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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Comments

  1. Your work on this site is commendable. Our world would be a better place if more people took the time to help others. I enjoy reading about “special” deals.

  2. Thanks to you and other travel bloggers, my 2 most recent European trips have been enjoyed with free flights and hotels!

  3. It’s still amazing to fall asleep on a plane leaving NYC and wake up in Frankfurt!

  4. Despite the devaluations, without miles and points I wouldn’t be flying business class ever. I finally got to fly C to Asia last month, and enjoy it on EVA, ANA, and SQ, something that would otherwise be out of reach!

  5. Points and miles equals change and adapt–there are always good deals out there.

  6. I’m a retired teacher. Never imagined that this points and miles hobby would allow me to travel to exotic places and often in great style. I’m in my room now at the Hyatt Regency in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Using Gold Passport points and cash was a great deal since this 5* hotel is only a category one. Got here on US Airways DMiles, only 60,000 miles. Love the blog for all the great ideas you have given! Thanks!!

  7. Taking a trip to Virginia wine country with my wife next week entirely on points/miles thanks to travel blogs!

  8. I’m still able to book a first class to exotic destinations for less than what most people spend on a trip to Florida.

  9. One of the best use of airline miles is to book hotels. You can often save more money than booking airline tickets.

  10. The recent US Airways / AA merger isn’t a bad thing, at least in the sense that I’m getting to combine my two separate pools of miles!

  11. Still very amazing to fly first or business with less cash than buying a coach ticket to Australia even with miles acquired with out of pocket cash such as US Airways bonus transfer offer.

  12. As long as the credit card companies continue to lure new card members with large sign-up bonuses, the game will continue

  13. Helped our friends use their AA miles to fly round trip to Seoul so they could pick up their adopted child. Best use of miles, ever!

  14. Flying round trip to Puerto Rico with our friends for only the 9/11 taxes and Southwest Points is a great thing!

  15. I really love miles because they are worth more than pennies and they aren’t taxed!

  16. I love a good deal. 5 days at the Hilton Old Town Prague Executive Floor for 4 days worth of points was wonderful. We ate and drank ourselves silly.

  17. I like that on our last flight this past weekend when I was not sitting next to my husband another passenger changed seats so that we could finish our trip sitting together.

  18. I was able to go to Paris completely on miles earned by CC sign ups 🙂

  19. There are so many legal schemes to get free or cheap travel. What’s not to love?

  20. Programs devalue, card companies continually change around the rules…but at the end of the day, we all plan and take trips small and large that impact our lives forever. Thanks for helping us to get there!

  21. I’m saving my miles for emergencies — in case of a death — as airlines don’t seem to provide “grieving airfare” anymore.

  22. Probably the only time I’ll ever fly first class – is with points. Very nice way to go!

  23. I know its less fashionable – but some of the cash back cards help me to afford some of the travel necessities besides transport and room. You can literally;y pay for a whole vacation.

  24. I get to benefit from my husband’s points hobby by traveling in style (and with status!)

  25. You can talk about Devaluation all day, but I still LOVE that I can sneak away and see something new and exciting in this world, virtually for free!

  26. Thanks to you, I’ve managed to travel to new and exotic places using my miles.

  27. Despite devaluation, free flights are free flights. I love escaping and exploring!

  28. I use a ventilator and electric wheelchair and I’m thankful that through reading your blog and others I’ve traveled on points & miles to 22 countries last year. I hope to encourage other people with disabilities to do the same. Many thanks

  29. I love a deal, and collecting points / miles is one of the best deals out there! Thanks!

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