The Southwest Porch has reopened and it's time to celebrate. Join us next week at The Porch for an opening bash full of chances to win from the folks at Southwest Airlines®.
Southwest Airlines Big Heart in the Big Apple Contest
Here’s how to enter:
Take your photo at the Southwest Porch at Bryant Park and
submit the photo to Southwest Airlines via our Instagram handle @SouthwestAir
with the hashtag #SouthwestPorch #Contest
by 10:00 PM Eastern time on July 24, 2015. We’ll choose the most creative entry based on the judging
criteria below and announce our winners on July 25, 2015.
Southwest Airlines
Big Heart in the Big Apple Contest Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.
1. How to Enter the Contest
a. Southwest Airlines “Big Heart in the Big Apple Ticket
Giveaway” (“Contest”) will begin on Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 10:00 AM Eastern
time and end on Friday, July 24, 2015 at 10:00 PM Eastern time(“Contest
Period”). This Contest prize consists of two (2) roundtrip tickets. During the Contest Period, potential entrants
will have to have an Instagram account and use appropriate tags in their
submitted photo as described below.
Official rules can be found at blog.bryantpark.org.
b. To participate in the Contest, you may enter via the
following method:
Submit an Instagram photo during the Contest Period with a
photo that includes the Southwest Porch at Bryant Park. Participants may incorporate a FUN caption
telling us about their Big Apple experience; incorporate the Southwest Airlines
brand via the Southwest Airlines Instagram handle @SouthwestAir using the
hashtag “#SouthwestPorch #Contest.” Entrants may also share all “Big Heart in
the Big Apple” Instagram photos on Twitter® and Facebook®, but will not be
judged from those channels. All entries submitted will not be acknowledged or
returned. By entering, Entrant grants all Sponsors an irrevocable, perpetual,
royalty-free, freely transferable license to use the photo and/or video for all
purposes, in any and all media, whether now known or hereafter devised. Photos
and videos must not be copied. Entries may not violate any third party rights
nor use any third-party intellectual property such as logos or background
signs. Entrants acknowledge and agree that their entry does not violate any
rights of privacy or publicity and that they have the written permission of
those appearing in their photo to submit their image. Entries must not
disparage; contain material that is inappropriate, indecent, or vulgar; or
promote bigotry, racism, hatred or discrimination based on race, gender,
religion, or sexual orientation. Use of any device to automate entry is
prohibited. Proof of submission of an entry shall not be deemed proof of
receipt by Southwest. Southwest
Airlines’ computer is the official time keeping device for the contest.
Southwest is not responsible for entries not received due to difficulty
accessing the internet, service outage or delays, computer difficulties or
other technological glitches. By entering this Contest, you agree to abide by
these Official Rules and acknowledge that this Contest is in no way sponsored,
endorsed, or administered by or associated with Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.
c. One entry per person is permitted per day. Any person
found using multiple Instagram accounts to enter will be found to be
ineligible.
2. Eligibility Restrictions
a. The contest is open to all legal residents of the 48
contiguous United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age
or older and the age of majority in their place of residence and have a valid
e-mail address and an Instagram account as of July 24, 2015. Void in Puerto
Rico and where prohibited or restricted by law. The contest is offered only in
the United States. Employees of
Southwest Airlines, members of their immediate families (spouse and parents,
children and siblings and their spouses) and individuals living in the same
households of such employees are ineligible to enter or win. The contest is
subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
b. Only one winner per household is permitted in any Contest
administered by Southwest Airlines.
c. Entrants are required to provide truthful information and
Southwest will reject and delete any entry that it discovers to be false or
fraudulent. Southwest Airlines will disqualify any entry from individuals who
do not meet the eligibility requirements, and Southwest Airlines will also
delete any entry received from persons under the age of 13 in compliance with
the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
3. Prize:
a. Grand Prize: One (1) winner will be awarded two (2)
Southwest Airlines roundtrip tickets to/from any Southwest Airlines published
destination in the United States and Puerto Rico. Southwest Airlines tickets are subject to
Southwest Airlines terms and conditions; certain restrictions may apply. No
blackout dates. Tickets valid on Southwest-operated, published, scheduled
service only. Tickets are not valid on
code-share or any international service.
Southwest Airlines tickets will bear the date of issue and the date
of expiration. . Expiration dates will not be extended, and tickets will
not be refundable or redeemable for cash or credit at any time, nor will
tickets be replaced if lost or stolen. Tickets may not be sold to a third
party. Prizes must be accepted as awarded.
No prize substitutions, cash equivalent, or transfer of prizes permitted
except at the sole discretion of the Sponsor.
Prize subject to availability and the Sponsors reserves the right, at
its sole discretion, to award a prize of greater or equal value if the advertised
prize is unavailable. Taxes, if applicable, are solely the responsibility of
the winner. Approximate Prize Value
$800.00.
b. In the event that a prize is mailed to the winner, it
will be with the prior written consent of the winner and therefore, winner
assumes the risk of its loss. Sponsors are not responsible for the safe arrival
of a prize.
4. Selection of Winners:
Decisions of judges with respect to the Contest are final.
This is a contest of skill. Your chances of winning depend on how well your
entry reflects the judging criteria, as compared to the other entries in the
contest.
The judges will be judging on the following qualities:
Creativity and Originality: 20%
Entertaining: 25%
Southwest Appeal: 35% photo should reflect fun Culture and
Fun-LUVing Attitude.
Rules: 20% Read and complied with the official rules.
a. The top “Southwest Airlines Big Heart in the Big Apple”
submissions will be selected by a panel of judges from the Corporate
Communications and Marketing departments at Southwest Airlines and Bryant Park
Corporation on or about July 25, 2015. You need not be present to win.
b. Potential winner notification will be made on or around
July 25, 2015 by Sponsors via Instagram. Potential winner will be asked to
contact Southwest with a given e-mail address provided via comment on the
entrant’s Instagram entry. Once a potential winner and Southwest make e-mail
contact, Southwest will provide a photo for the potential winner to upload to
the Instagram account the user uploaded the photo with in order to validate
their account. Once the validation occurs, potential winner must execute and
return any required affidavit of eligibility and/or liability/publicity release
in which they agree to hold Sponsor, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and each of
their parent, subsidiary and affiliated corporations, and each of their
officers, shareholders, directors, employees, agents and representatives
harmless against any and all claims or liability arising directly or
indirectly.
a. Payments of all federal, state and local taxes are solely
the responsibility of the winner. Winner may be required to sign an IRS Form
W-9 or the equivalent.
b. By participating in the Contest, the winner agrees to
have their name, voice, or likeness used in any advertising or broadcasting
material relating to this contest without additional financial or other
compensation unless prohibited by law, and, where legal, to sign a publicity
release confirming such consent prior to acceptance of the prize.
c. Southwest Airlines is not responsible for lost, stolen,
mangled, miss-delivered, postage due, illegible, incomplete or late entries,
telephone service outages, delays, busy signals, equipment malfunctions and any
other technological difficulties that may prevent an individual from entering
or claiming a prize.
d. Southwest Airlines in their sole discretion, reserve the
right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process, the operation
of Southwest Airlines website, or otherwise in violation of the rules. They
further reserve the right to cancel, terminate or modify the Contest if it is
not capable of completion as planned, including infection by computer virus,
bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention or technical failures of any sort.
e. Sponsors reserve the right to make changes in the rules
of the Contest, including the substitution of a prize of greater or equivalent
value, which will become effective upon announcement.
f. Failure to comply with the Contest rules may result in a
contestant’s disqualification solely at the discretion of the Sponsor.
g. The Sponsors are not responsible for typographical or
other errors in the printing, the offering or the administration of the
Contest, or in the announcement of a prize.
h. Copies of the written Contest rules and a list of winners
(when complete) are available during regular business hours at Southwest
Airlines, Marketing Customer Engagement, P.O. Box 36611, Dallas, TX 75235-1611.
For a winners list, send a self-addressed return envelope, after July 25, 2015.
All requests must be received by August 25, 2015.
6.
Limitation of Liability: NEITHER Southwest Airlines Co., nor ITS affiliated entities, is responsible
for printing or typographical errors in any CONTEST related materials; or
transactions that are processed late or incorrectly or are lost due to computer
or electronic malfunction. winner is
solely responsible for payment of all federal, state, and local taxes on prize
and for any other expenses not specifically mentioned in prize description. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or
modify CONTEST if fraud or technical failure compromises the integrity of the CONTEST
as determined by Sponsor in ITS sole discretion.
This CONTEST offer is being made exclusively by the
Sponsor. Sponsor is not responsible for
technical, hardware, software, or telephone failures of any kind; lost or
unavailable network connections or fraud; incomplete, garbled, or delayed
computer transmission whether caused by Sponsor, user, or by any of the
equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the promotion or by any
technical or human error which may occur in the process of submissions which
may limit a participant’s ability to participate in this promotion.
Winner and guests assume all liability for any injury
or damage caused, or claimed to be caused by participation in this CONTEST or
use, misuse or redemption of any prize/offer.
By entering, entrant agrees to hold harmless and
indemnify each of Southwest Airlines Co., and ITS respective parents,
subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and agents against
any and all liability, damages, or causes of action (however named or
described), with respect to or arising out of (i) entrant’s participation in
the CONTEST, (ii) the receipt or use or misuse of the prizes/offers awarded
herein.
7. Construction
and Disputes. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity,
interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and
obligations of any entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas,
without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or
provisions (whether of the State of Texas, or any other jurisdiction) that
would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
State of Texas. The invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision of these rules shall not affect the validity
or enforceability of any other provision.
In the event that any such provision is determined to be invalid or
otherwise unenforceable, these Official Rules shall be construed in accordance
with their terms as if the invalid or unenforceable provision was not contained
therein.
THE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION FOR ANY DISPUTE SHALL BE IN THE FEDERAL OR STATE COURTS
LOCATED IN DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS.
8. Sponsor: Southwest
Airlines Co., Marketing Customer Engagement, P.O. Box 36611, Dallas, TX
75235-1611
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