If you happen to travel often and enjoy racking up frequent flyer mile points as well send the occasional bouquet of flowers then this sweepstakes is for you.
FTD.com has teamed up with United Airlines to offer five prizes of one million miles each in the “Win a Million Miles Sweepstakes”.
To enter the contest is easy. All you have to do is visit www.ftd.com during the Sweepstakes Entry Period now through December 20, 2009, and sign-up for FTD Reminders.
To qualify for one sweepstakes entry, new participants registering for FTD Reminders for the first time must provide three “reminder” dates.
Exisiting FTD Reminder customers must add three new “reminder” dates to their account to be eligable. No purchase is necessary to enter to win, and a purchase will not improve your chance of winning.
Each of the five Grand Prize winners will receive 1, 000, 000 United Mileage Plus® Redeemable Miles from United Airlines in the form of a frequent flyer miles award. Approximate Retail Value of each Grand Prize is US $20, 000.
Five Grand Prize winners will be selected in a random drawing on or about December 21, 2009 from among all eligible entries received. The odds of winning depends on the total number of eligible entries received. You must be a U.S. resident 18 years or older to enter and you can only enter the sweepstakes once.
Entry Page: http://reminders.ftd.com/sweepstakes.asp
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Get Free Flowers from FTD florist. That’s right FREE!
In honor of FTD Good Neighbor Day 2009, taking place on Wednesday, September 9, 2009, hundreds of select FTD florists across the U.S. are celebrating by holding local events, delevoping sponsor relationships and most of all spreading a message of friendship and kindness through the distribution of free flower arrangments. Get a list of particapting florist here or go to FTD® Good Neighbor Day® 2009
FTD florists have celebrated FTD® Good Neighbor Day® since 1994 in effort to encourage people to be give flowers to create a more caring and compassionate world. Customers are encouraged to keep one flower for themselves and give the others away — brightening the day of many other people.
Will you celebrate The FTD Good Neighbor Day?
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We all need advice and we seek it out when necessary. There is nothing better than knowing where to turn to for advice. Advice is also best received when it comes from a trusted an experienced source.
Local florist are always on hand to answer question and give advice when you buy flowers. A florist knowledge is always indispensable for the floral connoisseur.
True to the nature of the web - as the information portal it has come to be – learning a little more about your bouquet of Calla Lilies or how to care for fresh cut roses isn’t to hard to find online.
Yet there is another venue you can turn to at http://Flower.lifetips.com from online floral retailer FTD.com and LifeTips.com.
FTD.com is an Internet and telephone marketer of flowers and specialty gifts and LifeTips offers tip for consumers on multiple subjects by experts writers in their respective field.
Sample Flower tip from Flower.LifeTips.com:

Making Cut Flowers Last Longer
To extend the life of your fresh cut flowers, take them out of their vase and trim their stems every couple of days. Then, replace the vase water with fresh warm water.
You can find hundreds more on their site. The one element that you will not find on Flower.LifeTips.com is video. Video would be a great supplement to some of the tips to illustrate the content you are reading. But perhaps it’s in the works.
How often do you seek out advice and tips for your floral arrangements?
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