I once won one-half million miles in a contest from Alamo Car Rental and United sent me a 1099 for something over eleven thousand dollars.

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Definitely taxable - stated value varies from contest to contest.

If you won this in the last 3 years (any help from the tax gurus?), you may want to look at filing an amended return, reducing the award value to $.01/mile. Go here:

http://www3.travelocity.com/promos/m...LOCITY,00.html

and print it out. Travelocity valued their million mile contest at $10K. Might save you a grand or two.

Thanks, but it was about five years ago.

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Just a bump to remind people that you can enter once a day:

http://www.ual.com/site/primary/0,10017,1991,00.html

Thanks for the tip. I registered today.

One million UA miles would go well with the ~13,000 I have right now.

Ive been entering mostly every day... but I just noticed that I havent been getting the confirmation emails that I think you are supposed to get.....

Is anybody else also having this issue...??

Ditto. I got an e-mail the first entry only.

But it seems to remember that I entered; when I accidentally entered a second time in one day, it pointed that out to me.

Kathy

Gaucho100K,

Good point. I have registered 4 or 5 times for the mile giveaway and just today recieved a confirmation email for the first time. Makes me wonder if the system took my earlier entries.

Doug

ditto ditto

Hmmm... now, if only I could remember if I got the first email..... http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif