So, there's a raffle going on over at VIA Preference for up to 10K points, and you get one entry per $100 spent (up to 5 entries). Not bad...but there's a funny quirk about it:
https://www.viapreference.com/public/docs/Win_your_Way_Rules_2015.pdf
In order to qualify under the "no purchase necessary" rules, you can also enter by sending in an essay of at least 250 words (English or French should qualify) about why you like VIA Preference. It's not clear whether spending money on VIA will count for up to 5 entries and spending will get up to 5 entries (for a total of 10); it's pretty clear that VIA isn't expecting people to bother with the essay route (trying to determine whether entries need to be hand-written versus typed is also a fun question, since it says "no copies"). Also not clear is whether money spent now for travel outside the period in question will count.
The other thing that showed up curiously, on the Preference website, was the following redemption option on my landing page:
One-way - Economy
It doesn't show up elsewhere and there's nothing mentioned on the site anywhere I can find, but it looks like VIA might have returned to offering TGV tickets as a redemption choice.
Finally, an interesting note from the contest T&C is that VIA values their points at $0.08/point (Canadian, of course).
https://www.viapreference.com/public/docs/Win_your_Way_Rules_2015.pdf
In order to qualify under the "no purchase necessary" rules, you can also enter by sending in an essay of at least 250 words (English or French should qualify) about why you like VIA Preference. It's not clear whether spending money on VIA will count for up to 5 entries and spending will get up to 5 entries (for a total of 10); it's pretty clear that VIA isn't expecting people to bother with the essay route (trying to determine whether entries need to be hand-written versus typed is also a fun question, since it says "no copies"). Also not clear is whether money spent now for travel outside the period in question will count.
The other thing that showed up curiously, on the Preference website, was the following redemption option on my landing page:
France - Generic
One-way - Economy
It doesn't show up elsewhere and there's nothing mentioned on the site anywhere I can find, but it looks like VIA might have returned to offering TGV tickets as a redemption choice.
Finally, an interesting note from the contest T&C is that VIA values their points at $0.08/point (Canadian, of course).
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