But it’s still possible to earn points in the old program for about two months (which won’t transfer to Goldpoints Plus, but can be redeemed for various things like food at TGI Friday’s).

You can bring your Goldpoints account number with you to TGI Friday’s and get 2008 free Goldpoints by printing out a coupon. Copy the following URL into your web browser and replace the bolded text with your information:

http://tgif.rsys1.net/servlet/campaignrespondent?_ID_=tgif.111&name=YOUR_FIRST_NAME%20YOUR_LAST_NAME& e mail=YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS

Meanwhile, once the program ends, you still have plenty of time to redeem the points you’ve accumulated.

Meanwhile, NotiFlyer has details on a Goldpoints Plus (the Radisson program) instant win game for a chance to win 100,000 Goldpoints.

To enter the giveaway and receive the bonus points from your scratch card, go to www.goldpointsplus.com/checkin. You can click “what’s this” if you are entering the contest without a scratch card. Otherwise, enter the code at the bottom of the card. After typing in a code, you will need to type in your member number or you will be prompted to join the goldpoints plus program. If you are given an error because your membership number is too short, type in “601599″ in front of your member number.

After answering three exceptionally obvious questions, you get three online scratchoffs. If you don’t win, you can try again every day until April 6.

Flyertalk discussion is here.

Terms and conditions of the offer are pretty much as you’d expect: you get 9,000 miles added to your account within 3 business days of signup, and don’t you dare open up a second account for the purpose of taking advantage of this offer!
I’d save up my miles rather than just grabbing the free redemption this offers, however:

9,000 destinations miles is sufficient for 1 return direct flight with bmi or our Star Alliance partners in the UK, or between the UK and Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Switzerland. All flights are strictly subject to availability.

The real value in the bmi program is cash and points awards. See the award chart for details. Premium economy is just a 25% increase in mileage and cash if applicable, business just 50% more, and first can always be had for double the miles (and cash).

Be patient with the website, it’s been known to be slow or glitchy, but it’s a pretty good program and 9000 free miles is certainly worth it. By the way, they’re a Star Alliance carrier and are the only non-US based member which regularly offers status matches. So possibly time to take a look!

MileMaven for the pointer.)

Two new courses, each with 100 free miles for reading short fact sheets about the program and answering ~ 3 questions about those fact sheets, are available. After completing each course there are also additional bonus miles opportunities available.

If you haven’t previously taken the courses, that’s 500 free miles. For folks who’ve tracked them all along, it’s another 200 free miles.

Thanks to Free Frequent Flyer Miles for the heads up about the new courses. That website summarizes the bonus mile offers on top of the free miles:

Complete the WP101: Introduction to WorldPerks course and quiz and earn 100 Bonus Miles
After completion, get EXTRA CREDIT MILES: Book and fly one paid, roundtrip itinerary within the next 90 days and earn an additional 2,000 Bonus Miles.



Then complete the WP102: My WorldPerks Number course and quiz and earn another 100 Bonus Miles
After completion, get EXTRA CREDIT MILES: Make two (2) qualifying purchases through the WorldPerks Mall within the next 60 days and earn an additional 1,000 Bonus Miles. A qualifying purchase is defined as two purchases at separate WorldPerks Mall merchants, each totaling a minimum of $25. The $25 minimum excludes shipping, service charges and applicable taxes.



Complete the WP200: A Global Perspective – SkyTeam course and quiz and earn 100 Bonus Miles
After completion, get EXTRA CREDIT MILES: Book and fly one paid, roundtrip itinerary within the next 90 days and earn an additional 2,000 Bonus Miles.



Complete the WP201: WorldPerks Mileage Parners course and quiz and earn 100 Bonus Miles
After completion, get EXTRA CREDIT MILES: Book and stay with a qualifying hotel partner in the next 90 days and earn an additional 1,000 Bonus Miles.



Complete the WP202: Earning Miles – WorldPerks Visa course and quiz and earn 100 Bonus Miles
After completion, click on the “View your extra credit Bonus Miles” link to see what you get. I was offered 500 miles for making a purchase on my Northwest Airlines credit card in the billing cycle following completion of the quiz.

Sign up at Zoomiles.com for an invitation when the site launches.

I’m willing to try it, though I’m skeptical. Miles are enough to get me to try an alternative to Google, but 1000 miles a month aren’t enough to get me to accept an inferior alternative. So we’ll see.

Very easy miles, you register at the website and then vote four times for 250 miles each. The trick is you have to return on different dates for the voting, so you’ll need to set an Outlook reminder or similar. Then if you vote all four times you get an extra 1000 miles for a total of 2000.

Voting dates are

1. August 6,7,8
2. August 20,21,22
3. Voting September 3,4,5
4. September 17,18,19

The offer also includes double miles for Delta flights purchased at delta.com with any American Express Card between July 25 and September 19, 2007 for travel through September 30th. Check the box on the registration page to opt into this offer.

(Another one thanks to Free Frequent Flyer Miles.)