Comments on: Selling Travel Certificates on eBay

By: Micah

Micah — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:25:08 +0000

Any chance one of you “lucky” recipients of these NWA E-Certs would be willing to share one at no charge out of the kindness of your heart to a fellow thrifty and struggling gal from MN?

Let me know at MKING19 (at) aol (dot) com

Thanks!

By: stephen

stephen — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:28:45 +0000

Buyer beware… I’m not sure if this is “illegal,” but Northwest Airlines will void any tickets they think might have been purchased using a certificate:

http://www.nwa.com/auction.html

I’m not sure how they would know, but… Let your conscience be your guide.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:42:01 +0000

The certs do say that you can’t sell or auction them. That’s probably why some folks on eBay are selling envelopes and giving away the certificates. I doubt that would ever hold up though.

Given the pure number of these certs trading on eBay, I would guess people aren’t having any problems.

BTW, I noticed people are selling just about any kind of coupon on eBay: Linens & Things, Office Depot, Dunkin Donuts, etc…

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:18:55 +0000

I thought selling of such e-certs was illegal, or does NWA such say that you can’t sell them to discourage?

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:36:19 +0000

I noticed that these transactions weren't included in your free money summary. Have you been able to do this multiple times?

By: Flexo

Flexo — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:32:57 +0000

I checked my coupon pack… nothing worthwhile, including travel certificates. Oh well.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 04:26:55 +0000

Thanks for the tip, i’ll be turning some of those into cash the next time I get them…

By: nickel

nickel — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 03:11:34 +0000

No, they’re bidding on the travel certificate. It’s a Northwest Airlines certificate that allows people to purchase tickets for flights within or between ‘zones’ for a relatively low flat rate. As it turns out, these are pretty hot items in places like Fargo, ND where NWA has a stranglehold on air traffic, and charges accordingly.

By: Jay's Financial Blog

Jay's Financial Blog — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 02:10:34 +0000

I don;t understand — people are actually bidding for a package of coupons? Whoa! No way! Here in Canada I get a similar kinda pack once a month too — hummm…you have spawned a great new money making idea — I love it!!!