Come fly with me

my voucher

this was already around 10 a.m., it tamed down already

I've been saving up my swipes for a free ticket to Europe

HSBC has a promo that for every 10k peso purchase

Save 5 of those and you get a free trip to HK

Save 10 and you get to go for free to Beijing, etc

Save 15 and you take a pick whether Europe, U.S., Australia, New Zealand, or South Africa

You have to save these swipes within 3 months to avail of the promo

I never read promos before

I only found out last May when while in the American Women's Bazaar

the husband of the head of Credit Card Div of HSBC asked me if I was saving swipes

Su-wipes???

Then he told me all about the promo

To which I replied, why did you tell me only now, I was building !!!

To cut the story short, from that time on

I was a raging lunatic, thinking of ways how I can get those swipes

And hear this, my level-headed Swiss husband was in it with me

Levelheaded as he is, of course, he already advised me

Not to buy just for the sake of swiping

Du-huh, of course, then better just buy the ticket!

We have to purchase things that we really need

I got lucky cause

School fees and association dues came at this time

and the rest, well, I don't need to tell you, hahaha

So yesterday, as early as 6:30 a.m.

I was already at Cathay Pacific

August 8 was the last day of this promo

They have a new one buy one take one together with the swipes

It was a party!!!

Some people apparently were there since 10 the night before!

It reminded me of registration in U.P.

They opened around 3 or 4 a.m.

6:30 a.m. wasn't bad, my number was 428

they were quite organized really that day

I heard Friday was baaadd

Some also were denied for fraud like splitting, etc

So finally they called my number

Presented my swipes

And I got my free ticket to Europe

Thing is won't use it this year

Rest of the family have busy scheds

Am the only one who can fly ANYTIME, hahaha

Oh did I tell you I also got a free ticket to HK already?

Gotta hand it to them for this promo

Save your swipes and come fly with me!

Disclaimer: The proper use of credit cards is to pay off in full so as not to pay interest. Don't spend for things you can't pay in full. Save first before purchasing. Learned that from a Swiss guy I used to date, wink , wink, who I live with now, and date from time to time :).