All Nippon Airways (ANA), one of the largest airlines in Japan, is conducting a giveaway sweepstakes this spring as part of D.C.’s National Cherry Blossom Festival that’ll send one lucky Washingtonian and a companion of their choice to Tokyo later this year on a free round trip flight. Currently, the sweepstakes are open for entry, having opened on February 13th, and are going to be closing on March 29th.
How to enter the sweepstakes for two free tickets to Japan
The competition is only eligible for entry for those 18 years of age or older, you can submit a registration for yourself on the National Cherry Blossom Festival ANA Sweepstakes site, which will count as one entry, however, if others also register for the event by using your unique referral link, you will get one additional entry for each registration!
The entry form must be completed in full and have all required information sufficiently included to ensure you properly qualify to win. Once the entry form is submitted it cannot be modified or altered in any way, so it’ll be wise to ensure you take the time to fill out the sweepstakes entry form carefully!
How will the winner be selected?
The winner of the National Cherry Blossom Festival ANA Sweepstakes will not be publicly announced, but according to the sweepstakes entry rules and regulations, All Nippon Airways will reach out to the giveaway winner on, or before, April 5th by email. The letter notifying the contest winner will likely have a subject containing the phrase “Award Letter”, but you’ll want to monitor your email closely around the time the winner is selected should that not be the case. If you are selected as the winner, you must reply within five calendar days otherwise they will redraw and select someone else as the sweepstake winner.
The winner of the sweepstakes will need to sign several legal documents promptly and send them to ANA to ensure they receive their prize including:
- An official affidavit of eligibility.
- A liability/publicity release form.
- Another liability/publicity release form signed by the winner’s travel guest (whoever they share the second ticket with).
- A valid and properly completed IRS Form W-9 signed by the winner.
When are the flight details for this free trip to Japan?
The prize stipulations dictate that the flight must be completed by March 31, 2025, which means that there is no significant rush! There is also some flexibility in terms of the dates of the round-trip tickets as well, the prize rules dictate that the trip must be no shorter than 3 days and not exceed a total of one month.
It’s also worth noting that this giveaway for the flight tickets does not include any added costs associated with the trip, this will include added baggage fees, hotel costs in Japan, travel within Japan during your stay, travel to/from the airport (both in D.C. and in Tokyo), etc.