OzzyOzzie

30 Packages at release. May be targeted???

http://www.awardhq.com/servlet/Displ...wse=SWAuction3

Catch the action and preview the 2015 season in style. As a Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards® Visa Cardmember, you can enjoy an exclusive Spring Training experience for two. Join us in Sarasota, FL March 8-11, 2015 and get a sneak peek at the 2015 Baltimore Orioles.

Here's what your package includes:

Roundtrip air fare for two to/from Tampa on Southwest Airlines®1
Three night hotel stay at The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota2
Welcome reception and farewell dinner at The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota
Pre-game meet and greet with a Baltimore Orioles player
Lunch and drinks at The Third Base Lounge in Ed Smith Stadium
Tickets to two Spring Training games at Ed Smith Stadium:
Orioles vs. Philadelphia – Monday, March 9, 2015
Orioles vs. New York – Tuesday, March 10, 2015
V.I.P. transportation to/from the airport, hotel, and games
Bonus gift bag

toomanybooks

I got the same thing by email.

This is not a bad deal for an Orioles fan. If you already have a CP, I bet you can cash in the second flight somehow. Flights could be worth $800 or more. Maybe $600 value for the hotel. Points have a nominal value of $1400+.

Great event to take a kid or your fan dad.

Patrickthetiger

If you're a Orioles fan, this is a GREAT value!

- WGA fares for 2 people (valued at up to $1000 for folks on the Left Coast)
- 3 nights at the Ritz Sarasota ($579/nt)
- VIP ground transportation, including sedan airport transfers (at least $250 total)
- 1 welcome reception, 1 dinner, and 1 lunch for two people - $200 (at least)
- Ballgame tickets (GA seating is $14 pp, so $56 total)
- Oriole player meet-n-greet: unknown price?

That is a total of up to $2,135 worth of value, depending on your valuation!

hiker72

It's not great... it's phenomenal!

Typically what they offer on the awards site is way overvalued when compared to the nominal value of the points. In this case, however, it's a STEAL at 100k points regardless of individual valuation.

joshua362

I got it 6 times, addressed to anyone I named a companion in the past 4 years! I agree, a great deal if a fan, I was hoping for the hapless Mets. I'm going to offer it to a buddy who is a stupid Yankee fan, one of the visitors. Jump on it, they do these things right!!

Need the WN card its says so targeted in some manner, but my past CP's ain't so who knows.

schmoove

Got is too, not an Orioles fan though.

dsokolik

Too bad they don't have a deal like this for the Cardinals.....i'd be all over that!

goods312

I got it as well and its a great deal but I'm going to pass on it. Anyone get an offer for a team other than the Orioles?

joshua362

No although I seem to recall last year something with the AZ teams, maybe Chicago ?

jb3t

It does not say who they're playing. If it's the Yankees or Red Sox, that may up the excitement. That being said, it's a cheap flight from NY or New England.

joshua362

Yes it does, one of the dates are is PHL and the other is NY which I assume is the stupid Yankees since the east coast teams don't come to the west coast of
FL anymore and visa versa... And northeast flights to FL during spring break don't come cheap, nor 3 nights at a RC! If my insane Yankee friend has an interest, I'd gladly treat him for the warm weather!

Edit: I stand corrected, apparently they do cross his year, perhaps to stop the exodus of teams fleeing to AZ. But it's the Yankees, damn this slow WN wifi...

travelingchumley

I'd take up the offer if it was for the 2014 World Series Champions.

N830MH

I'll go. I will go to watch World Series Championship games. We will see what happens. If the entire team who will win the games.