I went to American Airlines website today to check on a flight and noticed the image above.  American Airlines has a promotion going through the end of February to encourage their customers to donate dollars to UNICEF.  As a thank you, they will give the donor 2 miles for every dollar contributed online.  I clicked the link to be able to give…and it got confusing.  The landing page you get to from the AA home page states the promotion runs from November 1 through February 28, 2008.  But when I clicked through on February 7, 2008 (21 days bfore the end of the promotion) to the donations page, I was greeted with the statement, “The American Airlines and UNICEF promotion for AAdvantage® members has now ended. We thank you for your generous contributions during this time period and encourage your continued support of UNICEF’s work for child survival.”  What’s up with that?  I might have been able to fill out their online form anyway and try to make a donation even though the header says its over but I did not try.

OK…tip:  Make sure if you do a promotion like this one to double check dates and messages.  I wonder how many people were turned away from donating because the two pages were not in sync..???  Nice to support UNICEF but it seems someone dropped a ball here.

Travelers can donate Delta SkyMiles points to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. SkyMiles can be donated by calling 1.800.325.3999 through SkyMiles One Source Automated Telephone System or visit www.delta.com/skymiles for instructions to donate by e-mail, postal mail or fax.

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Travelers can donate InterContinental Hotels Group Priority Club® points to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. Priority Club® points can be donated by calling 1.888.211.9874 – or visit www.priorityclub.com for instructions to donate online.  Priority Club points can be earned at InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Express by Holiday Inn, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites properties.

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Donate foreign currency through the Change for Good program

Through UNICEF’s Change for Good® program, you can donate your unused foreign currency or unusable European currency when you fly on any international American Airlines flight, or at any Travelex or Thomas Cook location nationwide.

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IKEA – Twin Cities has placed a television showing a repeating video loop in one of its living room showrooms. The video being shown on January 24, 2006 had two parts. First, it provided customers general information about how to shop at IKEA. The second part detailed the partnership between IKEA and UNICEF.

 Company Overview:

IKEA is a Scandinavian design lifestyles store featuring products for the home. IKEA’s vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. Their business idea is to offer a wide range of well designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. There are a total of 202 IKEA stores in 32 countries/territories as per 31 August 2004.

Contact Information: IKEA Twin Cities
8000 Ikea Way
Bloomington, MN 55425
952-858-8068
www.ikea.com