I’m Giving My Readers $500 in Gift Cards, Just Leave a Comment to Enter!

by Gary Leff

Frequent Traveler University: December 5-7, Hyatt Regency Crystal City

The next Frequent Traveler University, in partnership with USA Today, promises to be the biggest gathering of frequent flyers ever — topping even last April’s sold out event in Northern Virginia.

The event will be held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City minutes from Washington’s National airport.

It’s a fantastic venue to support us all, and Hyatt has made available (2) $250 Hyatt gift cards for me to give away here. Gift cards that could be used on your stay during Frequent Traveler University!

All you need to do to be eligible to win is leave a comment on this post. You may answer one of two questions,

  • What would you most want to learn at a gathering of frequent flyers? Or..
  • What is the most important thing for a conference host hotel to know, or to do?

Since there are two gift cards, and two questions, you may enter up to two times.

Just leave a comment or two comments and I will draw the winning comments at random from those left by October 14 at Noon Eastern. (Void where prohibited by law. All of my decisions are final and unappealable, I want to make giveaways as easy as possible and with the fewest headaches possible.)

And I hope to see you at the upcoming Frequent Traveler University!

About Gary Leff

Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since 2002. Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »

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Comments

  2. I wish I could afford to do one of these training sessions as I am always low on time off and funds to spend on this.

  3. Step-by-step instructions on how best to construct and book aspirational flight itineraries.

  5. I’d love to know about earning patterns. I’m comparatively new, but have seen big shopping portal bonuses around Valentine’s day. Anything along those lines that would prime people for likely upcoming offers.

  9. Most important for Hyatt to know with a bunch of bloggers is to have adequate bandwidth and fast enough internet. At the Microsoft Global MVP Summit in Seattle I attend annually the Hyatt Wifi can bog down at times which is pretty embarassing given the event.

  13. I would like to how what bank still allows new accounts with CC, high limit, no hard credit hit.

  20. The host hotel has to provide sufficient staffing and space to make sure the conference run smoothly while other guests not attending the conference can still enjoy their stay despite the conference crowd.

  23. What would you most want to learn at a gathering of frequent flyers?
    Roughly a summary of what everyone blogs about

  25. I like FTU for learning to know new people who are doing interesting things in this space and sharing tips.

  27. Lots of pressure on the host hotel! So many knowledable guests who probably have status…….

  28. Hotel should know conference is happening and adjust elevator patterns during breaks/end of conference to prevent bog down

  30. What is the most important thing for a conference host hotel to know, or to do?

    Have a business center with free internet!!! I know most carry their laptop/wifi devices etc. but I like having desktop computers for use since I tend to be more productive in the business rooms

  31. Host hotels should make sure that their rooms are ready ahead of time if they’re having a conference, that way if your flight arrives before official check in time you don’t have to wait around in the lobby. I’ve seen Board of directors as well as those with status have to wait for their room big no no.

  37. 1. I’d want to learn how to maximize hotel points more such as stay 5 nights and the last night is free, use promo codes to reduce number of points required for a stay.

  38. I would like pointers on booking complicated multi destination, multi airline tickets such as for a tour of Europe.

  39. What would you most want to learn at a gathering of frequent flyers? It would be there personal best secret for getting points for cheap 🙂

  40. Conference Hotels should address the subject matter of the various conferences they are hosting to personalize the experience.

  41. They’re thoughts on the best redemption for each type of frequent flyer miles since there seem to be constant changes in regards to one ways, rtw, stop overs, etc..

  44. What is the most important thing for a conference host hotel to know, or to do?

    Make sure to acknowledge the members status in program and make sure to award points!!!

  45. I’d love to hear more about booking a reward flight on American using a combination of Avios and Aadvantage miles. Probably not possible, but it would be awesome for me if it could happen.

  46. I’ve not been to a frequent flyer conference and still feel like a bit of a newbie, but I’m guessing that the networking is really great.

  47. I would suggest to the host hotel that they not close the Regency Club during FTU. I know the Club would probably be overrun by Diamonds, but I’ve heard of hotels setting up temp lounges in either the bar or some other room if they are projected to be over-capacity.

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