{"id":4084,"date":"2014-10-24T10:33:17","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T14:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/?p=4084"},"modified":"2014-10-24T10:49:07","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T14:49:07","slug":"cadillacamerican-promotion-7500-easy-miles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/2014\/10\/24\/cadillacamerican-promotion-7500-easy-miles\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadillac\/American Promotion and 7500 Easy Miles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">My Successful Cadillac Test Drive<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-5.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4089\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-5.png\" alt=\"Cadillac American Airlines Promo\" width=\"957\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-5.png 957w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-5-300x90.png 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-5-560x169.png 560w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-5-260x78.png 260w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-5-160x48.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When the news of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aa.com\/i18n\/urls\/aad-cadillac-offer.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">Cadillac and American Airlines promotion<\/a> broke, I was really quite excited about it as here was an excellent opportunity to gain 7500 American Airlines miles for my AAdvantage account. My small town doesn&#8217;t have much in the way of catering to the miles and points crowd, but we do have a Cadillac dealership! I figured I would give this promo a spin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-2-640x480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4087\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-2-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"Cadillac 2 (640x480)\" width=\"319\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-2-640x480.jpg 319w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-2-640x480-223x300.jpg 223w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-2-640x480-260x348.jpg 260w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-2-640x480-160x214.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/a>After reading several other blogs, I contacted Cadillac through its Chat function on the website. The young lady I chatted with was incredibly helpful and took my information &#8211; was I interested in buying a car and when? I replied yes and within the next 6-12 months (totally true). She asked the model of the car I presently owned (BMW Z3) and for my AAdvantage number. She then determined that yes, my local Cadillac Dealer was participating in the promotion, adding that there were only a handful of dealers not participating. Thank you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masterchevycadillac.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Master Cadillac<\/a>! She then added that the dealership should contact me prior to my appointment four days later to confirm the time. (I have since learned that you can also set up an appointment by calling\u00a0 <strong>844-469-2234 <\/strong>to schedule your test drive.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-640x480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4085 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-640x480-288x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cadillac (640x480)\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-640x480-288x300.jpg 288w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-640x480-260x270.jpg 260w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-640x480-160x166.jpg 160w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-640x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a>As the day of my appointment approached, I still had not heard from the dealership, so on the morning of my appointment, <strong>I called the dealership myself<\/strong>. Initially, they were not able to find me in the system as having an appointment, but that turned out not to be an issue at all. We confirmed my time and when I arrived, I met with the Executive Manager of the dealership, Wayne Morgan. He was so polite and informed me that yes, he knew of the promotion and would make sure that everything was taken care of. He assigned one of the salesman to me, Mark Halupa, and off we went in a brand new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cadillac.com\/ats-coupe.html\" target=\"_blank\">2015 Cadillac ATS<\/a>. What a sweet ride! The car was absolutely fantastic and had every electronic bell and whistle you could think of.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4086\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-1-640x548.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4086\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4086 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/files\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-1-640x548.jpg\" alt=\"Cadillac 2015 ATS\" width=\"640\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-1-640x548.jpg 640w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-1-640x548-300x256.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-1-640x548-560x479.jpg 560w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-1-640x548-260x222.jpg 260w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/carolinatravelgirl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/\/sites\/53\/2014\/10\/Cadillac-1-640x548-160x137.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cadillac 2015 ATS<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Upon returning to the dealership, I chatted with Mark for a while on the benefits of leasing vs buying an automobile and a little about travel. Wayne returned holding a piece of paper that showed my test drive as &#8216;Completed&#8217; and I was on my way home. Mark\u00a0shared, too, that sometimes it is just easier to hand off the promotion item, but I really wanted to test drive this car so it ended up being a win-win situation. He is definitely someone I would return to when I am in the market for a new car.<\/p>\n<h3>If you haven&#8217;t tried out a new Cadillac, what are you waiting for?<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Successful Cadillac Test Drive When the news of the Cadillac and American Airlines promotion broke, I was really quite excited about it as here&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":4087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Cadillac\/American Promotion and 7500 Easy Miles - Test Drive Success! http:\/\/wp.me\/p4sxwi-13S","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[2,420,21],"tags":[426,596,37,511,296],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cadillac\/American Promotion and 7500 Easy Miles - Carolina Travel Girl<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you haven&#039;t tried out a new Cadillac, what are you waiting for? 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