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Mile High Club or Not, You Could Have Valentine's Dinner on the Concorde

February 8, 2012 at 1:25 PM | by | Comments (0)

The Concorde may technically be dead, but airline romance isn’t, if British Airways’ Valentine’s deal is anything to go by.

A couple of years ago, the UK airline did a neat Valentine’s Day party kinda thing on flights between London and New York; this year, the celebration is on a more personal scale, though still rather spectacular: dinner for two on the Concorde.

The bad news? You’ll have to pay for it. The good? It’s for charity! Just bid for it in a blind email auction, and you’ll win dinner for two on board BA’s flagship Concorde G-BOAC at Manchester Airport, in the Runway Visitor Park.

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You're Invited to Retire to Ecuador for a Month, for Free

Where: Ecuador
February 7, 2012 at 11:28 AM | by | Comments (0)

Grandma and Grandpa might not be the typical Florida retirees, so maybe you should suggest something a little more interesting for their golden years. Especially because that means you can visit somewhere a little more exotic when you mooch off their hospitality, instead of just swinging by the local restaurant for a blue plate special after an afternoon at the beach.

Ecuador is that exotic destination, and the country is actually giving away a free month of vacation. They want internet millionaires, AARP members, and others looking to retire to consider the warm weather, hospitality—and possibility—that’s available in the country. Lucky winners will be spending an entire month in Cuenca, Ecuador, and the contest organizers over at International Living will even throw in round-trip airfare, an apartment rental, and some cash for this and that.

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Virginia is for Lovers and Lomographers: Win a Trip with a Single Photo

February 3, 2012 at 8:41 AM | by | Comments (0)

Raise your hand if you occasionally get a little nostalgic for actual film cameras and the days of tangible prints. See, that's the thing about the internet though, is we can't see you raising your hand or physically join in because while we love us some iPhoneography and DSLR fun, every so often we're still reaching for our throwback Lomography camera. And apparently so is the entire state of Virginia, since their freshest tourism endeavor involves pitting real photos from Lomo cameras against each other for chances to win all-expenses-paid, experiential trips to the state that is famously "for Lovers."

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Here's the deal: the Lomographic Society has turned out a "Virginia is for Lovers" special edition of their newish 35mm La Sardina camera, and to celebrate, anyone with a Lomo camera is welcome to submit a photo to the contests to win a Virginia trip. There'll be a contest every month, starting now through December 2012, and each has a specific theme for your photo. Right now, it's "Love Surrounds: Show us the people that mean the most to you."

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Win a Trip to New Mexico Plus a Walk-on Role in 'Breaking Bad'

January 3, 2012 at 1:25 PM | by | Comments (0)

Want to win a trip to Albuquerque, where you can hang out on the set of Breaking Bad?

Well, AMC is giving fans the chance with a recently launched sweepstakes. The winner will receive a walk-on role in the hit show, along with a four-day, three-night trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where Breaking Bad will soon begin filming its fifth season.

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Instagram Your Way to $3,000 and a Trip to the UK with General Electric Aviation

November 30, 2011 at 10:45 AM | by | Comments (0)

In totally-weird-but-kinda-makes-perfect-sense news, General Electric's Aviation division is looking to send an Instagrammer to their UK facility to take some pretty jet engine photos. It's a legit travel photography contest, we swear, it's just that instead of asking for video pleas or portfolio from shutterbugs, GE is instead going whole hog into social media by embracing submissions via the instant photo-sharing app and a simple hashtag.

If you've not made the move to Instagram your mobile shots (as we recently did, from mobypicture), then allow us to explain the allure. Instagram is a free app available for iPhone only (sorry Android users). It allows you to—in under a minute—shoot a photo, give it a cool effect (such as making it seem vintage, from a plastic camera, or black & white), share it on a variety of networks (Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Tumblr, Posterous, Foursquare) and thus open it up for comments and appreciation from others.

It's essentially a mini-blogging platform just for photos, and GE has been enamored with Instagram since at least earlier this summer.

How to enter the contest:

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Name the Next Virgin America Plane! Like Right Now.

October 10, 2011 at 10:17 AM | by | Comments (0)

You know when an airline is getting big? Yes, when it has many destinations. Yes, when it frequently posts jobs for new flight crew. But...an airline is definitely getting big when it runs out of names for new planes and holds a contest asking for help from the traveling public. Several airlines have gone through this over the last many years, and now it's Virgin America's turn, and it could be your suggested name up on their bird if you can think fast.

Virgin America is seeking "'new destination-themed' aircraft names" over on their Facebook page right now, and submitting one for consideration is as simple as inputting your name, email and brilliant name idea. The only thing is...submissions end today!

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LAN Airlines Pulls an Oprah and Surprises 200 People With Flights to South America

October 7, 2011 at 9:35 AM | by | Comments (5)

Have you ever been to a taping of The Oprah Show where she gave away something to the entire audience? We haven't, but we like to imagine that it was a bit like what we experienced last night in New York City, when LAN Airlines gave away roundtrip tickets to South American destinations to nearly 200 bewildered diners.

The big surprise went down at Nuela, a nuevo latino restaurant in the Flatiron district, when LAN flight attendants first sprung free tickets on only a few tables. But then the manager got hold of a microphone and told everyone else to look underneath their tabletops...

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'Angry Birds' Takes to the Skies, But For Real Though

September 8, 2011 at 10:20 AM | by | Comment (1)

We're going to tell you something you already know: the iPhone game Angry Birds is big. Huge. Ginormous. It's so big that, the other day during a stroll through a night market in Thailand, we spotted many stalls with bootleg Angry Birds T-shirts, tank tops and even flip-flops for sale. Thus it's probably no surprise that of course the airlines are trying to capitalize on the Angry Birds fervor, though not in the way you'd expect.

You know what would be cool? Adding the Angry Birds game to in-flight entertainment. You know what would be kinda weird? Themeing an entire flight after the game, and offering Angry Birds' biggest fans to fly it. According to The Independent, that's what Finnair is doing with their "Angry Birds Asian Challenge" flight:

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United is Giving Away Millions of Miles, DSLR Cameras and More in Chicago and Washington DC

August 31, 2011 at 9:55 AM | by | Comments (0)

Who likes free stuff? Everyone, duh. Who like free frequent flyer miles and free stuff? Hopefully you've got your hand raised in the air, saying "me me me" like an anxious little know-it-all in an elementary classroom, because if you're in Chicago or Washington DC select days in the next few weeks, United Airlines would like to give you some.

On August 31 (that's today) through September 1 (tomorrow), Chicagoans should head to Pioneer Court to meet Olympic athlete Dan Jansen and try their luck at picking a bag off a pop-up baggage claim carousel to win everything from 1 Million MileagePlus Bonus Miles to DSLR cameras, to trip giveaways and Tumi gift cards. You're not guaranteed to win anything, but it can't hurt to try—plus it's free.

The Washington DC event is a repeat of the Chicago fun, just September 19 and 20 in the Main Hall at Union Station with Olympic athlete Kerri Walsh. It's all a celebration of the new United MileagePlus Explorer Card with Chase Bank. No, you don't have to sign up for the card to try your luck, but in case you are ready to sign some paperwork to get the new United/Continental merger credit card, they'll be ready for you.

The event details:

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Your Assignment: Submit a Photo, Win a Trip on the Inaugural Flight of ANA's Boeing 787

August 19, 2011 at 3:54 PM | by | Comment (1)

You've likely heard so, so much about Boeing's new airplane, the 787 Dreamliner and you've likely kind of listened and kind of not, because if it doesn't effect your life right away, it's not that big of a deal, right? Well, it is kind of a huge deal, and thanks to a new contest from All Nippon Airways, you could be one of the privileged few flying on the high-tech new plane's inaugural trip to the skies.

Of course it's a contest, so let's talk details. The contest only just opened, and the entry period runs through September 5. To enter, you've got to show your love for the 787 in a photograph that shows both your smiles and the numbers "787." Examples are pretty bland: the numbers on a birthday cake, toasting it into a piece of bread...we know you can do better, intrepid Jaunted readers!

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Seattle's Space Needle Wants to Send You to...Umm...Space

August 8, 2011 at 3:19 PM | by | Comments (0)

We've spent the last few years tracking how private space tourism is becoming a capital-T Thing—and of course now that the space shuttle program is dead, private space flight is for better or worse the only game in town.

You might also remember a post from last year about commercial space travel company Space Adventures, which inked a deal with Boeing for vehicles that could be shot into low-earth orbit. We speculated at the time that the world was still many years from regular launches, both because it takes time to build spaceships and because we still don't really have the infrastructure to launch them.

All of that aside, we're certainly getting closer. There are now contests springing up promising to send lucky winners into space, with the latest coming from the team behind the Seattle Space Needle. The iconic tourist attraction was built for the 1962 World's Fair and, as its 50th anniversary celebration approaches, organizers want to recapture some of that futuristic magic.

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How to Be a VIP for Free at the Telluride Film Fest: 'Like' Virgin Atlantic

July 28, 2011 at 9:00 AM | by | Comments (0)



Virgin Atlantic has managed to align itself with anything sleek, sexy, and, well, just plain awesome on the travel front, with this cool cache now extending to international cultural happenings. Film festivals—what with their covetable goodie bags, after parties, and celebrity pull—certainly fall into the "Ever-So-Hip" category, which is likely why VA has aligned itself with the forthcoming Telluride Film Festival, set to take place from September 2-5, 2011.

VA will serve as Telluride's partner airline, hosting a splashy tribute event during the festival run and a contest that gives film aficionados a shot at attending TFF come fall.

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