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Old Aug 29, 2014, 8:24 pm
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Originally Posted by gpapadop
Like I said...it would fit perfectly
Just to be clear, and some still say Tabloid Buzzard does not censor here on FT for some insane reason (what is censorship) but Tabloid Buzzard does:

* Censors by removing links in comments (and more)
* Per latest comment may remove Seths blog from like list for calling Buzzard out for false posts
* Shills Amazon links more than all BA blogs talk about CCs combined!

Oh how the Angry trolls hero has fallen!
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Old Aug 29, 2014, 8:35 pm
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Originally Posted by sbm12
Why??
Why ask why, Bud Dry!

Well Seth, it appears we are going round and round on this one and not making any progress at all.

We disagree. Thank you for taking the time to communicate with me on this topic, I sure learned a lot about how you think.

I stand by what I wrote. I gave you a chance to make me STFU. You missed it...again. I think you must be very upset by the ad revenue drop yourself, I would certainly be if I was a BA blogger!

Enjoy your holiday.
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Old Aug 29, 2014, 10:39 pm
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Originally Posted by gpapadop
Why ask why, Bud Dry!

Well Seth, it appears we are going round and round on this one and not making any progress at all.

We disagree. Thank you for taking the time to communicate with me on this topic, I sure learned a lot about how you think.

I stand by what I wrote. I gave you a chance to make me STFU. You missed it...again. I think you must be very upset by the ad revenue drop yourself, I would certainly be if I was a BA blogger!

Enjoy your holiday.
There are few bloggers I respect these days, but when Seth speaks up, I listen. He's earned a lot of credibility over the years, his thinking and info has repeatedly been shown to be sound.

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Old Aug 30, 2014, 1:09 am
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Originally Posted by sbm12
And, despite the assertions by gpapadop/TBB that he's seeing different behavior I remain suspect of those claims. As I mentioned in my previous comment here I do not believe that the number of overall posts about CCs has changed month over month nor do I see an increase in post frequency despite the claim that "I noticed frequency of posting went up after the ad revenue went down." Unless there is actual evidence of a change in posting patterns by those so accused - a claim which I believe remains suspect - then it is all just noise, not signal.
Sorry, but you don't get to slam TBB for being inaccurate and then FAIL to provide any data yourself (especially since you likely have better data being on the "inside" than TBB).

If YOU have proof of what you say, then it is your responsibility to provide it. TBB clearly explained he saw it with his own (bleeding) eyes with his 323 blogs on his Feedly list. But maybe he's imagining it's more prevalent simply because he's suddenly become much more sensitive to the rampant pimping? I don't think so. I see the same trend.

So put up or shut up. TBB is entitled to his opinions and conclusions, just as you are. But you don't get to claim they are wrong without supplying facts of your own to refute them.
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Old Aug 30, 2014, 6:20 am
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Originally Posted by sbm12
I'm not going to tell you the specifics of my revenue numbers to that level.
I didn't ask for or expect any detailed numbers. I was hoping you would share some comparative insights: have you seen rates per view/click/conversion change significantly in any direction in the past three months, for example?

Originally Posted by sbm12
I believe me more than him.
Of course you do. Many of us might also be inclined to do so, but you're at risk of alienating us.

You came into this scrap with gpapadop with some huge advantages:

* You've established yourself over several years as someone we listen to and expect sense from.
* You have a stack of experience (and actual data) on the stuff being argued about.
* Your prose and formatting tend not to make my brain hurt.

At the moment you don't seem to be making much of those advantages.
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Old Aug 30, 2014, 7:48 am
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A couple facts which may help in the discussion:
  • Over the past three months VFTW has had 157, 158 and 159 posts. Hardly a sudden influx meant to increase revenue in light of supposedly declining yields. At first blush I'm seeing 22 of those posts focused on CCs in August. That's roughly the same rate as in the past.
  • OMAAT has had 158, 183 & 198 posts over the past three months. Similar to VFTW I'm seeing ~22 which appear to be about CCs. Again, same rates.
That's some real data, not just a hunch. Sorry it took me a few days to get there; I've had a bit of trouble with my site which tracks all of the posts.

Any other blogger you want me to pull stats on? If I have the data I'm happy to share it.

A claim has been made that there was a sudden realization of reduced eRPM rates and that posting habits have changed on account of such. I'd like to know exactly when such a realization supposedly occurred and where the evidence is of changes in posting frequencies or styles. Because I've got real data here and I'm not seeing it.


Originally Posted by farwest101
But maybe he's imagining it's more prevalent simply because he's suddenly become much more sensitive to the rampant pimping? I don't think so. I see the same trend.
Given the evidence provided below do you still feel that way? Because I don't see where the number of "pimping" posts is increased at all.



VFTW Posts past 3 months:
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Friday Evening Open Thread: The Very Best Travel Wisdom| 13 hours ago
The Two Newest — and Best — Amex Points Tools| 18 hours ago
The Post Only My Grandmother Will Want to Read| 21 hours ago
Airline First Class Thunderdome: Two Blogs Enter, One Blog Leaves| 23 hours ago
Half Off Award Redemptions to Europe!| 2014/08/29
Malaysia Airlines First Class Awards Available!| 2014/08/28
The New Biggest Cash Back Card Has Launched| 2014/08/28
Authorized Users Can Get Credit Card Signup Bonuses| 2014/08/28
Court Rules Bank Account Points Redemptions are Taxable| 2014/08/28
Why Delta Miles Haven’t Suddenly Become ‘Great’ – But I Still Work Hard to Earn Them| 2014/08/28
Business Class Award Availability for the Whole Family to Australia!| 2014/08/28
The Secret Rules of the Club Carlson Program That Only Hotels Know| 2014/08/27
Great Deals Using British Airways Points for Short Flights All Over the World| 2014/08/27
The End of Using Gift Cards to Pay Mortgages| 2014/08/27
What Happens When There’s an Impossible Schedule Change on an Award Ticket?| 2014/08/27
British Airways New Business Class Seat Patent Revealed| 2014/08/27
Here’s Where You Should Care That American Airlines Flights Are No Longer Bookable on Orbitz| 2014/08/27
The True Ranking of the Very Best First Class Airlines — And Which Are Overrated!| 2014/08/26
Citi Improving Its Thank You Points Program With a New Transfer Partner!| 2014/08/26
Act Now: Two 50,000 Point Bonus Offers Disappearing Soon| 2014/08/26
40% Bonus on Purchased Alaska Airlines Miles is Back!| 2014/08/26
Devaluations Without Notice are the Worst Thing a Program Can Do, Don’t Give British Airways Too Much Credit| 2014/08/26
The Singapore Suites Route With the Most Availability (By Far)| 2014/08/26
I Love Seeing Heads of Loyalty Programs Getting Ice Thrown On Their Heads!| 2014/08/26
Does a Passenger Have a Right to Recline Their Seat in Coach?| 2014/08/25
How Iberia Made Us Believe They Devalued — When They Simply Got More Transparent| 2014/08/25
Free Lufthansa Miles, Uses for 85 United Miles, Barefoot Pilots and the Future of Credit Card Apps| 2014/08/25
So is British Airways Going to Devalue their Program in a Big Way, or Not?| 2014/08/25
Award Space Bonanza! Take Your Whole Family to Europe in Business Class!| 2014/08/25
Hyatt Gold Passport’s Jeff Zidell Takes the #IceBucketChallenge: Clues About the Future of the Program?| 2014/08/25
American Airlines Eliminates the Spray Tan as an Inflight Amenity| 2014/08/24
HOLY SMOKE: Is British Airways About to Devalue Its Points? Iberia Massively Jacks Up Award Rates!| 2014/08/24
Business Travel Tool: Get Uber to Show Up Automatically, and Bill it To Your Company| 2014/08/24
Taking the #IceBucketChallenge from a Bath Tub at the Park Hyatt Vendome| 2014/08/24
Don’t Waste Money or Miles on First Class!| 2014/08/24
Start Your Sunday With This Frequent Flyer News| 2014/08/24
No-Notice Changes to the IHG Rewards Club Terms and Conditions: Here’s What They Mean| 2014/08/23
1000 United Miles for First-Time Uber Users| 2014/08/23
In Which I Defend the TSA from Unfair Criticisms| 2014/08/23
Reduced Spending Requirement for Starwood Amex Bonuses!| 2014/08/23
My #IceBucketChallenge COMPLETE: Who’s Next?| 2014/08/23
Buying Lufthansa Miles Cheap, More Qantas Award Seats, and How to Enjoy Vacation| 2014/08/22
You May Be Able to Sign Up for 50,000 Hyatt Bonus Points – Even If You Weren’t Targeted| 2014/08/22
“One Card to Replace Them All” Ready to Ship!| 2014/08/22
LEAK: New Bose Noise Cancelling Headsets – QC25 – May Be Out Next Month| 2014/08/22
BIG! 90,000 Mile Bonus Offer for New Virgin Atlantic MasterCard!| 2014/08/22
Cathay Pacific is Launching a Boston Flight.. With First Class!| 2014/08/22
HOT DEAL: Free 2-Day Weekend Car Rental from Avis| 2014/08/21
The Three Kinds of Value Rewards Cards Offer| 2014/08/21
United Adding First Class Meals to Flights of Just 800 Miles| 2014/08/21
How Important Are Elites to Starwood? Uber to United and Hyatt? and Hyatt Bonuses| 2014/08/21
The Death of FEBO: American’s New Meal Ordering Procedure Starts September 1| 2014/08/21
What are the Largest Airlines – in the US and in the World?| 2014/08/20
Airline Imitates the Onion, Chase Eliminates a Bonus, American Allows 18 Hour Domestic Connections, and Another Airline With Pre-Order Meals| 2014/08/20
The Most Lucrative Free Rental Car Day Promotion — National Car Rental One Two Free – is Back!| 2014/08/20
The Most Lucrative Hotel Elite Status Now Has Published Criteria| 2014/08/20
A Credit Card Signup Bonus So Convoluted It Needs an Infographic!| 2014/08/20
The Monumental Importance of Hotel Coffee| 2014/08/20
Uber Will Now Bring You Condoms| 2014/08/19
The #1 Requested Free Airline Amenity Is…| 2014/08/19
Accor Hotels Top Tier Platinum Status — Free For Stockholders| 2014/08/19
Picking Your Onboard Meal in Advance, Cooking in Your Hotel Room, and Earning the Most Points Eating Out| 2014/08/19
Free Langham Hotels Elite Status| 2014/08/19
Free Marriott Silver Status| 2014/08/19
Delta Hates Their Customers, But You Can Earn Tons of Points With GoBank| 2014/08/18
What’s the Busiest Airline Route in the World?| 2014/08/18
International Travel: Power Converters and Adapters in Europe and the Rest of the World| 2014/08/18
How Your Kids Can Help You Earn Miles… Once You Divorce| 2014/08/18
The Truth Behind UberX, Restrictions on Using American Miles to Hawaii, and an Illegal Drone Over Beijing| 2014/08/18
When Do Hotels Make Their Rooms Available On Points?| 2014/08/17
When It Makes Sense to Spend Your Miles for Magazine Subscriptions| 2014/08/17
Here are Secrets Holiday Inn Express Tells Hotel Owners. Now You Know, Too.| 2014/08/17
1000 Bonus American Miles for $200 Online Shopping Spend| 2014/08/17
Free Office Lounges Around the World With Internet and Coffee| 2014/08/17
Get Visa Expediting Services for Free (or Discounted) Through Next Month!| 2014/08/17
Woman BUSTED for Using Her Breast Implants to Smuggle Cocaine| 2014/08/16
The Card That Earns More Than 2.6% Back on All Spending (Beats Fidelity and Arrival by 20%+)| 2014/08/16
Airport Strategies, Uber and Uber for Planes Behave Badly, and Boeing’s New All-Coach Planes| 2014/08/16
Why Would ANYONE Do This When Renting a Car?| 2014/08/16
For an Airport Eatery, This Just Seems Like a Very Bad Idea| 2014/08/16
Secretary of State John Kerry Flies More Than You Do and Is Excited to Earn Frequent Flyer Miles!| 2014/08/15
Here is the One Best, Most Rewarding Credit Card| 2014/08/15
American Express Launches a New Limited-Time Transfer Bonus| 2014/08/15
10,000 Bonus Miles – With Your Choice of Airline – for 10 Hotel Nights| 2014/08/15
Which Frequent Flyer Program Should You Ditch United For?| 2014/08/15
Secret Mileage Earning Groups and 50% Off Award Redemption| 2014/08/14
11 Easy Bonus Offers of 50,000 Points or More — Including Some That Will Disappear Soon| 2014/08/14
Badges? Badges? We Definitely Don’t Need Marriott’s Stinking Badges!| 2014/08/14
Pilot’s Arm Falls Off, Lands Plane On His Own Anyway| 2014/08/14
ANA is Making Some of its Fantastic First Class Available for Awards in Advance| 2014/08/14
Award Space Wide Open: Take Your Whole Family to Asia in Business or First!| 2014/08/14
Which Frequent Flyer Programs Are the Most Generous In Offering Bonuses?| 2014/08/13
Here’s When You’re Protected Traveling on Two Separate Tickets| 2014/08/13
Delta’s New Lounge Food and the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations| 2014/08/13
Your Upgraded Flight Gets Cancelled? Keep Your Business Class Seat!| 2014/08/13
Marriott Really Disappoints With Their New MegaBonus Promotion| 2014/08/13
Free Lounge Access, Someone Was Shot at Your Hotel, and Someone Stop that Plane!| 2014/08/12
A New Twist on Keeping Kids from Crying Inflight: Clowns| 2014/08/12
Star Alliance Gold Status With Just One Roundtrip!| 2014/08/12
Marriott’s MegaBonus ‘Two Stays Earns a Free Night’ Promotion Returns Tomorrow| 2014/08/12
The New American Express Centurion Lounge Has Opened!| 2014/08/12
New 50,000 Point Bonus Offers for Delta American Express Cards| 2014/08/12
Here’s How Much Partner Redemptions Cost US Airways Dividend Miles| 2014/08/11
Here’s Today’s Frequent Flyer News Not to Miss| 2014/08/11
Is US Airways Charging Taxes They Shouldn’t… And Even Keeping the Money for Itself?| 2014/08/11
Brazilian Family Under Investigation Over $17 Million in Manufactured Spend| 2014/08/11
New Airline (‘Reborn’) PEOPLExpress Has a Very Bad Day, and Teaches All Other Airlines an Important Lesson| 2014/08/11
LAN Business Class to Ecuador for Under $1000: Head to the Galapagos!| 2014/08/11
American Reveals its Frequent Flyer Program Data to the SEC: Here’s What We Learn| 2014/08/10
Two Non-Obvious Points About the Best Travel Rebate Credit Card| 2014/08/10
Get Instant Free Status from Avis and National Car Rental| 2014/08/10
Is the Airbus A380 a Failure?| 2014/08/10
Iranian Domestic Flight Crashed into a Residential Neighborhood on Takeoff This Morning| 2014/08/10
Here’s Why You Should Consider Connecting In Dublin On Your Next Europe Trip| 2014/08/09
Here’s How to Fix the TSA, In Song| 2014/08/09
Free Upgrades, 50% Hotel Discount, Miles Purchase Savings, and Thousands of Bonus Miles: What You Need to Know Today!| 2014/08/09
Your Credit Score May Go Up This Fall: What New Scoring Methods Mean for You| 2014/08/09
Here’s Why US Airlines Charge for Lounge Membership| 2014/08/09
The Airline That Hates Elites| 2014/08/08
Miami is the Airport of the Year! The Most Bizarre Passengers! The Best Korean Food..| 2014/08/08
Here’s American’s New Airport Lounge Strategy, and What Makes an Airline’s Lounge Indispensable (No Matter How Good the Alternatives)| 2014/08/08
American AAdvantage Won’t Be Going Revenue-Based Any Time Soon| 2014/08/08
What’s Really Going on With TSA PreCheck?| 2014/08/08
How Much Do Hotel Toiletries Cost, and Should You Take Them?| 2014/08/07
A Credit Card That Rebates More Than You Spend, Save Money on Lyft, and Delta Stops Selling Duty Free Tomorrow| 2014/08/07
I Have the Secret Documents! Here’s the Food and Cocktails Menu for the New American Express Centurion Lounge at LaGuardia| 2014/08/07
A New and Totally Unexpected Approach to Integrating American and US Airways| 2014/08/07
American Express Will Let You Transfer Credit Between Your Accounts On Its Website| 2014/08/07
When Two-for-One is Really Regular Price, and Why Is Everyone Else So Expensive?| 2014/08/07
The Cheapest First Class Fares from Each Airline| 2014/08/06
Here Are the Biggest and Most Rewarding Credit Card Bonuses You Can Earn| 2014/08/06
Better United Awards to Africa, Rats Catered on a Plane, and Get Uber for Less| 2014/08/06
REVEALED: First Look Inside the Fantastic American Express Centurion Lounge at New York LaGuardia| 2014/08/06
The Big Hotels Are the Least Rewarding — Why US News Gets Hotel Loyalty Backwards| 2014/08/06
Hyatt Offering Many Members Opportunity to Buy Points With 40% Bonus| 2014/08/05
Which Frequent Flyer Program is Best? Don’t Be Fooled By US News!| 2014/08/05
Window Shuts on 75,000 Bonus Miles But 50,000 and 60,000 Still Possible| 2014/08/05
An Inflight Cell Phone Ban Is On Its Way, and That’s Not a Good Thing| 2014/08/05
Comprehensive Guide to Tipping Plus Bonus Starwood, Hyatt, and American Points| 2014/08/05
Why Frequent Flyers Will Want to Use the Royal Jordanian Website for This One Simple Trick| 2014/08/04
More American Meal Changes: Warm Nuts Are Leaving Some Flights, But Warm Cookies Are Safe For Now| 2014/08/04
Can You Get Paid to Earn 50,000 United Miles?| 2014/08/04
Signing Up for and Cancelling TV Service to Earn (Hundreds of) Thousands of Miles| 2014/08/04
Am I Wrong About United? Financial Results Getting Better| 2014/08/04
Best Travel Camera, a New Revenue-Based Innovation, and the End of a Loyalty Progam| 2014/08/03
When Will US Airways and American Let You Combine and Transfer Miles Between Accounts?| 2014/08/03
How Much Time is Left to Get An Easy 40,000 Bonus US Airways Miles?| 2014/08/03
American Reserving Fewer Seats for Elites on Some Aircraft| 2014/08/03
American and US Airways Won’t Combine Until Late Next Year — At the Earliest| 2014/08/03
Starwood Bonus to Celebrate the 200th Four Points Hotel| 2014/08/02
This Is The One Flight I Fear Taking the Most — And You Should, Too| 2014/08/02
Free Beer!| 2014/08/02
A New Bigger Credit Card Bonus for a Frequent Flyer Program You Don’t Know About But Should| 2014/08/02
$50 More For Your Credit Card Signup, 50,000 Points Down Under, and Fewest Airline Fees| 2014/08/02
Avoid Getting Taken! Plus What’s Killing Prepaid Financial Products?| 2014/08/01
Google Wallet Eliminates Fees on Debit Card Transactions| 2014/08/01
Limited-Time United Explorer Signup Bonus Up to 55,000 Miles!| 2014/08/01
A Better Option than First Friday Dining Bonus Miles| 2014/08/01
Miami Airport Lounge Staff Steal Millions| 2014/08/01

Thai Taste Really Tastes Great!| 2014/07/31
The Truth About Hilton’s Future, and What They’re Getting Rid of Next| 2014/07/31
Fee-Free Visa Gift Cards, 5000 United Miles, and the New Hyatt LAX| 2014/07/31
More Changes to Chase Sapphire Preferred Just Announced| 2014/07/31
50% Off Air France and KLM Awards Out for October/November Travel| 2014/07/31
United’s Apology Mad Libs| 2014/07/31
Best Options for Buying Gift Cards and Big Bonus for Booking Hotels Plus Another Program Devalues| 2014/07/30
Hotel Charges Man $127 for Water (Travel Can Be Very. Expensive. So Know What You’re Getting Into)| 2014/07/30
Maui Eats: Notable Meals from My Visit to Wailea| 2014/07/30
Another Gutting: Starwood Preferred Business Ends Points-Earning| 2014/07/30
Nation’s Bad Credit Prevents Earning Miles, Hotel Scams, Drug Mules and Keep Your Papers With You in Thailand| 2014/07/30
More Proof That Mileage Programs DO Roll Back Devaluations!| 2014/07/29
Lounge Access Rules and First Class Meals are Too Complicated| 2014/07/29
Hilton Rolling Out Pick Your Own Room and Use Your Phone as a Room Key| 2014/07/29
United Releases its New Safety Video: Hit or Miss?| 2014/07/29
What Happens to Airports When They’re Abandoned?| 2014/07/29
United Airlines Has Bed Bugs| 2014/07/29
Should Consumers Be Entitled to Use Corporate Codes, and Who is at Fault When They’re Called Out?| 2014/07/28
140,000 Point Signup Bonus from Ritz-Carlton Rewards| 2014/07/28
Where Have All the Flights to Venezuela Gone, and Why Can’t You Get There From Here?| 2014/07/28
Why the Andaz is My Favorite Hotel on Maui| 2014/07/28
Virgin Atlantic 65,000 Mile Signup Bonus Offer is Back| 2014/07/28
US Passport and Visa Issuance Computer Crash, Thousands Stranded Worldwide| 2014/07/27
The Most Important Meal of the Day: the Hotel Chains and Properties that Do Breakfast Best| 2014/07/27
Is Hyatt Withholding Award Inventory at One of its Best Properties?| 2014/07/27
Black’s Barbecue Opens Up in Austin, How Does it Rate in the Smoked Meat Mecca of the World?| 2014/07/26
JetBlue Considers First Checked Bag Fee as Soon as They Can Make the Tech Work| 2014/07/26
1000 Bonus United Miles Per Marriott Stays (on Top of Regular Points)| 2014/07/26
Get Etihad Gold Status and a New Suitcase, and Go on an Exciting European Tour| 2014/07/26
Armed Gunmen Storm Canadian Plane on Toronto Tarmac| 2014/07/26
You Can Transfer Citibank Points to Anyone You Wish, and They Can Transfer to Miles| 2014/07/25
Improvement to Evolve Money, Double Stay Credit, and 2000 United Miles| 2014/07/25
Get 70,000 Marriott Points and a Free Night, But Don’t Spend Everyday With Their Card| 2014/07/25
How to Avoid Big Fuel Surcharges Redeeming British Airways Points Across the Atlantic| 2014/07/25
HOLY SMOKES That New Turkish Flight Is Giving Away Business Class Award Space| 2014/07/25
Outstanding Award Availability for New Turkish San Francisco Flight| 2014/07/24
Malaysia Airlines’ Tweet Finally Make Me Break Down and Cry| 2014/07/24
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Wide Open Award Availability: Japan Airlines First Class| 2014/07/24
American AAdvantage Revises Its Award Routing Rules with New Exceptions| 2014/07/24
Bet You Didn’t Know This Trick, and How It Could Cost You Your Miles| 2014/07/23
Spirit Airlines Eliminates Live Social Media, Proud of Cost Savings| 2014/07/23
50,000 Citibank Points that Transfer to Miles| 2014/07/23
Another Good Prepaid Reloadable that Earns Miles, EVA Awards Bookable Again, and $25 off at Staples| 2014/07/23
Award Seats to Australia May Dry Up Afterall As the Best Option Ends a Route| 2014/07/23
New Points Earning Options for Booking Hotels| 2014/07/22
WATCH OUT: Some Rental Car Companies Really Stick You for Gas!| 2014/07/22
North Korea Plans to Build an Underwater Hotel. And Have Food.| 2014/07/22
False Alarm on Two Great Credit Card Changes| 2014/07/22
Delta and US Airways Suspend Flights to Israel, Delta Flight Turns Around| 2014/07/22
Don’t Miss Today’s Frequent Flyer News You Need to Know| 2014/07/22
100 Free Aeroplan Miles| 2014/07/22
The Missing Citi Points Transfer Partner| 2014/07/21
Register to Earn Double and Triple Points at Hilton| 2014/07/21
Citi Thank You Points Just Became Really Useful Again!| 2014/07/21
A Hilton HHonors Bonus You Can Earn Even on Award Stays, and More!| 2014/07/21
Is This The End of Award Space to Australia?| 2014/07/21
Where is Delta’s Award Chart Going Next, and Why Won’t They Book Air France Seats Everyone Else Can?| 2014/07/20
MEME Alert: The #1 Ranked Hotel in Republic of Zubrowka| 2014/07/20
LifeMiles Reveals Its Big Star Alliance Award Chart Changes..| 2014/07/20
What Big Chase Sapphire Preferred Benefits Just Changed Today?| 2014/07/20
Don’t Inadvertently Lose Global Entry and PreCheck!| 2014/07/19
Here’s the 75,000 Hyatt Gold Passport Points Giveaway| 2014/07/19
What’s the Best Place in the World to Live for Convenient Travel?| 2014/07/19
Man Earns 422 Million Points, 20% Off Paid First Class, and What the Numbers Say About Airline Safety| 2014/07/19
Avis is About to Revamp Its Loyalty Program, So Your Free Rental Days Will Expire Early| 2014/07/19
One More Reason to Love Connecting at DFW!| 2014/07/18
A Trick to Get Extra Legroom Seats for Less, and Discounted Lounge Passes| 2014/07/18
Man Charged With Wanting to Be a Security Screener… Too Much| 2014/07/18
How to Get Easy Rental Car Elite Status from Avis, National, and Sixt| 2014/07/18
Up to 17,500 Chase Points With Freedom| 2014/07/18
Here are the Big Changes to LifeMiles for North America Awards| 2014/07/18
Loyalty Programs Can’t Figure Out Social. Free Points for Us!| 2014/07/17
Internet MH17 Hall of Shame Award: Worst Tweet of the Day| 2014/07/17
Maximizing Car Rental Status and National’s Free Rental Days| 2014/07/17
Malaysia Airlines MH17 Crashed – Possibly Shot Down| 2014/07/17
Avianca Lifemiles Planning BIG Changes to their Award Chart| 2014/07/17
FARE WAR: $520 East Coast Hawaii Fares| 2014/07/17
An Airport Hotel Needs to Be Able to Reliably Get You to the Airport| 2014/07/16
$100 Statement Credit Offer for Citi Hilton Reserve Card Ending Soon| 2014/07/16
American Will Pay You to Suggest Changes to the AAdvantage Program!| 2014/07/16
Free Points Giveaway, 100% Transfer Bonus, and Double Miles for the Whole 4th Quarter!| 2014/07/16
Kimpton Hotels’ New Loyalty Program Revealed. And It Isn’t Better.| 2014/07/16
Get These 50 Free Miles, and Save Hundreds of Dollars| 2014/07/15
Giving Away 75,000 Hyatt Points to Celebrate Hyatt-MGM in Las Vegas| 2014/07/15
New Air Conditioning Tax, another Marriott Devaluation, and Get Your Hyatt Status Now!!| 2014/07/15
Africa Business Class Fares at Over Two-Thirds Off!| 2014/07/15
Is the 100,000 Mile Opportunity Closing, or Closed?| 2014/07/15
The Qatar Airways CEO’s Truth Problem| 2014/07/14
The Cheapest Business Class Fares From Each Airline| 2014/07/14
My Mid-Year Elite Status Update: Am I Walking the Talk?| 2014/07/14
What Credit Card Does Obama Use? And What Mistake is He Making?| 2014/07/14
What to Do at the Airport, Which Upgrade System is Best, Bicycle Seats on a Plane, and Frequent Flyer Funnies| 2014/07/14
Find Out If You Just Won Some Money| 2014/07/13
Citibank 100,000 Mile American Executive Card Signup Bonus is Back!| 2014/07/13
Why Do Some Things Seem So Much Better in the Air?| 2014/07/13
Delta Will Waive Its Revenue Requirement for Elite Status for Competitor Elites| 2014/07/13
Since Very Few People Read this Blog on Saturday Evening…| 2014/07/12
Click Here for Cute Ponies. And a Panda. No, Really.| 2014/07/12
Spirit Airlines Tries Not to Use the Bathroom in a Field| 2014/07/12
New Marriott Rewards Features, and Obama Cuts in Line for Food| 2014/07/12
Friday Open Thread: Come Discuss What’s On Your Mind| 2014/07/11
The New Biggest Credit Card Bonus: 75,000 Miles for a New Citi American Executive Card| 2014/07/11
Last Chance for Chase Sapphire Preferred’s Annual Bonus?| 2014/07/11
Air India is Now a Star Alliance Member: Here’s What Awards Cost and Where to Find Seats| 2014/07/11
The Dwindling Options for Earning Shopping Portal Points for Travel Bookings| 2014/07/11
What You Need to Know – About United, Silvercar, Expedia, Amtrak, and Alitalia| 2014/07/10
Chefs Announced for the San Francisco and New York Centurion Lounges| 2014/07/10
Stop! Don’t Put Your Spending on That Airline or Hotel Credit Card!| 2014/07/10
Here are Some of the Easiest Ways to Earn Lots of Miles at Little Cost| 2014/07/10
American’s New Meal Service Standards Revealed: Here’s What to Expect on Flights Starting in September| 2014/07/10
Why British Airways is Now Adding Hundreds of Dollars in Fees to US Airways Redemptions, and How to Fly for Less| 2014/07/09
Strong – and Fun – New Member Bonus for Joining Virgin America Elevate| 2014/07/09
Here Are the Current Credit Card Bonuses That Won’t Last| 2014/07/09
Hyatt’s New Personalized Concierge Service to Help Knock Stays Out of the Park| 2014/07/09
United Platinum Status for $100!| 2014/07/09
Uber Agrees to End Surge Pricing During NY Emergencies, And Why That Means You’ll Never Find a Ride| 2014/07/08
8000 Free Miles for Sharing How Much You Hate Airlines!| 2014/07/08
American Offers Two Discounted Miles Prices for You to Pick From. Are You Smart Enough to Know the Difference?| 2014/07/08
Air New Zealand Pulls Its Sexy Safety Video — Too Hot To Handle?| 2014/07/08
Here Are the Biggest and Most Rewarding Credit Card Bonuses You Can Earn| 2014/07/08
Earn Unlimited Bonus Miles for Flying Through Hurricanes| 2014/07/08
50% Off Buying Miles from US Airways This Month| 2014/07/07
Video of the Lufthansa Airport Being Used in the New Star Wars Movie!| 2014/07/07
I am Shocked! Shocked! To Find Out That Payoffs are Going on Here!| 2014/07/07
The Best Credit Card Offers Without Big Spending Requirements| 2014/07/07
These Were the Most Useful and Interesting Developments in Miles Over the Past Month| 2014/07/07
Turn Your Phone Over to the TSA, Take the Train to Washington Dulles.. in 2018 and See the New Park Hyatt Vienna Close Up| 2014/07/06
Has Chase Sapphire Preferred Eliminated Its 7% Annual Points Bonus?| 2014/07/06
Operational Upgrades: How Can You Get a Free First Class Upgrade You Aren’t Entitled To?| 2014/07/06
How to Make Sure Your Free Upgrades Clear on Domestic Flights| 2014/07/06
Was the Dad Who Left His Son in the Hot Car Manufacturing Spend?| 2014/07/05
Here’s a Fireworks Display Worth Going to Prison For| 2014/07/05
Earn Miles for Free Insurance Quotes| 2014/07/05
How to Earn Hundreds of Thousands of Miles Through Real Estate| 2014/07/05
American’s International Upgrades Getting More User Friendly?| 2014/07/04
The Luggage You’re About to See Invading Airports Should Scare You| 2014/07/04
Court Smacks Down Holiday Inn Express, Timetable for India Travel Without Visa, and How to Organize Your Credit Cards| 2014/07/04
How Are You Spending Your 4th of July?| 2014/07/04
American’s New 777-200 Cabin Interior Layout Revealed!| 2014/07/04
Here are the Deleted Scenes from the Movie Airplane!| 2014/07/03
100% Bonus on Transferred Miles: Cheap Star Alliance Premium Cabin Award Tickets| 2014/07/03
1000 Free Miles, 40% Off Hyatt Sale, and $25 off $25 at Costco| 2014/07/03
10,000 Bonus American Miles for Eating Out 10 Times| 2014/07/03
I Need Your Help to Redesign This Site| 2014/07/03
15% Off Gift Cards, More Bluebird Opportunities, and Cheap Private Jet Flights| 2014/07/03
Let’s Rename Washington National Airport!| 2014/07/02
Where Are All the DoubleUp Rates at PointsHound?| 2014/07/02
The Best Credit Card to Use for What You Spend the Most On| 2014/07/02
20,000 Starwood Points Transfer to 30,000 US Airways Miles This Month| 2014/07/02
What Does it Look Like When the Best Airport in the World Builds a Brand New Terminal?| 2014/07/02
Uber Will Continue to Operate in Pittsburgh Despite a Court Order| 2014/07/02
20,000 Starwood Points Gets You 30,000 American Miles This Month| 2014/07/01
Always Double and Triple Check Your Awards!| 2014/07/01
Man Hit With 2000 Euro Bill for Scamming Lufthansa Lounge Access!| 2014/07/01
Your Next Flight May Land in a Totally Different Way| 2014/07/01
Airlines Would Save Money If Everyone Went to the Bathroom Before Boarding| 2014/07/01

PointsHound Introducing Increased Mileage-Earning| 2014/06/30
50,000 Point Offer Back for American Express Business Gold Rewards| 2014/06/30
The Decline of – and Remaining Value in – Promo Awards| 2014/06/30
Last Chance: Final Day for Several Great Credit Card Bonuses| 2014/06/30
British Airways 50% Off Redemption Sale Now Live| 2014/06/30
KLM’s Offensive World Cup Tweet (and What the REAL Outrage Is)| 2014/06/30
United Announces the Elimination of Garlic Bread and Ketchup| 2014/06/29
How Internet Gets Installed on a Plane| 2014/06/29
Why Do Some Credit Card Companies Give Signup Bonuses Over and Over for the Same Card?| 2014/06/29
Up to 40% Off a Hotel Booking Today Only| 2014/06/29
LAST DAY: 50,000 Point Southwest Visa Signup Bonus| 2014/06/29
The Card You Want to Have Which Offers to Most Targeted Bonuses| 2014/06/28
Why Do Credit Card Companies Waive Foreign Transaction Fees?| 2014/06/28
50% Off British Airways Redemptions, No Fly List Unconstitutional, and Forced Luxury Vacations| 2014/06/28
Union Representing Employees of American’s Pilots Union Consider Striking| 2014/06/28
Hey United and Delta: The 90s Called. They Want Their Proprietary Data Back| 2014/06/27
Know Which Websites Will Find Award Space For You (And Which Won’t)| 2014/06/27
Which Hotel Chain Rewards Frequent Guests the Most for their Nights?| 2014/06/27
Starwood American Express 30,000 Point Signup Bonus Ends June 30| 2014/06/27
Managing British Airways Award Bookings to Get All of Your Benefits| 2014/06/27
There’s One HUGE Change Air India May Have to Make As it Joins Star Alliance| 2014/06/27
My Favorite Flight in the World: Cathay Pacific First Class, Hong Kong – New York JFK| 2014/06/26
Hyatt Place Chicago River North Offers a Good Place to Stay at a Reasonable Price for the City| 2014/06/26
The Future of Room Service?| 2014/06/26
Lufthansa 50,000 Point Bonus Offer Ends June 30| 2014/06/26
What Hotel Program is the Most Rewarding for Your Nights? The Answer May Shock You.| 2014/06/26
Amazing AAdvantage Premium Cabin Award Space to Middle East and Indian Subcontinent Returns!| 2014/06/26
Update on Buying Stocks with a Credit Card, a HILARIOUS (true) Take on United, and Taxis Creating Demand for Uber| 2014/06/25
There are 3 Great Alaska Airlines Visa Offers. Which is Best?| 2014/06/25
Final Week for 50,000 Point Southwest Signup Bonus| 2014/06/25
One Week to Buy American Club Passes 42% Off, and Both American and US Clubs to Accept Each Others Passes| 2014/06/25
American 100,000 Mile Signup Bonus May Not Be Gone, Here’s What to Do| 2014/06/25
The American AAdvantage 100,000 Mile Credit Card Bonus is Gone!| 2014/06/25
Delta Begins to Thaw Complimentary Upgrades on Premium Domestic Routes| 2014/06/25
Up to 100,000 Bonus Miles for American Flights to Asia| 2014/06/24
Inside Gogo Inflight Internet’s “All Access” Day| 2014/06/24
Double Elite Nights, Travel With Models, and Get Miles for Getting More People to Track Their Points| 2014/06/24
Double Bonus 20,000 Points for Chase Freedom Expires June 30th| 2014/06/24
17,000 Singapore Airlines Miles for $10 (or 40,000 for $170)| 2014/06/24
These Are the 12 Longest Flights in the World. How Many Do You Know?| 2014/06/23
American Elites Don’t Get Complimentary Upgrades on US Airways Award Flights. You May Be Shocked What They DO Get Charged For.| 2014/06/23
Buying Gift Cards Online That Come Pre-Printed With Your Name on Them| 2014/06/23
Is it a Scam to Charge Gold Elites for Extra Legroom Seating?| 2014/06/23
Take Your Whole Family to Paris on Points – First Class Awards Wide Open on American!| 2014/06/23
We Should Have More Government Investment and Lower Taxes. And a Pony.| 2014/06/23
American Closing Systemwide Upgrade Loophole| 2014/06/22
1000 Bonus Miles, Changes to a Tool for Generating Transactions, and Points for Getting Rid of Paper Receipts| 2014/06/22
The Best Showers in Any Airport and Pretty Good Free Food, Too!| 2014/06/22
How to Buy Hilton HHonors Gold Status for as Little as $30| 2014/06/22
Screaming Deal: North Korea’s Air Koryo $9 All-In Mistake Fare is Systemwide, and Even Works for Business Class| 2014/06/21
$10 Air Koryo Mistake Fare!| 2014/06/21
United Lifts its Flight Attendant Alcohol Ban, Smuggling Cookies, and the Most Sexist Airline Ads| 2014/06/21
When Airline E-Tickets Break: How to Avoid Being Denied Boarding| 2014/06/21
A Roundtrip Does Not Mean What You Think It Means| 2014/06/21
Book Virgin America Paid First Class for July 4th Weekend at 50% Off| 2014/06/21
Has a New Greatest Safety Demonstration Ever Just Been Crowned?| 2014/06/20
$30 Free Rides from Uber for New Account Signups| 2014/06/20
Amazon Fire Phone Fails, OneVanilla at Walmart Fails, and Onboard Paid Upgrades Coming| 2014/06/20
Time to Register to Earn 5 Points Per Dollar at Gas Stations| 2014/06/20
Kung Fu Flight Attendants| 2014/06/20
You’re Subsidizing Those Expensive Tickets Business Travelers Buy!| 2014/06/19
Talking My Way into Malaysia’s First Class Lounge and Flying Cathay’s Business Class to Hong Kong| 2014/06/19
The Very Best Credit Cards With No Annual Fee| 2014/06/19
OUCH: You Can No Longer Transfer American Express Points to Whomever You Wish| 2014/06/19
You Won’t Believe What Happened to This Man on a Flight to Hong Kong!| 2014/06/19
As an Older White Male Business Traveler, Should I Care that American Express Is Focusing Elsewhere?| 2014/06/18
Confirmed: American to Reduce the Size of New 777-200 Business Class Cabin| 2014/06/18
Here are the Credit Card Signup Offers That Won’t Last| 2014/06/18
Another Program Flushes its Award Chart and More!| 2014/06/18
American Express Platinum Gets Grows its Lounge Network: San Diego| 2014/06/18
Was There a Riot at Newark Airport This Week, and Did United Cause It?| 2014/06/18
Another Airline Decides to Light Money on Fire With All-Business Class Service to Paris| 2014/06/17
Why Kuala Lumpur Is One of My Favorite Food Cities| 2014/06/17
Here are 10 Great Credit Card Bonus Offers That Didn’t Make My Top 10| 2014/06/17
The New Pattern for Finding 2 First Class Seats on American’s Premium Transcon Flights| 2014/06/17
Buy $1000 gift cards online and earn miles, 15% off Virgin America, $31 Million for London flights and a Giraffe| 2014/06/17
The Trick to Booking British Airways Avios Awards With $0 in Taxes and Fees| 2014/06/16
$500 Bank Account Opening Bonus, Free Avios, and Beach Resort Deals| 2014/06/16
Booking the Domestic Holy Grail Award Seats: Premium Cabin Transcons on United, Delta, American and JetBlue| 2014/06/16
US Airways Raised Price of Share Miles Ahead of Their 100% Bonus ‘With a Twist’| 2014/06/16
American’s Ongoing Problem Booking Awards on Etihad| 2014/06/15
COPA Wants You To Know You Can Still Earn Miles Based on Distance Flown When Crediting to United MileagePlus If…| 2014/06/15
Extreme Hotel Deal Alert Website (and Other Offers and Updates)| 2014/06/15
Is Your Personal Travel and Financial Data Safe? Do You Care?| 2014/06/15
What London Heathrow Was Like.. 50 Years Ago| 2014/06/15
The Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur’s Suites, Views, and Lounge Nearly Blow Me Away| 2014/06/14
How to Book British Airways First Class Awards Without Fuel Surcharges| 2014/06/14
Which Rumors About American Make Sense? And What’s the Earliest American Could Go Revenue-Based?| 2014/06/14
Outstanding Availability for Four Business Class Seats to Australia on Your Choice of Dates!| 2014/06/14
Hyatt Free Night in Hawaii, Hilton Member Get Member Up to 125,000 Points, and National Bringing Back 1-2-Free!| 2014/06/14
Is This Whole Revenue-Based Thing Much Ado About Nothing?| 2014/06/13
Beating Southwest’s Points Expiration Policy, Smisek Thinks Delta Can’t Touch United, and Ultimate Starbucks Tip List| 2014/06/13
Booking United Awards On Brussels Airlines and Waiving the Phone Booking Fee| 2014/06/13
The Best Credit Card Bonuses for June| 2014/06/13
Which Flyer Deserves More Miles? You Be the Judge!| 2014/06/13
United Reducing the Miles from Flying, Will Sell Them To You Instead (With 40% Discount)| 2014/06/13
The Fantastic and Confusing Breakfast at Park Hyatt Maldives Untangled| 2014/06/12
Why Skymiles and MileagePlus are Getting Out of the Airline Business and Why Partner Earning Matters More in 2015| 2014/06/12
Cash Back on eBay Purchases Returns to BigCrumbs| 2014/06/12
A Frequent Flyer Program You Should Learn About With Some of the Cheapest Premium Awards Out There| 2014/06/12
Amex Transfer Bonus, a New Terminal for DCA, and Don’t Eat that Inflight Meal!| 2014/06/12
Should We Care That Hilton Says They Can Increase the Price of Points at Any Time?| 2014/06/12
Here’s the New Game Plan for Non-Elite Flyers That Travel on United| 2014/06/11
Time to Ditch the Airline-Branded Credit Card?| 2014/06/11
New Business Class, Cheaper Coach Travel, and More Bonus Miles| 2014/06/11
Businesses Shouldn’t Stand for Revenue-Based Frequent Flyer Earning!| 2014/06/11
United MileagePlus Has No Strategy, So Where Do We Go From Here?| 2014/06/11
Packing for Overnight Trips Without Using the Overhead Bin| 2014/06/10
Here are the Properties You Can – And Can’t – Use Hilton Weekend Free Nights At| 2014/06/10
American’s Reciprocal Upgrades are Good, But Are They Enough? What I Would Have Done Instead| 2014/06/10
United Just Destroyed Its Frequent Flyer Program as a Way of Rewarding Travel on United| 2014/06/10
All American Express Membership Rewards Cards Have a New Category Bonus| 2014/06/10
From the Maldives to Malaysia: A Boat, Domestic Flight, and Malaysia Airlines Business Class| 2014/06/10
Here’s What Happens When a Blood Bank Takes Marketing Cues from a Frequent Flyer Program| 2014/06/09
American Express Introduces Earn and Burn Points With Uber| 2014/06/09
Insights from American’s Suzanne Rubin on What’s Next for the Program| 2014/06/09
BREAKING: American and US Airways Begin Reciprocal Upgrades This Week. Here’s How It Will Work!| 2014/06/09
US Airways Makes Changes to Its Award Chart.. With Notice This Time| 2014/06/09
The Latest on Earning Miles for Mortgages and Liquidating Gift Cards at Walmart Plus 19% Off Marriott Stays| 2014/06/09
Here’s Why the Park Hyatt Maldives is My Favorite Resort in the World…| 2014/06/08
Disruptive Travel Technologies Are Worth More Than Companies That Provide You With Travel| 2014/06/08
$8 Ice Cubes, Snacks Replacing Meals, and 2 Stays Pays| 2014/06/08
Is a $1700 First Class Seoul Roundtrip Ticket Even a Good Deal?| 2014/06/07
Meals Will Disappear from American First Class on Many Flights Starting September 1| 2014/06/07
WOW Deal $1700 3-Cabin First Class Fare Boston and Other Cities – Seoul Roundtrip| 2014/06/07
Free Ritz-Carlton Night, How to Avoid BA Fuel Surcharges, and 1 Night to Hotel Status| 2014/06/07
How Many Points Should You Spend.. and For What? How to Decide?| 2014/06/06
The Ultimate Guide to Constructing an International Award Ticket Using American Miles| 2014/06/06
Virgin Atlantic Introduces Business Class Pajamas.. “The Onesie”| 2014/06/06
A New Silver Car City, a New State Cracks Down on Uber, More Flexible Africa Awards, and Starwood’s Google Glass App| 2014/06/06
Passengers Win Court Battle Against British Airways After Changing Airports in London to Fly to the Wrong Grenada| 2014/06/06
I’m Flying Economy More and More.. and Loving It!| 2014/06/05
You Can Earn Points By Referring Your Friends for Chase and Amex Credit Cards| 2014/06/05
Here’s Why I Don’t Want American Airlines to Offer Unlimited Complimentary Upgrades to Elites| 2014/06/05
Hey, Orbitz, I Used to Live in East L.A., Man!| 2014/06/05
Maldivian Domestic Lounge, Flight, and Boat Transfer to the Park Hyatt Maldives| 2014/06/04
Got $180mm? The Dirtiest Hotel in America is For Sale (and How to Actually Benefit from TripAdvisor Reviews)| 2014/06/04
North Korea Kim Jong-un’s Private Jet| 2014/06/04
Three Cards You Rarely Hear Me Talking About But That 17 Of You Should Still Consider| 2014/06/04
Hyatt Points at 1 Cent: the Only Daily Getaways Deal So Far Worth Telling You About| 2014/06/04
The DOT Wants to Clamp Down on Forums and Blogs Spreading Mistake Fares and Having them Honored| 2014/06/03
Earn Miles Paying Your Mortgage, Get a Better Room at Check-in, and LifeMiles Conversion Bonus| 2014/06/03
I Just Drew 3 Winners for Packages of Lounge Passes. Did You Win?| 2014/06/03
How to Get Hilton Gold Status – And Make Money While Doing It| 2014/06/03
A Glitch to Avoid Fuel Surchages on American Express Transfer Partner Aeroplan| 2014/06/03
IHG Rewards Reel Summer Promotion Now Live, Here’s What it Means| 2014/06/03
Etihad’s Abu Dhabi First Class Lounge and Business Class Service to the Maldives| 2014/06/02
Chase Freedom Card Limited Time Offer Doubles Its Previous Signup Bonus| 2014/06/02
I Just Drew 4 Gift Card Winners. Did You Win $100?| 2014/06/02
Chinese Man Stranded In Airport When Son Draws in Passport| 2014/06/02
American is Charging You Too Much Money for British Airways Awards. Here’s How to Reduce the Fuel Surcharges.| 2014/06/02
Is a Burger Appropriate for a First Class Meal?| 2014/06/02
30% Off Silvercar, $50 Off First Rental, and $25 Credit for Being Referred| 2014/06/01
Starwood American Express 30,000 Points Offer is Back Through June 30| 2014/06/01
The UAE as an Uplifting Place of Opportunity| 2014/06/01
OMAAT Past 3 months:
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My First Long Delay In A While| 15 hours ago	
Do You Tip In Hotel Club Lounges?| 18 hours ago	
First Class Ground Services Matter| 21 hours ago	
New Citi Double Cash Card Benefits| 23 hours ago	
Jet Airways And Qatar Airways Business Class Are Next!| 2014/08/29	
Oldest Flight Attendant Forced To Retire| 2014/08/29	
Just Got Told To “Go F&ck Myself” In US Airways Club| 2014/08/28	
Best International First Class Products| 2014/08/28	
Value Of The Chase Ink Cash Card| 2014/08/28	
Incredibly Cheap Malaysia Airlines Fares!| 2014/08/28	
US Airways Award Routing Rules?| 2014/08/28	
Free ShopRunner Membership From Amex| 2014/08/28	
8x Alaska Miles Per Dollar Spent At Nordstrom| 2014/08/28	
La Compagnie Business Class Fare Sale Ending Soon| 2014/08/28	
China Southern Rebrands Domestic First Class| 2014/08/27	
Changes To Star Alliance First Class To Sydney| 2014/08/27	
Is The Relative Value Of Delta SkyMiles Increasing?| 2014/08/27	
Etihad A380s Flying To Sydney And London!| 2014/08/27	
No Major Changes To Chase Ink Cards| 2014/08/27	
Review: Park Hyatt New York| 2014/08/27	
Up To 1,500 Free Lufthansa Miles| 2014/08/27	
Marilyn Hartman Arrested At Airport… Again!| 2014/08/27	
Etihad Airways Award Seats Abu Dhabi To San Francisco| 2014/08/26	
Airlines Not Releasing Award Space On New Routes?| 2014/08/26	
Up To 50% Discount on SilkAir KrisFlyer Awards| 2014/08/26	
Alaska Mileage Plan Award Sale Through October 31, 2014| 2014/08/26	
American Airlines Tickets Not Bookable On Orbitz| 2014/08/26	
Up To 40% Bonus On Purchased Alaska Miles| 2014/08/26	
Is The Disney Credit Card Worth It?| 2014/08/26	
Up To 20% Off Fall JetBlue Tickets| 2014/08/26	
Krug Champagne In Qatar Airways Business Class Lounge| 2014/08/26	
Can Hotels Read Minds?!?| 2014/08/25	
Comparing the Amex EveryDay and EveryDay Preferred Cards| 2014/08/25	
Who Is Eligible For Delta American Express Sign-Up Bonus?| 2014/08/25	
Flying Blue Now Transfer Partner Of Citi ThankYou Points| 2014/08/25	
Conrad London St. James Now Accepting Reservations| 2014/08/25	
How To Know If You Have Lounge Access On International Itineraries| 2014/08/25	
Which Hyatt Diamond Amenity Do You | 2014/08/24	
Bonus For Joining Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan| 2014/08/24	
Blog Feedback: Additional Contributors| 2014/08/24	
Tip Airline Crew For Good Service?| 2014/08/24	
How To Use Points At Disney World| 2014/08/24	
Review: Delta Sky Club New York LGA Airport| 2014/08/23	
Singapore Airlines A380 New Suites Class| 2014/08/23	
Lufthansa Miles & More Miles For The Economist Subscription| 2014/08/23	
Bonus Avios For Longhaul British Airways Travel| 2014/08/23	
Airline Award Ticket Hold Policies| 2014/08/22	
Dear Hotels: I’m Not Traveling With The Brady Bunch Or Concubines!| 2014/08/22	
Qantas US Flight Changes| 2014/08/22	
Hospitality Happens At The Margins| 2014/08/22	
AZAL Azerbaijan All Business Class 727 Between Baku And Geneva| 2014/08/22	
Cathay Pacific New Boston To Hong Kong Flight Coming| 2014/08/22	
Lufthansa Ice Bucket Challenge And India Commercial| 2014/08/22	
Virgin Atlantic MasterCard (Up To) 90K Sign-Up Bonus| 2014/08/21	
Qatar Airways A380 First Class Award Space| 2014/08/21	
Review: AmEx Centurion Lounge New York LGA Airport| 2014/08/21	
Singapore Airlines A380 Business Class Frankfurt To New York| 2014/08/21	
American First Class Meal Ordering Changing September 1, 2014| 2014/08/21	
EVA Air Cuts Hello Kitty Service To Los Angeles| 2014/08/21	
Qatar Airways A380 London Heathrow Inaugural Delayed Further| 2014/08/21	
Up To 30% Bonus On Purchased Hyatt Points| 2014/08/21	
Hyatt Place New York Mistake Rate?| 2014/08/21	
Signs You Spend Too Much Time On Planes?| 2014/08/20	
I Was Asked To Power On Electronics At Security| 2014/08/20	
Best Singapore Airlines A380 Business Class Seat?| 2014/08/20	
Icelandair Business Class (Saga Class) Review| 2014/08/20	
Register For National Emerald Club One Two Free| 2014/08/20	
InterContinental Royal Ambassador Qualification Requirements| 2014/08/20	
Good Time To Take Advantage Of Marriott 70K Increased Sign-Up Bonus| 2014/08/20	
American AAdvantage Stopover Exceptions Added| 2014/08/20	
British Airways Adds Paid 72 Hour Ticket Hold Option| 2014/08/20	
Chase Freedom Eliminating 10% Bonus For Checking Customers| 2014/08/19	
More Cathay Pacific First Class To Chicago| 2014/08/19	
Singapore Airlines Inflight Wifi| 2014/08/19	
Are Targeted Loyalty Program Promotions Unfair?| 2014/08/19	
Downgraded On Award Ticket?| 2014/08/19	
How To Handle US Airways Award Ticket Schedule Change?| 2014/08/19	
Bad Club Lounge Etiquette — At What Point Do You Say Something?| 2014/08/19	
Cathay Pacific $100 Business Class And Premium Economy Tickets| 2014/08/19	
What Is OpenSkies Premium Economy (Prem Plus) Like?| 2014/08/18	
ExpertFlyer Removes All Delta Upgrade Space| 2014/08/18	
Hyatt Fall Bonus Points Promotion — Up To 50,000 Bonus Points| 2014/08/18	
Korean Air SkyPass Award Ticket Holds| 2014/08/18	
What Are Radisson Blu Business Class Rooms?| 2014/08/18	
Thai Airways Starting Bangkok To Dusseldorf Flights| 2014/08/18	
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Outage Is Over| 2014/08/18	
25% Discount On JetBlue TrueBlue Award Redemptions| 2014/08/18	
American AAdvantage Hawaiian Airlines Award Rule Change| 2014/08/18	
Beautiful Singapore Changi Timelapse Video| 2014/08/17	
What NOT To Wear In Iceland| 2014/08/17	
Tips For Traveling Alone| 2014/08/17	
Review: Andaz Wall Street New York| 2014/08/17	
Fistfight Between Crew Delays Saudia Flight| 2014/08/17	
Targeted Delta Promotion For Washington Residents| 2014/08/17	
How Should I Fly Home From Europe?| 2014/08/17	
Club Carlson Gold Welcome Amenity?| 2014/08/17	
La Compagnie Social Media #FAIL| 2014/08/16	
Review: La Compagnie Business Class 757 Paris To Newark| 2014/08/15	
Airline Denies Boarding To Passengers With HIV| 2014/08/15	
Which Jobs Require Lots Of Travel?| 2014/08/15	
JetBlue TrueBlue 25% Transfer Bonus From AmEx Membership Rewards| 2014/08/15	
British Airways Discounts For AARP Members| 2014/08/15	
Is Hilton Diamond Reservation Guarantee Worthless?| 2014/08/15	
Jet Airways Flight Drops 5,000 Feet| 2014/08/15	
Mandarin Oriental Bangkok Is “Happy”| 2014/08/14	
Another Perspective On La Compagnie Business Class| 2014/08/14	
10 Best Credit Card Offers For August| 2014/08/14	
I’m Being Trolled, Right?| 2014/08/14	
Alaska Mileage Plan Outage Through August 18, 2014| 2014/08/14	
Etihad Second A380 London Heathrow Flight Starting March 1, 2015| 2014/08/14	
ANA First Class Award Space Wide Open!| 2014/08/14	
Air China First Class Award Space New York To Beijing| 2014/08/14	
BREAKING: EVA Air Hello Kitty Plane Getting New Pillow Covers| 2014/08/13	
A Few More Months Till My Dad’s Big Trip!| 2014/08/13	
Body Found In Suitcase At St. Regis Bali| 2014/08/13	
Lawsuit Over Alaska Airlines First Class Lavatory Usage| 2014/08/13	
First Impressions of Iceland!| 2014/08/13	
Finnair A350 Business Class Revealed| 2014/08/13	
Delta SkyClub Adding New Snack Menu| 2014/08/13	
Register For Marriott MegaBonus 2014| 2014/08/13	
What To Do When American Award Flights Don’t Display On British Airways Site| 2014/08/12	
Review: ICARE Lounge Paris Charles de Gaulle| 2014/08/12	
What Should You Expect At Radisson Blu?| 2014/08/12	
Benefits When Flying SAS Plus In Europe| 2014/08/12	
Barclaycard Arrival Plus Vs. Fidelity American Express| 2014/08/12	
American Express Centurion Lounge New York LGA Now Open| 2014/08/12	
Delta American Express 50,000 Mile Sign-Up Bonus| 2014/08/12	
What Is Baltia Air Lines?| 2014/08/12	
US Airways Now Pricing Awards As One Ways| 2014/08/12	
Review: TGV Train Brussels To Paris First Class| 2014/08/11	
Another Reason To Use Barclaycard Arrival Miles| 2014/08/11	
9 Best Business Class Awards| 2014/08/11	
Up To Triple Etihad Guest Miles For First Class Bookings| 2014/08/11	
Cheap LAN Business Class Fares To Ecuador| 2014/08/11	
British Airways Introduces Paws And Relax IFE| 2014/08/11	
Singapore Airlines A380 Flights To Auckland Starting October 27, 2014| 2014/08/11	
Cathay Pacific Nonstop Hong Kong To Colombo Flight Launching!| 2014/08/11	
Review: Brussels Airlines Tomorrowland Flight Frankfurt To Brussels| 2014/08/10	
Redeeming Club Carlson Points In Iceland| 2014/08/10	
How Many Alaska Miles Can You Buy Per Year?| 2014/08/10	
Trip To Lisbon and Porto — Portugal Is Amazing!| 2014/08/10	
Discounted US Airways First Class Awards To South America| 2014/08/10	
Caviar For Breakfast At Sheraton?!| 2014/08/10	
Review: Brussels Airlines Tomorrowland Flight Frankfurt Gate Party| 2014/08/09	
Hilarious TSA Improvement Contest Entry!| 2014/08/09	
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Buy British Airways Avios With Up To 30% Bonus| 2014/08/09	
20% Off Virgin America First Class & Main Cabin | 2014/08/09	
Review: Brussels Airlines Business Class A330 Brussels To Frankfurt| 2014/08/08	
How To Refund Aeroplan Award Within 21 Days Of Departure| 2014/08/08	
Marriott Rewards Visa 70,000 Point Sign-Up Bonus| 2014/08/08	
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Delta Eliminating Onboard Duty Free Sales| 2014/08/08	
Hilton HHonors’ Latest Award Category Change| 2014/08/08	
After Several Attempts, Lady Successfully Sneaks On Plane| 2014/08/07	
Qantas Chauffeur Drive Eliminated For Partner Award Tickets| 2014/08/07	
SAS Plus — Not Even Intra-Europe Business Class| 2014/08/07	
Review: Sheraton Brussels Airport| 2014/08/07	
Blog Feedback: Nested Or Chronological Comments?| 2014/08/07	
Swiss Revamping Business Class Service| 2014/08/07	
A350 News Reporting #FAIL!| 2014/08/07	
100% Bonus On Purchased US Airways Miles (Targeted)| 2014/08/06	
How To Redeem EVA Air Miles| 2014/08/06	
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Air India Rats On A Plane!| 2014/08/06	
Review: British Airways Club Europe A319 London to Brussels| 2014/08/06	
Go Surfing At Munich Airport!| 2014/08/06	
Cheap KLM Business Class Fares From Europe To Caribbean| 2014/08/06	
Uber Announces UberPool Carpooling| 2014/08/06	
Early Morning Hotel Coffee| 2014/08/06	
Cathay Pacific First Class Award Availability Trends| 2014/08/05	
40% Bonus On Purchased Hyatt Points: Diamond Members Only| 2014/08/05	
American First Class Award Space WIDE OPEN June 30, 2015| 2014/08/05	
Review Of JetBlue’s New Mint Class A321 Service| 2014/08/05	
Best Citi Executive AAdvantage Card Sign-Up Bonus Now 60K| 2014/08/05	
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Review: British Airways Concorde Room London Heathrow| 2014/08/05	
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TSA To Start Limiting Pre-Check Eligibility| 2014/08/05	
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The Emirates A380 Shower Suite Explained| 2014/08/03	
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Introduction: Flying Brussels Airlines To Tomorrowland| 2014/08/02	
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Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus Devaluation Postponed| 2014/07/29	
United’s New “Safety Is Global” Safety Video| 2014/07/29	
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Hilton To Add Mobile Check-In And Room Keys| 2014/07/28	
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United.com Not Displaying Copa Award Space| 2014/07/28	
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Review: Ethiopian Airlines Cloud Nine Business Class Lounge Addis Ababa| 2014/07/27	
Delta Pilot Snaps At Atlanta Air Traffic Controller| 2014/07/27	
Akbar Al Baker Calls A350 “Crap Test Airplane”| 2014/07/27	
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Reminder: US Airways Dividend Miles Changes August 1, 2014| 2014/07/27	
Aeroflot’s Sensual 777-300ER Safety Video| 2014/07/26	
La Compagnie Business Class Paris To Newark Review| 2014/07/26	
Review: Ethiopian Airlines Business Class 787 Beijing To Addis Ababa| 2014/07/26	
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Turkish Airlines New San Francisco To Istanbul Flight| 2014/07/25	
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Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Card Improved Sign-Up Bonus Ending| 2014/07/17	
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ExpertFlyer Adds Features: Visas, Timetables, Interlining, And More| 2014/07/15	
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Caracas Airport Adds Breathing Tax| 2014/07/15	
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Etihad Launches New San Francisco To Abu Dhabi Flight| 2014/07/14	
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Air India Improving First & Business Class Meal Service| 2014/07/10	
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British Airways Adding Fuel Surcharges On US Airways Awards| 2014/07/08	
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Qatar Airways A380 Delayed Until October 2014| 2014/07/07	
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TSA Prohibiting Powerless Electronic Devices On Flights| 2014/07/06	
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Video Of Near Miss Between Two Planes At Barcelona Airport| 2014/07/06	
Lufthansa 747-8 New Business Class Frankfurt to Washington| 2014/07/06	
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Asiana A380 LAX Flights Delayed Until August 26, 2014| 2014/07/06	
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Ethiopian 767 Business Class Cloud Nine Addis Ababa To Frankfurt| 2014/07/05	
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Korean Air Fixes Homophobic Lounge Filter| 2014/07/04	
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Ethiopan To Add Los Angeles Flight| 2014/07/02	
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British Airways Tests Happiness Blanket| 2014/07/01	
Malaysia Airlines Retroactively Changes Expiration Date Of Enrich Miles| 2014/07/01	
	
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Red Lion Eliminates Points Earnings For R&R Club Members| 2014/06/30	
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Korean Air Lounge New York JFK Blocks “Websites That Cater To Gays”| 2014/06/29	
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LOT, Ethiopian, Swiss, and Lufthansa, Here We Come!| 2014/06/28	
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Last Chance For US Airways 100% Share Miles Bonus| 2014/06/28	
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Iced Coffee — Am I Asking Too Much?| 2014/06/27	
Air France New First & Business Class at New York Expo| 2014/06/27	
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Club Carlson Gold Points Bonus For Weekend Europe Stays| 2014/06/26	
Kimpton Loyalty Program Changes July 2014| 2014/06/26	
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Etihad Awards Bookable With American AAdvantage Miles Again| 2014/06/25	
Saudia Offering Free In-Flight WiFi To Premium Passengers| 2014/06/25	
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I am definitely seeing more content that enables the excuses to add credit card affiliate links. I would love to see comparisons of the NUMBER of credit card links which I think will show the differences to be even more profound. Or maybe I am imagining things. We 'll let our readers decide that.

Can you answer this question by farwest101 ?

>>>>>>have you seen rates per view/click/conversion change significantly in any direction in the past three months, for example?

One more from me:

Are you upset a little bit about the BA ad revenue drop and how BA has handled it?


Again, I am pasting below what I blogged about.
I stand by my claims:

I am seeing more posts.
I am seeing more credit card related posts (and many more credit card affiliate links, especially Amex since they came back ). Especially OMAAT (which saddens me------>Seeing 13 Chase links in one post about the Chase Ink card would NEVER have been posted last year in this blog! The Chase Ink card...shaking my head! ).

I am inferring/concluding (BA bloggers do that A LOT!) that there may have been an ad revenue drop in BA which may be directly responsible for the two claims and some BA bloggers may be upset. So, to cut to the chase (pun intended), have you seen a drop in ad revenue and are you upset about it? Make me STFU. Anyways, I hope BA gets back on track because it hurts non cc pumping bloggers.


-----Text of blog post at TBB on August 27th--------
Warning: I have a very strong imagination and like to make up things and then channel them into my blog. It makes me feel better “letting it all out” and also makes me feel important. This is my way of dealing with my inner inadequacies and insecurities. Whatever. Brace yourselves!

Loyalty Traveler (who I very highly respect) let that slip in his blog a few days ago which led me to comment further and, oh boy, are we seeing a turn in BA blog content lately or what? MORE posts trying to get views to soften some of the revenue losses ( I am guessing) and, brace yourselves big time, if you thought BA was already very credit card sell happy…you haven’t seen nothing yet! Actually, you are seeing a prime example in the amazing BIG TIME pump at One Mile at a Time in just the past few days! As you know, I am used to this stuff but even I am just blown away! I think in rough down revenue times from advertising sources you see the true colors of our favorite bloggers who do it for “friends and family” :-) Sadly (again), the good responsible bloggers (like Loyalty Traveler for example) are the ones who get hurt the most in these developments…

I would not be shocked if some of the BA biggies decide to go it alone. Actually, I am very surprised they haven’t done so as The Points Guy, Million Mile Secrets and Frugal Travel Guy are cleaning up the vast newbie market all to themselves!

Here was the quote that most missed. Nothing goes past TBB. We speak our mind and we follow doctor therapist orders to “let it all out”! What do we have to lose…our Amazon link? ROFL!!!

http://loyaltytraveler.boardingarea....-weekend-2014/

Apparently ad payouts for blogging are ‘down the toilet’ summer 2014. Do credit cards really need to advertise on blogs when the travel bloggers already personalize the commercials for them in their content?
So expect lots of catch phrase titles with less content as the travel blogosphere struggles with the new normal of lower advertisement payments.
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Old Aug 30, 2014, 9:53 am
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What a s#%t storm I stirred up!

I am not going to contribute any information about BoardingArea revenue.

Here is a comment I posted on my blog in response to a comment from gpapadop August 2013.

If my [BoardingArea] neighbors get mad I really do not know since very few have ever corresponded with me or comment on my blog.

I am somewhat of an outsider within the ‘in crowd’ of bloggers. Since my focus is not money or credit cards there are few insights other travel bloggers seek from me.

Even outside BoardingArea I was once introduced at TBEX [travel blogger exchange conference] by a friend as the anti-social social media blogger.

My primary motivation for blogging as my career was to be left alone to focus on the aspects of life I enjoy most without the intrusion of physically working around other people who I would rather not be around.

I am often alone, never lonely. My wife, my cats, my family and the outdoors offer a comfortable blanket to wrap myself in.

BoardingArea does not dictate what I do and write.

Banks don’t dictate what I do and write.

Hotel companies don’t dictate what I do and write, even though I do accept some offers for freebie travel. Hey, I like to see new places and meet people.

And touching on controversial subjects in the points and miles blogosphere like political issues, unions, and rants on consumerism and banks has cost me readers periodically, but enough people are sticking around that I keep writing in my true-to-self style.

At TBEX travel blogger conference last year (2012), when I told a blogger that I don’t want to pimp credit cards for banks, his reply was

“Do you like being poor?”
159 posts from VFTW and 198 posts from OMAAT in August!

Loyalty Traveler has 77 posts for August.

I do not live to work, I work to live in the way I like. I have been out whale watching around Monterey Bay twice this past week instead of writing.

I heard excitement in the voices of six-year-olds yesterday as I informed them in first grade they were doing algebra by finding the missing number in a math sentence. Several school kids talked to me about the story I told them last week about eating spaghetti in Rome when I was 14 and why I rarely eat spaghetti since then.

An elderly woman I spoke with yesterday, upon learning that I am going to Norway next week wrote down the name of a town where her father emigrated from in the early 20th century. She said she would love to see photographs of the town. I actually had a hard time finding it on Google maps. I think the town may not exist in this day, but I have a destination to seek out, not too far from Bergen where I will be spending a week. I'd love to show her photographs of where her father came from in Norway.

Next week I will be walking the beaches of Norway and writing about the places, people and little alterations I see between Norway and California.

If you want to learn the real value of Choice Privileges points, check out my blog over the next few weeks.
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Have a great time in Norway Ric. I hope I did not put you in a bad spot as that was never my intention. I am so behind in my own number of posts...if only Seth would just leave me alone

Screw it. Taking my kids bike riding and then grilling ribs to say goodbye to this short summer!

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Originally Posted by satori
I am not going to contribute any information about BoardingArea revenue.

Here is a comment I posted on my blog in response to a comment from gpapadop August 2013.



159 posts from VFTW and 198 posts from OMAAT in August!

Loyalty Traveler has 77 posts for August.

I do not live to work, I work to live in the way I like. I have been out whale watching around Monterey Bay twice this past week instead of writing.

I heard excitement in the voices of six-year-olds yesterday as I informed them in first grade they were doing algebra by finding the missing number in a math sentence. Several school kids talked to me about the story I told them last week about eating spaghetti in Rome when I was 14 and why I rarely eat spaghetti since then.

An elderly woman I spoke with yesterday, upon learning that I am going to Norway next week wrote down the name of a town where her father emigrated from in the early 20th century. She said she would love to see photographs of the town. I actually had a hard time finding it on Google maps. I think the town may not exist in this day, but I have a destination to seek out, not too far from Bergen where I will be spending a week. I'd love to show her photographs of where her father came from in Norway.

Next week I will be walking the beaches of Norway and writing about the places, people and little alterations I see between Norway and California.

If you want to learn the real value of Choice Privileges points, check out my blog over the next few weeks.
Wow, I wish there was a like or love button for this post. You have something that 98% of BA bloggers are lacking. Integrity. This is why I read your blog and two others from BA and ignore the rest.
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Old Aug 30, 2014, 11:04 am
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Originally Posted by gpapadop
Can you answer this question by farwest101 ?

>>>>>>have you seen rates per view/click/conversion change significantly in any direction in the past three months, for example?
My eRPM was higher for each of the first 6 months of this year than for each of the last 6 months of 2013. July was lower. There's a lot which goes into eRPM numbers, more than just, "the industry has tanked."

Originally Posted by gpapadop
I am seeing more posts.
I'm not sure whether to be impressed or depressed by this claim, particularly in light of the actual numbers I shared above.
Originally Posted by gpapadop
Seeing 13 Chase links in one post about the Chase Ink card would NEVER have been posted last year in this blog! The Chase Ink card...shaking my head! ).
Alas, I don't have 100% of the content going back to last year so I cannot be certain of this one way or the other. But I do know that OMAAT was writing plenty about the Ink card earlier this year. Here's a post from the beginning of May, replete with all the links. It is one of seven from that month on the topic. If we are to believe your claim that there was a precipitating action "this summer" which has caused a sudden spike in post frequency and CC links then shouldn't be some evidence of that?

I personally think seven posts about the card in a month is excessive and not a particularly great content choice; I wouldn't do that. But I don't see any evidence that the decision to publish those posts was based on anything which happened this summer. Do you?

Originally Posted by gpapadop
I am inferring/concluding (BA bloggers do that A LOT!)
And when they do so erroneously they get called on it. Just like you are in this case.

I'm still waiting to see evidence of anything other than your hunches that these changes have actually occurred. I've provided details and facts. Your turn. :-:
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Originally Posted by sbm12
A couple facts which may help in the discussion:[list][*]Over the past three months VFTW has had 157, 158 and 159 posts. Hardly a sudden influx meant to increase revenue in light of supposedly declining yields. At first blush I'm seeing 22 of those posts focused on CCs in August. That's roughly the same rate as in the past.
Are you basing those counts just on the blog entry titles?

Because both of those blogs have gotten very clever about publishing a title and a couple paragraphs about an issue whose solution and/or conclusion is that a credit card sign up is the answer...and here is my affiliate link.

Eg,

Why Delta Miles Haven’t Suddenly Become ‘Great’ – But I Still Work Hard to Earn Them| 2014/08/28 (really a commercial for his DL Amex card affiliate link)

Great Deals Using British Airways Points for Short Flights All Over the World| 2014/08/27 (really a commercial for his BA Visa affiliate link)

Etc.
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Why don't you answer all the questions to STFU me?

farwest101 asked: >>>>>>have you seen rates per view/click/conversion change significantly in any direction in the past three months, for example?

You responded (thank you!) with:

My eRPM was higher for each of the first 6 months of this year than for each of the last 6 months of 2013. July was lower. There's a lot which goes into eRPM numbers, more than just, "the industry has tanked."


I made the claim BA ad revenue was down. Thank you for confirming that! My claim was not erroneous so please do not call me a liar, thank you! I think it would also be enlightening to the crowd to hear how much of a hit % it was! But I never asked you that and I don't expect you to answer it when you blow off MY actual questions! Anyways, I hope August is better for all at BA!

Next...I asked you and you chose to ignore me again:

>>>>>>>>>Are you upset a little bit about the BA ad revenue drop and how BA has handled it?

You produced an impressive list of some BA blog number of posts going back three months. This would make more sense if you compare it to an earlier three month period. Or, even better, compared it to a specific time period, say July and after (when the ad revenue drop occurred according to you) vs June and earlier! Something I can never do as my techie abilities are limited to cut and paste and I just have to go by my eyes and hunches, sorry no interns and templates involved in my joke of a site (fully disclosed up on top of the specific blog post!).

Also the point kokonutz states is VERY important! "both of those blogs have gotten very clever about publishing a title and a couple paragraphs about an issue whose solution and/or conclusion is that a credit card sign up is the answer...and here is my affiliate link."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I'm still waiting to see evidence of anything other than your hunches that these changes have actually occurred. I've provided details and facts.

Thank you for confirming the BA revenue drop is NOT an erroneous claim. Sorry I could not resist

I go by my hunches ever since I started my joke of a site on November 9, 2012 that I see more posts lately in BA and more credit card links certainly. I inferred that may be due to the BA ad revenue drop. It makes sense to me and I think it is true. Of course not many of you in BA will admit to that (yes TBB I use more cc links lol). It would be great to see how many cc links made their way into blog posts after July vs pre July! But I don't have a template for that and I sure have wasted enough time here nitpicking words with you.

How does all this make me a liar and I should have my character questioned is beyond me. I can understand this stuff coming from Delta Points (who bizarrely think my Amazon shilling is worse than all BA blog cc shilling combined ...!!!!!!) but not from you who I proudly have in the list of blogs I like and always respected. I know you like to be a little combative online and picking fights and choosing this issue to bash me after almost 2 years of blogging and more years of knowing you is, well, a badge of honor for me I guess

Let's enjoy the rest of the holiday weekend, shall we? Summer is almost over!
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Old Aug 30, 2014, 5:16 pm
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Originally Posted by gpapadop
I made the claim BA ad revenue was down. Thank you for confirming that! My claim was not erroneous so please do not call me a liar, thank you!
It is everything else you posted based on a number which you are quite unlikely to know the reality of which I've suggested is erroneous. I still believe that to be true.

Originally Posted by gpapadop
Or, even better, compared it to a specific time period, say July and after (when the ad revenue drop occurred according to you) vs June and earlier!
I did exactly this. The numbers haven't really changed. That huge list has the post dates in it and I even included the nubmers broken out so you wouldn't have to count.

Originally Posted by gpapadop
I go by my hunches ever since I started my joke of a site on November 9, 2012 that I see more posts lately in BA and more credit card links certainly. I inferred that may be due to the BA ad revenue drop.
At what point do you think there was actually a change in the behavior? April 1 (certainly not in the summer window)? July 1? July 15? August 1? August 15?

Name a date where things changed. It is not hard to look at the actual posts and determine if there is something to such claims.

For me (or anyone) to change behavior based on revenue models we'd have to know when the revenue numbers changed, right? When do you believe that happened? I've asked that now a few times because that seems to be the crux of your claim: There has been a noticeable difference in posting behavior based on lowered revenue.

Originally Posted by kokonutz
Are you basing those counts just on the blog entry titles? ...
Why Delta Miles Haven’t Suddenly Become ‘Great’ – But I Still Work Hard to Earn Them| 2014/08/28 (really a commercial for his DL Amex card affiliate link)

Great Deals Using British Airways Points for Short Flights All Over the World| 2014/08/27 (really a commercial for his BA Visa affiliate link)
I included both of those in my counts.

I won't argue that more posts cover CCs now than 1 or 3 years ago. That's quite clear. But there has not been a change in the past few months. And any supposed link to ad revenue v CC post frequencies is purely imagined.

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Old Aug 30, 2014, 6:47 pm
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A couple other thoughts, because it is clear that liberties were taken with some of the comments I made earlier:
  1. I have no idea what the RPM numbers are for the other bloggers. I'm not privy to that data and I don't want to have it.
  2. Despite the suggestion that my revenues have tanked based on my stating that July was lower than June I can still happily say that my eRPM for 2014 is higher than 2013. Were there a reason for me to panic about the numbers I'd presume that would be different.

But don't worry. Because someone without any actual data keeps saying he has a hunch as to what's happened. That's always more reliable.
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