The NFL has taken full advantage of the Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift romance. The league hasn't wasted an opportunity to showcase its newest football fanatic, showing the 12-time Grammy winner constantly on broadcasts when she is in attendance at Chiefs games.
When that kind of marketing power falls into your lap, you utilize that to the best of your ability. Turns out, the NFL isn't the only one doing just that.
With the Super Bowl 58 matchup set between the Chiefs and 49ers, two airlines have started implementing Swift and Kelce-themed promos for flights to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl. American and United Airlines have wasted no time capitalizing on adding a creative way to draw fans into the trips out to Las Vegas.
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Each company has subtly included a Swift and/or Kelce reference in their scheduled flights out to Las Vegas ahead of the 58th edition of the big game. Here is 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 set to leave Kansas City on Saturday, Feb. 10. The flight number? 1989 — not-so-coincidentally, the same number as one of Swift's hit albums, "1989." The fifth studio album from 2014 features some of Swift's biggest hits, such as "Shake It Off" and "Bad Blood."
For those who need a return flight home, how about a trip late Sunday night/early Monday morning right after the game? With American Airlines, you could board Flight No. 87 — the same digits that are on the back of Kelce's Kansas City jersey.
American Airlines created a flight from KC to LV for the Super Bowl. Flight number: 1989. And a return flight from LV to KC. Flight number: 87. pic.twitter.com/DVkS7OPfz9
— Belle Es You (@SouthernbeLLSU) January 29, 2024
American Airlines wasn't the only company to break out the biggest marketing tools. United Airlines also specifically tabbed flights from Kansas City and San Francisco to have numbers with meaning to both teams — along with using Jason Kelce's infamous shirtless celebration from the divisional round against the Bills.
United has three flights going from Kansas City to Las Vegas for the days leading up to Super Bowl 58. The first is No. 1587 — combining Patrick Mahomes' No. 15 and Kelce's No. 87. Then there is Flight No. 2287, which combines Kelce's number with an ode to Swift's hit, "22." Finally, there is also Flight No. 1989, which is another tribute to Swift and her famous "1989" album.
It's not just Chiefs fans feeling the love from the airline either. For 49ers fans, there are two flights from San Francisco to Las Vegas that have numbers with ties to the organization.
One of the flights leaving the Bay Area for Nevada is Flight No. 1995, which is also the same year as the last time the 49ers won a Super Bowl. There is also Flight No. 1849 — the same year as the original California gold rush, which the team is named after.
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Going to a Super Bowl is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for a majority of folks, so why not travel with a bit of style, as well?
