Win a Seat with Randy Petersen on Star MegaDO 4 and 17 Air Canada eUpgrades from me + easy Question :)

ByThe Skeptical Traveler

I am going to use ‘Rapid Travel Chai’ post that explains more about this contest (I think the readers already know what is all about).

Alt text: A promotional image for BoardingArea featuring a man with white hair and a beige suit sitting in an airplane seat. The text "Win a Seat with Randy Petersen" is displayed next to him. Below, there are three steps: "1. Visit the Blogs Below," "2. Answer a Question," and "3. Win a Seat with Randy." The top of the image includes the BoardingArea logo and social media icons for Facebook and Twitter.

However, I will just put here again ‘How to enter’ with the required adjustments.

Reply with a comment on this post in answer to the below Question no later than 11:59:59 pm MT October 7, 2012. One entry per person. Per person. Not per email address/IP address/etc. Attempts at multiple entries will be disqualified. Comments that are obviously SPAM or do not answer the Question will be disqualified up to the sole discretion of Skeptical Traveler.

The finalist will be selected at random by Skeptical Traveler and the result posted on Skeptical Traveler as an update to this post on October 8, 2012.

You must leave your legal given name and first letter of your surname as your name in the comment*.

You must leave a valid email address. Your email address will not be used by Skeptical Traveler for any purpose other than to give the finalist’s email address to BoardingArea for final drawing.

*This might be the best detterent against multiple entries by the same person as the award will not be given to someone whose legal given name and first letter of the surname of the entry don’t match what it will be in the airline ticket (remember the airline ticket needs the real name :)). Well done Rapid Travel Chai to have thought of this, simple and clever.

And if you are the Skeptical Traveler finalist but do not win the Star MegaDO 4 seat, I will give you 17 Air Canada eUpgrades or to a person of your choice (the Air Canada flight for which the eUpgrades could be used has to be before December 31, 2012).

Now the Question (very easy):

What blogs from BoardingArea do you read?

You could say ‘none’ – technically entering a comment to participate in this contest would not qualify as reading this blog or any other blog for that matter – but I don’t think Randy would like you to sit beside him (nothing in common to talk about :)) so I will not consider this entry.

Also, ‘all of them’ or variations of this will not be a valid entry. I know it would be easier to just write ‘all’ but come on, some effort :), there are contests that offer less for more to be done (liking on Facebook, tweeting, writing stories, spamming your friends so they would vote on your story, photo, video, audio, etc.).

If you read all of the blogs or most of them just mention a few, for example the ones you’ve read recently.

The winner has been announced here.

156 Comments

  1. I follow Boarding area on twitter and read all of the blogs whenever the subject matter seems interesting or useful to me.

  3. One Mile at a Time is the blog I read the most often in BoardingArea. I think his reviews of hotel and airline experiences have been very useful for me to plan my travels. I also like his recent engagement with other bloggers on valuing different hotel points. That provides readers for more information to form their opinion.

  5. I’ve read Gary’s VFTW for years. MommyPoints has good and thorough “how-to”s. There are a couple bloggers whose “blog mission” has never been apparent to me, and one or two who occasionally cross an ethical line I wouldn’t, but I read most all of them via the BoardingArea twitter links.

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  8. The Wandering Aramean
    One Mile At A Time
    View From The Wing
    Mommy Points
    GhettoIFE
    Live From the Lounge

    I do read other blogs as well depending on what catches my eye when I logon.

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  18. I ready Mommy Points every day, and then VFTW, New Girl, and a few others if I have time. I try to look at them all at least once a week because I don’t want to miss anything!

  22. view from the wing and one mile at a time are my standbys. i’ll browse through others at my leisure.

  27. Regulars:
    Deals We Like
    The Wandering Aramean
    One Mile At A Time
    View From The Wing
    Mommy Points
    Loyalty Traveler
    Points to Points
    Skeptical Traveler

    And any other one who happens to Tweet an interesting topic.

  28. I read RSS feeds from Deals We Like, Loyalty Traveler, One Mile at a Time, and The Wandering Aramean

  30. Wondering Aramean because I need to be humbled to realizing I know 1/20th of what he knows in the points world. And Frequent Miler: because it’s a spectacle of pondering, dreaming and connecting normally unrelated things to make points pile up in droves.

  32. In order of the amount I read them:

    1. One Mile at a Time
    2. Hack My Trip
    3. Mommy Points
    4. Frequent Miler
    5. View from the Wing

    Other than that, I read some of the other ones here and there, but those are the 5 in my rss feed.

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  41. always: View from the Wing, One Mile at a Time, Wandering Aramean

    occasionally: a zillion other ones

  42. I follow the BoardingArea twitter feed and read whatever article catches my attention. 🙂

  43. I read and am subscribed to the following:

    1) Mommy Points
    2) The Skeptical Traveler
    3) Points, Miles & Martinis
    4) New Girl in the Air

    and whatever other ones look interesting, when I have the time.

  44. I am an x B727 pilot , and would love to fly the B787 and take a look at the cockpit to see how much things changed.

  50. so many blogs, so little time!

    1. One Mile at a Time
    2. Hack My Trip
    3. Mommy Points
    4. Frequent Miler
    5. View from the Wing

  52. Of course this blog as well as Mommy Points, Hack my Trip, but I’ll read anyone that peaks my interest.

  55. One Mile at a Time, View from the Wing and Skeptical Traveler are my usual suspects among the Boarding Area blogs.

  58. Million Mile Secrets and Mommy Points (which is actually funny because I am 54 years old with no kids).

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  61. Deltapoints
    Mommypoints
    Points Miles and Martinis
    View from the Wing
    One Mile at a Time
    Loyalty Traveler

  62. Honestly, too many to list! Definitely at least 75% of them. Google Reader is my savior.

  66. One Mile at a Time
    AAdvantage Geek
    Delta Points
    Frequent Miler
    Hack My Trip
    Loyalty Traveler
    MJ on Travel
    Mommy Points
    Points Miles & Martinis
    View from the Wing
    The Wandering Aramean

  68. Deals We Like
    The Wandering Aramean
    One Mile At A Time
    View From The Wing
    Mommy Points
    Loyalty Traveler
    Points to Points
    Skeptical Traveler

    Plus I have liked boarding area on facebook so I’m always looking for interesting posts.

  72. I started of with Frugal Travel Guy, now it’s mostly View From the Wing and One Mile at a Time with some Mommy Points thrown in. I also especially look forward to exploring the intrepid blog of The Skeptical Traveler!

  73. Just found Boarding Area (yesterday, when searching for travel credit card info), initiated Google Reader, then RSS’ed Mommy Points, Marshall Jackson, Deals We LIke, One Mile at a Time, Road Warriorette, View from the Wing and Skeptical Traveler!

  74. I start with the main dashboard and end up reading all posts from multiple blogs that I find interesting!

  75. In no particular order:
    Mommypoints
    View from the Wing
    AAdvantage Geek
    Deltapoints
    One Mile at a Time
    Frequent Miler
    The Wandering Aramean
    Hack My Trip
    Loyalty Traveler
    Skeptical Traveler

    Others I read, but less often

  76. AAdvantage Geek
    Frequent Miler
    One Mile At A Time
    Hack My Trip
    Rapid Travel Chai
    Skeptical Traveler
    Wandering Aramean
    View From The Wing

  79. I read several, adding new ones to my favorites bar as I have time. My first was One Mile At a Time; I’ve tried some of Frequent Miler’s tricks (fun!); I am excited Lucky of One Mile at a Time is moving to my neck of the woods; View from the Wing never disappoints. MommyPoints has great info but I can’t use a lot of it because I’m not a parent.

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  84. I read whichever blog posts interest me when I go to the boarding area landing page. However I tend to read a lot of posts from one mile at a time, view from the wing, and mommy points.

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  93. I read View from the Wing, but also go to the main boarding ares web site to see what’s new and then jump to other sites. I also follow several others on Twitter and go to them when I see something intereting.

    Ira T.

  95. Wandering Aramean
    View From The Wing
    One Mile At A Time
    Frequently Flying
    Mommy Points
    and
    the Skeptical Traveler

  96. Most of them sometimes, but mainly [Seth] Wandering Aramean and [Matthew] View From The Wing.

  98. I read the following:
    1 Mile at a time
    Mommy Points
    Deals We Like
    View from the Wing.

    Thanks.
    Nghiep N.

  99. There aren’t any that I don’t read! I’ve subscribed to as many as I can find RSS links for.
    Thanks for the contest.

  100. The Wandering Aramean
    One Mile At A Time
    View From The Wing
    … because I’m FB friends with them.

    And Loyalty Traveler because he focuses on hotels, plus we share the same little home airport.

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  110. read – One Mile at A Time, MommyPoints, Gary Leff, Wandering Aramean, PointsGuy and follow them on Twitter

  111. The Skeptical Traveler, One Mile at a Time, Wandering Aramean, Mommy Points, and View From The Wing. I love Boarding Area, and get their Facebook feed.

  113. Frequent Miler went to the top of my list recently
    View From The Wing
    Mommy Points
    Deals We Like
    One Mile at a Time

  116. All of them! (Though I have to be truthful & tell you this is the 1st time I’ve visited yours) 🙂

    Carolyn S.

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  119. Mommy Points, Flying with Fish, Loyalty Traveler, Wandering Aramean, View from the Wing and who ever else comments attract my attention

  120. view from the wing, milepoint, the points guy, million mile secrets, daily cranky

  121. This one, Gary at view from a wing, lucky over at one mile at a time, miles from blighty, mommy points and loyalty traveler. And I have to admit to finding a few I didn’t know existed from seeing who was participating.

  123. I shared tips on spending miles with a stranger last flight last week. We have become friends and found out that we have something in common in term of research/work!

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  131. 1. One Mile at a Time
    2. Hack My Trip
    3. Mommy Points
    4. Frequent Miler
    5. View from the Wing

    I like Hack My Trip a lot because he is very analytically minded.

  132. One Mile at a Time, Hack My Trip, Mommy Points, Frequent Miler, View from the Wing just to name a few. Lucky has been to some incredible places!

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  137. I have Mommy Points and One Mile At A Time in my google reader and then I often go to the Boarding Area front page and read any others that look interesting.

  140. Boarding Area blogs I read:

    Delta Points
    One Mile at a Time
    View from the Wing
    Points, Miles and Martinis
    Loyalty Traveler

    A few others on occasion, but those are my top five

  141. Deals We Like, One Mile at a Time, View from the Wing, Mommy Points, New Girl, Rapid Travel Chai

  142. This is such a tough question because I follow so many. However, I have to say Skeptical Traveler, Million Mile Millionaire, Boarding Area, Mommy Points, Deals We Like, View from the Wing, One Mile at a Time, Road, Warriorette.

  148. I read View From The Wing, One Mile At A Time, Mommy Points, Wandering Aramean, and Rapid Travel Chai on a regular basis. Other blogs I come to once every week or two.

  149. I have all of them in google reader – love how they all talk about each other as well 🙂

  150. These are the ones that I read almost daily: View From The Wing, Hack My Trip, Wandering Aramean,The Points Guy,
    Rapid Travel Chai, Mommy Points and definitely Frequent Miler. We can’t leave him behind!

    Sorry not this one yet!!!

  154. I really do read virtually all the daily posted blogs. I particularly enjoy Mommy Points, One Mile at a Time, Wandering Armenean, View from the Wing, Deals we Like andl Loyalty Traveler.

  156. I have recently started reading all of them actually,but i never miss LIVE FROM A LOUNGE,MOMMY POINTS,SKEPTICAL TRAVELER AND VIEW FROM THE WING..

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