Dollar Launches Frequent Flyer Sweepstakes
TULSA, Okla. -- Dollar Rent A Car has launched its "One Million Frequent Flyer Miles" Sweepstakes, giving customers the chance to win one of 10 monthly 100,000 frequent-flyer miles from the part...
TULSA, Okla. -- Dollar Rent A Car has launched its "One Million Frequent Flyer Miles" Sweepstakes, giving customers the chance to win one of 10 monthly 100,000 frequent-flyer miles from the participating airline of their choice. In addition, 100 "instant winners" will receive 1,000 frequent-flyer miles and will be automatically entered into the monthly random drawing portion of the sweepstakes.
The contest runs through Nov. 30 of this year. Customers can stop by any participating Dollar rental counter in the U.S. and pick up a sweepstakes card with a unique contest code. Then they can log on to dollar.com and register for the sweepstakes. Once on the Web site, customers are asked to input their contest code to be eligible.
"This promotion will give customers the opportunity to explore dollar.com, discovering just how easy and fast it is to rent a car from Dollar," says Charlie Coniglio, staff vice president of e-commerce for Dollar Rent A Car.
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