddit
You mean one of the most popular cities in the world for conferences?
Slack_With_Honor@reddit
“I know this is a joke but the premise is factually incorrect, statistically speaking!”
UDPviper@reddit
What about special half-fare rate for men accompanying their women on girls only trips.
Darkhelmet3000@reddit
“Because we’re Delta Airlines, and life is a fucking nightmare…”
platinum_toilet@reddit
I don't understand. Is this supposed to be funny?
Gil-Gandel@reddit
All of the businessmen were accompanied by a lady whom they claimed to be their wife, but none of those women were actually the wives of the men in question.
newyork44m@reddit
I seem to recall that something like this actually happened.
Dramatic-Set8761@reddit
Reminds me of
A business man and his wife arrive at a restaurant that the man regularly frequents. They are met by the maitre'd who greets them saying, "good evening sir, nice to see you again. Is this lovely lady your wife, or have I got it wrong again?"
FostWare@reddit
What’s a “letter”?
canonetell66@reddit
“A” is a letter. “B” is a letter.
AttackCircus@reddit
The black stuff is the text.
WatchaThinka@reddit
Did you just assume my mode? Typical light mode behavior.
Justin_Passing_7465@reddit
Light privilege.
kendonmcb@reddit
Confused dark mode noises
RussiaIsBestGreen@reddit
It’s like a printed email. An email is like a long text. A text is like auto-subtitles but without the video.
Justin_Passing_7465@reddit
It's like a fax, but the sender supplies the paper, eventually.
moon__lander@reddit
So yapping but in form of small images?
kestelli@reddit
Delta: cause of divorces
Strict_Foundation_31@reddit
Ladies and gentlemen…Roger Sterling!
redvoxfox@reddit
Thank you for the good laugh! I even mistook this for a news item in my feed, so the laugh was even better with the punchline and the realization in the same moment. Very well done!