Paris with United Challenge

Designed to provide Amex GBT Select and Amex GBT Ovation Travel Counselors in North America an opportunity to win one of ten spots on a luxury educational trip.

• Campaign Dates: January 1 - March 31, with travel through May 31, 2025
• Eligible Bookings: Plated on UA016 and operated by United between North America and Amsterdam (AMS), Brussels (BRU), Geneva (GVA), London (LHR), and Paris (CDG).
• Prize:  Winners will be invited to join a high-end luxury educational trip to Paris, France courtesy of United.
• Minimum 10 bookings required. The more you book, the more chance you have to win. 

Full terms and conditions:

GRAND PRIZE PREMIUM PARIS EDUCATIONAL TRIP WITH UNITED AIRLINES. BOOKING CONTEST FOR TRAVEL Counselors (the “Contest”) 

Promotion rules for North America participants (the “Contest Rules”) VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. The Contest is brought to you by United Airlines ® (the “Contest Organizer”) The contest starts on January 1, 2025 at 12:01 a.m. EST and closes on March 31, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. EST (hereinafter, the “Promotion Period”). The rules below apply to American Express Global Business Travel (the “Contest Sponsor”), and American Express GBT Select and American Express GBT Ovation (the “Eligible Agencies”). Prizes will be announced and awarded by random drawing on or before April 18, 2025. 

1. Eligibility: This contest is open to North America based Travel Counselor employees of the "Eligible Agencies" who are at least 18 years old. (Eligible Agencies and Eligible Travel Agents, hereinafter collectively referred to as the “EligibleParticipants”). Contractors, Travel Counselors on Royal Bank of Canada Loyalty, and Government of Canada are not eligible to enter the Contest. Directors, employees, representatives, or agents (excluding Eligible Participants, as defined above) of Contest and its subsidiaries and affiliates, media partners, advertising and promotional agencies, and members of the immediate family (parents, children, siblings, and spouse, regardless of where they are domiciled) and persons with whom any of the are domiciled are not eligible to enter the Contest.

2. How to participate in the Contest: Eligible Participants are required to book travel on United Airlines originating in North America for travel to Amsterdam, Brussels, Geneva, London, or Paris during the contest period to be eligible. Tickets/Bookings Entry: Eligible Participants who have booked a minimum of 10 transatlantic tickets, plated on UA016 between January 1 and March 31, 2025, for flights operated by United Airlines between North America and Amsterdam (AMS), Brussels (BRU), Geneva (GVA), London (LHR), and Paris (CDG) are eligible. (“Eligible Tickets”) must be booked through the agency’s ARC during the contest period (Jan. 1, 2025 – March 31, 2025) and may include travel through May 31, 2025. Of the top 50 bookers, 7 winners will be randomly selected. Of the remaining Travel Counselors who have booked at least 10 United plated tickets between North America and Amsterdam (AMS), Brussels (BRU), Geneva (GVA), London (LHR), and Paris (CDG), 3 additional winners will be randomly selected. A total of ten (10) winners will be selected and allocated to Eligible Agencies to participate in the award. Winners must be actively employed with Contest Sponsor at time of award and travel, and must not be on a performance counseling plan.

3. Prizes: Eligible Participant winners will be invited to join a high-end luxury educational trip to Paris, France award termed “Paris with United Airlines” courtesy of the Contest Organizer and Contest Sponsor. Trip includes:

• Roundtrip confirmed travel on United Airlines in Polaris class
• Transfers upon arrival at CDG
• Three (3) nights hotel in Paris
• All meals and entertainment
• May 19-23, 2025 (North America travel to Paris)
• Total value of trip per participant $7,000
• Air Travel includes - One (1) Polaris Class round-trip ticket onboard a flight operated by United Airlines (including flights operated under the United Express banner) from the major North American airport served by United Airlines closest to the winner's place of residence in North America to Paris, France, valued at approximately U.S. $7,000 each. All travel is subject to United Airlines' contract of carriage.
• Prize must be accepted as awarded and may not be sold, transferred, or converted to cash and will not be refunded if unused. In the event Eligible Participant declines to participate in the award, Contest Organizer and Contest Sponsor reserve the right at their sole discretion to select the next qualified Eligible Participant winner. No substitutions, changes or extensions are permitted by request of the Eligible Participant. 

4.    Prize Draw: A report will be provided by the Contest Sponsor on or before April 18, 2025, outlining a count of Eligible Tickets booked by Eligible Participant in descending order of volume segmented for the destinations – Amsterdam, Brussels, Geneva, London, or Paris. A random draw from the Eligible Participants will occur on or before April 18, 2025, at 5:00 pm ET. The Participants (winners) selected by random draw, will be contacted by telephone or by e-mail by the Contest Sponsor or one of its representatives. Once the Eligible Participant has been contacted, to be officially declared a participant in the “Paris with United Airlines” award, the Eligible Participant must confirm acceptance and provide their name within five (5) business days of initial notification (the “Paris with United Airlines Participant”). If the selected Eligible Participant cannot be contacted for five (5) business days, another Eligible Participant will be selected as per the methods described above. Once an Eligible Participant is confirmed as a “Participant Winner”, the Contest Sponsor will send by email to the Participant Winner and a letter containing the details of the “Paris with United Airlines Event”. If selected, the Participant winner must be available to travel on the specified dates. The departure date for travel to Paris is May 19, 2025, and the return date, from Paris, is scheduled for May 23, 2025. Contest Organizer reserves the right to modify the dates, including the travel dates. Travel does not qualify for MileagePlus miles or any other frequent flyer program. No changes permitted to reservations once date of travel is confirmed or ticket has been issued. 

 The “Paris with United Airlines” Participant winners are responsible for: any and all costs, expenses and taxes not expressly described herein including, without limitation, ground transportation, gratuities, merchandise, telephone calls, personal expenses of any nature for overnight layovers, meals and beverages, service charges, in-flight meals and entertainment; costs incurred to and from the departure point (as the Prize originates and terminates at such departure point), obtaining sufficient personal travel insurance prior to departure, if desired; obtaining and carrying all necessary travel documentation, such as passports and visas, and complying with entry, health, safety, customs and immigrations regulations and requirements. “Paris with United Airlines” Participant winners agree and acknowledges that Contest Organizer will not be liable if they are denied boarding due to any failure to comply with applicable travel restrictions or requirements. The Participant winners understand and acknowledge the risks related to the spread of infectious or contagious diseases and understands it remains their responsibility to take the necessary precautions applicable to any health hazards. Contest Organizer hereby reserves the right to cancel the trip at its sole discretion.

5.  Claiming of Prize(s)  To be declared a winner and be able to claim their Prize, the Participant winner selected as per these Contest Rules will be contacted by telephone, e- mail, direct message, or other form of notification sent to the information provided. If the selected Participant winner does not confirm acceptance within seven (7) calendar days, the Participant winner will be automatically disqualified and forfeit all rights to the Prize. At its entire discretion, Contest Sponsor may select another Eligible Participant winner among the Eligible Entries by way of random draw. Before being declared a Prize winner, each selected Eligible Participant will be required to sign a declaration form confirming, without limitation, that: they comply with the eligibility requirements, they have read the Contest Rules and comply completely, they accept the Prize as awarded, they comply with any conditions/restrictions that may apply to the Prize, they acknowledge the Contest Organizer’s right to publish their picture, name, and city of residence without compensation other than the Prize offered; and they acknowledge the disclaimer of liability from the Contest Organizer, Contest Sponsor and their respective parent, subsidiaries and affiliates, media partners, advertising, promotional agencies and each of the foregoing entities’ directors, officers, employees, contractors, and agents. No correspondence will be undertaken except with the selected Participant winners when they are declared a Prize winner by Contest Organizer and Contest Sponsor who will send the Participant winner an email containing the details.

6. General Terms and Conditions: All Eligible ticket counts must be complete and accurate and will be reported with a one-time Eligible Participant top booking report from Contest Sponsor. Contest Organizer will not be held responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information, any error, or technological malfunctions of any kind in connection with the Contest, telephone, or internet interruptions and/or any late/incomplete/erroneously completed Prize bookings or declaration forms or validly disqualifying any Eligible Participants or winner(s) in accordance with the terms hereof. All Submissions are subject to verification by the Contest Sponsor and Organizer and may be disqualified if they are received outside of the Contest Period, are incomplete, illegible, irregular, photocopied or otherwise reproduced, submitted through illicit means or if they contain any false statements, or do not conform to or satisfy any condition of these Contest Rules. Eligible Participants are not required to track or share booking details. No personal information shall be submitted for Eligible Entries. Contest organizer will rely on Contest Sponsor - American Express Global Business Travel to provide Eligible Participant booking totals only during the Eligible booking period. All reporting will include only Eligible Participant name and booking counts consolidated by destination (Amsterdam, Brussels, Geneva, London, and Paris).  If the Contest is not capable of running as planned for any reason, including tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other cause, the Contest Organizer reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to, without advance notice, terminate or suspend the Contest, in whole or in part, or modify it in any way, without any further obligations to Eligible Participants. Furthermore, if the Contest Organizer determines, at its sole discretion, that any entry compromises the integrity of the Contest, the Contest Organizer reserves the right to disqualify the entry at issue or terminate the Contest in its entirety without any further obligations to Eligible Participants. The Contest Organizer further reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual from the Contest, and/or to revoke, rescind, withhold or otherwise limit or restrict the Prize awarded to a winner, and/or to ban the individual from any future contest of the Contest Organizer who it finds or believes to be: (i) tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest; (ii) acting in violation of the Contest Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person; (iii) acting or involved in any situation or occurrence which brings them into public disrepute, contempt, scandal, or ridicule, or which shocks, insults, or offends the community or any group or class thereof, or to offend public morals and decency to or which reflects unfavorably upon the Contest Organizer, the Contest Sponsor (if applicable), the Prize supplier, if any, and each of their respective parent, subsidiaries and affiliates, media partners, advertising and promotional agencies and each of the foregoing entities’ respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns, or their respective products or services, as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Contest Organizer; or (iv) posting or making available to the public any post, picture, video, statement, or any other content of any form on any media (including any social media platform) mentioning, tagging, alluding to, or associating itself in any way with the Contest and/or the Prize which, in the reasonable discretion of the Contest Organizer, infringes or otherwise violates the rights of the Contest Organizer, the Contest Sponsor (if applicable), the Prize supplier, if any, and each of their respective parent, subsidiaries and affiliates, media partners, advertising and promotional agencies and each of the foregoing entities’ respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, successors and assigns.By entering this Contest, Eligible participants agree that the Contest Organizer and Contest Sponsor and each of their respective subsidiaries and affiliates, media partners, advertising, and promotional agencies and each of the foregoing entities’ respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, successors, and assigns do not make any representation or warranty, or assume any liability beyond, where applicable, what has been described as the Prize in these Rules. Eligible Participants agree to be bound by all decisions of the Contest Organizer and Contest Sponsor regarding the Contest which shall be final and binding in all respects.