Today I'm giving away a free oneway award on Southwest Airlines that must be flown by April 20, 2013. Specifically, I am giving away half of a standard award--a capacity-controlled award on Southwest Airlines. Standard awards are a relic of the old Rapid Rewards program.

Eight months ago, I converted 19,200 Rapid Rewards points to a Southwest standard award. I explained how to do that in How to Exploit the Southwest-Airtran Merger.

I did this because Southwest currently effectively operates two loyalty programs, a revenue based program and a chart-based program.

I got so wrapped up in my three posts yesterday that I forgot about Free Giveaway Friday!

Check them out if you didn't already:

Buying Priority Club points earns a 50% bonus. Buy them now to prepare for $35 hotel rooms.

Iberia is offering 25% off awards to Europe through the end of May. Good weather and cheap awards is unbeatable.

Today’s giveaway is for a pair of lounge passes that expire 12/31/12. The winning commenter can choose a pair of United Club passes or a pair of American Airlines Admirals Club Passes.

Today's giveaway is for a pair of lounge passes that expire 12/31/12.

1. Your Platinum Card's Membership Rewards will drop in value for Pay With Points redemptions on February 15, 2013 from 1.25 cents to 1 cent. This is pretty close to not being newsworthy, since Pay With Points is a bad deal at 1.25 cents. I'd rather transfer to Avios, Hawaiian Airlines, or even top off a Delta account before buying a cash ticket with Membership Rewards.

The Points Guy reports that you can call AMEX to cancel your Platinum card until December 30 at 800-525-3355 and receive a prorated refund of the $450 annual fee.

There are some great deals and tips kicking around the web that were already written up perfectly. I have added a few notes, and hopefully the aggregation will be useful.

1) Mile Nerd flags the opportunity to earn 15 American Airlines miles per dollar on donations during October--Breast Cancer Awareness Month--to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Donate through the link on this page. Full terms and conditions:

If you were already intending to donate, this is a great deal.

Greetings from Chicago. For those of you in town for the Seminars, I updated my schedule to reflect the fact I will be volunteering to help with check in today from 4 PM - 5 PM.

Wednesday's winner of the gogo pass was David S.

Last Friday's winner of the gogo pass was David C. Lucky him: he can read MileValue for free from 35k feet.

A generous reader, James, offered me two more passes to give away, so I'm giving another one away in this post.

Another Aloha Friday, another free GoGo single-flight inflight internet pass.

Dancing Jay won the lounge passes and has been emailed. Check back next Friday for the next giveaway. And if you have something travel related you can't use, let me know, so I can give it away right here!

If you'll be at the Chicago Seminars in two weeks, drop me an email with the subject CHI-TOWN SEM and your name in the message body. You won't be disappointed (nor will you be be blown away) if you do.

A generous reader--FlyerTalker ramalama8--has offered to give away two United Club passes or two AAdmirals Club passes to a lucky MileValue reader.

In exchange for that generous offer, I gave him the free gogo inflight internet pass that I was going to give away this week.

If you'd like two United Club passes or two AAdmirals Club passes, comment below.