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Change in T&C for free electronics

by Gary Leff on March 11, 2006

Mar 11 2006

Freepay, aka Gratis Networks (the free iPod folks), has made a really annoying unilateral change to their terms and conditions. First, you’ll have only 90 days start to finish to complete their requirements. Second, you now have to place your orders by mail instead of electronically and there are deadlines for doing so. Apparently this was announced March 1 and everyone with existing accounts therefore has until the end of May to finish their existing free electronics offers. Here’s the note sent out to all accounts: Important Change to Terms & Conditions With a start date of March 1, 2006 – users of FreePay websites have 90 days to complete all offer requirements. Upon completion of all offer requirements, existing users will need to print a “Redemption Form” that must be filled out in its…

1000 Bonus American Per Night at Hyatt

by Gary Leff on March 9, 2006

Mar 09 2006

In addition to Hyatt’s offer of 1000 Cathay Pacific AsiaMiles per night, they’re also putting the choice of 1000 American Airlines points per night on offer as well from March 15 through June 30.

Free iTunes for Financial Literacy

by Gary Leff on February 26, 2006

Feb 26 2006

There are about a dozen free iTunes to be had by watching a series of interactive financial tutorials from Penn State Federal. Some are longer than others and they’re quite rudimentary but if you want to click through learning about debit cards and how to buy a used car you can get some free music.

Site59 Coupon Code

by Gary Leff on February 23, 2006

Site59, the last minute travel package discounter, is offering $59 off on packages of $700 or more through April 30 with discount code SITE59GETAWAY.

Free Hotel Nights at Holidy Inn Phuket

by Gary Leff on February 13, 2006

The Holiday Inn Resort Phuket has THB0.01 rates available for a standard room. That’s basically ‘free’. Rate appears to be available beginning May 1 through the end of October, 2006.Property seems very well regarded for a Holiday Inn. You can find the rate at the Holiday Inn website. As always, your mileage may vary on whether the hotel honors this. So don’t book any non-refundable airfare until we learn for sure. Related Flyertalk.com thread is here. Update 2:26pm Eastern: The rate is still available. It is also bookable at Travelocity. Some rates are prepaid, others are not, in either case there’s not a huge change of this being honored in my view but it might be. One approach would be to make prepaid reservations at both sites. Additionally, the online booking guarantee on the Holiday…

$29 at the Regent Kuala Lumpur

by Gary Leff on February 12, 2006

Courtesy of Free Traveling, the Regent Kuala Lumper — a very nice property — is available for $29 a night $29/night – The Regent Kuala Lumpur The Regent Kuala Lumpur, 160 Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur. $29/night. Feb 13, 17, 20, 23, 25, 27, March 2, 7, 12, 15, 17, 22, Apr 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, May 1, 6, 11, and other dates. Book on travelocity.com. Now, the hotel is usually available for just under $100 usually, so this one isn’t worth making a special trip for. Still, a great value!

Up to 15,000 Bonus Miles to Australia

by Gary Leff on February 11, 2006

Feb 11 2006

United is offering up to 15,000 bonus miles for roundtrip flights to Australia from the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico or U.S. Virgin Islands from March 1 through April 30, 2006. Registration is required. 15,000 bonus miles for purchasing and flying a paid, qualifying roundtrip in United First® (F fare only) 10,000 bonus miles in qualifying United Business® (C, D fares only) 7,500 bonus miles in qualifying United Economy® (Y, B, M, H fares only) 5,000 bonus miles in qualifying United Economy (Q, V, W fares only) (No bonus miles are offered on the absolute lowest — S and T — fares.) Partner and code share flights don’t qualify for the offer. Tickets must be electronic. Miles should post 6 to 8 weeks after completing the return flight.

Ted Birthday Bonus

by Gary Leff on February 9, 2006

Feb 09 2006

Register to receive 1000 bonus miles on a roundtrip flown on United’s low cost subsidiary, Ted. The bonus can be earned twice between February 12 and May 12, 2006. The bonus is meant to “Wish Ted a Happy Birthday.” Personally I wish the operating gurus in Elk Grove had smothered him at birth. RAR!

Free American Airlines Miles from Lincoln

by Gary Leff on February 8, 2006

Feb 08 2006

Lincoln is offering American Airlines miles — 250 miles for watching a short online promo video, 2500 miles for test driving a Lincoln Zephyr, and 25,000 miles for buying or leasing one. Here’s the video (or just skip the video and give them your mileage number). Here’s the test drive certificate. And here’s the purchase certificate.

United Discounted Awards to London

by Gary Leff on February 5, 2006

Feb 05 2006

In addition to discounted coach awards to Sydney, United is offering coach awards between the U.S. and London for 35,000 miles for travel through March 31.The text of the offer says You must book your award ticket online only. However, the terms and conditions of the offer sayYou may purchase the reduced award through united.com or through United Reservations (call 1-800-UNITED1). The $15 booking fee is waived. Either way, it appears as though awards are still pricing at 50,000 miles even though the promo should have gone into effect February 1.Flyertalk.com discussion of the offer is here.