I’m Giving Away $400 to My Blog Readers. Click Here to Enter. All You Have to Do Is Be Positive!

It’s been a tough 18 months in the frequent flyer world. It’s easier than ever to earn points, but the cost of awards has gone up, up, up.

Miles and points have been very good to me, and I do my best to give back where I can. I don’t make a public show of my charity, but I do my best to give the best advice I can and to offer giveaways when things are offered to me. And when I have gift cards, I can either turn them into money orders or do various frequent flyer experiments, or I can give them away.

So here, I thought I would give away $400. And what better way to give them away than to my readers who comment on this post?

Goodness knows it’s been a tough 15 months or so for frequent flyers.

And that’s just a small sampling.

So I would like to focus on something positive for a change, and I’m looking to you for help to do so!

Here are the prizes:

    (4) $100 gift cards

So here’s how you enter.

  1. Leave a comment on this blog post. Say something positive above miles and points, blogs, forums, or your fellow travelers.
  2. Enter by Noon Eastern, Friday May 30. That’s 4 days from this writing, and there are four prizes.
  3. Enter no more than 4 times. Four prizes, four days to enter, you can enter by commenting up to four times. (It doesn’t have to be one per day, the only limitation is that you cannot enter twice in a row you have to at least wait for someone else to enter before you enter again each time.)
  4. Four prize winners will be drawn at random. As in past, I will use random.org for the drawing.
  5. Fine print. 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.

So, what do you like about miles and points, blogs, forums, or your fellow travelers?


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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  1. You guys keep up with goings-on in the industry so i don’t have to! Thanks!

  2. I like seeing all the people excited about traveling. Seasoned pros or newbies, most still get excited when traveling for pleasure

  3. There are still many great free or reduced cost trips to come… thanks for your blog!

  4. Love your blog! You give us an opportunity to travel almost for free!!!

  5. Complimentary upgrades are a nice surprise when I’m traveling with friends and family.

  6. So its a holiday week and I am not going to the Airport kicking my feet up and relaxing

  7. Hyatt’s cash and points was one of the most positive changes in the points world recently. I’ve utilized it multiple times as of late.

  8. Great to read the travel reviews, so I can know any insider methods when I go there.

  9. Thank you for updating everyone on credit card offers. I’m always waiting for your advise in order to apply for a new CC.

  10. I’m thankful for all of the freebies we’ve been able to partake in so far. Seems like the next big thing is just around the corner, so here’s hoping!

  11. Every time I travel, I’m reminded how lucky I am to be able to do so, when others have so little opportunity.

  12. You are doing an amazing job! Keep it this way! And I will keep on suggesting your blog to everyone I know ;o)

  13. USAir, Malaysian Airlines, TAM, Qatar have joined oneWorld and practical, last minute distance-based awards are easier than ever using Avios. Spontaneity and positioning flights use to be expensive!

  14. Just happy to be able to travel with my family to a lot of amazing places around the world!

  15. Delta miles in S. America on GOL Economy are a GREAT value, and they are a rare exception for DL miles that are hardly mentioned because they’re not aspirational.

  16. Free is free. They won’t go as far or earn as fast but it’s still free. I love free.

  17. I’m headed to Poland (and a few other places) for 3 weeks next month, with my flights and most hotel nights paid for via miles and points. My grandfather’s family came over from there and I can’t wait to see what the “old country” is like in person!

  18. Traveling has introduced me to some of the most interesting and generous people I could hope to meet. I love the way they’ve influenced how I think about the world and my place in it!

  19. Traveling on points and miles makes our family trips abroad each summer affordable so we can spend a month overseas each year. Without points and miles traveling with 4 people would be to cost prohibitive. Thanks to blogs like yours we are able to travel in luxury.

  20. I’m thankful that I haven’t paid for a flight in over 2 years thanks to this hobby.

  21. I can positively state that this blog has had a huge impact on my quality of life. My newfound travel savvy has brought me many new friendships and opportunities. Thank-you.

  22. Manufactured spend is more lucrative than ever, and it can bring in huge numbers of miles for below 1 cpm.

  23. I love being able to fly premium cabins b/c of points that I otherwise wouldn’tve been able to fly

  24. And for my 4th entry… Using miles and points gets my to Europe in F and top notch hotels at “no cost”. Never even thought this would happen until reading all the great blogs out there. Including this one!

  25. Despite the devaluations, I’ve been able to provide my friends and family with opportunities to travel that we couldn’t otherwise afford.

  26. Love the camaraderie among travelers, especially when in a less than ideal situation. We all stick together.

  27. I’m thankful to bloggers like yourself that taught me so much about this hobby!

  28. There are so many changes, yet everyone is so knowledgeable and helpful in keeping us up to date!

  29. I’m excited to take advantage of what I’ve learned on my next trip to Europe this summer!

  30. Points have helped me treat friends and family, which is tremendously rewarding, even when it’s not somewhere aspirational. Being able to surprise people you really care about with a flight or a few hotel nights is so fun, and since I’ve gotten into the miles/points game I’ve done a lot more of it. Too fun!

  31. Several deals, like the $131 JFK-MXP and Wideroe fares have surfaced and even survived for a while amidst the frenzy. These sorts of cheap surprises continue!

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