What is the most useful frequent flyer blog?
#1906
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 167
I dont know but they do sell tea (and a wide assortment as well) at OfficeDepot
http://www.officedepot.com/a/browse/...uggestedSearch
http://www.officedepot.com/a/browse/...uggestedSearch
#1907
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 6,384
How exactly would cc's in us get cash advances? Do you have a signature thing on the atm or something?
#1908
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: RDU
Programs: A few
Posts: 5,499
Yes here in the US you can have a PIN added to a credit card and you can then use it to get a cash advance at an ATM
#1910
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 447
Best blog is still up in the air but FM and Dan's are publishing good content.
Blog scene is getting annoying and worse by the day. Among the well established ones Jason Steele articles are by far the worst of them all. Don't get me wrong, if I had a blog I'd hire him too and get filler after filler of regurgitated "material" just to keep things rolling. Guy is a word ninja looking to sellout to the nearest outlet for a few bucks
Blog scene is getting annoying and worse by the day. Among the well established ones Jason Steele articles are by far the worst of them all. Don't get me wrong, if I had a blog I'd hire him too and get filler after filler of regurgitated "material" just to keep things rolling. Guy is a word ninja looking to sellout to the nearest outlet for a few bucks
#1911
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 5,438
Among the well established ones Jason Steele articles are by far the worst of them all. Don't get me wrong, if I had a blog I'd hire him too and get filler after filler of regurgitated "material" just to keep things rolling. Guy is a word ninja looking to sellout to the nearest outlet for a few bucks
Plus I wouldn't even call it well established... definitely not to the point of Gary or even Ben's blog I think... It's at this moment one giant advertising farm, trying to rope in as many marks as possible through tons of advertising deceptively dressed up as content. Too bad people still fall for it and give these people money to keep pulling the same sort of garbage on us.
Those people who have a real passion for flying and blogged about the joy of air travel (Gary, Ben etc) have earned the right to use affiliate links when they came along IMO. Otherwise those in the "boom" of bloggers entering the market post-introduction of affiliate links are just trying to milk as much money out of it as possible under the pretense of helping and deserve nothing but contempt.
#1913
Moderator: Lufthansa Miles & More, India based airlines, India, External Miles & Points Resources
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MUC
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 48,001
You mean this guy? http://www.lifed.com/author/jason-steele
#1914
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 447
You mean this guy? http://www.lifed.com/author/jason-steele
#1915
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 6,384
But I still say it's safer in Canada for overall purchases. I'ma go block all cash advances now.
#1916
Original Member, Ambassador: External Miles and Points Resources
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Digital Nomad Wandering the Earth - Currently in PALMYRA, PA, USA
Posts: 58,510
^^^
Plus I wouldn't even call it well established... definitely not to the point of Gary or even Ben's blog I think... It's at this moment one giant advertising farm, trying to rope in as many marks as possible through tons of advertising deceptively dressed up as content. Too bad people still fall for it and give these people money to keep pulling the same sort of garbage on us.
Those people who have a real passion for flying and blogged about the joy of air travel (Gary, Ben etc) have earned the right to use affiliate links when they came along IMO. Otherwise those in the "boom" of bloggers entering the market post-introduction of affiliate links are just trying to milk as much money out of it as possible under the pretense of helping and deserve nothing but contempt.
Plus I wouldn't even call it well established... definitely not to the point of Gary or even Ben's blog I think... It's at this moment one giant advertising farm, trying to rope in as many marks as possible through tons of advertising deceptively dressed up as content. Too bad people still fall for it and give these people money to keep pulling the same sort of garbage on us.
Those people who have a real passion for flying and blogged about the joy of air travel (Gary, Ben etc) have earned the right to use affiliate links when they came along IMO. Otherwise those in the "boom" of bloggers entering the market post-introduction of affiliate links are just trying to milk as much money out of it as possible under the pretense of helping and deserve nothing but contempt.
I know I am naively anachronistic, but I do find the money-motivation aspect of what used to be a pure altruistic sharing of information to be depressing. I guess that just proves that I am turning into a cranky old man...HEY! GET OFF MY LAWN! Sadder still that it was Randy, that good old hippie, who sold our commune to evil corporate developers. Not that I blame him, mind you. To the contrary. But that certainly drove a lot of the notion that there was gold to be mined from providing services to the points and miles community.
I also blame Tim Ferris...obviously a lot of the current crop of bloggers picked up his book at the airport and are trying to put it to practice.
Oh well, FlyerTalk is still here for those of us who don't care for free information being re-packaged and sold for a price.
For the rest, did you know that INK Bold has no foreign transaction fee!? Sign up TODAY! Or at least pay to come to my seminar so I can tell you more about how you should use my affiliate program!
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#1917
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: DEN
Posts: 344
You mean this guy? http://www.lifed.com/author/jason-steele
I have never been called a word ninja, but I will take it as a compliment. And when you guys do have a blog, and you think you can afford me (not $50 anymore, please!), feel free to contact me.
Look guys, I presume all of you work for non-profits and live a life of poverty and contemplation, but this is what I do for a living. I also have a degree in history, a commercial pilot's license, and a bazillion computer certifications as well. But you know what, I enjoy writing for blogs more than I liked being a computer systems administrator or even flying airplanes for money. I love being a freelance writer and not having to answer to a boss or put in face time at an office.
Like many, I have been laid off before, and it was not fun. Freelancing is a diversified income stream that offers me and my family more security than I had with a single full time job. I am very thankful for the opportunity to do what I enjoy and earn a living at it. Also, I love taking off early and going for a bike ride.
If my clients make money off of affiliate links or other advertising, good for them. It is no different than if I worked at newspapers, television, radio, magazines, or any other media that has advertising. And please don't give me crap about my writing being compromised by affiliate revenue, as I personally don't earn any of it as a freelance contributor.
I am not ready to go back to my desk job, or be a commuter airline pilot or something else out of any objection to affiliate links. And put this in perspective; there are no serious moral or ethical issues here. I am not selling deadly weapons, cancer causing products, or anything that hurts people or the environment. It is just financial product, and I try as hard as I can to offer sound financial advice when I write about these products. A million times I have written that people should not to get a reward card if they ever carry a balance or if they will spend more money to earn rewards.
And finally, if nothing I write is new to you, and you all already know everything there is to know about everything, I guess you are not my target readership, but thanks for reading anyways!
Now it is time for me to take a bike ride, its over 70 degrees here in Denver!
#1918
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 6,384
Looking at the blogoshpere from the outside in, having just learned a lot more about affiliate links in this thread, it seems pretty clear that there are lots and lots of folks who are more interested in making money than pursuing their travel/points and miles passion. It would be interesting to see what would happen if affiliate programs disappeared tomorrow....how many of the hundreds of points and miles blogs would simply disappear? I suspect most.
I know I am naively anachronistic, but I do find the money-motivation aspect of what used to be a pure altruistic sharing of information to be depressing. I guess that just proves that I am turning into a cranky old man...HEY! GET OFF MY LAWN! Sadder still that it was Randy, that good old hippie, who sold our commune to evil corporate developers. Not that I blame him, mind you. To the contrary. But that certainly drove a lot of the notion that there was gold to be mined from providing services to the points and miles community.
I also blame Tim Ferris...obviously a lot of the current crop of bloggers picked up his book at the airport and are trying to put it to practice.
Oh well, FlyerTalk is still here for those of us who don't care for free information being re-packaged and sold for a price.
For the rest, did you know that INK Bold has no foreign transaction fee!? Sign up TODAY! Or at least pay to come to my seminar so I can tell you more about how you should use my affiliate program!
Step right up! Get 'em while they're hot!
I know I am naively anachronistic, but I do find the money-motivation aspect of what used to be a pure altruistic sharing of information to be depressing. I guess that just proves that I am turning into a cranky old man...HEY! GET OFF MY LAWN! Sadder still that it was Randy, that good old hippie, who sold our commune to evil corporate developers. Not that I blame him, mind you. To the contrary. But that certainly drove a lot of the notion that there was gold to be mined from providing services to the points and miles community.
I also blame Tim Ferris...obviously a lot of the current crop of bloggers picked up his book at the airport and are trying to put it to practice.
Oh well, FlyerTalk is still here for those of us who don't care for free information being re-packaged and sold for a price.
For the rest, did you know that INK Bold has no foreign transaction fee!? Sign up TODAY! Or at least pay to come to my seminar so I can tell you more about how you should use my affiliate program!
Step right up! Get 'em while they're hot!
Why is everyone here is concerned with the repackaging of "information" into a link post like JSteele? If you don't like it don't read it. If the readers are stupid enough to think it's good stuff and into clicking that's their problem.
Obviously the market will shrink once the links go away, but that's another story.
#1919
Original Member, Ambassador: External Miles and Points Resources
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Digital Nomad Wandering the Earth - Currently in PALMYRA, PA, USA
Posts: 58,510
I still don't like why links are so bad though. If you want to read those link posts that are junk, whatever. Not my problem.
Why is everyone here is concerned with the repackaging of "information" into a link post like JSteele? If you don't like it don't read it. If the readers are stupid enough to think it's good stuff and into clicking that's their problem.
Obviously the market will shrink once the links go away, but that's another story.
Why is everyone here is concerned with the repackaging of "information" into a link post like JSteele? If you don't like it don't read it. If the readers are stupid enough to think it's good stuff and into clicking that's their problem.
Obviously the market will shrink once the links go away, but that's another story.
Probably some nerds out there feel the same way about ComicCon, etc.
#1920
Join Date: May 2009
Location: South Park, CO
Programs: Tegridy Elite
Posts: 5,678
Sadder still that it was Randy, that good old hippie, who sold our commune to evil corporate developers. Not that I blame him, mind you. To the contrary. But that certainly drove a lot of the notion that there was gold to be mined from providing services to the points and miles community.