United Meets With 2 Agencies

Fallon, Y&R Still Safe Despite Talks With BBDO and Organic
NEW YORK–United Airlines executives have met with officials from Omnicom-owned BBDO Worldwide and Organic, sources said.
The informal meetings took place about two weeks ago, a source said, and included top people from BBDO, New York, and John Kiker, United’s vice president of advertising and communications.
Executives from Organic in San Francisco, which specializes in electronic media and Web design, met separately with United, a source said. The source added that both meetings were set up by senior Omnicom executives.
In April, United asked officials who work with Fallon to fill out evaluation forms on the agency [Adweek, April 17].