Giveaway: Enter Here for Frequent Traveler University Tickets AND HOTEL NIGHTS!

by Gary Leff

Frequent Traveler University, December 5-7, Hyatt Regency Crystal City (near Washington’s National Airport)

This promises to be the largest gathering of frequent flyers ever, bringing together some of the best minds in miles and points and creating an opportunity for folks interested in the hobby to learn, trade tips, and build friendships (and networks for sharing knowledge offline as well).

I’m excited to be helping to put it together, and I’m giving away two packages to FTU on the blog this week. Each of two winners will receive:

  • A complimentary ticket to FTU ($149)
  • 2 hotel nights for the event (valued at $99+tax per night)

So that’s over $350 in value per prize, with two prizes, an all you have to do to enter is comment on this post as I explain below. And of course everyone who buys (or wins!) a ticket receives Hyatt Platinum status.

And don’t worry, you can go ahead and buy one, if you win the contest I’ll make sure your purchase gets refunded – or refund it myself!

Here’s the details for the giveaway:

  • This is the official entry post. Comment on this post to enter, by providing either one travel tip or one thing you would hope to learn at Frequent Traveler University.
  • Since there are (2) questions, you may enter to up (2) times.
  • Contest ends Friday at noon Eastern time.
  • All of my decisions are final and unappealable and by entering you agree to this. In other words, don’t make it hard for me to give stuff away!

Truly a can’t-miss event and promises to be the best Frequent Traveler University ever! The room block is filling up, so I’d suggest signing up now…

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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

  4. Being able to rub shoulders with the pros, I hope to improve my skills by osmosis! 😉 Plus….I need one more trip this year and DCA is a cool place to visit.

  8. My travel tip is to carry a “gator” type clip. These are the large style paper clips that are black with two silver handles that fold back. Or ladies can use their old hair clips as well. These clips are great at holding hotel room curtains closed when you need to sleep past sunrise.

  11. My tip is that you should use Delta miles on Alaska Airlines. Alaska actually releases decent award space to Delta and has a lot of flights on the west coast.

  21. My wife and I are planning an around-the-world trip in 2015 and would like to garner as much insider information as we possibly can.

  22. Entry 1: use the metro well in DC and when in crystal city walk to the metro above ground

  25. one thing you would hope to learn at Frequent Traveler University: How to optimize earning and using miles from LatAm.

  27. Looking forward to hopefully learning how to maximize my american miles for a surprise ceremony/honeymoon in the maldives!

  30. If you love food or consider yourself a foodie, my travel tip is to plan all your restaurants in advance. Especially on a short trip, walking around finding the perfect restaurant is a hassle and time consuming. Also if you can make reservations, it saves the waiting time especially at popular restaurants.

  31. My Tip: Limit yourself to only carry-on luggage if at all possible to save the headache of checking bags and then wasting time waiting at the carousel. There is nothing more satisfying then arriving home from a long trip and heading straight to your vehicle or ride.

  32. I would like to learn about the different sweetspots on the various award charts and what miles to use for specific trips.

  33. Looking forward to learning how to more easily meet spending thresholds for bonus miles, sometimes I find it difficult to meet such large spending requirements ($5K on Ink!).

  34. My tip is to subscribe to The Flight Deal. Some of the deals on there can make travel as affordable as points and miles.

  36. APPLY for global entry or apply for a credit card that reimburses the $100 cost! It is so nice when coming home from abroad to slide your passport and finger print!

  39. I would like to learn the do’s and donts and advantages and disadvantages of transferring miles between different programs and how long in advance to transfer for the different programs.

  40. Do not pack toy gun or video game guns in your carry-on. US TSA might let it go but Europeans will insists on checking the bag or throwing it away. Learned it the hard way while traveling with my PS3 in Europe.

  41. I’d love to learn how to use ITA Matrix more effectively to put together mileage runs–posted from the hotel at my very first mileage run to Singapore!

  45. Read your travel insurance policy very carefully to understand what is covered both as primary and secondary coverage.

  47. I would like to learn how a recent college grad can take advantage of manufactured spend and other credit card based earning schemes to maximize frequent flyer mile earning potential.

  49. I learned about Manufacture spending and have more than half million points, but I would like to learn about making award booking with those points.
    I would really like to attend the event as it’s a great way to communicate with guys like you on boardingarea.com

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