McDonald’s Gives Rail Riders Coupons and a Free Ride

Free rail tickets and coupons are helping McDonald's push its new burger, The Angus Third Pounder.

Some local McDonald’s franchisees are making friends with commuters in busy cities by giving them free rail tickets and coupons for its burgers.

Last Sunday, street teams met commuters headed to the Denver Broncos game and handed them free round trip, one-day rail passes, along with coupons for a free Angus Third Pounder, a new menu item at McDonald’s.

Denver is the third stop on the firm’s national "Try Free, Ride Free" tour.

The promotion continues throughout the month with additional stops in busy metropolitan cities aimed at people riding the rails, including Chicago, Dallas, Baltimore and Washington, DC.

In Atlanta, for example, riders are offered complimentary one-way Breeze tickets and free Angus Third Pounders.