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Old Oct 29, 2015, 5:35 pm
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Are you quite certain of that?
Which "that"?
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Old Oct 29, 2015, 5:38 pm
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I'm not really blown away by the routing through Australia, but how would you explain the round trip to Rome, Mauritius, and Auckland?
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Old Oct 29, 2015, 5:40 pm
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Old Oct 29, 2015, 6:03 pm
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Originally Posted by Astrophsx
but how would you explain the round trip to Rome, Mauritius, and Auckland?
that part is dead. he called it in. that's what they meant by not available anymore
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Old Oct 29, 2015, 6:06 pm
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Originally Posted by CDKing
that part is dead. he called it in. that's what they meant by not available anymore
He said, she said.

Proof people. We need PROOF. So far we have a photoshopped itinerary, a nicely looking wordmap with some lines on it connecting cities, and a bunch of photos from a guy sitting in EK F.
For all we know, his sugar daddy bought him a F ticket JFK-MIL and the rest is just fantasy.
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Old Oct 29, 2015, 7:19 pm
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I just hope I have enough miles to book at least one F award

But can't wait DXB looks like a cool airport
Last edited by Pulley; Oct 29, 2015 at 7:22 pm Reason: Left info out - just booked two F seats IAH-DXB-BKKx
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Old Oct 29, 2015, 8:04 pm
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Originally Posted by Dieuwer
Proof people. We need PROOF.
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Old Oct 29, 2015, 8:21 pm
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Originally Posted by Dieuwer
How many bloggers can actually live off a website touting award trips and credit card bonuses? Eventually, the game is up and all these bloggers are out of business. How long can it last when you hear these "I flew F for only 60,000" every other day??
These are the one-and-done types. Remember when the Home Improvement GC had a pin and worked for like 4 days[after exposure]? That person contributes 0 to the community and royally ****ed that up. This guy's site is weak, he really missed his golden opportunity, although I'm quite sure he'll pocket a fair chunk of change. If the game is up but you cashed it, you win.

This is/was a get rich quick scheme with a guy that got 200k alaska miles (maybe more?). I question the rome and Mauritius loops however.

We are privileged to have (had?) these opportunities to book super premium tix way way less than valued, but schmohawks like this guy will ruin it for everyone.
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Old Oct 29, 2015, 8:33 pm
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I'm done giving this Sam blogger guy anymore time. Let's get back to topic.
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Old Oct 29, 2015, 9:02 pm
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Originally Posted by Dieuwer
I'm done giving this Sam blogger guy anymore time. Let's get back to topic.

Yes, PLEASE.
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Old Oct 29, 2015, 9:28 pm
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It is over the top and the first class lounge is THE 3rd floor with a private gate accessing the planes !
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Old Oct 30, 2015, 10:41 am
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It is exactly boasters like Sam Huang who destroy the FT community.
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Old Oct 30, 2015, 12:01 pm
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It is exactly boasters like Sam Huang who destroy the FT community.
I disagree. I've been a part of the FT community for years and didn't know about this hack. Keeping useful information in the dark corners with access to a subset of people in the know, isn't exactly supporting the community either.
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Old Oct 30, 2015, 12:09 pm
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Originally Posted by anc-ord772
Keeping useful information in the dark corners with access to a subset of people in the know, isn't exactly supporting the community either.
I agree with you but this is a matter of degrees. There is a difference between keeping information hidden, discussing it on FT with code like the FD thread, discussing it openly on FT like how to best score LH F space, and broadcasting it across the world for ones own gain.

Sam wasn't sharing, he was bragging.
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Old Oct 30, 2015, 1:10 pm
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Originally Posted by currentjer
It is exactly boasters like Sam Huang who destroy the FT community.
Says the guy who also has a signature that links to his own travel blog page...
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