Delta is offering Silver status for a single paid flight from any one of 14 cities: Binghamton, NY, Burlington, VT, Buffalo, NY, Charlotte, NC, Erie, PA, Wilmington, NC, Harrisburg/Middleton, PA, Philadelphia, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, Providence, RI, Richmond, VA, Rochester, NY, State College, PA, Syracuse, NY Register and fly by July 15.
Discounts & Deals
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70,000 United Miles for Buying a Chrysler
Register and then buy or lease a 2005 Chrysler, Dodge, or Jeep by August 1 (offer not valid on SRT models, Viper, Sprinter, 300 models, Magnum RT or 2006 Charger). Then go to United.com/chryslermiles and submit the car’s VIN number and date of purchase by August 31, 2005. Update: Offer appears to be targeted, if you didn’t receive an email from United about it you may not be eligible.
Just completed my Free Digital Camera offer
I just completed my marketing offer for the free digital camera. It was the easiest offer from Gratis Networks yet — Napster. You sign up for a 14-day free trial. You do have to download their software (and when you’re asked whether you want to restart your computer, it’s important to say NO or else you may not get credit). Then a couple days later credit for the offer shows up on the free electronics offer website. The best part is that you can cancel online — you don’t even have to speak to a live person. I printed out the page saying I had cancelled, but I also got an email from them anyway. Then I uninstalled the software. Easy, free, a great way to complete a requirement. The other easy one that I…
Cashing in on Pricing Errors
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) carries a piece this morning offering a recent history of pricing errors, “Consumers Race to Cash In On Flurry of Pricing Errors That Some Are Honoring” In recent weeks, sharp-eyed consumers have spotted a number of travel pricing mistakes — including several $1.86 US Airways flights, and a $51 flight to Fiji on Travelocity — and have raced to cash in. Pricing mistakes are a growing headache for travel companies since consumers are increasingly able and willing use the Internet to quickly spot and snap up low prices. As a result, it is getting easier for them to take advantage of pricing slip-ups that happen often when prices are updated in real time before the company can correct the mistake. For instance, in less than a half-day, about 1,000…
Great Vegas Hotel Rate
The Venetian is running a special for weekdays at $100 a night from July through September. May and June is available at $149, and weekends are available at $199.
The Basics of Priceline
Leigh Witchel has an extensive tutorial on Priceline bidding strategies. It’s a good basic introduction, with a nice discussion of advanced rebidding techniques. (Biddingfortravel.com had a more complicated version a couple of years ago where I first picked up the technique — Leigh’s is simpler to understand.)
78 Cents for a 5-Star Hotel in Melbourne, Australia
TravelWeb, Priceline’s non-opaque booking site, has The Langham Hotel for AU$1.00 (roughly US$0.78). It’s fully cancellable and changeable. This was a deal that went out over a FareAlert email. I’ve booked a room myself. Flyertalk discussion is here. Just go on over to TravelWeb, search for hotels in Melbourne, Autralia, and I found the Langham on the second page of results. This may not work out — the rate description says “Pro-Air New Zealand Redemptionmust Provide Air Nz Card on Arrival” — so I may not be eligible for this rate, but I have a booking nonetheless.The normal rate is about AU$260 a night. Update: This looks to me like the rate plan associated with redeeming Air New Zealand points as payment fo rhte room, and that it somehow became bookable online. I am not…
Some recent offers that are still valid
One thing about a blog, you really do need to check it every day or at least every couple of days. Sometimes the really great offers last only a few hours, like airfare glitches or incredible mileage offers (10,000 Delta miles for playing a short online game, 100 Delta miles per dollar spent at 1-800-Flowers.com). But sometimes offers are around awhile — but if you don’t check the site frequently they’ll scroll down past the bottom of the page. Naturally you should come to this website everyday. But if you don’t, or if you’ve just found it, you’ll want to be aware of some recent offers posted such as free Gold status with Hilton HHonors, 20% off from Independence Air, and $25 free for opening an ING Direct savings account. There are also some classic…
Free iTunes
If you got yourself a free iPod, why not also get 33 free songs from iTunes for test driving an Audi?
$8 Million in Free Electronics
The ever-controversial Gratis Networks has given away over $8 million in free products. I’ve gotten everything they offer except the free digital camera — I’m still working on that one. It all started with the free iPod, of course, but since then I’ve gotten the flatscreen TV, photo iPod, iPod shuffle, desktop computer, Mac Mini, and Xbox. I just did the required marketing offer for the Sony PSP this morning, completing that one as well. I signed up for a free trial with Napster. The free period is 14 days and the offer should post within the next 3 — so there’ll be plenty of time to cancel before I get charged anything. It’s nice to have a totally free option back. I’ve gotta say that Gratis Networks has no customer service whatsoever. More often…