National Doughnut Day Giveaway!

In honor on National Doughnut Day, I am have decided to do a giveaway!

I am giving away 3 $5 gift cards to Dunkin Donuts.

To enter, leave me a comment telling me your favorite doughnut by Friday June 6th at 11:59 PM Eastern.

• 1 Comment per Person.

• 3 Winners will be chosen random

Good luck and enjoy Doughnuts today!

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Fage Coupon Winners

Early this week, I announced a small giveaway for free coupons for Fage Greek Yoguart.

Now time to announce the winners:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thanks for all those you participated!

All the winners have been contact via email.


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Current Giveaways and Contests!

Here are some contest offering trips or points:

• Michael W Travels giving away Delta products including 10% off coupon (Ending 9/15)
• Noob Traveler is giving away a $200 Amazon GC (Ends 9/16)
• Heels First Travel is giving awaya United GPU (Ends 9/19)
• Giddy For Points has a round-up of giveaways from Southwest
• Win a trip to Isreal from El Al Isreal Airlines (HT Michael W Travels) (Today - Ends 9/12)
• Starwood Hotels has an interesting promotion to win 250,000 points (Ends 10/10)
• Homewood Suites has a contest for a trip to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (9/20)
• Win 10 Free Nights or 100,000 IHG Points through Intercontinental Toronto's Facebook Page
• Win a trip to NYC from Allure Magazine (Ends 10/22)
• Win a Trip to Monte Carlo from TravelChannel.com (Ends 9/30)

Can't win if you don't play . . . Good Luck!

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12 Hours Left for Giveaway + Last Clue

Reminder, less than 12 hours left in the giveaway.

Go here to enter. $400+ in prizes up for grabs

You can earn up to four entries for the contest.

Each day until the end of the contest, I will give one clue about one of the prizes.

Today's Clue:

"This airline and this hotel made up this summer after a 3 year 
 break-up, only for this hotel chain to create a partnership with another airline, the month after"

As in the word's of the Hunger Games, "may the odds be ever in your favor."

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Happy Birthday Do It For The Points & Giveaway!

365 days ago, Chris and I launched Do It For The Points. We started this journey into blogging, because our friends were tired of us talking about travel/points/miles at our weekly happy hours. Cash Back Boy and Limited Credit Boy told us to put our passion for miles/points into something productive.

                                              

As we stated on our very first post, our goal for the blog was to share our perspective, trips, and just general questions we may have about points and miles that you might have but were too shy to ask. Don't worry....we don't mind embarrassing ourselves for you." Looking back over our 451 posts, I think we are on our way to accomplishing that goal.

Even though Chris may now longer be blogging anymore, I vow to carry our blog forward. In the 2nd year, Do It For The Points will push the boundary of what is normal. However, I promise you that I will never post a promotion, trick or technique that I personally will not participate in myself. On top of that, no promotion, trick or technique will ever be posted that I would be embarrassed to tell my grandfather about. If I fail to live up to this standard, please call me out on it.

I would like to thank a few people who have helped me through the first year of this journey:

 ~ My family who have been my supportive cheerleaders;

 ~ Keri and Jeanne of Heels First Travel for your guidance and mentorship.

 ~ To Cash Back Boy and Limited Credit Boy, my friends and close confidants, for waiting in the
     hallways of the hotels to allow me to videotape the room, listening to me complain about 
    blogging and willing to go on adventures for that sole purpose of blog posts.

 ~ Chris, thank you for starting this journey with me. I hope I do you proud in carrying our little
    dream forward.

Finally, I thank you for our readers for your support over the past 365 days. Thank you for your comments, twitter conversations and emails. Your support is what keeps me going every day. If you like what we are writing, please tell a friend or two or three.

Unlike most birthday celebrations, no gifts are required. Rather, I am holding a giveaway to say thank you to all of you. 7 prizes are up for grabs valuing over $400. Go here to learn more!

Thank you again everyone for your love and support.

Happy Birthday Do It For The Points!

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1st Anniversary Giveaway

In celebration of the 1st Anniversary of Do It For The Points, I am clearing out my prize closet.

I am giving away 7 different prizes. One of my favorite game shows was and still is Let's Make A Deal. On the show, a contestant is offered a choice of curtains, boxes or envelopes containing a prize.

Sometime the prize is amazing and other times its a zonk!

I promise there are no ZONKs among my prizes. Like the old adage, "don't judge a book by its cover," I suggest you don't judge the prizes by what they look like. I may have hidden extra prizes inside.

Here are the prizes:

Prize #1 - Toiletry Travel Bag (min. value: $35)

 Prize # 2 AA First Class Travel Kit (min. value: $25)

Prize # 3 - Fairmont Moleskine Notebook (min value $10)

 Prize # 4 - Go-Go Wireless Travel Kit (min value: $14)

Prize # 5 - Delta Ipad Case (min. value: $??)

Prize # 6 - Stack of Gift Cards (min. value $25)

Prize # 7 - Tumbler Cup (min. value $2)

The minimum values of all the prizes add up to over $100, but I promise there is over $400 worth of prizes.

Dates: Monday August 26th until Friday August 31st @ 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time.

Winners will be chosen and notified next weekend.

How to Enter: You can earn one entry for completing the following tasks (up to eight entries total):

                1) Liking Do It For The Points on Facebook

                2) Follow Us on Twitter

                3) Tweeting out the giveaway (once a day)

                4) Leave a comment on the "craziest way you earned points."
                              - If you have only earned points by flying or using a credit card - say that

Please use the rafflecopter widget below to enter.

Good Luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Full Disclosure: I paid/earned most of the prizes. Some of the prizes were given to me as part of my swag bag from the BAcon conference, which were donated by various corporations.


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Giveaway: GoGo Pass, Marriott Rewards Bag Tag and Passport Holder

As I keep sorting through my mess of stuff in our apartment (seriously...where does it all come from) as we move to Seattle via Australia and Asia I have found a few goodies that I don't need, but hopefully can find a good home!

I have:

1. A Free GoGo Inflight Internet Pass
2. A GoGo "Travel Kit" that contains everything from aspirin to a mint so you an arrive at your destination ache free and with fresh breath!
3. A Marriott Rewards bag tag
4. A Marriott Rewards Passport hoder

To enter all you need to do is follow us on Twitter and comment below on this post with your name and your next big trip (or the big trip you are dreaming of). If you aren't on Twitter or already follow us (thank you) then just comment in the post with your next big trip, planned or just dreamed of.

I'll close the contest at 11:59 p.m. tomorrow night and announce the winner on Monday.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

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Free Stuff On United and Hyatt! What More Could You Want?

Our good friends over at Heels First Travel and Hack My Trip have teamed up for an AWESOME giveaway. They are offering one lucky winner a $100 Hyatt Gift Card and Two (2)  United Airlines Global Premier Upgrade e-certs!

The full details of the contest can be found on the Heels First website  or on Hack My Trip, it doesn't matter. So you need to stop what you are doing and go enter now. Well...no don't enter... I want to win! So keep on doing what you are doing! ;)


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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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