The Offer
Must use a referral link, feel free to share & find codes in this linked post.
- Upside Travel is offering a $200 gift card (Amazon, Target, Whole Foods, eBay & more) when you’re a new Upside user, use a referral link and complete a $400 Upside booking. Unlike the previous promotion this does not need to be a package, so you can just book a $400 return flight for example.
- You’ll also get whatever gift cards you’d normally earn from Upside (if it’s a cheap booking most likely $15).
The Fine Print
- Only one promo code per transaction.
- Your promotion will be applied at checkout.
- Your gift card total cannot exceed the cost of your trip.
- Your code requires a minimum purchase of $400.
- Your code expires on 09/01/2017.
Our Verdict
Previous promotion was for $250 in gift cards but you needed to book a package (e.g flights + hotel/uber) this promotion just requires a $400+ booking so just a return flight should work. For those not familiar with Upside I’d recommend reading our review. What’s different to a normal online travel agency is they are targeted towards corporate customers and aim to save big businesses/corporations money by offering their travelers gift card rewards for taking cheaper options. That way employees are reward with a gift card for taking a ‘worse’ option and businesses/corporations save money.
I’ve found upside to be initially the same price/more expensive but when you get to checkout the price decreases making it the same price/cheaper than the competition. Obviously getting $200 in gift cards makes it a great deal. Personally I find it very easy to save a lot of money on hotels (more information here), but not that easy to save money on flights. I think using Upside to get this $200 bonus makes a lot of sense, but I probably wouldn’t regularly use it for my bookings. Please do not share your referrals in this post, you can share them in this linked post instead.
Hat tip to Frequent MilerÂ
