The conference was blessed with swag and surprises, one being a gift from Aeroplan—2 30,000-mile certificates. Yes, it was Aeroplan’s 30th birthday in July but they saved some of the cake for the bloggers of BoardingArea. With tickets representing each blog of BoardingArea displayed in a huge glass bowl (including those not being able to attend BACON), two winners were drawn: Dennis of Lufthansa Flyer and Edward of Efficient Asian Man. Congrats to both and thanks to Aeroplan.