Let’s Celebrate – An MJ on Travel Giveaway!

Hey, last week was a good week, what can I say? First, the day job took me away from the blog, but I got a lot accomplished. Second, Boardingarea completed a successful website move. There’s much to be excited about. That calls for a  celebration and an MJ on Travel reader contest!!!!!

The Prize – A $100 Amex gift card and a GoGo inflight wi-fi pass!

The Rules

  • Comment to this post to enter. Your comment must include what travel related thing you will do with the $100 Amex gift card.
  • Enter as many times as you desire.
  • I will not monitor, but humbly request that you “like” MJ on Travel on Facebook to enter.
  • Contest open now through June 28, 2013, at 11:59pm EDT.
  • Winner will be chosen via Random.org the morning of June 29, 2013.
  • Winner must respond to notification they’ve won within 72 hours of notification, or a new winner will be chosen.

 

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  1. I would use the Amex gift card in a very frugal manner related to travel thanks to the good advice I receive here on this blog. Thanks!

  2. I’m going to NY next month so I’d love to use the card on a nice dinner. Also, it would be nice to use the Go-Go wifi one the flight!

  3. I will use it to help pay for cruise expenses for a trip in September on Carnival Elation out of New Orleans. I will be too broke after paying for the expensive parking there 🙂

  4. I’d use it to buy a nice cigar at Draper’s and then some drinks at Shelly’s while waiting to see if any travel geeks would come talk to me.

  5. My feet are always “itchy” and there are so many ways to spend travel money. Guess we would start with that airfare.

  6. A dining experience that would typically be a tad expensive for my budget – that would be a treat.

  7. I have plenty of hotel points, but this would surely help with an airfare to some place special.

  8. I would spend the $100 on some special travel gadget to take with me on every trip. An “enhancement” so to speak.

  9. I would use to it toward airfare to get to the Lowes hotel I plan to book using my daily deal. I just have to determine which one.

  10. I would use it for some good meals on an upcoming trip to Kyrgyzstan and Armenia.

  11. Use to pay taxes for my family’s upcoming trip to Hong Kong on CX First Class.

  12. I would use the $100 towards the positioning tickets to ORD for me and my son for our fall trip to EU.

  13. I will use the $100 to grease the palm when checking in at the Vegas hotel I’m staying at thanks to the Daily Getaways deals.

  14. Or even to buy some drinks on the flight to Vegas, and then blow the rest at the craps table!

  15. Oops clicked too quick. Buy a couple nights in a sweet Airbnb room in Hawaii!

  16. I’ll use the card for paying the fees on 20 VR cards and then save the remaining $1 to buy myself a bag of gummy worms.

  17. I have a trip to Washington DC in two weeks. Would love the $100 to pay for a nice dinner.

  18. I will use it to pay for tickets to Alcatraz in San Francisco for my upcoming trip!

  19. Traveling to NY in a few weeks, would love to go to a nice restaurant in downtown. It would also be nice to have free wifi on board my Delta flights. Thanks!

  20. I would use the $100 on my trip to San Francisco to go on a really kick ass wine tour for my wife.

  21. I’d take my wife out to dinner. To make up for all the time on business trips.

  22. I’d use it to help pay for gas on our trip of the West with the grandkids next month.

  23. I am taking my wife to Hawaii in August for our Anniversary; I would put the AMEX Gift Card towards our stay at the Hyatt Regency Kauai and I would use it to give my wife a truly special trip — I would either use it to pay for advance reservations at the Grand Hyatt Kauai for a poolside cabana to spoil her or I will take her for a nice romantic dinner at Tidepools. Either way, I would use the certificate to spoil my beautiful wife!

  24. I would put it towards the wine refrigerator I had to purchase today because the compressor on mine (in the garage) went out last night allowing the temp to rise to 85 degrees — OUCH!

  25. I would finally dine at One Flew South in ATL, along with any other BA or FT regulars I could scare up.

  26. I would put the AMEX gift card toward a plane ticket for a late summer trip to the Alps to visit expat friends.

  27. I’d use the $100 towards my Redskins-Broncos tickets for my trip to Denver in October!

  28. If I win, I plan to use the $100 prize to pay for priority boarding on Southwest and companion fare fees for my wife. With the remaining funds I will buy a nice travel pillow and blanket!

  29. I would use it to buy some awesome sea food and attend a Nationals game in Washington DC!

  30. Or possibly end up buying something on a US store to have it shipped to India

  31. Might also end up using it to keep dollars given the way USD / INR currency moving

  32. I’ll use it for luggage fees if I don’t have elite status with that airline.

  33. I’ll use it to buy clothes at my final destination so that I can travel light.

  34. Going to Durham to see Blue Man Group for a friend’s birthday and now I can treat her to dinner too!

  35. I’d love the GoGo pass on my flight to Hartford, and the $100 card for a nice meal in the Berkshires. Thanks for the contest!

  36. So many things I would do! If I didn’t use it on normal food or hotel expenses, I’d use it on a splurge. 🙂

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  37. I would build a shrine to MJ on travel, using the finest materials 100$ could buy. It would be cruise-related

  38. I’d use it for a trip to celebrate my 30th wedding anniversary in late summer.

  39. Go out to dinner with my wife — but in a new city we’ve never dined in before.

  40. I’d love to use the gift cert for a transcon trip to Cali soon! or I could use the GoGo pass for that flight so I can keep myself entertained

  41. I’d treat my parents to a nice dinner – they always pay and it’d be nice to do something for them. 🙂

  42. I would use it for 2 mattress runs at the Excalibur in Las Vegas, thanks to the new Hyatt/MGM partnership

  43. I’ll use it toward a fabulous-looking Briggs & Riley Torq bag that I didn’t win in Gary’s giveaway.

  44. Take my fiancé to a fancy dinner in Koh Samui we are going for our honeymoon
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  45. We are heading to Paris and London for our first point redemption trip in September, so the gift card would be used for our sightseeing!

  46. Oh, can be spent on so many travel things; but think I would purchase a back-up charging block for my gadgets.
    A special treat, but would go with me on every trip.

  47. I’d use it to pay for my hotel at my friend’s wedding! It’s a great, CHEAP rate!

  48. I would use it to take my wife out to dinner someplace nice on our next weekend getaway.

  49. I will buy my son and I a steak dinner during our baseball trip to Kansas City.

  50. I will use the gift certificate to buy $11 glasses of wine in the Sky Club. Life is too short for cheap wine or bad coffee!

  51. I’ll use it towards buying tickets for Universal studios I’m planning to visit in Orlando on July 4th.

  52. I’d use the gift certificate to help pay for gas on a road trip this summer, and the Go-go wifi pass when I fly to Istanbul in August. Thanks.

  53. I need one more night in a Hilton hotel to complete my gold challenge and I would use it towards that!

  54. i would take my wife away on a short, well deserved, vacation to chicago for the weekend.
    thanks!

  55. I would love to use it for a trip I’m planning to Virginia with my daughter.

  56. I would give it to my husband who is going out to the Columbia Gorge next month – windsurfing mecca!

  57. I’d use it to pay for the Alaska trip that I’m giving my parents for their 25th anniversary

  58. A recent survey says I can stay for just over nine days in Goa or under 12 hours in Rejkavic on $100. Time to check out some schedules!

  59. I would use it to pay for my positioning flight to ORD for the November trip I booked for me and my son.

  60. I will use the AMEX card for a very nice dinner when I visit New York City this fall!

  61. $100 would go towards a tapas tour in Barcelona for my upcoming trip in the fall.

  62. I would use it to buy some good sea food and attend a sporting event in Washington DC!

  63. I would use the AmEx $100 gift card to sign up for a year’s paid subscription to EF; that way I could make my gift keep working for me!

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