The winner of Saturday’s “guess my final destination” contest is Dude26, who was the first to correctly guess Kiev, Ukraine. Congrats Dude26, please send me an email to confirm your contact details! I’m pleasantly surprised with just how stunning the city is, really nothing like I had pictured at all. Trip report coming soon.

I flew Austria’s new business from JFK to Vienna and then on to Kiev. Check out initial thoughts and pics in today’s earlier post. The seat was extremely comfortable, the in-flight entertainment excellent, and the food tasty.

I still haven’t uploaded the pictures from my Dave Matthews SPG Meet & Greet, so that contest for 1,000 AA miles has been extended until tomorrow. Additionally, I’m about to board Austrian Airlines flight 88 from JFK – Vienna on a 777-200 in a single seat business row. However, my ultimate destination is not Austria. I’ll be heading further east on another Austrian flight. My connection time is under 3 hours but greater than 2 hours and I’ll be flying within Europe. The first reader to correctly comment on the location wins 1,500 AA miles (thanks to a Points.com voucher). Good Luck!

I’m very excited for my first ever Austrian Airlines flight, the business cabin is looking great! Full details tomorrow from ….

Thanks everyone for entering to win a Star MegaDo 4 seat next to Randy Petersen via Point Me to the Plane. I hope you all had fun and got a good laugh reading through some of the Say What? Overheard on the Plane entries.  Most readers guessed the most viewed post was the latest entry, however it was actually the first one.  After discovering Overheard, new readers tend to revert back to the first entry.

Anyway, there were 15 correct entries and I used random.org to select our winner…Jordan!

Jordan joins the finalists from each of the other BoardingArea blogs and has a shot at winning one of two free seats on the MegaDo. Here’s hoping that Jordan takes home the prize for Point Me to the Plane and wins the seat!   Good luck Jordan and thanks again to everyone who entered!

On Sunday, I posted a contest offering 500 AAdvantage Miles for a lucky reader who could guess where I was staying on my weekend trip.  The post read:

Working in Rome for 3 weeks and was lucky enough take a side-trip for the weekend to Sorrento, and get upgraded to this room with an amazingly large patio and incredible views.  Can you name the hotel (Hilton Sorrento Palace) in the picture below?

In total, 56 of the 89 responses were correct and entered into the contest.  The winning comment was response 64 from reader Peter Nepan, selected using random.org.  Peter, please email me at adam@pointmeotheplane.com so that I can get you your points. Congratulations to reader Alex for the first correct response which others certainly “leveraged”.  Also impressive visual confirmation and research by reader Jason via Google Maps.

So yes, working in Rome for three weeks has allowed for some great weekend trip options, especially with high tourist season just about over! Full trip reports coming for all of the hotels below, but very good things to say about the Hilton Sorrento and it was a great launching pad for day trips to Capri.

Rome – Staying @ Westin Excelsior Rome – Monday – Friday

Upgraded Room Westin Excelsior Rome

Weekend Sorrento & Capri – Staying @ the Hilton Sorrento, Sorrento Italy

Boat Trip to Capri

Weekend Amalfi & Positano – Staying @ Hotel Marina Riviera (Hotels.com Welcome Rewards)

Hotel Marina Riviera - Amalfi

Weekend Sardinia – Staying @ SPG’s Luxury Collection – Hotel Cala di Volpe, Costa Smeralda

Private Beach @ Hotel Cala di Volpe - Sardinia

BoardingArea is giving away two seats on the upcoming Star MegaDO 4. The winners will receive a reserved aisle or window seat next to Randy Petersen, hotel accommodations, and $250 for personal expenses! Full details on the MegaDO and Randy can be found here.

How the contest works: One reader who correctly answers the question below (within the comments section of this post) will be chosen at random, using random.org, to represent PointMetothePlane in the contest. There will also be one winner selected from each of the participating blogs. BoardingArea will then select two lucky readers amongst the individual blog winners to receive the grand prize.

What you need to do: There have been 23 weeks of Saturday “Say What? Overheard on the Plane” posts, which edition has the highest readership to date?

The prize: A reserved aisle or window seat next to Randy Petersen on the upcoming StarMegaDo 2012, hotel accommodations, and $250 for personal expenses.

Additional details and full terms and conditions for the contest can be found here. You must be 18 to enter and will be responsible for your own positioning flights (to San Francisco for the start of the MegaDO and back home from Chicago).

Thanks FrequentMiler

Working in ____ for 3 weeks and was lucky enough take a side-trip for the weekend to _____ , and get upgraded to this room with an amazingly large patio and incredible views.  Can you name the hotel in the picture below?  Leave your guess in the comments section below.  One lucky winner will be randomly selected using random.org and will receive  500 AAdvantage miles.  Look for the winner and a full trip report later this week.  Happy Sunday!

Winners have been selected for all four contests that ran from June 16 – August 31, 2012:

• An Overheard on the Plane contest awarded 500 AA miles for the five best Overheard on the Plane submissions through August 31st.  Each individual was allowed up to 3 winning entries for a total of 1500 AA miles.  3 winning entries were selected using random.org.
• A Twitter contest asking readers to follow Point me to the Plane on our new Twitter account @PointMe2Plane rand through August 31st.  Two new followers were selected to receive 500 AA miles via random.org.
• A Facebook contest to like our new Facebook page  rand through August 31st. Two new followers were selected to receive 500 AA miles via random.org.
• A subscribe to post notifications contest ran through August 31st and awarded three individuals 500 AA miles via random.org.

Entries for each contest were alphabetized and then random numbers were selected using random.org for each unique contest.  Congratulations to all winners!!!

Overheard winners were Aaron Philly, Scott NY NY, and Kevin with numbers 2, 46, and 67.

Facebook winners were Dustin R and Scott Y with numbers 20 and 58.

Twitter winners were Lee W and Yael H with numbers 30 and 53.

Subscription winners were Caae1, Howard S, and Stacey W with numbers 7, 18, and 44.

If you are one of the lucky winners, please email me at adam@pointmetotheplane.com and I’ll get your miles to you ASAP!  If you didn’t win this time, there will be another chance to win in our Overheard on the Plane Fall 2012 contest which begins in two weeks.  Please start sending in your submissions as I currently only have about three additional weeks of Overheard posts. Good luck everyone and thanks for reading!

• It’s in the US
• Just opened in July of this year after 8 months of renovations
• Was previously a Radisson

We are currently on day 3 of our stay at the hotel and we are really impressed with the hotel and the renovation.  Full trip report next week.

Answer will be provided later this evening in the comments section

Just a quick reminder, there are currently four on-going contests providing readers with some very easy AAdvantage Miles:

• There is an Overheard on the Plane contest awarding 500 AA miles for the five best Overheard on the Plane submissions through August 30th.  Each individual can have up to 3 winning entries for a total of 1500 AA miles.  All entries should be sent to adam@pointmetotheplane.com.
• Follow Point me to the Plane on our new Twitter account @PointMe2Plane and then send me an email letting me know at adam@pointmetotheplane.com. Two new followers will be selected to receive 500 AA miles! Winners chosen via random.org.
• Like Point me to the Plane on our new Facebook page and then send me an email letting me know at adam@pointmetotheplane.com. Two new followers will be selected to receive 500 AA miles! Winners chosen via random.org.
• Sign up for new post notifications via email (scroll to the bottom of this post and select “Notify me of new posts by email”) and then send me an email letting me know that you’ve signed up.  Three individuals will be selected to receive 500 AA miles! Winners chosen via random.org.

Good Luck!

Congratulations to Brenter23, for correctly answering Friday’s terminal photo contest!  The correct answer was YYZ – Toronto Pearson International Airport – Terminal 3.  Even after hiding the US Customs pre-clearance sign, the majority of readers answered correctly and random.org was used to pick the lucky commenter, number 4.  Brenter23, please send me an email to adam@pointmetotheplane.com so that I can award you the miles.

I flew Air Canada out of Terminal 1 the week before and I much preferred that terminal – recently renovated, faster US clearance, and better restaurants.

In the meantime, keep sending in Overheard on the Plane comments for inclusion in our June-July reader submission contest.

Happy Friday everyone, in celebration of the weekend I’m giving away 500 AAdvantage miles if you can name the airport and terminal in the picture below.  All you need to do is leave your response in the comments section by 3:00 PM EST tomorrow (June 30th).  I’ll be using a random number generator to pick the comment number of the winner.  Good Luck!