Another Great Deal Booking a Flight with Upside – Purchase a $400 Flight, and Get a $200 Amazon Gift Card


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Last week I wrote about an amazing deal booking with the travel booking site Upside. While last weeks deal was slightly better by $50, this is still a great opportunity to save a ton of money if you have upcoming travel.

For flights booked through August 31, 2017, if you spend $400 on a flight (or a travel package), you’ll receive a $200 gift card. The gift card can be redeemed for many merchants,including Amazon, CVS, Nordstrom, Whole Foods, Target, Uber, Netflix, Staples, Gap, Panera, plus many many more. This offer is for first timers, so if you’ve taken advantage of a new member promo with Upside in the past, you unfortunately will not receive the same $200 gift card. You can create an account and book a flight using this link and code yfw8f0.

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If you are able to take advantage of this deal, if you spend $400 on the dot, you are ultimately paying $200 for your flight. I consider Amazon gift cards the same as cash since I shop there quite often! If the flight you are looking to purchase is LESS then $400, you can purchase a package deal and add on Uber credits to get to the $400 minimum. You can also do hotel (or hotel package), but I found the hotel selections to be limiting and over priced. The best deal is probably the flight + uber option, or just a flight if it is expensive to begin with.

Getting the $200 Gift Card Deal

To take advantage of this deal, you MUST sign up for an account at Upside and book through a persons referral link. It seems like only select members have the $200 gift card offer, so make sure to only use a link that has the increased offer, not the $125 offer. I personally have the $200 offer, so here is my link for those that would like to use my referral. Enter code yfw8f0 if it requires you to do so. Thank you in advance! 

My Experience Booking with Upside

I personally took advantage of the deal booking through Upside last week. I had a flight I needed to book from Boston to Chicago and the flight was pricing out at $433 so this was the perfect opportunity to save some money. While I paid $433 upfront, after I take my flight in November I will receive the gift card.

Booking through Upside was extremely easy. The interface is very user friendly and makes the booking process seamless. Although, I did find a few issues that might cause this site to not work for you:

  • You cannot book a flight on Southwest.
  • For many city pairs, a flight on Delta will not display.
  • You cannot book one way flights.
  • You cannot book two different airlines for your departure and return. If you want to take a JetBlue fight to your destination and a United flight home, for example, that will not work. This is a huge con as many times it is cheaper to book two different airlines depending on how they are pricing out.
  • If you are looking to book a package deal with Uber, you can only purchase the Uber certificates in the following increments: $50, $100, $200, and $300. Not only that, they come in $25 credits so if your Uber only ends up costing $7, for example, it will use the entire credit, you will not receive the difference to use on another ride.

After booking with Upside, I received an email from them letting me know exactly what seat they reserved for me and asking for my Known Traveler Number. I could have entered it during the booking process, but I didn’t have it with me. They told me they’d work on getting me a different seat if I prefer window, aisle, middle, back of the plane, front of the plane, etc. I can also go directly on the JetBlue site and hand select my seat as well, which I will probably do. While I absolutely am able to handle getting all the information into my reservation myself, I do like the personal touch and I know there are many business travelers out there that like someone else doing the leg work for them.

Overall, this is a great opportunity to save some money on a flight you are looking to book over the next 7 days!

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Eric Wold
Eric Wold
6 years ago
Pat
Pat
6 years ago

If anyone needs an increased $200 code, feel free to use mine! 8snmf5

Lanny
Lanny
6 years ago

Do you know if this would work if we booked two people a round trip flight over $400… would that count too?

PhatMiles
PhatMiles
6 years ago

Is there a way to get a referral code that gives $200 or is it highly targeted?

Bob
Bob
6 years ago
Eldon
Eldon
6 years ago

This one works!

Get a minimum $125 in gift cards on 1st Upside package

Promo Code ikqrdw

Eldon
Eldon
6 years ago

Upside Promo Code ikqrdw

https://web.upside.com/?promocode=ikqrdw

Get minimum of $125 gift card with your first Upside booking.

Fred
Fred
6 years ago

I have a United Mileage Plus credit card that, when used for booking flights, allows me a free checked bag. Do you know if that would be honored if I booked a United flight through Upside using that card?

nancy
nancy
6 years ago

$100 gift card – i5wewo

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