The NFL has made the most of the romance between Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift. The league hasn’t wasted the opportunity to showcase its newest female soccer fan, featuring the 12-time Grammy winner constantly on broadcasts when she attends Chiefs games.
When that kind of marketing power falls into your lap, you use it to the best of your ability. It turns out the NFL isn’t the only one doing exactly that.
With the Super Bowl 58 showdown between the Chiefs and 49ers, two airlines have begun rolling out Swift and Kelce-themed promotions for flights to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl. American and United Airlines have wasted no time capitalizing on adding a creative way to attract fans to trips to Las Vegas.
Each company has subtly included a reference to Swift and/or Kelce on their scheduled flights to Las Vegas ahead of the 58th edition of the big game. Here’s a look at some of those tributes:
Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift Flight Promos
For fans looking to travel from Kansas City to Las Vegas, American Airlines has you covered.
The airline has a flight scheduled to depart Kansas City on Saturday, February 10. The flight number? 1989: It’s no coincidence that this is the same number as one of Swift’s most successful albums, “1989.” The fifth studio album from 2014 includes some of Swift’s biggest hits, including “Shake It Off” and “Bad Blood.”
For those who need a flight home, how about a trip on Sunday night or early Monday morning right after the game? With American Airlines, he could board flight number 87, the same digits that are on the back of Kelce’s jersey in Kansas City.
American Airlines created a flight from KC to LV for the Super Bowl. Flight number: 1989. And return flight from LV to KC. Flight number: 87. pic.twitter.com/DVkS7OPfz9
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American Airlines wasn’t the only company that used the biggest marketing tools. United Airlines also specifically tabulated flights from Kansas City and San Francisco to have meaningful numbers for both teams, in addition to using Jason Kelce’s Infamous Shirtless Celebration of the divisional round against the Bills.
See this post on InstagramUnited has three flights from Kansas City to Las Vegas in the days leading up to Super Bowl 58. The first is number 1587, which combines Patrick Mahomes’ number 15 and Kelce’s number 87. Then there’s flight number 2287, which combines Kelce’s number with an ode to Swift’s hit, “22.” Finally, there’s also Flight No. 1989, which is another tribute to Swift and her famous album “1989.”
It’s not just Chiefs fans who are feeling the airline’s love. For 49ers fans, there are two flights from San Francisco to Las Vegas that have numbers tied to the organization.
One of the flights leaving the Bay Area for Nevada is flight No. 1995, which is also the same year the 49ers last won a Super Bowl. There’s also Flight No. 1849, the same year as the original California gold rush, for which the team is named.
Going to a Super Bowl is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for most people, so why not travel in a little style too?
