An email popped up from American Airlines asking if I could keep a secret. My mental answer was No, but I had to look.
Oh, the offer sounded so good! Book a trip and we will reveal a discount at you check out. Yes, I want to go! I continued to read, my mind jumping from one location to the next, as I scrolled down to get more information. Discover is the promo code. I jot it down, still trying out destinations in my mind. I want to discover! Hope of a trip rises.
What’s this in the smaller print? Rules and regulations? I read on. What? I have to book a flight and a hotel package? This package must total over $1,250? Hopes of a fun getaway crashed. I don’t want to spend that kind of money on a little trip.
The next move of the cursor was Delete. I can keep their secret, this time.
elsie tries writing 
Now, this is media literacy—forreal!
So disappointing, but I was there with you, waiting for the uncovering of the “secret.”
Damn fine print! I’ve come to the conclusion if it sounds too good to be true it always is. Wish you could have had an awesome dream trip!!!
What an enjoyable read. They do know how to make those e-mails so enticing you just want to read more. Enjoyed the circular structure- coming back to that secret.
Awww, your ending brought us back to reality. That’s too bad!! 🙂 I loved how you built excitement throughout your piece!
Drat that fine print always ruins the party!
Oh…your get away was sounding like lots of fun…darn that fine print!
Don’t you just love the fine print? The “delete” key is my friend.
Agreed!!! So deceiving… yet I am enticed by them weekly. Will power Karen…”Don’t even open it up” I say to myself. But the power of media overcomes. Disappointment again.
Maybe next time:)
I hate when that happens! Cathay Pacific has these deals every Tuesday where you can get insanely cheap tickets to top destinations. I tried once to buy tickets to Australia. They were listed for $300. Instead, after the taxes and fees, the price was more like $900. Not a deal at all!
Oh those deals are so funny. I have yet to find one that is actually a worth while deal. I love how you ended this piece of writing. “I can keep their secret, this time.”
There really isn’t ever a bargain I suppose, but one can always hope, Elsie. Always fun to explore!
Oh so enticing, but that small print. I wonder how many others discovered their secret.
There’s always a catch to something that sounds soooo good. How many people don’t read the fine print and get suckered into this “great deal”. I think it’s a good idea to keep the secret.
They always get you at the fine print! Too bad….
I always tell kids that something isn’t funny unless both sides laugh.If they don’t, it’s a form of teasing. I hate the way they lure you in like that. It’s like a form of teasing.