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Northwest, Jetblue, USAirways: Las Vegas-$128
Continental: S. Fransisco-$138
Go to farecompare.com to find valid dates and then book directly at the airline’s website…
Washington D.C. Airfare Deals!
Ctownbochur.com IE Bug Fixed…
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I have finally taken care of the stupid bug that sometimes caused this site to only partially load when using IE…
Please let me know if there are any other bugs that need exterminating…
Final Version Of IE7 Released!
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IE7 Download Linky
Now you anti-firefox people can finally have a taste of the 21st century.
No matter, Firefox 2 will blow IE7 out of the water!
Get Paid To Fly?
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I’ve heard of Ryanair selling tickets for €1, but now SkyEurope is going to pay you €1 to fly with them!
I did actually locate flights for -€1 from London, but after taxes it still comes out to about €19.
Still seems like a pretty sweet deal for my much-ignored European readers…
SkyEurope Promo Linky
New Contest: Register And Make 5 Posts at Ctownforums And Win An MP3 Speaker System!
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Just register and make 5 posts by 10/31 and you’ll be automatically entered in a raffle for a free mp3 speaker system!
Only posts that have actual content will count (i.e. don’t make a post saying “only 4 to go” and don’t make 5 posts one after another)
Quick Forum Tutorial!
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I am going to stop approving new comments temporarily, please post what you have to ask/add at ctownforums!
To better test how/if the ctownforums.com site should exist, please post any questions you may have on a deal in the specific thread on that deal over at ctownforums.
Please start a new thread in the “general discussion” category for any questions unrelated to any of the posted deals.
New to forums? Signing up and posting is easy!
-Step 1: Go to ctownforums.com
-Step 2: On the top of the page it will say, “Welcome Guest. Please Login or Register.” Click the register option.
-Step 3: Pick a username and password. Yo do not have to provide your real name. You DO need to provide a real email address! Fill out the rest of the short form, and select “I agree” at the bottom of the page.
-Step 4: Go to the email account that you provided and click on the activation link sent to you.
-Step 5: You are now activated. To start a new thread for any question you may have go to the general discussion and click on the “new thread” button (It’s on the right side of the white bar, right on top of the existing threads.)
-Step 6: If you would like to respond in an existing thread just go to the bottom of the thread and there is a “quick reply” box, just type in your your message and click “post reply.”
Alternatively, if you would like to respond to what someone said earlier in the thread, just click on the quote button found next to each post in the thread, that will take you to a page to reply directly to what that person said.
-Step 7: Need to change what you already posted? Just click on the “modify” button found next to your post!
I hope this will make the transition from a comments based system to a forum a little less scary for some of you out there…
Starwood Amex Ups The Ante!
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If you’ll recall I blogged last month about the Starwood Amex, giving it an overall thumbs-up, but it ultimately lost points due to the low signup bonus, and the fact that the signup bonus can only be earned once.
Amex has relaunched the Starwood card to now give 10,000 points upon signup.
Starwood points are by far the most valuable points/miles currency there is.
Free nights in a hotel start at just 2,000 points, and if you’d rather have miles they transfer 1 point per mile, plus 5,000 bonus miles for each 20,000 points redeemed! (20,000 SPG points=25,000 miles on most airlines)
Starwood hotels include the Westin And Sheraton chains, amongst many others…
Best of all?
Amex has launched a business Starwood Amex, so that you can get both 10,000 points signup bonuses, good for up to 10 hotel nights, or 25,000 miles on the airline of your choice!
Both cards are free for 1 year, but are just $30/year after that, making them far cheaper than typical airline cards, and far more valuable(because you can transfer them into any airline program and becuase of the 5,000 mile bonus)
Starwood Amex Pros:
-Free SPG Preferred Plus Status: Getting you among other things, free space-available room upgrades, free transfers between household SPG accounts, a free newspaper, and 4pm checkouts as long as you have the card!
-Get 4 miles per dollar spent at Starwood hotels.
-Spend $30,000 in a year and get SPG Gold Status!
-Ability to move points into any airline miles at a 1:1 ratio.
-5,000 bonus miles when transferring 20,000 points.
–Redeem hotel nights for as little as 2,000 points, or 1,200 points and $25.
-Annual fee waived for 1 year
Starwood Amex Cons:
-Improved signup bonus is still not quite what you can get from a good airline card.
-Annual fee of $30, although this actually quite low for the benefits given.
-Signup bonus can only be earned one time, if you cancel the consumer card and sign up for another consumer card you wont get the signup bonus again.
SPG Amex Ctowngrade: 4.5/5 Stars
Comment: One of the best long-term credit cards to use on the market today!
FAA Grants Jetblue 4 Daily ORD Flights!!!
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As I reported a couple weeks ago, Jetblue applied to fly from Chicago-O’Hare.
The FAA has now granted them 4 daily flights!
They must begin flying no later than 01/27/07!
Pure speculation, but I’m going to guess that they all 4 flights go to JFK, and that they will start off fares between $49 and $59 each way.
If they go anywhere else, it may be to Boston or Fort Lauderdale. I don’t think they will fly to Burbank or Long Beach, but those are also possibilities…
Either way, they only have until 10/28 to decide where they will go…
2 Pack AM/FM Radio Sports Headphones For Just $11.99 Shipped
Update-12:00pm: Sold Out!
This is today’s woot, so you have until 1:00 AM EDT, or until it sells out if you want it!
Woot.com linky
NYC To Phoenix Or Denver For $138+ Round Trip On Continental!
Both fares are valid any day through 03/10 with a 7 day advance purchase/no minimum stay requirements.
continental.com
If you have a Continental credit card use the following code to bring the price down to $131+: ONEPASS
Try To Get A Free Amazon Prime Trial!!!
I got offered a free trial to amazon prime(which offers free 2nd day shipping with no minimum purchase on amazon products) when I went to the Nintendo Wii pre-order page!
I think it’s only being offered to accounts that aren’t brand new, but have not yet had a prime trial. My main account which has already had the prime trial did’nt get offered another free trial, however another account that I’ve had for a while but never used did get the offer. However, when i tried creating a 3rd account today it did not get the free offer.
Good luck!
Norton Save & Restore For Just $2.99 After 2 Rebates And Google Checkout!
Norton Save & Restore can take a picture of your entire hard drive and back it up, and can back up any select or essential files.
To qualify for the $20 rebate you must have bought at one point any company’s anti-virus, firewall, anti-spam, backup, or anti-spyware software.
Norton Save & Restore Linky
$30 Rebate Linky
$20 Rebate Linky
Google Checkout $10 Off $30 Tutorial Linky
HOT! Get A PPC-6700 For Only $188 After $100 Rebate With A SERO Plan!!!
Yes, believe or not, sero is still around!
While this can’t compare with the -$180 Sero Deal From 07/05/06 it’s still a great deal for a pocket pc phone with an awesome plan!
$100 Rebate Linky
Before emailing me with questions about the plan please read these previous sero posts!
12/12/05 Sero Post
6/12/06 Sero Post
Free International Calling!
Bery S.(One of the lucky few to get in on the famous Hawaii deal…) commented the other day on a neat site that offers free international calling.
Whats the catch?
I honestly don’t know.
However I do know how to keep your back side covered in case it’s a scam…
The service has you call a number in Iowa, at that point you use it like a calling card, you enter the international number(landline only) you wish to dial, and it connects the call.
1. Always dial *67 before dialing the Iowa phone number so that they won’t have your number!
2. Do not press talk on your cell phone when dialing the international number, as that would start a new call and you will pay regular international rates. Just type in the number when prompted, nothing else.
3. If you’re still feeling wary to use the service from your phone, then just dial it via Skype so you can be assured of not receiving a bill (although there really isnt any way for you to get billed as long as you block your phone number from the company)
4. Enjoy it while it lasts!
10 Second Woot-Off Checker!
Here is a great site that will ping woot every 10 seconds letting you know exactly how much % of each woot is left.
Remember the best deals only last a couple minutes, so
-be sure to have this checker open
-be logged into your woot account
-have a valid credit card already on file in your woot account to improve your odds of getting a great deal at today’s woot-off!
10 Second Woot-Off Checker
Google Checkout At Buy.com Explained…
For those of you having trouble figuring out how to checkout with google to save $10 off $30, here is a tutorial that buy.com has put up.
Tutorial Linky
The $10 off $30 discount expires 10/31!
FYI: All Domestic Airfares Are Valid Both Directions…
To clear up some confusion: whenever i post a domestic airfare, or for that matter whenever you see a domestic airfare advertised, the fare is valid from either city.
For example, when United had the $109 (mistake) fare on their p.s.(premium service) product from jfk-lax, the fare was also bookable from lax-jfk.
It is possible that there will only be $109 seats going from jfk-lax, and not lax-jfk on any given day, however that base fare is always available both directions.
The only airline that this would not apply to Southwest…
Woot-Off Tonight!!!
Instead of the normal 1 woot per day, for the next 12-72 hours or so woot will be selling lots of things for very short periods of time-expect some very good deals-but dont expect them to last more than a few minutes!!!
woot.com linky
woot-off podcast linky
And here’s a neat site that tells you how much percent of each woot-off product is left…
woot-off % checker linky
Pennsylvania Airfare Deals!
Update: Fares Are Now Bookable, check available dates at farecompare.com and then go directly to the airline’s web site to book.
All of these fares were filed at 12:30pm, so it will take a few more hours until they are bookable, I’ll post more details when they become bookable…
United: Pittsburgh Or Philadelphia To San Juan-$170
Delta: Philadelphia To Tampa-$99
USAirways: Pittsburgh To Tampa-$118
Deal Reminder!!! Only 4 Days Left To Order Your Free Shutterfly Photo Book!!!
This is for those who got the free photo book coupons from buy.com back in August.
The coupons expire 10/15
Also here is a code to get free shipping on your free photo book!!!
PBKC-SHIP
Have I mentioned yet that these books are awesome!!!
Support This Site When You Use Ebay!
Bidding on an Ebay item?
It’s easy to support this site without costing you a cent!
When you are at the auction page simply copy the item number found right on the top of the auction, and then paste that number into the ebay search box in the right sidebar of this site!
For an example of just how easy it is, just copy the following item number: 140040660933 and paste it over into the ebay search box and press enter!
Thanks for your support!
BOILING HOT!!! $30 Off $80 Worth Of Shoes At Amazon!!!
Amazon.com Shoes Linky
$20 off $80 will be taken off automatically at checkout.
Use the following code for an additional $10 off $80: TDAYFAML
Only shoes sold from amazon qualify for the discounts!
Hot Pentax Ultra-Compact Digital Camera Offers From Amazon!
All of the following cameras qualify for a free 512 MB SD Card And $21.90 Worth Of Photo Greeting Cards From Shutterfly!!!
Just add the following 512 MB SD Card and one pentax camera to your cart and the following code to get all of that.
Code: RVNRDY9A
512 MB SD Card Linky
Pentax T10 Ultra-Compact 6 MP Camera-$232.94-$30 Rebate(Expires Today!!!)=$202.94
Pentax T10 Linky
$30 Rebate Linky
Pentax A10 Ultra-Compact 8 MP Camera With Anti-Shake-$242.94
Pentax A10 Linky
Pentax W10 Waterproof 6 MP Camera-$254.15
Pentax W10 Linky
Roundup Of Portable Flash Memory Deals At Buy.com!
Update: To clear up some confusion here, based on questions from numerous that i have received: When you pay using google checkout(on the checkout page is the option to login to a buy.com account or pay with google checkout) they will automatically deduct $10 off $30, so the prices below are after the $10 coupon and after respective rebates. More info can be found by reading past posts on this. On items that aren’t quite $30 i have also listed a filler item to bump you over $30 to qualify for the $10 coupon, the prices listed for those items are after the filler item, coupon and rebate.
If you need portable memory these are the lowest prices ever for these products.
Here is a summary, by type:
Prices listed are after google checkout and rebate.
SD-512 MB For $1.45 (including $1.50 filler),
2 GB For $17.95
Mini-SD-2 GB For $24.95
Micro-SD-512 MB For $4.95
Memory Stick Pro Duo-1 GB For $9.95
USB-512 MB For $1.45 (including $1.50 filler),
4 GB For $59.95
SMOKING HOT!!! CANCEL YOUR SPRINT CONTRACT FOR FREE!!!
On October 1st Sprint raised their SMS rate to .15/message.
This is a material change to the contract, and as such you have 30 days(from 10/01) to cancel your sprint service.
You cannot just cancel the contract and keep having service, you must actually cancel the service.
Not all of the CS agents will agree that this is a “material change” so it may take a couple of phone calls, buy you will be able to cancel for free.
Even if a CS agent says that the change won’t affect you because you don’t use SMS, just explain that you plan to start using it, or that incoming SMS gets sent even to non-sms users, and will now cost .15
To save yourself from future headache, be sure to take down the NAME and SPRINT ID of the agent that let you cancel for free!!!
Google Checkout Buy.com Receipts…
A few people have asked me what to send in as a rebate receipt when ordering from buy.com but paying with google checkout
The problem being that when you pay via google checkout you can’t get a buy.com receipt by logging into your buy.com account.
The following link should provide you with a buy.com reciept, even when using google checkout…
Receipt Lookup Linky
Buy.com Deal Of The Day-Part 3!
1 GB Memory Stick Pro Duo Card-$9.95
1 GB Memory Stick Pro Duo Card Linky
$15 Rebate Linky
Card is $34.95-$15 Rebate-$10 off for using google checkout=$9.95
Buy.com Deals Of The Day-Part 2!
Looks like there will be a plethora of these until they close down the $10 off $30 promotion!
120 GB Hard Drive-$39.95
120 GB Hard Drive Linky
$20 Rebate Linky
Hard drive is $69.95-$20 Rebate-$10 off for using google checkout=$39.95
2 GB SD Card-$17.95
2 GB SD Card Linky
$9 Rebate Linky
SD Card is $36.95-$9 Rebate-$10 off for using google checkout=$17.95
Sony Ericsson HBH-608 Bluetooth Headset-$28.99
Bluetooth Headset Linky
Headset is $38.99-$10 off for using google checkout=$28.99
4 GB Flash Drive-$59.95
4 GB Flash Drive Linky
Headset is $69.95-$10 off for using google checkout=$59.95
Brother Laser Printer-$53.99
Laser Printer Linky
$20 Rebate Linky
Laser Printer is $83.99-$20 Rebate-$10 off for using google checkout=$53.99
Brother Plain Paper Fax Machine+Phone+Copier-$28.99
Fax Machine+Phone+Copier Linky
Headset is $38.99-$10 off for using google checkout=$28.99
XM Satellite Radio Receiver, Free Activation, And 3 Months Service For $45 Shipped After $20 Rebate
This is today’s woot, so you have until 1:00 AM EDT, or until it sells out if you want it!
Woot.com linky
$20 Rebate Linky
Cleveland To New York Or Boston For Just $88+ Round Trip!
Check valid dates at farecompare.com
Then book travel at continental.com
Boiling Hot Deals From Buy.com!
Important:
You can only get 2 of these rebates per address, and all these 3 items share the same rebate!
When you use google checkout then $10 will automatically be taken off!
Remember, you cannot have any other buy.com coupons in your cart to be able to use google checkout!
Micro-SD Card-$4.95
512 MB Micro-SD Card Linky
$19 Rebate Linky
Micro SD Card is $33.95-$19 Rebate-$10 off for using google checkout=$4.95
512 MB SD Card-$1.45
512 MB SD Card Linky
$1.50 Filler Linky
$19 Rebate Linky
Micro SD Card is $28.95, the filler(to bump you over $30 to get the $10 coupon) is $1.50-$19 Rebate-$10 off for using google checkout=$1.45
512 MB Flash Drive-$1.45
512 MB Flash Drive Linky
$1.50 Filler Linky
$19 Rebate Linky
Flash Drive is $28.95, the filler(to bump you over $30 to get the $10 coupon) is $1.50-$19 Rebate-$10 off for using google checkout=$1.45