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Maldives Chabad Raffle
« on: July 18, 2019, 01:45:14 PM »
Anyone else entering? Seems much better for me than Antarctica raffle as it's for a shorter time and there's date flexibility. Any catch?

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Re: Maldives Chabad Raffle
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2019, 02:56:25 PM »
You're like those folks that tell travel agents:

"I need a flight for 3 passengers on June 17 in Business. Can you get me prices?"
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Re: Maldives Chabad Raffle
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2019, 03:05:05 PM »
You're like those folks that tell travel agents:

"I need a flight for 3 passengers on June 17 in Business. Can you get me prices?"
What am I missing?
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Re: Maldives Chabad Raffle
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2019, 03:06:48 PM »
You're like those folks that tell travel agents:

"I need a flight for 3 passengers on June 17 in Business. Can you get me prices?"

How so? I'm just trying to find out if anyone's spoken to them and found that actually taking the trip due to availability is not so simple or has significant additional costs.

For example - is there a total price cap on what they'll pay? Is it tied to a specific airline's award inventory etc?

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Re: Maldives Chabad Raffle
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2019, 03:08:57 PM »
How so? I'm just trying to find out if anyone's spoken to them and found that actually taking the trip due to availability is not so simple or has significant additional costs.

For example - is there a total price cap on what they'll pay? Is it tied to a specific airline's award inventory etc?


...it may help to provide a link, picture, brochure, bulletin board, selfie, something to let us know what you're talking about, like the folks who don't provide a date of a travel :)
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Re: Maldives Chabad Raffle
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2019, 03:10:25 PM »

...it may help to provide a link, picture, brochure, bulletin board, selfie, something to let us know what you're talking about, like the folks who don't provide a date of a travel :)
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https://www.jewishnortheast.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/4436980/jewish/Maldives-Draw.htm
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Re: Maldives Chabad Raffle
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2019, 03:12:49 PM »

...it may help to provide a link, picture, brochure, bulletin board, selfie, something to let us know what you're talking about, like the folks who don't provide a date of a travel :)
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Re: Maldives Chabad Raffle
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2019, 03:13:58 PM »

...it may help to provide a link, picture, brochure, bulletin board, selfie, something to let us know what you're talking about, like the folks who don't provide a date of a travel :)
Can it be? AJK himself doesn't read DDMS?!

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Re: Maldives Chabad Raffle
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2019, 04:40:21 PM »
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Re: Maldives Chabad Raffle
« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2019, 04:43:06 PM »
You're like those folks that tell travel agents:

"I need a flight for 3 passengers on June 17 in Business. Can you get me prices?"
Its clearly NYC-TLV.....

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Re: Maldives Chabad Raffle
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2019, 04:57:00 PM »
Its clearly NYC-TLV.....
Racist  >:(
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Re: Maldives Chabad Raffle
« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2019, 05:32:03 PM »
Anyone else entering? Seems much better for me than Antarctica raffle as it's for a shorter time and there's date flexibility. Any catch?

No catch, great opportunity and decent odds. (@EJB may argue about the odds...)

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Re: Maldives Chabad Raffle
« Reply #12 on: July 18, 2019, 05:33:58 PM »
Is there a minimum number of tickets that will be sold? Didn't see anything about that.

Also, the flights are paid w points but at the standard level and the hotel is cash?

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Re: Maldives Chabad Raffle
« Reply #13 on: July 18, 2019, 05:36:19 PM »
No catch, great opportunity and decent odds. (@EJB may argue about the odds...)

If it’s being raffled by a charity, chances are the odds aren’t great. That being said, you’re donating to a charity and have a chance at dojng something aspirational in the process. I’d participate if I hadn’t just come back from MLE...

@CountValentine  I hope you’re buying a $hitload of tickets.

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Re: Maldives Chabad Raffle
« Reply #14 on: July 18, 2019, 05:37:02 PM »
Is there a minimum number of tickets that will be sold? Didn't see anything about that.

Also, the flights are paid w points but at the standard level and the hotel is cash?

Always expect the max in your math. If they don’t sell the Max, chabad can always buy the remainder 😂.

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Re: Maldives Chabad Raffle
« Reply #15 on: July 18, 2019, 05:37:22 PM »
Its clearly NYC-TLV.....
I was gonna say it could also be NYC-MIA but in June I'm not so sure.

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Re: Maldives Chabad Raffle
« Reply #16 on: July 18, 2019, 05:40:45 PM »
If it’s being raffled by a charity, chances are the odds aren’t great. That being said, you’re donating to a charity and have a chance at dojng something aspirational in the process. I’d participate if I hadn’t just come back from MLE...

@CountValentine  I hope you’re buying a $hitload of tickets.

Curious why the Charity aspect has an impact on the odds?

700 tickets are the same regardless of who is making the raffle.

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Re: Maldives Chabad Raffle
« Reply #17 on: July 18, 2019, 05:42:15 PM »
Is there a minimum number of tickets that will be sold? Didn't see anything about that.

Also, the flights are paid w points but at the standard level and the hotel is cash?

Both Hotel and Flights are with points.

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Re: Maldives Chabad Raffle
« Reply #18 on: July 18, 2019, 05:42:30 PM »
I’d participate if I hadn’t just come back from MLE...

@CountValentine  I hope you’re buying a $hitload of tickets.
I'm sure you can resell the package if you win....

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Re: Maldives Chabad Raffle
« Reply #19 on: July 18, 2019, 05:44:22 PM »
Is there a minimum number of tickets that will be sold? Didn't see anything about that.

Also, the flights are paid w points but at the standard level and the hotel is cash?

With your purchase the amount needed to make this profitable will be reached.