SPG/Marriott Merger a Litmus Test of Which Blogs Are a Waste of Your Time
Sep 23, 2016, 11:54 am
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SPG/Marriott Merger a Litmus Test of Which Blogs Are a Waste of Your Time
I kind of feel like today is the day where you can see who has talent for copy and pasting, who puts a little extra effort, and who really dives into all the details in order to tell the reader what the best deals are.
For example:
MommyPoints - Looks like a pretty common copy and paste job of common knowledge.
FrequentMiler - One of the few bloggers that features the "5 nights and Flights" information. Very detailed analysis.
Ben and Gary - Guess these guys knew all the info ahead of time and were embargoed from posting early. Come on Gary, really a step by step guide on how to link accounts??
Doctor of Credit - Published early based on a leaked Chinese document
MMS - Really weak content, looks like a copy and paste job with little thought. Not even a mention of nights and flights.
ThePointsGuy - Really weak content. Went the same route as Gary giving a step by step guide with screen shots on how to connect accounts. Not only that, Zach decide to just link out to old stories. Didn't these guys get like a 2 or 3 day notice of all the details?? LOL
Edit:
It looks like there are a LOT of blogs that haven't even posted. Frugal Travel Guy which seems to have multiple writers has no story. MileValue has no story.
For example:
MommyPoints - Looks like a pretty common copy and paste job of common knowledge.
FrequentMiler - One of the few bloggers that features the "5 nights and Flights" information. Very detailed analysis.
Ben and Gary - Guess these guys knew all the info ahead of time and were embargoed from posting early. Come on Gary, really a step by step guide on how to link accounts??
Doctor of Credit - Published early based on a leaked Chinese document
MMS - Really weak content, looks like a copy and paste job with little thought. Not even a mention of nights and flights.
ThePointsGuy - Really weak content. Went the same route as Gary giving a step by step guide with screen shots on how to connect accounts. Not only that, Zach decide to just link out to old stories. Didn't these guys get like a 2 or 3 day notice of all the details?? LOL
Edit:
It looks like there are a LOT of blogs that haven't even posted. Frugal Travel Guy which seems to have multiple writers has no story. MileValue has no story.
Last edited by Astrophsx; Sep 23, 2016 at 12:15 pm
Sep 23, 2016, 12:35 pm
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I saw "5 nights and Flights" info at dansdeals and danny deal guru also just off top of my head. it should have been mentioned in other blogs as well. i feel like my twitter feed is more than 50% Marriott merger posts
it's hard to tell who copies who
it's hard to tell who copies who
Sep 23, 2016, 2:09 pm
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Sep 23, 2016, 2:46 pm
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Sep 23, 2016, 3:14 pm
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Sep 23, 2016, 3:25 pm
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Any reason for not covering the 5 nights + miles?
Sep 23, 2016, 3:36 pm
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To be honest though I've never been a Marriott guy, so CMIIW.
Sep 23, 2016, 7:31 pm
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I mentioned them in the comments to someone who said 7 nights is too long for him, but from what I've seen the vast majority of agents won't sell those packages to regular members. I tend to shy away from the YMMV stuff as that creates lots of frustrated readers and comments.
To be honest though I've never been a Marriott guy, so CMIIW.
To be honest though I've never been a Marriott guy, so CMIIW.
Sep 23, 2016, 7:45 pm
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Sure you can. Just have to note that in the post.
Originally Posted by FT Rules
If linking to your own blog, to a blog on behalf of someone, or to a blog of which you are a periodic or regular contributor, you must identify that fact in your post and you must include enough content for the FlyerTalk post to stand on its own without following the link. Do not post repeatedly in a manner that has the effect or purpose of driving traffic to a blog or website.
Sep 24, 2016, 6:13 pm
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