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It's Taco Time! Virgin America Brings a Fare Sale and Taco Trucks to the West Coast Today

Where: Mexico
August 31, 2010 at 10:00 AM | by | Comments (0)

It's been a solid two months since Virgin America announced they'd be heading south for the winter—to Cancun and Cabo San Lucas from LAX and SFO—but until now we didn't know when exactly. Today, the low-cost airline announces that non-stop flights between San Francisco (SFO) and San Jose del Cabo International Airport (SJD) begin December 16, 2010; between Los Angeles (LAX) and Cancun (CUN) on January 19, 2011; and finally, between SFO and CUN on January 20, 2011. Looks like VX-loving LA folk will be stuck in Cali over Christmas, but SFO can at least head to Los Cabos.

To celebrate that they've finally got some dates for their first south-of-the-border routes, Virgin America is having a 3-day fare sale on their site HERE. Fares for the new Mexico routes start at $129 each way, but the sale includes coast-to-coast options for $109 each way and some smaller west coast hops from $39 each way. But wait...there's more!

Virgin America is anxious to jump on the location-based social networking bandwagon and today only, you can get a $ 2-for-1 taco deal and a 2-for-1 Virgin America ticket offer by checking in on Loopt Star at their taco trucks, which will be parked at spots in both Los Angeles and San Francisco. We don't know anyone using Loopt anymore, but here's the full details on that offer for any west coasters who are game:

By checking in at SFO, LAX or one of Virgin America’s mobile taco truck locations between 11:00am and 3:00pm PT today with the free Loopt Star App on their iPhone, members of the public can score a $1 two-for-one taco deal along with a two-for-one ticket offer (Terms apply) on Virgin America’s new flights to Mexico.

· In Los Angeles, the public can look for Virgin America’s in-flight teammates in uniform at the Border Grill taco truck at 7060 Hollywood Boulevard.

· In San Francisco, the airline’s in-flight teammates and some SF ACC Chihuahua friends will be posted at hometown taco truck favorite, Los Compadres, at 100 Folsom Street.

Guests checking in on Loopt Star at SFO and LAX will also receive the special ticket offer. To be eligible, one must check-in using the Loopt Star iPhone app, which is available at the Apple iTunes store or at loopt.com /looptstar.

The taco event goes back to Virgin America's participation, earlier in the year, in San Francisco Animal Care and Control’s (SF ACC) rescue efforts, by flying chihuahuas from the west coast to the east coast for adoption. All proceeds from the taco sales will go to the SF ACC.

[Photos: Jaunted's photoshop mash-up, Virgin America]

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