Stay Here Fly There (Free Airline Tix)
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Stay Here Fly There (Free Airline Tix)
I ran across this offer during a search of Holiday Inn Rates. It could be an easy way to earn $50 rebates on cheap tickets or more...
Book the Stay to Fly Rate every time you stay and get a ticket to fly away. Head to the beach for some sun. Hit the slopes for a weekend. Or travel to see your favorite team play. The more you stay, the more places you can go.
Simply book the Stay to Fly Rate at participating hotels and stay anytime now through December 31, 2008, and get a flight voucher redeemable for a $198 round-trip ticket between 198 U.S. cities or a $298 round-trip ticket to Canada and Mexico. (A $99 discount is offered on current airfares to/from Alaska or Hawaii.) Flight requires Saturday night stay and 21-day advance purchase.
Book the Stay to Fly Rate today!
Click here for full terms and conditions.
Simply book the Stay to Fly Rate at participating hotels and stay anytime now through December 31, 2008, and get a flight voucher redeemable for a $198 round-trip ticket between 198 U.S. cities or a $298 round-trip ticket to Canada and Mexico. (A $99 discount is offered on current airfares to/from Alaska or Hawaii.) Flight requires Saturday night stay and 21-day advance purchase.
Book the Stay to Fly Rate today!
Click here for full terms and conditions.
#2
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I ran across this offer during a search of Holiday Inn Rates. It could be an easy way to earn $50 rebates on cheap tickets or more...
#3
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198 could be a good rate to/from some of the smaller airports (i had BWI>ASE in mind)... but what gets me is the fine print
5. Flight requires Saturday night stay and 21-day advance purchase. The farther in advance you call, the more likely it will be that we can accommodate your specific preferences for date and time of travel. Flights will be extremely difficult to obtain during major holiday periods.
and do you still earn miles on a discount program like this?
5. Flight requires Saturday night stay and 21-day advance purchase. The farther in advance you call, the more likely it will be that we can accommodate your specific preferences for date and time of travel. Flights will be extremely difficult to obtain during major holiday periods.
and do you still earn miles on a discount program like this?
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There is nowhere in the T&Cs that specifically states these flights do not earn FF miles, but it does say the TA handling bookings can put you on any carrier they want to, not your own preferred one. These flights are restrictive but might be worthwhile for a weekend get-away that can be pre-planned, just like using our own FF miles. I have converted two of my HI stays towards the end of the year to this rate and will take my chances. We in Canada actually do a bit better with C$149 max each way on domestic trips.
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I'd check out your preferred dates with a couple of carriers on their website to see what low-fare availability is at the moment. Also, it probably takes two or three weeks to get the confirmation email if the Baseball promo is any indication of their turnaround speed. But do let us know how it turns out. (I suspect the caution is to those who think they'll get Christmas and Spring Break flights.)
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I'd check out your preferred dates with a couple of carriers on their website to see what low-fare availability is at the moment. Also, it probably takes two or three weeks to get the confirmation email if the Baseball promo is any indication of their turnaround speed. But do let us know how it turns out. (I suspect the caution is to those who think they'll get Christmas and Spring Break flights.)
I must say I AM curious who the "travel agency that will be specified" is.
I hope they send it faster than the MLB promo... I completed that July 30 and I still have not gotten that voucher. (I did call today to get the ball rolling on that).
EDIT: You know, sometimes the brain just doesn't work. I'm staying two nights... why not split it up between two HIs and get two vouchers? Duh.
Last edited by martinp13; Sep 10, 2008 at 3:21 pm
#8
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This is very confusing... from T&C.
8. This promotion is designed to offer a minimum savings of $50, so if you wish to redeem your Award toward an inexpensive flight (a base fare of $248 or less), you qualify to receive a $50 rebate. You will pay the normal cost of the ticket plus taxes and fees, and you will receive a refund check for $50.
Does this mean if I get on a $248 flight I get a $50 'REFUND CHECK'????
I thought the voucher was SUPPOSED to be worth $198?!?!?
Whats this refund check? Like a mail-in-rebate??????
8. This promotion is designed to offer a minimum savings of $50, so if you wish to redeem your Award toward an inexpensive flight (a base fare of $248 or less), you qualify to receive a $50 rebate. You will pay the normal cost of the ticket plus taxes and fees, and you will receive a refund check for $50.
Does this mean if I get on a $248 flight I get a $50 'REFUND CHECK'????
I thought the voucher was SUPPOSED to be worth $198?!?!?
Whats this refund check? Like a mail-in-rebate??????
#9
Join Date: Sep 2008
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This is very confusing... from T&C.
8. This promotion is designed to offer a minimum savings of $50, so if you wish to redeem your Award toward an inexpensive flight (a base fare of $248 or less), you qualify to receive a $50 rebate. You will pay the normal cost of the ticket plus taxes and fees, and you will receive a refund check for $50.
Does this mean if I get on a $248 flight I get a $50 'REFUND CHECK'????
I thought the voucher was SUPPOSED to be worth $198?!?!?
Whats this refund check? Like a mail-in-rebate??????
8. This promotion is designed to offer a minimum savings of $50, so if you wish to redeem your Award toward an inexpensive flight (a base fare of $248 or less), you qualify to receive a $50 rebate. You will pay the normal cost of the ticket plus taxes and fees, and you will receive a refund check for $50.
Does this mean if I get on a $248 flight I get a $50 'REFUND CHECK'????
I thought the voucher was SUPPOSED to be worth $198?!?!?
Whats this refund check? Like a mail-in-rebate??????
Brad
#10
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the free ticket to which the thread title refers applies only if the round-trip base fare is $50 or less. it's not likely to be truly free in most cases, since u still have to pay taxes and fees, plus a booking charge to the travel agent.
rxlrider can congratulate himself on having found such good fares on southwest because he wouldn't have saved a penny by using this voucher!
ian.
edit: well, maybe rxlrider might have had 8 x $50 instead, which is still worthwhile...
Last edited by iancanton; Sep 12, 2008 at 1:20 pm
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Exactly. And since I wouldn't expect there to be a flight under $200, just think of it as "try and get a capacity-controlled ticket for $198 plus taxes/fees".