I went to American Airlines website today to check on a flight and noticed the image above.  American Airlines has a promotion going through the end of February to encourage their customers to donate dollars to UNICEF.  As a thank you, they will give the donor 2 miles for every dollar contributed online.  I clicked the link to be able to give…and it got confusing.  The landing page you get to from the AA home page states the promotion runs from November 1 through February 28, 2008.  But when I clicked through on February 7, 2008 (21 days bfore the end of the promotion) to the donations page, I was greeted with the statement, “The American Airlines and UNICEF promotion for AAdvantage® members has now ended. We thank you for your generous contributions during this time period and encourage your continued support of UNICEF’s work for child survival.”  What’s up with that?  I might have been able to fill out their online form anyway and try to make a donation even though the header says its over but I did not try.

OK…tip:  Make sure if you do a promotion like this one to double check dates and messages.  I wonder how many people were turned away from donating because the two pages were not in sync..???  Nice to support UNICEF but it seems someone dropped a ball here.