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Abound contest

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Got the email for the awesome new Abound contest. Clicked the link and it links to nothing.

Par for the course these days.
 

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The winner of the Abound contest will be the first person who clicks the link and it links to something.

Maybe even something useful.
 

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What email? Some of us never got anything, apparently.
 

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The links worked for me. The prizes are pretty good. Still, took a pass.
 

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I think this is their attempt at smoothing things over for a horrible launch
 

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INSTANT WINNER!!! 2,000 free Abound Club Points YAY!

Okay, I am in the same boat as @rubbernyc , no email here and I even did a search of all my email for the word "abound".
 

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INSTANT WINNER!!! 2,000 free Abound Club Points YAY!

Okay, I am in the same boat as @rubbernyc , no email here and I even did a search of all my email for the word "abound".


I did not receive it either. They might be slowly dripping it out throughout the day.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

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The links worked for me. The prizes are pretty good. Still, took a pass.
For those of us who haven't received it, what are the prizes?
 

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For those of us who haven't received it, what are the prizes?
Grand prize: annual MF paid up to 5K, one week resort certificate based on availability
Weekly prizes: interval 2 year platinum membership, 4/3 night resort certificate
Instant prizes: 500 plus points, abound beach towel, 8X8 Shutterfly photo book
AND SO MUCH MORE…. See rules for details
 

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Haha Grand Prize won’t even completely cover my WSJ SB diamond season MFs. Yep now well over $5k for a week. Prize probably funded from all the late fees due to the IT issues.
 
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Email looks like attached:
 

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And just like that I just got the email and the link worked for me.
 

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Tried it on my phone instead of computer and it worked.
 

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Worked great for me - no instant wins, but lots of sweepstake entries. Simple stuff to do and appears to be good information to continue teaching everyone what Abound really is. I expect the TUGGER community will keep us aware of any questionable material posted - enter daily to win more.
 

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If you're using a computer, try your phone. For some reason that's the only way I could get it to work.
I was using my iPad and just got Merkle. It did work on my phone and I did the contest and won One Extra Grand Prize Entry!
 

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I haven't received the email, but was able to enter after logging into to vistana.com.

I started reviewing the linked FAQ and this caught my eye:

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I thought one could rent CPs? Or, can you only rent them to MVC owners?
 

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I haven't received the email, but was able to enter after logging into to vistana.com.

I started reviewing the linked FAQ and this caught my eye:

View attachment 71606

I thought one could rent CPs? Or, can you only rent them to MVC owners?
From Marriott's perspective, Renting doesn't equal transferring.
 

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Got the email, and my eyes glazed over as I started to read the sweepstakes rules. I cannot believe they've dedicated so many resources to this rather than get their damn IT issues squared away. This is sure to bring more traffic to already pathetically under-performing systems.
 

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Can someone post a link to the contest for those that still don't have the email? I suspect the link isn't account specific?
 

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