Quick $200 Giveaway – Leave a Comment Here

by Gary Leff

Quick giveaway: $200 (2 prizes of $100 gift cards)

I received 5000 Starwood Starpoints from a complaint that I didn’t feel was a great idea for me to take. Rather than trying to get them to claw back the points, I feel better giving something away in its place. A few readers had proactively suggested (I didn’t ask for advice… 😛 ) that I give away Starpoints, but I can’t really transfer them and they’re expensive to buy. So a $100 gift card seems appropriate there.

And in addition I had an extra $100 card I had purchased to do a few experiments with, and that I don’t wind up needing. Obviously it’s money, and I could either use the card or manage to get the funds back into a bank account. But the card was purchased in the name of frequent flyer ‘science’ so I figure it’s worth giving away here as well.

So that’s two good reasons to give away $100, and I thought I’d give away 2 x $100 gift cards. It’s not a monster big prize, so we’re not going to do a multi-day multi-post extravaganza on it. Just a quick giveaway over the course of the next 24 hours. (I’m leaving it open that long to ensure everyone following by email subscription, or regardless of time zone, has a change to participate.)

All you have to do is leave a comment on this post that answers any of the following:

  • What you will do with a $100 gift card?
  • What is the best travel tip you know?
  • What is the most valuable thing you’ve learned from this blog?

Any of these work.

You may enter one time only. By entering you agree that I’m trying to do something reasonably nice and you won’t give me a hard time over the nuances of rules, complain in any way, and agree to be bound by any and all of my judgments are they relate to this offer (and agree that those judgments are final and are not appealable).

Fire away in the comments, I look forward to drawing winners and sending out the prizes.

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

  2. I live near a few airports. Since picking up at one and leaving at the other is not considered one-way by some car rental companies, sometimes I can do a “positioning” rental to start or end flights, with a significant cost savings over the round trip using one airport.

  4. Most valuable thing learned from your blog: travel requires planning along with a dose of patience.

  6. My kids would totally love for me to take them to the beach. I would use the $100 to take them to sunny Florida!!

  8. I would love to use the gift card for a birthday dinner for my fiancee in March.
    I learned so many good things reading this blog about credit card sign up strategies and booking award travel with free O/W’s and stop overs.
    Also have a plan B and C in place for travel interruptions due to weather i.e. hotel bookings you can cancel before 6pm local time, get on the phone while standing in line etc.
    Thanks for all the great stuff you write about…….

  9. We would use it to help pay the award booker ‘s fee for ou next trip on miles.
    Best tip : always get miles / points for buying groceries & gas & household products.

  10. Need a new camera lens for our summer trip to Hawaii (book entirely with points thanks to what I learned from Gary!)

  11. I would use the travel card to offset part of the cost of travel to visit my mom in March. My best travel tip can be summed up in this statement “be nice to the people you come into contact with who work in the travel world”. The thing i have learned from “View from the Wing” is that there are so many things ‘to learn’! in this wonderful hobby of ours and Gary is so patient. Thanks Gary

  18. We are headed to Phoenix soon to see our one month old grandson and our two granddaughters, so some spoiling by Grandma would be the PERFECT use for $100. 🙂

  19. I’d try my darnedest to apply the gift card to my OzFest trip this year. Australia’s expensive, but so so worth it.

  24. My wife and I are planning a trip to Sonoma/Mendocino later this year and a $100 gift card would help offset those travel expenses.

    Do you have any advice for a wine country excursion?

  29. I used your blog to research cash back cards this morning and learned that active service military don’t have to pay the amex yearly fees and can claim credit retroactively. Thanks.

  30. The most valuable thing I’ve learned is that credit card sign up bonuses are the key to building up your frequent flyer account balance.

  32. I don’t need the gift card. But I read your blog daily and always learned something interesting.

  39. Buy as many Groupons, Living Socials or Travelzoo restaurant deals as I can for restaurants that also participate in the Dining Rewards Network…gotta love double and, by going through a portal, triple-dipping to give the love of my life a great time!

  40. I would use the gift card to take my wife to the movies…….no wait, that is a 5x Freedom category this quarter so I guess I have to save the gift card for something else!

  46. With the $100 gift card, I will use it to offset a spa treatment for me and my soon-to-be wife at the St. Regis Princeville in Kauai during our honeymoon.

  48. What would I do with $100?

    Great question. I would invest half of it in Charles Ponzi’s international reply coupons. Significant potential for growth there.

    Then the other half would go into a Houston-based energy company named Enron. I like the cut of their jib.

    In short, good sir, I am going to give your money legs! I predict the 100$ will soon become at least 1000$

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