CONTEST | AROUND THE WORLD (OR PARTS THEREOF) IN 10 TO 365 DAYS

This grand prize (details below) is more complicated than most: two plane tickets, for two people traveling together around the world, with enough restrictions to stymie a veteran travel agent. This is verbatim from the contest rules:

“At a minimum, a ticket must include three (3) continents, starting with North America as the outbound continent and can include four (4) continents if selected, from North America to South America to Europe to Asia and back to North America. Travel must be in a continuous eastward (or westward) direction.: Up to two (2) stopovers may be made in the U.S. prior to the outbound International Flight. Thereafter: up to four (4) flights in total may be made in each continent. Within each continent, backtracking is allowed if required by the selected airline itinerary.”

I find it odd that Africa wasn’t part of the mix, given that FedEx ships to over 40 African nations. It turns out Ship Around the World is a bit of a misnomer, since the prize is predicated on the routes of "OneWorld" Partner Carriers: American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia, Lan, Qantas, Aer Lingus, Cathay Pacific and Finnair. Despite the omission, I would accept the prize in a New York minute.

** TRAVEL CONTEST **
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AROUND THE WORLD: PLANE TICKETS FOR TWO TO UP TO FOUR CONTINENTS PLUS $8,000 IN CASH

DEADLINE: April 22, 2006
TO ENTER, CLICK: http://shiparoundtheworld.com/
NUMBER OF ENTRIES: One per person, plus up to 30 incentive (see rules).
SPONSOR: Federal Express and the NBA (National Basketball Association)
THE DIGS: None included with prize; grand prize includes cash for lodging.
THE INELIGIBLES: N/A
DATES OF TRAVEL: None mentioned.
ARV (APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE): up to $16,700
FINE PRINT: http://shiparoundtheworld.com/rules.html/ Trip can be between 10 days and 12 months.
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