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. I enjoy how whenever one deal hits an end, another one appears round the corner.

  2. Ability to travel to anywhere in the last minute with minimal cost, if you can find space that is.

  3. This hobby has allowed me to travel to a lot of places and meet great people.

  4. Miles can get you places in a pinch that can save you or spoil you for a last minute trip.

  5. love being able to book frequent vacations without blinking an eye when friends have to save for months and months. Trying to share what I learn with them on my new blog, gettingmypointshigh.com!

  6. I thought I was being thrifty by flying to Europe last fall on American with airBerlin, but I was exposed to a whole new world when I found this site and others like it. I now have two grand plans, another trip to Europe using stopovers and open jaws to maximize a united reward, and a business or first class ticket to southeast asia. Only on those trips, I have no intention on paying for things like hotels b/c of all the great deals on co-branded cards!

  7. I love the community of bloggers and travelers who are so welcoming and love to share their tips and tricks

  8. Although late to the game, I have learned so much from this hobby community.

  9. It’s fun to hear about the trips friends and family have taken using some of my miles and points advice … advice which I happily attribute to blogs like this one!

  10. Thankful that Delta has not increased award booking fees to $ 100 instead of $ 10 (yet).

  11. points may not be as valuable as they were, but you still get rewarded for doing something you would have done regardless

  12. The blogs have opened my eyes to the travel world and allowed my wife and myself to travel the world to see what we otherwise could never afford. We are very grateful to bloggers such as yourself!

  13. Very thankful that I am able to travel the world for free, see places that I never thought was possible for me to visit. This hobby is very rewarding… Long Live Miles and Points!!!

  14. I was still able to use off season AADVANTAGE MILES TO TAKE MY WIFE TO London and Paris. Amazing trip!

  15. I am about to leave for a 2.5 week trip to Ireland, on Aer Lingus business class bought with Avios! So looking forward to not being crammed in coach! 😀

  16. I really appreciate the willingness to share tips that make travel more fun, more affordable and more memorable. That, to borrow from the MC commercial tag line, is priceless. One evolution I would like to see is the development of a means for sharing itineraries (I spend easily 40 hours planning each trip researching restaurants, activities, etc. I’d love to see someone benefit from this effort.)

  17. Positive that the world of points and miles will continue to let us have great experiences!

  18. Gary,

    Please post a new link for SPG Business. I want to apply today, but want you to get credit for it!
    You Deserve it!!!

    Donna

  19. Point are a great added bonus to flying, which is already one of the most enjoyable activities in the world!

  20. 2 week kid free vacation to Hong Kong and Singapore for just the airfare taxes.. hotels and air paid for with points

  21. I like how open the FF community is and how friendly everyone is – despite all the devaluations etc, everyone remembers we’re on the same team

  22. I love seeing others give up their first class seats to military servicepeople as I do

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