What you need to know
We checked Mastercard’s official sweepstakes page and embedded Official Rules on September 8, 2026. If any detail changes, the Official Rules control.
- Type: Sweepstakes
- Status: Active
- Sponsor: Mastercard International Incorporated
- Open in: 50 U.S. states and District of Columbia
- Starts: January 1, 2026 at 12:00:01 a.m. CT
- Ends: September 30, 2026 at 11:59:59 p.m. CT
- Prizes: 3 Grand Prize trips for two + 60 $100 Mastercard Prepaid cards
- Purchase required: No. A mail-in entry method is available.
How to enter
- Use an eligible U.S.-issued consumer debit, credit or small-business Mastercard for an eligible signature-based purchase. Each eligible transaction generates one automatic entry in the applicable Entry Period.
- Or enter without a purchase by mailing the handwritten information and wording required by the Official Rules in a separate stamped envelope for each entry.
- Entries belong only to the applicable Entry Period and do not carry forward to later drawings.
Who can enter
- Legal permanent residents of the 50 United States or District of Columbia.
- Age of majority at entry: 18 in most states, 19 in Alabama and Nebraska, and 21 in Mississippi.
- Mastercard, financial-institution, administrator, agency, family and household exclusions in the Official Rules apply.
Prizes and winner selection
Three Grand Prizes: each winner receives a six-night trip for two to a choice of one of 12 destinations. The package includes air transportation, airport ground transportation, hotel accommodations, selected activities/meals, a $500 Mastercard Prepaid card and a $4,000 check intended to help offset taxes. Mastercard states an ARV of $14,500 per Grand Prize.
Sixty First Prizes: each winner receives one $100 Mastercard Prepaid card.
Total stated ARV: $49,500 across all 63 prizes.
Selection: for each of the three Entry Periods, the administrator selects one Grand Prize winner and twenty First Prize winners in a random drawing from eligible entries for that period.
Entry Period 3: eligible transaction entries run July 1 through September 30. Mail entries must be postmarked by October 1 and received by October 8. The drawing is scheduled for October 15, 2026.
- The rules state there is no limit to the number of valid entries.
- PIN-based debit, international and corporate-card transactions are not eligible for automatic entry.
- Bank of America consumer debit, credit and small-business Mastercard transactions are excluded from automatic entry.
Official source
Last checked: September 8, 2026. Always read Mastercard’s Official Rules before entering.
Frequently asked questions
When does the promotion end?
September 30, 2026 at 11:59:59 p.m. Central Time.
What are the main prizes?
Three six-night trips for two, each with a stated ARV of $14,500, plus sixty $100 Mastercard Prepaid cards.
Is a purchase required?
No. The Official Rules provide a handwritten mail-in entry method without purchase.