Grand Slam 2010!
Aug 25, 2010, 11:55 am
#61
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When are thy going to announce this thing?
Are they going to wait until August 31st?
ralph
ralph
Aug 25, 2010, 12:14 pm
#62
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Ok, need help
After reading the whole thread, I'm not too sure if I'm understanding the some of the ways of getting a hit.
So if I buy a box of pens from Staples, I'll get 1 hit? Right? How many times can I order from Staples to get the one hit? Just once, or more?
Thrifty rent a car, I get one hit or more for renting from them? If someone has a easy to understand guide for this promo could you shoot me a copy of it, I'll be traveling a lot between now and end of the year and want to get some miles on US Airways and help my quest to get CP.
So if I buy a box of pens from Staples, I'll get 1 hit? Right? How many times can I order from Staples to get the one hit? Just once, or more?
Thrifty rent a car, I get one hit or more for renting from them? If someone has a easy to understand guide for this promo could you shoot me a copy of it, I'll be traveling a lot between now and end of the year and want to get some miles on US Airways and help my quest to get CP.
Aug 25, 2010, 1:22 pm
#63
Join Date: Sep 2009
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After reading the whole thread, I'm not too sure if I'm understanding the some of the ways of getting a hit.
So if I buy a box of pens from Staples, I'll get 1 hit? Right? How many times can I order from Staples to get the one hit? Just once, or more?
Thrifty rent a car, I get one hit or more for renting from them? If someone has a easy to understand guide for this promo could you shoot me a copy of it, I'll be traveling a lot between now and end of the year and want to get some miles on US Airways and help my quest to get CP.
So if I buy a box of pens from Staples, I'll get 1 hit? Right? How many times can I order from Staples to get the one hit? Just once, or more?
Thrifty rent a car, I get one hit or more for renting from them? If someone has a easy to understand guide for this promo could you shoot me a copy of it, I'll be traveling a lot between now and end of the year and want to get some miles on US Airways and help my quest to get CP.
Here's the original link:
http://shopping.usairways.com/promot...PromoCode=GS10
Aug 25, 2010, 1:24 pm
#64
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Fairport, NY
Posts: 195
STAPLES??
After reading the whole thread, I'm not too sure if I'm understanding the some of the ways of getting a hit.
So if I buy a box of pens from Staples, I'll get 1 hit? Right? How many times can I order from Staples to get the one hit? Just once, or more?
Thrifty rent a car, I get one hit or more for renting from them? If someone has a easy to understand guide for this promo could you shoot me a copy of it, I'll be traveling a lot between now and end of the year and want to get some miles on US Airways and help my quest to get CP.
So if I buy a box of pens from Staples, I'll get 1 hit? Right? How many times can I order from Staples to get the one hit? Just once, or more?
Thrifty rent a car, I get one hit or more for renting from them? If someone has a easy to understand guide for this promo could you shoot me a copy of it, I'll be traveling a lot between now and end of the year and want to get some miles on US Airways and help my quest to get CP.
ralph
Aug 25, 2010, 1:52 pm
#65
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Staples
Ok I reread the web site, now it makes sense to what is needed... But from what I see, not many miles could be used as qualifying miles
Have you read the entire thread and looked at the landing page? Staples isn't a partner, officemax is and you can only get 1 hit.
Here's the original link:
http://shopping.usairways.com/promot...PromoCode=GS10
Here's the original link:
http://shopping.usairways.com/promot...PromoCode=GS10
Last edited by FlightNurse; Aug 25, 2010 at 1:57 pm
Aug 25, 2010, 2:21 pm
#66
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Washington, DC
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You will not get more than 6K PQM on this promo unless something changes in the levels before they go live. That's 16 "hits". Depending on what you do to get those "hits", you may be better off spending an equal amount of money on travel to/from the DPQM cities, if PQM and increased status are your goals. You will get well over 6k PQM on one transcon (I'm getting about 11k on the DCA-xxx-SAN I am doing later this year) and may be cheaper depending on how you're planning to get your hits.
Aug 25, 2010, 2:57 pm
#67
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Ha, I was just comparing this latest version with the original and I noted that the USAirways Club hit requirement has been clarified to add the word "annual". Which is exactly the question I asked up thread. Further evidence that the "promo process" steps described above are very likely exactly what happens! 
Aug 25, 2010, 3:07 pm
#68
Join Date: Jun 2010
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Due to the terms of another SPG promotion, I have to leave my SPG account set to "auto deposit to USAir DM" at least for a few more weeks. My question is, does one of these auto deposits count as a "transfer"?
FWIW, my USAir statement shows each one as "STARWOOD PREFERRED GUEST ADD TRANSFER"
ADKRick
FWIW, my USAir statement shows each one as "STARWOOD PREFERRED GUEST ADD TRANSFER"
ADKRick
Aug 25, 2010, 3:28 pm
#69
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Ha, I was just comparing this latest version with the original and I noted that the USAirways Club hit requirement has been clarified to add the word "annual". Which is exactly the question I asked up thread. Further evidence that the "promo process" steps described above are very likely exactly what happens!
Aug 25, 2010, 6:36 pm
#70
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 1,437
Honestly, it's very smart of US to monitor these boards and adapt the promos and marketing as needed. It costs them zero to get all the details of the promo spotted and ironed out before the rest of the world sees them. I work for a very large software company and we pay our customers (in the form of free version upgrades and services) a lot to be in our betas and find our bugs for us. US has us doing it for free
Aug 25, 2010, 7:12 pm
#72
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Aug 25, 2010, 7:12 pm
#73
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I am signed for the DPQM with my flights to STL and SAN . My SAn flights well go through MSP. PHX-MSP, then MSP- PHX-SAN well give my 6K for $231 with tax and my PHX-STL flights will give me about 6K..
You will not get more than 6K PQM on this promo unless something changes in the levels before they go live. That's 16 "hits". Depending on what you do to get those "hits", you may be better off spending an equal amount of money on travel to/from the DPQM cities, if PQM and increased status are your goals. You will get well over 6k PQM on one transcon (I'm getting about 11k on the DCA-xxx-SAN I am doing later this year) and may be cheaper depending on how you're planning to get your hits.
Aug 26, 2010, 3:54 am
#74
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Until it's officially announced and live I'm not doing any serious planning or prep work. Not worth it if something might change before start time. Remember, it's no longer visible on the website. All I'm doing is holding off on a few things - booking hotels primarily.
Are you going to trust DM Wireless this time? I know you had troubles with them last year as did most people who used them. The wine clubs were a hassle too. I just noticed Bose isn't a hit in it's own right anymore.
Aug 26, 2010, 4:36 am
#75
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I want to make 28 hits for 60K but may lower my sights and aim for 24 hits. That's still workable and 40K isn't so bad. I can then do 20 or 24 on my wife's account. I'm leaving for Spain on the 1st too and won't be back home until the 20th so I need to hold off on any product purchases that need to be shipped too. That's bugging me!