Poker tourney prize: 21 million frequent flier miles

June 1st, 2008
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If you are a member of Continental Airlines’ frequent-flier program, you may be eligible to play in a poker tournament to win…frequent flier miles.

Continental’s program, OnePass, has partnered with the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas to put on a poker tournament where the top prize is 21 million frequent flier miles.

According to Continental’s Web site:

Try your skill against 420 other OnePass members and see if you have what it takes to win the grand prize —21-million-miles. The top 40 finalist will receive prizes. All players and their guests will be treated to parties with food, drinks and live entertainment on Aug. 6 and Aug. 7.

On Friday, Aug. 8 the top 40 players and their guests will be invited to join Continental executives for a wine dinner at Grotto Ristorante. On Saturday, Aug 9th, the top 10 players and their guests will join the executives for dinner at Vic & Anthony’s Steakhouse.

Whole thing here. You can also register at Continental’s Web site.

The tournament is scheduled to begin on August 6 and end on August 10.