Bloggers posting wrong and misleading advice
Nov 6, 2014, 8:49 pm
#241
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And with this post, http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea....ill-get-hosed/, the lights go out for me on VFTW. Not an award sale even applicable to Americans, which he doesn't note and even gives the impression is applicable to flights from anywhere but London, but an opportunity for ol' Gar to beat on one of his favorite whipping boys, BA.
RTFT&C, Gary.
RTFT&C, Gary.
Nov 7, 2014, 1:37 am
#242
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And with this post, http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea....ill-get-hosed/, the lights go out for me on VFTW. Not an award sale even applicable to Americans, which he doesn't note and even gives the impression is applicable to flights from anywhere but London, but an opportunity for ol' Gar to beat on one of his favorite whipping boys, BA.
RTFT&C, Gary.
RTFT&C, Gary.
I'm slowly becoming a kokonutz airline agnostic.
Nov 20, 2014, 3:32 pm
#243
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Frugal Travel Guy posts today about 5 must-have card types for travel. Chase Sapphire Preferred and the Barclays Arrival Card get starred for being Chip & Pin; other lesser cards are noted for having Chip & Signature capability, which can often serve in a pinch.
Knowledgeable readers already know that the CSP card is, in fact, Chip & Signature, and that the Barclays Card is principally also Chip & Signature (with backup PIN capability).
Knowledgeable travelers, and even not-so-knowledgeable ones like me, know that this is not a trivial or minor issue. Is my card going to work in that train kiosk or am I going to have to brave that 45 minute line at the manned desk?
How can you run a travel blog and not know (or at least not care about) the basics?
The comments to the post, of course, picked up on all this instantly.
Knowledgeable readers already know that the CSP card is, in fact, Chip & Signature, and that the Barclays Card is principally also Chip & Signature (with backup PIN capability).
Knowledgeable travelers, and even not-so-knowledgeable ones like me, know that this is not a trivial or minor issue. Is my card going to work in that train kiosk or am I going to have to brave that 45 minute line at the manned desk?
How can you run a travel blog and not know (or at least not care about) the basics?
The comments to the post, of course, picked up on all this instantly.
Last edited by FallenPlat; Nov 21, 2014 at 9:17 am Reason: Corrected blog name.
Nov 21, 2014, 10:26 am
#245
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Frugal Travel Guy posts today about 5 must-have card types for travel. Chase Sapphire Preferred and the Barclays Arrival Card get starred for being Chip & Pin; other lesser cards are noted for having Chip & Signature capability, which can often serve in a pinch.
Knowledgeable readers already know that the CSP card is, in fact, Chip & Signature, and that the Barclays Card is principally also Chip & Signature (with backup PIN capability).
Knowledgeable travelers, and even not-so-knowledgeable ones like me, know that this is not a trivial or minor issue. Is my card going to work in that train kiosk or am I going to have to brave that 45 minute line at the manned desk?
How can you run a travel blog and not know (or at least not care about) the basics?
The comments to the post, of course, picked up on all this instantly.
Knowledgeable readers already know that the CSP card is, in fact, Chip & Signature, and that the Barclays Card is principally also Chip & Signature (with backup PIN capability).
Knowledgeable travelers, and even not-so-knowledgeable ones like me, know that this is not a trivial or minor issue. Is my card going to work in that train kiosk or am I going to have to brave that 45 minute line at the manned desk?
How can you run a travel blog and not know (or at least not care about) the basics?
The comments to the post, of course, picked up on all this instantly.
The post was from 19 Nov and here, two days later and after comments calling out the errors, it remains uncorrected. It's even one of the rotating things on the FT home page. Amazing.
Nov 21, 2014, 5:03 pm
#247
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Can we include the bits of FT that present themselves in a blog-like way?
This appallingly lazy piece tells us that Lufthansa plans "global rollout" of their new Premium Economy to BLR-LHR and "every long-haul route in India".
This appallingly lazy piece tells us that Lufthansa plans "global rollout" of their new Premium Economy to BLR-LHR and "every long-haul route in India".
Nov 22, 2014, 8:41 am
#248
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And in that same paragraph she even notes that the Chase Hyatt card is Chip-and-Signature only, contrasting it to Sapphire Preferred.
The post was from 19 Nov and here, two days later and after comments calling out the errors, it remains uncorrected. It's even one of the rotating things on the FT home page. Amazing.
The post was from 19 Nov and here, two days later and after comments calling out the errors, it remains uncorrected. It's even one of the rotating things on the FT home page. Amazing.
Frugal Travel Guy posts today about 5 must-have card types for travel. Chase Sapphire Preferred and the Barclays Arrival Card get starred for being Chip & Pin; other lesser cards are noted for having Chip & Signature capability, which can often serve in a pinch.
Knowledgeable readers already know that the CSP card is, in fact, Chip & Signature, and that the Barclays Card is principally also Chip & Signature (with backup PIN capability).
Knowledgeable travelers, and even not-so-knowledgeable ones like me, know that this is not a trivial or minor issue. Is my card going to work in that train kiosk or am I going to have to brave that 45 minute line at the manned desk?
How can you run a travel blog and not know (or at least not care about) the basics?
Knowledgeable readers already know that the CSP card is, in fact, Chip & Signature, and that the Barclays Card is principally also Chip & Signature (with backup PIN capability).
Knowledgeable travelers, and even not-so-knowledgeable ones like me, know that this is not a trivial or minor issue. Is my card going to work in that train kiosk or am I going to have to brave that 45 minute line at the manned desk?
How can you run a travel blog and not know (or at least not care about) the basics?
Nov 23, 2014, 12:37 pm
#249
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While not "wrong" or "misleading" I think it's shameful that no one mentions that US Bank Club Carlson runs 10x dining for most cardholders from Nov 1 - Dec 31. Those points will take you further than 3x Chase points and are valid for two full months. And these promos are often run once or twice a year.
I went to AMS via HNL...but that was years ago when status mattered. Since 2012 I entered free agency and love WN for domestic trips on points! Now if I had a dollar for every time every blogger raved about the Southwest Companion Pass...easiest & most often used template ever!
Nov 28, 2014, 2:58 pm
#250
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Nov 28, 2014, 8:32 pm
#251
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Dec 1, 2014, 10:07 am
#252
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I'd almost forgotten what it might be like if an adult posted about Delta's changes to SkyMiles: http://mjontravel.boardingarea.com/2...lines-reviews/. No moral outrage here; just simply a cost/benefit analysis that takes into consideration that a business has a right to make decisions as best they can in order to make profits. And that a customer has a right to dump a program that no longer serves him well.
Dec 8, 2014, 4:05 pm
#253
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I'd almost forgotten what it might be like if an adult posted about Delta's changes to SkyMiles: http://mjontravel.boardingarea.com/2...lines-reviews/. No moral outrage here; just simply a cost/benefit analysis that takes into consideration that a business has a right to make decisions as best they can in order to make profits. And that a customer has a right to dump a program that no longer serves him well.
I generally agree with what MJ said there.
Dec 9, 2014, 9:14 am
#254
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MJ on Travel is actually one of my favorite blogs, and frequently has truly excellent insight into what's going on in AA-land, which is great for a hub captive like me. I just skip the cruise stuff.
As for the other blog mentioned above, you know it provides some of us with practically endless entertainment, right?
As for the other blog mentioned above, you know it provides some of us with practically endless entertainment, right?
Dec 9, 2014, 11:43 am
#255
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I really like it when Gary tells airport authorities, hotels, and airlines how to run their businesses. It's sort of like a person who eats telling Thomas Keller how to run Per Se.
No pingbacks here because it's now something he does every day or so. And amazingly, no one in a position of authority seems to be listening to him. Shocked, I am, shocked!
No pingbacks here because it's now something he does every day or so. And amazingly, no one in a position of authority seems to be listening to him. Shocked, I am, shocked!