Disclosure: I am getting two one-night stay certificates at U.S. Radissons for hosting this giveaway. I’ll look into giving them away too.

This week I ran two posts as part of a giveaway to give each of two winners:

One $500 Visa Gift Card
Club Carlson Gold Elite Status through February 2014 (If you already have Club Carlson Gold Status, you will receive Concierge Status through February 2014.)

The prizes were generously donated by Club Carlson.

Maybe some booze will make your next economy flight more bearable!

Super-generous Jeff wants to give away his Southwest drink coupons. He has eight coupons that expire December 31, 2013, all of which will go to one winner.

Comment for a chance to win.

The contest is over. There were 209 comments and 107 retweets. Congrats to Mike Faust (twitter retweet) on winning! Check back every Friday for potential MileValue giveaways.

Longtime reader Jeff is generously donating two United Club passes that expire 2/28/15 to one lucky winner. There are two ways to win: a comment or a retweet.

United has lounges all over the world. The clubs are a pleasant place to relax in a comfortable chair, use free wifi, and enjoy free snack and drinks. Here are the amenities.

Update: Congratulations to winners Matt and EGWG! The winners have been notified. Thank you to all for your submissions.

Today I'm giving away one travel essential for Argentina and one for Melbourne, Australia, and there will be two winners.

Argentina: Claro micro-SIM

Traveling with a cell phone makes life a lot easier.

I am giving away a pair of United Club passes that I received by opening a United MileagePlus Explorer Card.

United has lounges all over the world. The clubs are a pleasant place to relax in a comfortable chair, use free wifi, and enjoy free snack and drinks. Here are the amenities.

Comment below for a chance to win the passes. Include your real email address while commenting, so I can contact the winner.

I am giving away four American Airlines Systemwide Upgrades that expire February 28, 2013 (Thursday).

An American Airlines Systemwide Upgrade entitles you to an upgrade of one class of service on American Airlines or American Eagle operated one way itineraries if upgrade space is available.

This upgrade has tremendous value to you if you have a trip booked that meets the following conditions:

paid itinerary (not award)
operated by American Airlines or American Eagle (not partners)
with upgrade space
and the entire one way itinerary will be flown by 2/28 at 11:59 PM CT

There are two ways

I am giving away two Express Arrival Cards for entry into Australia and one Express Departure Card.

An Express Arrival Card gives you priority access to passport checks on international arrivals in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.

If you've answered "No" to the customs declaration form, you will also get priority Customs access.

An Express Departure Card

Last Friday's giveaway was a free oneway anywhere Southwest flies. I said I would pick the winner this way:
I want an expensive award to win, but I also want everyone to have a chance, so here’s what I’ve devised.
I will use a random number generator to select three sub-$170 entries to enter round two. I will take all over-$170 entries to round two. I will then use a random number generator to pick a winner from the entries in round two.
I’ll check whether the winner from round two has award space.