We have a winner, who has moved on the next phase of the contest! The winner from UnRoadWarrior.com will be now joining the winners from each of the blogs participating in the Randy Petersen Star MegaDo contest. The final winners will be drawn soon by Randy himself.
The winner from UnRoadWarrior.com was selected using random.org. Only entries made before Midnight MST, Oct. 7th were considered. The winner is comment #18 – LindaRZ.

I wish LindaWZ all the best and hope she is one of the winners of the free ticket on …

If you are an airline mile novice, you have probably never heard of a MegaDO before. It is the Ultimate Mileage/Air travel junkie field trip. It is a trip across multiple cities and countries in commercial and charter planes, with the who’s who of travel and Mr. Randy Peterson himself. Randy is the founder of travel sites like the one hasting this blog – BoardingArea.com and the ultimate travel forum Milepoint.com.
You now have the opportunity to win TWO seats, right next to Randy himself on the next Star MegaDO. All …

Yes! We have our two winners for the Hyatt Gold Passport 44,000 points giveaway! We had 6304 entries in all. I used random.org to find the two winners and they are:
Winner #1:

Michael D, with the entry Andaz Wall Street.
Winner #2:

Jenn J, with the entry Hyatt Place Nashville/Opryland, Tennessee.

CONGRATULATIONS to both winners. Please reply ASAP to the emails I have sent you to verify your email IDs. You will be contacted then by Hyatt to get your points. You will receive 22,000 Hyatt Gold Passport points each.
Thank you to …

Today is the last day of the Hyatt Gold Passport 44,000 point giveaway. The contest ends Midnight EST, tonight, Sunday, March 4th. As I described in the original, you can enter as many times as you want. You just need to make sure the comment you leave is a real Hyatt property, and no two of your comments are consecutive – let someone else comment before you do. So, go forth and enter to win!
Note: Comments to this post will not be considered as entries. Please leave your comments on …

We are approximately at the halfway point of the Hyatt Gold Passport 44,000 point giveaway. The contest ends Midnight EST, Sunday, March 4th. At the time of writing this post there are around 2,900 entries (It was 2,800 when I started typing!). Even if the entries cross 10,000 (it can be done!), the odds of winning are still better than a lottery. Furthermore, you can enter as many times as you want. You just need to make sure the comment you leave is a real Hyatt property, and no two …

Hyatt has been very generous. They have an absolutely great promotion running (details later in this post), but they have also made points available to bloggers to give away to their readers. I am going to give away 22,000 points each to 2 lucky readers!
Let’s start with the Hyatt promotion. Here are the details of this awesome promotion – it is truly one of the best in the market:

For every 4 nights between February 1 and April 30, members earn additional points and Hyatt Visa also earn an extra 25% …

The Win a Trip for Two to Australia’s Gold Coast contest generated tremendous interest. As I was getting all the entires in on my blog (I approved each and every one after reading them), I was just amazed by the vast range tips and experiences my readers shared in their comments. While the winner was selected using a random number generated on random.org, I decided to bring to the attention of my readers some of the most unique comments I got. I of course do not expect anyone else to …

Finally! The overall winner has been chosen for the Win a Trip for Two to Australia’s Gold Coast contest organized by BoardingArea.com and sponsored by American Express Gold Card. The winner was Jonathan Hackman who posted a comment on the Wandering Aramean Blog. There was apparently a slight hiccup (no not the dragon trainer from the new kids movie, but a real hiccup) when a winner was announced but was unable to accept the trip he won. But this is the final, final winner. Jonathan, enjoy the Australian Gold Coast. …

Yes! The winner from my blog has been chosen and he has advanced to the final round of the Win a Trip for Two to Australia’s Gold Coast contest organized by BoardingArea.com and sponsored by American Express Gold Card. The winner was chosen using random.org from the 383 qualified entires I got on my blog. (All entries that did not leave a tip related to airline miles or loyalty points were purged. No, we did not ask for tips on whitening teeth!)
…and the winner was entry #68.
Entry # 68 was …

G’day Mates,
Its here! The contest to win a trip for two to Australia’s Gold Coast starts today! This is an all expense and ALL taxes paid trip. The contest is being arranged by BoardingArea.com and is sponsored by American Express Gold Card. And in the true Mileage earning spirit of this blog, this will be a trip that earns you full miles!
Here is how you enter

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