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The winner is comment #64 from Adventure Flyer &#8211; &#8220;Virgin Airlines \u2013 ironically, we\u2019re always on top&#8221;. \u00a0Adventure Flyer receives 20k SPG points! Congrats.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have time, be sure to read though all the comments, you&#8217;ll find yourself laughing out loud.<\/p>\n<p><em>Original Post:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever watched a TV commercial for an airline, hotel, or car rental agency and thought, &#8220;I can do better than that.&#8221; Well, here&#8217;s your chance! To enter this week&#8217;s give-away for 20k Starwood Preferred Guest points, come up with a new slogan for any airline, hotel or car rental chain. You will be judged on creativity \u2013 but please keep it clean (this blog is PG!)<\/p>\n<p>To enter, leave a comment on this post and make sure you include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The brand your slogan is for<\/li>\n<li>Your slogan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may enter (3) three times during this week (Oct 15-21, 2012) but only 1 time per day. Multiple comments on the same day will disqualify you.<\/p>\n<p><em>Special Thanks to @TheHowieee, @JohnMooreNow &amp; @JeffTheWanderer for being my think tank and coming up with ideas for this week&#8217;s contest!<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Good Luck!<\/p>\n<p>Rules:<\/p>\n<p>Entry: Leave a comment on\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>this blog<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0post. You may enter up to three slogans, but only 1 per day during this promotion period. Multiple comments on the same day will be disqualified. The winner will be selected based upon creativity.<\/p>\n<p>Promotion Period: The week 3 contest runs from October 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 21, 2012 and ends at 8pm ET on October 21<sup>st<\/sup>. Any entry posted after that period will be disqualified. The entire promotion period for grand prize give-away runs from October 1 at 12:01 am ET through October 28<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a02012 at 8:00 pm ET.<\/p>\n<p>Eligibility: To enter, you must be a legal resident of the United States (void in Rhode Island &amp; Puerto Rico) Canada (void in Quebec) Great Britain, Ireland (void in Northern Ireland) or Thailand. You must be 21 years of age or older to enter. Void where prohibited by state, federal, country or other local laws. The immediate family members of VeryGoodPoints(VGP), the judges, and the immediate family of the judges are not eligible to win.<\/p>\n<p>Prizes: Limit of one weekly prize per household or per person for the entire promotion period. Weekly prize winners are eligible to win 1 of the grand prize awards. Recipients will be responsible for taxes where applicable. The odds of winning are dependent on the number of entries. There is no cash value of the prizes. There are three valid methods of entry Twitter, Facebook and this blog \u2013 please refer to each weekly prize post to determine the valid methods each week. You are not required to enter on all three.<\/p>\n<p>Winner Selection: Entries will be judged by a panel of three judges. Those who are and are not selected for a weekly prize will be eligible for the grand prize. Winners will not be selected at random \u2013 rather, the winner will be selected based on creativity, uniqueness and thoughtfulness.<\/p>\n<p>Winner Notification: Once notified, the recipient will have 10 business days from the date of notification to claim the prize. Prizes may be claimed by emailing\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:verygoodpoints@gmail.com\">verygoodpoints@gmail.com<\/a>. 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