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NYC Cheap Coupon Deals and Contests

Grab these discounts and  coupon deals and enter these contests, only for readers and subscribers of NYC on the Cheap.

Free wall calendar calendar from Vistaprint. Upload your own photos for free, design a school calendar with your summer photos, give a calendar to someone special for the holidays.  Limited time offer.

Free return [...]

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Virgin America Airfare Deals from just $49

Don’t wait for these airfare travel deals to fly away.  Virgin America has a super sale on flights starting at $49.  Fly cross country for as low as $119 each way.  Sample fares — $119 between Washington, DC and either Los Angeles or San Francisco, $139 between New York City and either Los Angeles [...]

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NYC Getaway Hotel Deal to Atlantic City

The Tropicana in Atlantic City is offering a special Getaway Deal with room rates starting at $59, plus a $10 resort fee.  This budget travel discount is valid Sunday to Thursday only — no wekeends — through October 28, 2010.  Add breakfast for two at Tropicana Starbucks for $8 per day.  This deal is [...]

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NYC Shopping Deals Include Free Shipping

Grab these deals before they disappear.

Nordstrom’s — Free shipping on your entire online order when you purchase any pair of shoes.  Use the coupon code SHOES at check-out to get free shipping.

Gap — Free shipping on purchases either online or in stores on purchases $100 or more, including new fall styles for [...]

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Restaurant Coupon Deal $25 for just $2

For NYC on the Cheap readers –

Buy a $25 gift certificate to participating restaurants for just $2.  This deal is good to buy through Sept 30 only, but you can use it through the holidays.  Click the Restaurant.com link on the right and use the coupon code FALL at [...]

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Free Performance by Indie Quartet Deerhunter

Indie quartet Deerhunter is giving a free live performance of their punk pop rock music on Tuesday, September 28th, at the Apple Store in Soho.  The free performance is at 7 p.m, but get there early enough to get a good spot.  The performance includes songs from their new release Halcyon Digest. The Soho [...]

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NYC Theater Discounts for Off-Broadway Shows

Tickets for Off-Broadway shows are up to half-price from Theater Mania.  Here’s what’s on sale now:

Microcrisis is just $18 per ticket, instead of $25, thorugh October 3rd, at the HERE theater in The Village.  This is a funny and disturbing look at what happens to the world economy when Wall Street bankers mis-use [...]

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NYC Weekend Planner: Free Latin Music Festival

The Latin GRAMMY Street Parties kick-off the celebration to the 11th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards with a stop in West New York, New Jersey this weekend.   The “Street Parties” event is FREE , Sunday, Sept. 26th, from noon to 7 p.m., at Kennedy Boulevard East, between 60th and 54th Street.  Performers include:

Tropical [...]

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Coupon Deal: Bowling Three Games for Price of One

Spare yourself the embarrassment of paying full price for bowling.  For NYC on the Cheap readers only, get three games plus shoe rental for just $13 at Harlem Lanes.  Take the kids.  Go bowling.  It’s fun.  This coupon deal is good only through Sept. [...]

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Free Museum Admission Saturday September 25

Saturday, September 25th is Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day,  and 1300 museums in New York City and across the country are participating with FREE entry.  Just print out the free ticket from Smithsonian that admits two people to the museum of your choice.  Paticipating NYC museums include the Alley Pond Environmental Center in Queens, the [...]

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Watch Vintage Baseball Using 1864 Rules

Take me out to the ball game — circa 1864.  Cheer the New York Gothams as they take on the Flemington Neshanook, using vintage play rules.  This is a special event at the Old Stone House in Park Slope, which served as the original clubhouse of the beloved Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team.  The game [...]

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