WestJet and WestJet Vacations team up to give away free flights and cold
hard cash
CALGARY
,
Sept. 21
/CNW/ - WestJet Airlines today announced details of its second national Fly Free Contest with selected newspapers across
Canada
, offering readers the opportunity to win free flights and put some extra cash in their pockets.
"We received such incredible feedback about the contest last year that there was no question we would do it again," said
Lauri Feser
, WestJet's Vice-President, Marketing. "We are giving away 60 grand prize travel packages across
Canada
for free! All you have to do is pick up your local newspaper in one of the 10 cities in which the contest is running, or play online, and you could win - it's that easy!"
Fly Free is a six-week newspaper contest running from
September 18
to
October 29, 2009
. Readers of participating newspapers can collect daily game pieces from their paper to attach to a game board, or play online. At the end of each week, readers submit the completed game board for a chance to win one of six weekly travel prizes with WestJet or WestJet Vacations, with
$750,000 dollars
in prizing to be won. There is a new chance to win each week of the contest.
Participating newspapers include the
Halifax
Chronicle Herald, the
Ottawa
Citizen, the
Montreal
Gazette, the
Toronto
Star, the
Winnipeg
Free Press, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, the Regina Leader-Post, the
Calgary
Herald, the
Edmonton
Journal and the
Vancouver
Sun.
This year, Fly Free winners will have more destinations to choose from than ever before. In July, WestJet announced non-stop service to 11 new destinations for the winter of 2009-2010, including Varadero, Holguin and Cayo Coco,
Cuba
; Ixtapa and Cozumel,
Mexico
; St. Martin; Providenciales, Turks and Caicos; Freeport,
Bahamas
; Lihue (Kauai), Hawaii;
Miami
, Florida; and Atlantic City, New Jersey.
For more information on the Fly Free Contest, visit newsstands across
Canada or the website of your participating local newspaper for details:
Halifax Chronicle Herald - www.thechronicleherald.ca/flyfree
Ottawa Citizen - www.ottawacitizen.com/flyfree
The Gazette - www.montrealgazette.com/flyfree
The Toronto Star - www.thestar.com/flyfree
Winnipeg Free Press - www.winnipegfreepress.com/flyfree
Saskatoon Star Phoenix - www.thestarphoenix.com/flyfree
Regina Leader-Post - www.leaderpost.com/flyfree
Calgary Herald - www.calgaryherald.com/flyfree
Edmonton Journal - www.edmontonjournal.com/flyfree
The Vancouver Sun - www.thevancouversun.com/flyfree
About WestJet
WestJet is Canada's preferred airline, offering scheduled service throughout its 66-city North American and Caribbean network. Named one of Canada's most admired corporate cultures in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, WestJet pioneered low-cost flying in
Canada
. WestJet offers increased legroom, leather seats and live seatback television provided by Bell TV on its modern fleet of 81 Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft. With future confirmed deliveries for an additional 54 aircraft through 2016, WestJet strives to be one of the five most successful international airlines in the world.
For further information: Media Contact: Robert Palmer, Media Relations, telephone: 1-888-WJ 4 NEWS (1-888-954-6397), e-mail: [email protected]
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