Reader's Craziest Things They Have Done for Points

For the blog's anniversary giveaway, one of the ways to earn an entry was to leave a comment about the "craziest thing you have ever did in the name of points/miles." I received many great comments and I thought it would be fun to share a few of them.


   Cameron:             "After hearing comments by my family and friends, I have to say the dollar  
                                coins are still my craziest mileage earning scheme."

   James:                   "I would say the begging for MCR(Coke Reward) caps. Not a high point.

   Standing_Baba:     "Drove to five gas stations, back to back, for Vanilla Reloads."

   Manda:                  "Not exactly for points, but in order to get my interest on my checking 
                                 accounts each month I normally make an extensive trip to Kroger/gas 
                                 station where I buy either 5 to 10 bananas or about a quarter of gas
                                 one at a time. I go through the self check out at the grocery but I always
                                 get pitying looks."

    Uri:                      "I sent two greeting cards from a non-existing address"

My favorite has to be from Tasha: 

     "Club Carlson Big Night Give Away last year. Drove to Houston to stay at a Park In. 

      On the way my car got hit by a mattress so the 500 dollar deductible I had to pay really 

      ate up any benefit!"

She went on a matress run and her car got hit by a mattress! Oh, karma. Tasha, I am so sorry that happened to you, I hope you can look back and chuckle about it now.

We need to celebrate these antics, because it makes the hunt for points/miles even funnier. I always say "if you are going to do something, do it for the story." I wrote here about the five craziest things I have done for points.

Expect more crazy antics from Do It For The Points in our second year. 

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Giveaway Time!!!

It's our six month anniversary  so we thought it was the perfect time to have a giveaway!

Rules: Leave a comment (limit one per person) on this post with your favorite hotel anywhere in the world with your first name and initial. That's it, that's all you have to do.  We will accept entries until 6:00 pm Eastern Time tomorrow February 27, 2012. If you enter more than once will take you out of the running so only one comment per person. To determine the three winners we will use random.org.

Not a Rule But We Would Appreciate It: If you would consider following us on Twitter or Facebook and signing up for e-mail updages. No extra entries, but we would love to have you as a friend.

The Prizes: 

Prize 1: Two United Club Passes

Relax and unwind before your next flight with a drink and some snacks in the United Club. Kick on the laptop to get some work done with the free wi-fi and ample power outlets.

Prize 2: United First Class Amenity Kit

JD had a left over unopened amenity kit from his trip to Tokyo over the holidays. The kit has the usual toiletry items as well as skin products by philosophy. 

Prize Three: American Airlines First Class Amenity Kit

I absolutely love this amenity kit because it has uses outside of a flight and travel. This case was specifically designed and sized to fit a tablet and I use mine to carry my iPad around. JD had an extra one of these as well that has been unopened. So...if you are interested in the products or the case its self this prize is for you!

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Six Months and Counting

On our Memorial Day weekend trip last year, an idea was tossed around to start a points’ blog. It was the type of idea friends throw out over beers: let’s start a band, let’s open a bar, let’s start a blog. Normally, those ideas don’t go anywhere.

Our idea to start this blog was headed in the same direction until a dinner in July. JD brought up the idea of starting a blog again. We agreed that the blog would be about best practices of earning and spending points, but also a place to document our travels and exploits. We would write about the trips we take, but more importantly how we earned the miles to pay for the trip.

Now 6 months into this experiment, looking back we have had some success, some failures, but through it all fun has been had. Writing Do It For The Points has been one of the best experience. Not only have we been able to contribute to the community that has given us so much, but it has made us even closer friends.

When we started our little blog we wanted it to be a place that we could talk about our travels, pass along some tips and tricks and throw out crazy ideas we have. We've done most of that so far and we can't wait to do more of it in the future. 

At first we figured that just our moms and a few of our friends would read us, but we have been overwhelmed with all of the support and new readers. You guys and gals are the best and you make this little project so much more fun. We would like to thank our readers for your support.

In the meantime....if you are on Twitter and you don't follow us...come on over, we want to chat with you! We are also launching our new Facebook page today, so if you aren't on Twitter but still want to keep up with us and chat, give us a "like." We also have new e-mail addresses, so if you have any questions, want to meet up in DC or just want to say hi give us a shout! (chris@doitforthepoints.com and jd@doitforthepoints.com). Thank you again and we look for to more friends, more posts and more travel.

PS - Stay tuned for a big 6 month giveaway later this morning!


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