{"id":1182,"date":"2013-06-10T10:51:31","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T17:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2013-06-10T10:51:31","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T17:51:31","slug":"actually-getting-an-amex-daily-getaways-is-a-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2013\/06\/actually-getting-an-amex-daily-getaways-is-a-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Actually Getting an Amex Daily Getaways is a Joke!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had written about my <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/amex-daily-getaways-my-2-cents-for-week-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">2 cents on week 1 daily getaways<\/a> last week and which ones I was interested in.<\/p>\n<p>Well, 1pm EST comes around and I jumped to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailygetaways.ustravel.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> to try to buy the first Marriott deal, however, every time I tried to buy, it said it was reserved and to try again. Well after several minutes of &#8220;trying again&#8221;, I gave up and within a short amount of time, it was sold out!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2013\/06\/marriott.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1183\" alt=\"marriott\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/files\/2013\/06\/marriott.png\" width=\"631\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2013\/06\/marriott.png 631w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/files\/sites\/13\/2013\/06\/marriott-300x38.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wow what a joke! I couldn&#8217;t even get past the first page! I don&#8217;t think I will even bother trying for another one because of the slim chance due to very limited quantity and the hundreds of people I&#8217;m assuming that are trying to buy these deals. I might throw in the towel&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Did anyone have any success in getting a deal today? If you did, you must be a ninja!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had written about my 2 cents on week 1 daily getaways last week and which ones I was interested in. 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