[QUOTE]Originally posted by wideman:
[B]I mentioned this in the BA forum, but I'll summarize here: winning this might or might not be such a great deal.


Wideman- true, if you want to look at it like that. Surely, I can think of a lot of vacations for $5,000 that would be longer and more exotic than 3 nights in London. However, I think many (most?) Flyertalkers would love a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fly the Concorde, which one could never do for $2,500/per person (not to mention 3 nights in a luxury hotel and the NY package).
However, you're probably right in pointing this out, as lots of people (although not the educated Flyertalk community) never think about the tax consequences of winning something.