Quick giveaway: $200 (2 prizes of $100 gift cards)
I received 5000 Starwood Starpoints from a complaint that I didn’t feel was a great idea for me to take. Rather than trying to get them to claw back the points, I feel better giving something away in its place. A few readers had proactively suggested (I didn’t ask for advice… 😛 ) that I give away Starpoints, but I can’t really transfer them and they’re expensive to buy. So a $100 gift card seems appropriate there.
And in addition I had an extra $100 card I had purchased to do a few experiments with, and that I don’t wind up needing. Obviously it’s money, and I could either use the card or manage to get the funds back into a bank account. But the card was purchased in the name of frequent flyer ‘science’ so I figure it’s worth giving away here as well.
So that’s two good reasons to give away $100, and I thought I’d give away 2 x $100 gift cards. It’s not a monster big prize, so we’re not going to do a multi-day multi-post extravaganza on it. Just a quick giveaway over the course of the next 24 hours. (I’m leaving it open that long to ensure everyone following by email subscription, or regardless of time zone, has a change to participate.)
All you have to do is leave a comment on this post that answers any of the following:
- What you will do with a $100 gift card?
- What is the best travel tip you know?
- What is the most valuable thing you’ve learned from this blog?
Any of these work.
You may enter one time only. By entering you agree that I’m trying to do something reasonably nice and you won’t give me a hard time over the nuances of rules, complain in any way, and agree to be bound by any and all of my judgments are they relate to this offer (and agree that those judgments are final and are not appealable).
Fire away in the comments, I look forward to drawing winners and sending out the prizes.
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I will use the gift card to help pay for my anniversary trip to the Galapagos.
I will use the $100 gift card for an dinner in our trip to Asia..
I will use the gift card for travel of course!
I thought your posts on the United devaluation were especially helpful.
What you will do with a $100 gift card?
I have been traveling for 2 years now and its quite hard for me to admit but I still haven’t purchased a backpacking backpack. Help save me from the hand-me-down suitcases! Please!
I would use the gift card for an upcoming trip to Washington DC.
Valuable advice I’ve learned: HUCA (hang up, call again)!
I will use the cats towards a golf trip I am buying for my dad!
Sure could use a new suitcase!
Best travel tip is to put small quantities of facial care products and creams into a contact lens case. Plenty to get through a weekend, and incredibly cheap to buy. Easy to stick in your carryon freedom baggie!
Travel tip: hang up and call again!
Most valuable advice: Pay bills with Bluebird, and fund the Bluebird with Vanilla Reloads
I’d use the cards to finally take my grandmother to Savannah!
Id like to go out for a nice dinner
Help pay for a weekend away
1. I’d spend the $100 on breakfast at the andaz maui this summer – on a points stay learned through this blog.
2. Best travel advice: hang up try again.
3. Most valuable blog advice is the impact of many cards on ones credit — not just the hows but the whys.
Hang up and call again and it never hurts to ask.
Best travel tip I know: be mentally prepared to change your schedule and don’t as sweat the changes when they happen.
shop!!!
What would I do with a $100 gift card? Come up with a trip idea so I can spend it!
Tip from column. Plan ahead.
Using avios for short haul american domestic flights
Moving in to a new house next month
Lots of little purchases coming up I’m sure
Thanks
I would use the $100 gift card to help defray some rather heavy dining expenses on my summer trip to Sydney and Melbourne for a conference this July.
The most important travel tip has been trying to tailor my credit card applications towards future travel. Would love to use it for 5th anniversary trip to Italy in April.
I’d use the $100 for a trip this summer!
I’d spend the $100 on a welcome home party for my special lady.
â– What you will do with a $100 gift card?
I would use the $100 gift card towards a flight back to the Phillipines to see my friends.
1. Buy my wife a belated dozen roses
2. Rent your car as early as possible & keep rechecking prices
3. SPG is THE go-to card
Spg points and CASH
Travel Tip: 40000 AA miles for travel to Europe in off peak is a great deal.
I will use 100$ towards my upcoming Hawaii trip
I would use the $100 gift card to purchase admission to a future FTU to talk more about travel hacking.
Use the cards for my wife’s birthday gifts… Or KU Basketball tickets
Will hopefully use it on a trip to Seattle!
I have greatly appreciated and utilized the heads up on point bearing credit card offers. We have children in college in NY and Baltimore and a recent grad in Philly, so being college poor we have reveled in free stays in these cities, which is how we would use the Starwood $100.
Thanks for the good work!
I’ve learned that 577+ folks will do a lot for $100.
I would use the $100 gift card to have a steak dinner with my nephew who is a marine stationed in San Diego next week when I am visiting him. He just got back from Afghanistan. Before he went to Afghanistan, we had a great steak dinner (he had a 24 oz bone in rib eye) and I promised him that we would do this again when he comes home. Time to fulfill that promise.
I am going on a cruise in a few days, so I would buy some much needed clothes.
Valuable travel tip: rather than splurging money on premium seats, get the 2nd row of exit row seats. They refine as we RL as he save more my reg room than in premium economy.
Learned so much from the blog but Using United Miles on partners a few years back when I started this points habit.
Would love to use it on an upcoming trip to LA.
Hang up, call back!
This is easy–I would gift the card to Valley Food Bank– http://www.valleyfoodbank.org/‎ which is a charity ranked extremely high in terms of its efficiency and transparency in fulfilling its mission of feeding undernourished and deserving folks. Disclosure: I have none other than I read about the organization, checked it out, and greatly appreciate their work.
Will use the $100 gift card in the spa for massage. Thanks for the giveaway.
Pay fuel surcharges!
I’ll use the gift card to help pay for dinner at the Inn at Little Washington.
What you will do with a $100 gift card?
-I could try to answer this but I think my wife would have a better idea 😀 ;P
Have learnt and do it all the time especially with US Airways…. Hang up n call back!
I’d use it to help pay for an upcoming trip to Southern California!