E D I T O R ’ S N O T E
AMERICANWAY
JULY 15 2007
14
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for theprizes. So letmeget right
to the point and detail what
thoseprizes are.
If you are one of the five peo-
ple we declare as winners (and
I’ll explainhow that happens in
abit), this iswhatyou’llget:The
grand-prize winner will receive
two million Hilton HHonors
Bonus Points, a million Ameri-
can Airlines AAdvantage bonus
miles, and a two-year member-
ship to theAdmiralsClub.
The second-placewinnerwill
getawhole lotof superproducts
from Bose, including the Life-
style 48 home entertainment
system, a SoundDock digital
music system, and a pair of
QuietComfort 3 Acoustic Noise
Cancelling headphones, as well
as a four-night vacation for two
at Hilton Los Cabos Beach and
Golf Resort, courtesy of Ameri-
can Airlines Vacations, and a
one-year Admirals Club mem-
bership.
Three third-place winners
will take off for a four-night va-
cation for two atHiltonCancun
GolfandSpaResort fromAmer-
ican Airlines Vacations and en-
joy a one-year Admirals Club
membership. On top of that,
each of the fivewinners will re-
ceive a Panasonic Toughbook
W5 laptop computer.
Butwait— that’s not all. The
fivewinnersand theirguestswill
bewhiskedaway toanas-of-yet-
unannouncedHiltonFamilyho-
tel for their bigphoto shoot. Let
me justsay that ifyou’regoing to
enter this contest, youmaywant
to make sure your passport is
up-to-date.
And what must you do to
stand a chance of being one of
our five winners? We change
the contest up a bit each year,
but you can always count on it
being fun (well, for us, anyway)
and creative (for you).
This year, we are asking you
to upload the photos that you
feel best showyour lifeasa road
warrior
and
towrite captions to
go with them. We’re also going
to send you back to your high
school days and have youwrite
ahaiku for us. (Butwe’renot so
mean as to leave you on your
own to try to recallwhatahaiku
is. There’s an example on our
website.) And then there’s a
quick multiple-guess test for
you that any frequent-flier
should not only be able to an-
swerwitheasebut alsohave fun
doing!
There are more details on
page 8, or you can go to www
.americanwaymag.com for the
rules, regulations,
and
(more
importantly) the entry form.
Please think of us as you put
together your entry. Because af-
ter August 31, everyone on the
American Way
art and edit
staffs (plus anyone else we can
coerce into helping us) will be-
gin sifting through the thou-
sands of entries. And it’s the
entries that really capture our
attention that are sure togo far.
PS: For all sorts of legal rea-
sons, the contest is openonly to
U.S. residents. My apologies in
advance to all our international
roadwarriors.
Twoweeks ago,wekickedoff our sixthannualRoadWarrior
Search, and theentrieshavealready started to roll in. Incase
youmissed the announcement in our last issue, I’ll tell you
all again:YouonlyhaveuntilAugust 31 togoonlineand en-
ter atwww.americanwaymag.com/roadwarrior. Someof you
will be entering for the simple honor of beingnamed one of
ourfive roadwarriors, but I’mbetting thatmostof youare in
AWord fromOurSponsors
Sherri Gulczynski Burns
Editor
