Southwest 12 Days of LUV

Southwest Airlines is currently offering a promotion to provide $1,000 Southwest gift cards according to competition rules. The rules are announced on Twitter each day @SouthwestAir.

The basics of the 12 days of LUV competition are as follows:

Each of the 12 days from December 11 - 22 Southwest will post the rules for a photo contest on Twitter. You will have the chance to respond with a photo of your choosing by using the tag #swagc on the photo. If you win, you get $1,000 to spend on airfare through Southwest.

Contest examples

So far, the contest has included requests for photos of your favorite holiday attire or photos of decorations on your car. These simple photos result in one winner each day throughout the promotion. The Southwest Twitter account is updated with the rules for the current submission contest, and the account continues to update until the winner is chosen. Once the winner is announced for a single competition, the next competition rules are posted to the account. Southwest benefits by gaining more followers on Twitter, and you benefit by having a great shot at winning a number of free flights such by submitting a simple picture.

Why we love Southwest

If you follow this blog, you are aware we are often lauding Southwest’s efforts to bring you cheap travel. Southwest is one of the few airlines allowing your bags to fly free. According to recent market reports, the policy is bringing them huge payoffs in the long run. Aside from the bags fly free principle, Southwest also offers frequent sales on short flights nationwide. One-way tickets go as low as $24 on the airline, leaving many to wonder again and again how they do it. Southwest is among the most profitable airlines in the country, however, for the past many years.

Follow Airlines on Twitter

You may be surprised to note Southwest is not the only airline offering deals on Twitter. In fact, United and Delta often offer great travel deals on Twitter as well. You will also find hotel chains on the social network. Hilton, Hampton and other chains promote to their followers before promoting to the public. You can capitalize on deals other people are not even aware of by becoming a follower of the travel retailers.

Joining Twitter for the Deals

Okay, so you don’t think you’d like to have a Twitter account? Did you know you can join without even issuing a single “tweet.” A number of businesses and persons are members for the simple benefit of following others and capitalizing on the deals we have mentioned so far. Have a Google account? You don’t even need to be a member of Twitter in order to check the deals. Simply type in the name of the company followed by “Twitter” into Google in order to see a list of recent tweets from the member that interest you. You can subscribe to these updates through an RSS feed, allowing you to stay aware of what is going on without logging into Twitter.

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