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. Hmm, just tried posting after a few days.. got the “slow down” warning?

  2. Am positive we willbe able to fly more business class trips and stay in great hotels in the future

  3. using credit cards to accumulate points permitted me and one son to go to Italy two years ago and myself and another son to go to France this year — two trips for two I would not have been able to afford..

  4. Sign up bonuses are a positive to me! As long as they’re still offering them, free travel will happen!

  5. I am positive I will enjoy my trip to Europe this summer: booked round-trip in first class with points – for a family of four!

  6. Thankful for bloggers who helped us enjoy years of amazing trips BEFORE the devaluation.

  7. Miles and points are the best way to see the world at a greatly reduced cost. I’ve been able to travel to some pretty incredible places that I would not have been able to see without participating in the “game”.

  8. One positive is that I am learning more and more about miles and points. I am relatively new to the game, but it already has helped me fly home and bring my Mom with me back all with miles!

  9. never knew it was possible to fly longhaul in premium class w/o sites like this —

    hell I’m travelling more nowdays & thanks !

    try 2

  10. Southwest miles allow me to fly home from MDW to CLE to see my family more frequently than having to pay in cash.

  11. I’m positive I’ll keep at this points collecting hobby despite the devaluations. They’ve happened before and they’ll happen again, but so far I’m still able to extract value, so onwards I go!

  12. Points and miles still open up the possibility to travel to places I couldn’t have imagined going to before!

  13. I like points because as a business traveler, even though I know you aren’t supposed to hoard miles due to depreciation, my business travel allows me to bank the miles in the hope of one day taking my fiance on one really awesome honeymoon. 🙂

  14. Kudos to the forums, bloggers, and all those who share tips to make point collecting such a rewarding hobby!

  15. I love the tips I get from you and others on Boardingarea. There’s still a lot of good value to be had using miles!

  16. Southwest Companion Pass has let my wife and I travel a lot more than we would have been able to otherwise.

  17. With miles and points, sky is the limit. You can fly to HKG for a couple of bucks on business class.

  18. Let’s remember: a few hours a month can still get you free travel all over the world. Also, jumping on deals is getting easier and easier with social media and excellent blogs.

  19. Even with the devaluations, points and miles are better than cash back which is probably the next best alternative for credit cards.

  20. Thank u to all who have talked about Hyatt and the great redemptions…going to the Vendome in July

  21. I love that despite all the devaluations there are still deals to be had and its still a rewarding hobby.

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