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OK, Here's the deal. Pay this outfit $20 a year and they send you a new 2 piece hard shell luggage set (21" and expandable 24") wrapped with advertising. You don't get to choose which company's ad you get, but it might be an airline, retailer, movie license character, and each time you travel (up to 6 X a year), they send you a $50 gift card only applicable to check bag fees at the airline counter.

http://oriontraveltech.com/index.html

I think I'll go for it. Starts in February for the first 1 million applicants.

Jim
 
Passepartout said:
OK, Here's the deal. Pay this outfit $20 a year and they send you a new 2 piece hard shell luggage set (21" and expandable 24") wrapped with advertising. You don't get to choose which company's ad you get, but it might be an airline, retailer, movie license character, and each time you travel (up to 6 X a year), they send you a $50 gift card only applicable to check bag fees at the airline counter.

http://oriontraveltech.com/index.html

I think I'll go for it. Starts in February for the first 1 million applicants.

Jim
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I'm Intrigued !! Wonder if open to Canadians!
 
this is intriguing I wonder how many have already signed up
 
this is amazing we are going to sign up. thanks
 
Signed up. Wonder how long this will last? Even if they go under, I still will have two pieces of luggage. I didn't see the $20 fee anywhere on the site but I suppose it comes later.

Cheers
 
Me too! But Southwest doesn't fly internationally. Does this include international travel?

Or travel entirely in Europe, for example?
 
isisdave said:
Me too! But Southwest doesn't fly internationally. Does this include international travel?

Or travel entirely in Europe, for example?
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You're still free to use the free luggage, and if there is no luggage charge, it's still free, isn't it? I don't understand the problem. So you can't cash the gift card for baggage fees if there isn't any. So what? Free is free.
 
Passepartout said:
You're still free to use the free luggage, and if there is no luggage charge, it's still free, isn't it? I don't understand the problem. So you can't cash the gift card for baggage fees if there isn't any. So what? Free is free.
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Agree! I get free bags because of status on American but my traveling companion doesn't. If she come along, I will check her bags free and I still get two pieces of luggage for free for her or the kids to use. With the big logos, they'll be hard to miss at the bag claim mosh pit as well.

Even if they fall apart after a few trips, I haven't lost anything. ;)

Cheers
 
x3 skier said:
Signed up. Wonder how long this will last? Even if they go under, I still will have two pieces of luggage. I didn't see the $20 fee anywhere on the site but I suppose it comes later. ��

Cheers
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I signed up too. I did read the "questions & more info" section first, and in there it said that the annual $19.99 fee starts after the first 6 months. I guess we will find out more once the program actually gets off the ground!
 
I'm sure we'll get tons of advertising emails, but it's not as though I don't already, so I'm giving it a try. If it doesn't get off the ground, I've lost nothing. If it does, I've gained, so why not?
 
Another person who will be enjoy some FREE STUFF ... most likely LIME GREEN in color.
 
We'll see how this goes. The webpage had grammatical errors, which says something about their staff. If the company is bust by February, it wasn't a workable model. I hope they have cleared this with all the airlines.
 
Word has it that the movie ad posters pasted on the side of your bags are "50 Shades of Gray"! :eek:

Anastasia likes it!! :wave:
 
DW and I both signed up and got a confirmation email with all the info we
Entered during the signup. Says we will be contacted to make our selections
Shortly. We'll see how long it takes.

Thanks for the info Jim!
 
Passepartout said:
You don't get to choose which company's ad you get,
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I'm out.
There are plenty of companies I wouldn't mind advertising for but I'd want to be able to veto some of them.
 
VegasBella said:
I'm out.
There are plenty of companies I wouldn't mind advertising for but I'd want to be able to veto some of them.
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Suit yourself. The website says that in November you'll be shown 10 different graphics from which to choose one. So it looks like you get to 'veto' 9 out of 10.

Y'know, this whole business model is untried, and may not fly at all. But since it's just open to a limited number of applicants, I thought was it wouldn't hurt to turn the TUG family (known travelers) on to it.

If it actually gets off the ground, fine. It will be fun to pick your distinctive luggage off the belt from all the crappy black nylon bags that look like all the others. And to see other people who've signed up. If it turns out to not be a successful business model, nothing ventured, nothing gained. You're not out anything but the time to fill out the application.

Jim
 
Nothing can be worse than me carrying around my daughter's Barbie suitcase that says "gorgeous and going places" haha
 
Hmmmmm…. They want a lot of info:

Email

Phone Number

First Name

Last Name

Middle Initial

DOB (MM/DD/YY)

Gender

Nationality

Age

Male

Female

Birthplace

How many family members do you have?
1-3
4-6
7-10
10+

What is the age of your siblings?

How many pieces of luggage do you normally travel with?
1-3
4-6
7-10
10+

How many vacations do you get each year from your company?
1-3
4-6
7-10
10+

Top 5 bucket list travel destinations

What is your favorite destination?

If you had a choice, would you vacation in a time share, hotel, or vacation rental?
TimeShare
Hotel
Vacation Rental
No Preference

What is your favorite airline?

What is your favorite bus company?

What is your favorite cruise line?

What is your favorite color?

If you had $1000 given to you today, what would you spend it on?
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This could be useful:

Orion TT’s luggage will feature a GPS tracking device and on board alert system that will contact the owners through our phone app when their luggage has been opened and tampered with.
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I was surprised by some of the questions but there was nothing I had a problem
Answering.i don't know if a tracking devise will be useful.
 
slip said:
I was surprised by some of the questions but there was nothing I had a problem answering.
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That's how I felt. Like color preference, and whether your preferred lodging is hotel or timeshare. Now, DOB- you can put anything there and gender- who cares. I didn't find any troubling questions that there wasn't a workaround. Not like they're asking for a SSN or bank account number.
 
I thought that many of the odd questions probably pertained to some targeted marketing junk mail that I will now be receiving......
 
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