Air NZ Blind Gate (Date) contest to promote LHR-LAX route

[markis10]

Hope it goes better than the QF contest yesterday where locals could win a ticket to LA, with the winner due to fly out that afternoon not having a passport!

Air New Zealand, best known for its quirky in-flight safety videos, has come up with an equally crazy stunt to promote its London to Los Angeles route: sending British couples on blind dates all the way to the West Coast.

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The carrier claims to be the only airline to provide a "sky couch" -- a set of three seats which fold into a bed for two -- in economy class, and is giving two couples the opportunity to try one out on a free weekend trip from London to Los Angeles. On Valentine's Day, contestants will gather at a specially built TV studio in Heathrow airport's Terminal 1 to take part in a blind-date contest, dubbed Blind Gate. Each contestant will bring a passport and a packed suitcase, and the two lucky couples chosen, one gay and one straight, will board an Air New Zealand flight to Los Angeles as soon as the winners are announced.

Air New Zealand Pairs Strangers in 'Blind Gate' Contest | Global News - Advertising Age

 

[casanovawa]

Hmmm, sounds like a bit of a farce in the making....

 

[lovestotravel]

Why would an idiot enter a competition when they don't have a passport

 

[markis10]

Why would an idiot enter a competition when they don't have a passport

Scam an extra ticket for Sis! If I didnt know better the publicity shot was in the F lounge - good effort considering no passport let alone boarding pass LOL

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