https://www.facebook.com/EscapeTravelAU/app_390123667665188TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
ESCAPE TRAVEL – Upsize The Prize – WIN a Holiday to New York Competition”
1. Information on how to enter and prizes form part of these Conditions of Entry. Entry into this promotion is deemed acceptance of these Terms and Conditions of Entry by each entrant.
2. Entry is open to residents of
Australia aged 18 years or older, who enter the promotion in the required manner.
3. The prize trip (flights & accommodation)
must be taken before 1 December 2012 subject to availability and blackout periods. Flights and accommodation
must be booked by 15 May 2012. Except in the case of an unclaimed prize draw, no extension or variation of the date by which the prize trip must be taken or the date by which the booking(s) must be made will be permitted.
4. Employees of Flight Centre Limited their immediate families and employees of affiliated partners are not permitted to enter.
Duration of Promotional Period
5. The competition commences at 9:00am on Monday, 19 March 2012 and
closes at 11:59pm on Friday, 13 April 2012.
How to Enter
6. Eligible entrants can enter the promotion in any of the following ways:
a. Persons who do not currently ‘like’
www.facebook.com/escapetravelAU must go to
www.facebook.com/escapetravelAU and select ‘like’ this page. The competition is then entered by completing the online entry form for this promotion and ticking the box to become an Escape Travel email subscriber. Entry is via the ‘Upsize Your Prize: Win a Holiday to New York’ Facebook application.
OR
b. Persons who currently ‘like’
www.facebook.com/escapetravelAU must to go
www.facebook.com/escapetravelAU, complete the online entry form for this promotion and tick the box to authorize email subscription to Escape Travel. Entry is via the ‘Upsize Your Prize: Win a Holiday to New York’ Facebook application.
7. Eligible entrants can also receive additional entries into the major prize draw in the following ways:
a. One (1) additional entry will be awarded per day for eligible entrants who post the competition to their wall on Facebook using the ‘Upsize Your Prize: Win a Holiday to New York’ application.
b. One (1) additional entry will be awarded per day for eligible entrants who tweet the competition to their followers through Twitter using the ‘Upsize Your Prize: Win a Holiday to New York’ application.
c. One (1) additional entry will be awarded per (Unique) email address supplied for eligible entrants who forward the competition to their friends via email using the ‘Upsize Your Prize: Win a Holiday to New York’ Facebook application. Consent must be obtained from any referred person prior to submitting their email address into the relevant field on the subscription form.
Referrals will not be eligible as an additional entry into the draw if the referrer email address is not in a valid email address format and/or an existing email address, and/or where spam software has been utilised to generate referral email address entries and/or where referred email addresses have been submitted multiple times from a unique referrer email address.
Additional entries to the competition gained via methods 7(a), 7(b) and 7(c) do not count towards increasing the major prize value. The major prize value is only increased by a tally of “unique valid entries” into the major prize draw. A “unique valid entry” is an entry which is permitted by and described in Condition 6.
8. In order to subscribe to the Escape Travel email newsletter and complete an entry form eligible entrants will be required to provide their full name, current and valid email address, contact phone number and postcode. Eligible entrants must remain subscribed for the duration of the promotional period. When ‘eligible persons’ subscribe to the Escape Travel email newsletter they are agreeing to receive email marketing from Flight Centre Limited.
9. Entries will be deemed to be accepted at the time of receipt and not at the time of transmission. Entries received will be considered final by the Promoters. Incomplete, inaccurate, erroneous, ineligible or incomprehensible entries will be deemed invalid. Entries must be received by the Promoters during the promotional period referred to in Condition 5. The Promoters accept no responsibility for late, lost or misdirected entries.
10. Any costs associated with accessing the Promotional Websites remain the responsibility of each entrant and are dependent on the Internet Service Provider used.
11. An eligible entrant may not enter the promotion more than once using the methods outlined in Condition 6 of these terms and conditions.
Draw Details
12. The competition will be drawn using an electronic drawing method supplied by XCOM Media eDraw.
13. a
) There will be one (1) draw which generates one (1) Major Prize Winner at random from all eligible entries received. The Major Prize details are set out in Condition 19.
14. b) There will be one (1) draw per day for the duration of the competition which generates
one (1) Daily Prize winner at random from all eligible entries received. The Daily Prize details are set out in Condition 21. A Daily Prize winner shall not be eligible for any further Daily Prize.
15. a) The major prize draw will take place at 11:00am on Wednesday, 18 April 2012 at XCOM Media, 1/15 Lamington Street New Farm 4005
b) The daily prize draw will take place at 10:00am every day from and including Monday, 19 March 2012 up to and including Friday, 13 April 2012 at XCOM Media 1/15 Lamington Street New Farm 4005
16. a) The Major Prize Winner will be notified by phone and email on Thursday, 19 April 2012 and the result will be published in The Australian newspaper on Monday, 23 April 2012.
b) The daily prize winner will be notified by phone and email at 11:00am every day from Monday, 19 March 2012 until Friday, 13 April 2012.
17. a) Should an unclaimed major prize draw be necessary, the draw will be held at 11:00am on Wednesday, 15 August 2012 at XCOM Media 1/15 Lamington Street New Farm 4005.
b) Should an unclaimed daily prize draw be necessary, the draw will be held at 10:00am at approximately 90 days from the original date of the relevant daily draw at XCOM Media, 1/15 Lamington Street New Farm 4005.
18. The major prize winner of any unclaimed prize draw will be notified by phone and email on Thursday, 16 August 2012 and the result will be published in The Australian newspaper on Monday, 20 August 2012.
19. The daily prize winner for any unclaimed daily prize draw will be notified by phone and email approximately 24 hours from the date of the daily prize redraw.
Prize Details
20. Based on the number of unique valid entries received for the duration of the competition, the Major Prize Winner will receive one (1) of the of the following three (3) prize options:
OPTION 1 CLASSIC NEW YORK – Requires 5000 unique valid entries to be activatedThis prize includes:
a) Return economy airfares for two (2) adults departing from the Australian capital city airport closest to the ordinary residential address of the winner, arriving at New York City, New York.
b) Airfare related taxes and charges.
c) Four (4) nights 3-Star twin-share accommodation in New York City.
d) Breakfast daily for two (2) adults within the accommodation.
e) Return private airport transfers for two (2) adults.
f) A 2-day All Loops Double Decker & Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island pass for two (2) adults.
PRIZE OPTION 1 is valued up to AUD$10,000.
OPTION 2 DELUXE NEW YORK – Requires 10,000 unique valid entries to be activatedThis prize includes:
a) Return economy airfares for two (2) adults departing from the Australian capital city airport closest to the ordinary residential address of the winner, arriving at New York City, New York.
b) Airfare related taxes and charges.
c) Six (6) nights 4-Star twin-share accommodation in New York City.
d) Breakfast daily for two (2) adults within the accommodation.
e) Return private airport transfers for two (2) adults.
f) A 2-day All Loops Double Decker & Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island pass for two (2) adults.
g) A Sex & the City Hotspots day tour for two (2) adults.
PRIZE OPTION 2 is valued up to AUD$15,000.OPTION 3 ULTIMATE NEW YORK – Requires 20,000 unique valid entries to be activated
This prize includes:
a) Return business class airfares for two (2) adults departing from the Australian capital city airport closest to the ordinary residential address of the winner, arriving at New York City, New York.
b) Airfare related taxes and charges.
c) Six (6) nights 5-Star twin-share accommodation in New York City.
d) Breakfast daily for two (2) adults within the accommodation.
e) Return airport private limousine transfers for two (2) adults.
f) A 2-day All Loops Double Decker & Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island pass for two (2) adults.
g) A Sex & the City Hotspots day tour for two (2) adults.
h) Broadway Show Tickets for two (2) adults.
i) A New York Helicopter Tour for two (2) adults.
PRIZE OPTION 3 is valued up to AUD$30,000.
21. Should the number of unique valid entries received equal over 30,000 the Major Prize Winner will also receive a ‘bonus’ prize of AUD$2000 spending money.
DAILY PRIZE
22. The daily prize is one (1) $100 Escape Travel Gift Card. As a daily prize winner can only win this prize once for the duration of the competition (Monday, 19 March 2012 until Friday, 13 April 2012) there will be 26 daily prize winners in total. Each daily prize is valued at AUD$100. The total prize value of Daily Prizes during the promotional period is AUD$2,600. The Escape Travel Gift card is valid for 12 months from date of issue. It is redeemable with participating Escape Travel stores and is not redeemable for cash or travelers cheques. The Escape Travel Gift Card is partially redeemable and it is up to the voucher holder to use the full value of the voucher within the validity period. Any unused balance will not be refunded or credited when the Gift Card expires. Where the cost of purchase exceeds the available voucher balance, the voucher holder will be required to make up the difference between the purchase price and the gift voucher balance. The store is not obliged to accept use of this voucher on a sale under $20. Escape Travel disclaims responsibility for any lost or stolen vouchers and reserves the right to charge a fee for the replacement of lost or stolen vouchers. There are terms and conditions attached to the gift card which must be accepted before collection of the prize. These can be viewed on line at:
www.escapetravel.com.au
TOTAL POSSIBLE PRIZE VALUE FOR PROMOTION IS UP TO AUD$34,600.23. All major prize inclusions are subject to availability. The following are not included as part of the major prize: all other out of pocket expenses including additional meals, beverages, laundry services, spending money, optional excursions, tipping, passports, visas, travel insurance and all other ancillary costs not expressly provided, as well as the costs of obtaining any of these. These, and any similar or related items not expressly set out in the description of the prizes in these terms and conditions are the responsibility of the Prize Winner and their travel companion.
24. Prize Winners must take the prizes as offered. The prizes are non-transferable, non-refundable, cannot be sold or exchanged for cash and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.
25. Details about the Major Prize are as specified under each of the three (3) options in Condition 19 above. A travel form containing additional information about the prize options can be found at
www.escapetravel.com.au26. The prize and booking of the prize are subject to the standard booking terms and conditions of Escape Travel.
27. Any passes and tickets issued as part of the prizes are subject to prevailing terms and conditions of use and any tickets or passes are only valid for use within the stated duration on the passes or tickets issued or the duration of the chosen prize, whichever is earlier.
28. The Prize Winner consents to the use of their name, suburb of residence and image for promotional and marketing purposes.
29. To the extent permitted by law, the Promoter is not responsible or liable for:
a. inaccurate/incorrect transcription of entry information;
b. purported entries that are not received for any reason, including because they are lost, misdirected or stolen, or that are received, but are late, illegible, incomplete, sent with insufficient postage (where entry is by post), or sent other than as directed in the entry instructions;
c. any problems or technical failures of any kind, including malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems or network, servers or providers, computer equipment, or software;
d. the unavailability or inaccessibility of any service whether or not caused by traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website;
e. unauthorised human intervention in any part of the competition;
f. electronic or human error which may occur in the administration of the competition;
g. any loss suffered or sustained, to person or property and including, but not limited to, consequential (including economic) loss by reason of any act or omission, deliberate or negligent, by the Promoter, or its servants or agents, in connection with the arrangement for supply, or the supply, of any goods or services by any person to a prize winner and, where applicable, to any family/persons accompanying a winner; or
h. any injury or damage to persons or property, including to the participant's or any other person's computer related to, or resulting from, participation or downloading any materials in this competition.
30. The Promoter will not be liable for personal injury suffered during the use of any prize winnings. The Prize Winner, and his or her guests, must sign and return any liability release and indemnity provided by the Promoter and/or its contractors as a condition of a prize being awarded. Failure to return the signed releases and indemnities will result in the entitlement to the prize being forfeited and the selection of another Prize Winner.
31. The forgoing condition does not affect, and is not intended to affect, any rights a consumer might have, which cannot be excluded under applicable consumer protection laws. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any liability of the Promoter or its servant or agents for breach of any such rights is limited to the payment of the cost of having the prize supplied again.
32. In the event that entrants decide to opt out of receiving information on promotions, services and market research provided by Flight Centre Limited trading as Escape Travel they may do so by emailing
customer.feedback@flightcentre.com or by contacting the Global Head Office on 07 3170 7979.
33. The Promoter Flight Centre Limited trading as Escape Travel ABN 25 003 377 188 ACN 003 377 188 Travel Agent Licence Numbers Lic No. QLD TAG262, NSW 2TA002719, ACT 18800224, VIC 31089, TAS TAS031, SA TTA254, WA 9TA 589, NT 008. The personal information of entrants will be collected to enable the Promoter to administer and promote this competition. The Prize Winner and their guest may be used to market the Promoter’s services to the entrant. The personal information of the entrants will be held and used in accordance with the Promoter’s privacy policy which is available at
www.escapetravel.com.au. The personal information of winners may be provided to others assisting, including prize suppliers and deliverers, and to authorities that regulate this competition. If an entrant does not truthfully provide all requested personal information, the Promoter may determine that they are not eligible to win the prize.
34. This promotion is authorised under NSW Permit No. LTPS/12/01797, VIC Permit No. 12/541, SA Permit No. T12/426 and ACT TP 12/00935.
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