{"id":698,"date":"2012-06-09T13:38:34","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T19:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boardingarea.com\/blogs\/verygoodpoints\/?p=698"},"modified":"2012-06-09T13:38:34","modified_gmt":"2012-06-09T19:38:34","slug":"travel-guru-gives-back-and-so-can-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2012\/06\/09\/travel-guru-gives-back-and-so-can-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Guru Gives Back and So Can You!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Randy Petersen<\/a> could use a smile right now.<\/p>\n

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Sure, he looks happy in his Twitter profile, but a huge storm severely damaged his home while he was travelling. Read about it in Randy\u2019s own words:<\/p>\n

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You’re probably asking yourself, who is Randy, and why do I care? \u00a0Well, before last week, I only knew Randy by name. \u00a0Randy is known as the<\/em> frequent flyer miles guru. Without Randy, you\u00a0wouldn’t\u00a0be reading (and I wouldn’t be blogging on) BoardingArea, we wouldn’t all be participating in Milepoint, FlyerTalk, or InsideFlyer. \u00a0This week in NYC, I had the chance to meet Randy personally at BlogWorld when he hosted dinner for his BoardingArea bloggers.<\/p>\n

Clearly, Randy loves points and miles. However, he loves helping others even more. Randy established the MilePoint FlyForward<\/a> forum in which groups rally around causes including Doctors Without Borders, Susan G. Komen, Livestrong, and Kiva. Through Randy\u2019s sponsorship, Milepoint and its members have been huge contributors to these causes. The Kiva group, in particular, has been incredible. Our group recently met our goal of making over $3 million dollars in micro-loans to enterprising individuals across the world. Our next goal is to exceed 1000 members (at the time of this writing we have 898 members).<\/p>\n

Help Randy by helping others<\/strong><\/p>\n

Follow these simple steps to join the Milepoint lending team on Kiva, and make your first loan for free. Every single person who does this will be a part of a meaningful positive change in the world, and is 100% guaranteed to put a smile on Randy\u2019s face!<\/p>\n

Step 1: Join the team<\/strong><\/p>\n

Simply click this link<\/a>\u00a0and you should see something like the following:<\/p>\n

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Make sure to click the \u201cJoin Team\u201d button and register!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Step 2: Make a free loan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve joined and registered, find someone you\u2019d like to help and give them a free loan. As you browse around, you should see orange \u201c$25 Free Trial\u201d buttons next to each loan. Pick one and check-out.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s it! As I said, following the two steps above is guaranteed to raise a smile\u2026 or two\u2026 or three\u2026<\/p>\n

Thank you to @FrequentMiler<\/a> for creating this blog post and sharing with everyone at Boarding Area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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