Sun Country giving away London flights

Sun Country is inaugurating its new London-Gatwick service by giving away tickets to London.

May 23, 2011 at 5:07PM
THESE ARE OLD SUN COUNTRY PLANES> RETIRED FLEETS> THINK TWICE ABOUT USING. Sun Country Airlines' jets parked on the tarmac near main hangar for Sun Country Airlines' at the Airport.
Sun Country Airlines' jets parked on the tarmac near main hangar for Sun Country Airlines' at the Airport. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

On Friday May 27, Sun Country Airlines

begins its seasonal service to London's Gatwick airport,and to celebrate, the airline has launched a give-away it's dubbed the "Royal Countdown." From today

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

through Thursday, four winner - one each day - will receive two free round-trip tickets to London from the airlines, departing on the inaugural flight, May 27, and returning either Sunday, May 29, or Sunday, June 5. Register for the contest on

. One entry is allowed per person, per day. To qualify, participant must correctly answer a trivia question. Winners will be chosen at random each day at 11:59pm by a computer generated program and contacted the following day by 12:00pm. Be prepared, because winners will have 24-hours to confirm travel or forfeit the prize and a new winner will be randomly selected.

Sun Country's seasonal service runs from May 27 to September 5. Flights depart from Terminal 2 (formerly known as the Humphrey Terminal) on Friday afternoons and land at London's Gatwick airport on Saturday mornings. Return flights depart London on Sunday mornings and arrive in Minneapolis on Sunday afternoons.

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