{"id":19126,"date":"2015-01-02T14:57:26","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T13:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/?p=19126"},"modified":"2015-02-01T00:35:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T23:35:07","slug":"winter-sweepstake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/2015\/01\/02\/winter-sweepstake\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Sweepstake: fly Business or First Class for FREE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Friday <a href=\"http:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/follow-us\/\">newsletters<\/a>\u00a0always feature luxury travel <a href=\"http:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/contests\/\">contests<\/a>, travel\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/tips\/\" target=\"_blank\">tips<\/a>, travel\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/category\/travel-series\/\">series<\/a>, or luxury travel\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/category\/travel-news\/\">news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><strong>Today (January 2, 2015): win two American Airlines upgrades and fly Business or First Class for free.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">*** COMPETITION NOW CLOSED. STAY TUNED FOR OUR UPCOMING TRAVEL CONTESTS\u00a0WHICH WE WILL ANNOUNCE IN\u00a0OUR NEWSLETTER ***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Today, we launch our <strong>Winter\u00a0Blog Giveaway<\/strong>: two\u00a0systemwide upgrades (from Economy to Business, or Business to First class) with American Airlines will be won by one lucky reader of this blog!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">You can enter the\u00a0Blog Giveaway on our <strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gleam.io\/2B7Bj\/the-luxury-travel-expert-winter-sweepstake\" target=\"_blank\">sweepstake website<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, where you need to\u00a0complete the following steps (each step increases your chances of winning):<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<li>Mandatory: Sign up for our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/follow-us\/\">newsletter<\/a>\u00a0(3x\/week). You can also subscribe to our newsletter\u00a0by\u00a0entering your email address in the box on the right side of this page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<li>Mandatory: Share with us your favorite hotel in the comments section below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<li>Optional: like us on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/woobox.com\/xu8fzy\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LuxTravelExpert\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, and\/or follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/luxurytravelexpert\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0for additional entries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">An American Airlines Systemwide Upgrade entitles you to an upgrade of one class (Economy to Business, or Business to First) on all flights of a one way itinerary that is operated by American Airlines or American Eagle (if upgrade space is available). So, your next trip may take place in the following cabin (be warned: flying will never be the same again when you are used to Economy):<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4299\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4299\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/turkeyalwan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/american-airlines.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4299\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/2014\/04\/15\/flight-review-qatar-airways-boeing-787-dreamliner-business-class-bru-doh\/american-airlines-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/turkeyalwan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/american-airlines.jpg?fit=970%2C546&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"970,546\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"American Airlines 777-300ER business class\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;American Airlines 777-300ER business class&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/turkeyalwan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/american-airlines.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/turkeyalwan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/american-airlines.jpg?fit=970%2C546&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4299\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/turkeyalwan.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/american-airlines.jpg?resize=620%2C348\" alt=\"American Airlines 777-300ER business class\" width=\"620\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Airlines 777-300ER business class<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">American Airlines&#8217; Business Class in their Boeings 777-300ER is awesome, as you can read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/2014\/02\/19\/flight-review-american-airlines-777-300er-business-class-lhr-lax\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0in my very first trip report. American Airlines is currently also updating the Business Class product on their older Boeing 777-200 and 767 planes. Being an American Airlines Excutive Platinum member entitles me to 8 systemwide upgrades per year, and since I will not be able to consume all of them by the end of 2015, I am giving away 2 upgrades\u00a0in this winter blog giveaway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">This giveaway has tremendous value to you if you have a trip booked (or will book a trip) that meets the following conditions:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<li>Paid itinerary (not award).<\/li>\n<li>Flights must have American Airlines flight numbers.<\/li>\n<li>Flights must be operated by American Airlines or American Eagle (not partners).<\/li>\n<li>Upgrade space must be available on your flights.<\/li>\n<li>The entire one way itinerary must be flown before 28th\u00a0February 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Enter the competition before 31 January 2015 at 11.59 pm CET. One lucky winner will be randomly selected and receive the 2 upgrades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Enjoy the weekend and stay tuned for Monday when we reveal a new <a href=\"http:\/\/turkeyalwan.net\/other-top-10-lists\/\">top 10 travel list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">____________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><em>*** Follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LuxTravelExpert\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LuxuryTravelExpert\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for a daily photo-moment of travel inspiration ***<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Friday newsletters\u00a0always feature luxury travel contests, travel\u00a0tips, travel\u00a0series, or luxury travel\u00a0news. 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