Are bloggers ruining Flyertalk????
May 9, 2012, 12:48 pm
#241
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We should just blame the internet since more and more people have access to it and it also helps spread information. I guess we can also blame google and how there webcrawlers work also to the list.
May 9, 2012, 12:50 pm
#242
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I won't insinuate bias - I will call it legit bias. You really have no argument against this. You were featured (positively) on his blog, so of course you will defend him. All I did was state that you leaned much more heavily towards his side due to this, which is absolutely a fact. It wasn't even a knock against you - it was just stating the obvious.
May 9, 2012, 1:02 pm
#243
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AN OBSERVATION:
Comments in this thread are showing and revealing more about some posters,IE Hysterics,Envy,Malice,Resentful of others success,Persecutory,Begrudge,Disapproval,Jealousy, Intolerant,Distrustful,Perplexed,Harangue,Sourness ,Hostile,Complaint,Harassment.
I'll take helpful information from whatever source enables adding to my stash of Miles and Points.
Nothing read in this thread assist in accomplishing that result.
Bloggers whomever you are,I support your existence and look forward to any knowledge that you impart( I don't care what your source is or was).Thanks
Comments in this thread are showing and revealing more about some posters,IE Hysterics,Envy,Malice,Resentful of others success,Persecutory,Begrudge,Disapproval,Jealousy, Intolerant,Distrustful,Perplexed,Harangue,Sourness ,Hostile,Complaint,Harassment.
I'll take helpful information from whatever source enables adding to my stash of Miles and Points.
Nothing read in this thread assist in accomplishing that result.
Bloggers whomever you are,I support your existence and look forward to any knowledge that you impart( I don't care what your source is or was).Thanks
May 9, 2012, 1:27 pm
#244
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^ Indeed!
But . . . since I'm here . . . Virgin Somalia is offering 50k for enrollment in Somalia Warlord Anger Management Counseling. Ooooops, now this will get picked up by all the evil bloggers before I get signed up, but hopefully it will benefit Frequent Pirates and Somali Swordsmen. Spread the wealth.
*raises hand*
Since (early) retiring, I be all about leisure travel. 3-4 months a year. Life is tough and I got me a 12 month tan.
But . . . since I'm here . . . Virgin Somalia is offering 50k for enrollment in Somalia Warlord Anger Management Counseling. Ooooops, now this will get picked up by all the evil bloggers before I get signed up, but hopefully it will benefit Frequent Pirates and Somali Swordsmen. Spread the wealth.
Since (early) retiring, I be all about leisure travel. 3-4 months a year. Life is tough and I got me a 12 month tan.
May 9, 2012, 1:57 pm
#245
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The major beef is that deals are getting killed. Where do you think bloggers are getting their info from? Here is a news flash in case you can’t see the forest through the trees, FT. Try addressing the real problem. I will say it again. If you don’t want something revealed then “KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT”.
May 9, 2012, 2:28 pm
#246
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You guys are doing it wrong. You don't bomb 14 hours straight in an automobile like it's 1974 and we're all still on Benzedrine. (Especially not with kids in the car. That would be a little whackadoo for sure.) The whole point of the automobile is that you drive two or three hours and then you stop and make a visit to some interesting place and then you drive a bit more and then you visit another interesting place. Or else you just quit driving and there's a restaurant, there's a motel. There is NO NEED to drive 14 hours straight with kids. There are hotels and motels at practically every interstate exit...by contrast, when you fly, the flight is ATL to JNB is still 15 hours whether or not the kids start screaming. Once you're in the air, you're stuck. With the car, you're never stuck except when you choose to be stuck. I would never fly anywhere if I could have taught my Toyota to drive over the ocean...
And I've never yet seen anyone who had to go through security to drive their own car. Why put kids through all that mess until you have to?
And I've never yet seen anyone who had to go through security to drive their own car. Why put kids through all that mess until you have to?
May 9, 2012, 2:31 pm
#247
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You guys are doing it wrong. You don't bomb 14 hours straight in an automobile like it's 1974 and we're all still on Benzedrine. (Especially not with kids in the car. That would be a little whackadoo for sure.) The whole point of the automobile is that you drive two or three hours and then you stop and make a visit to some interesting place and then you drive a bit more and then you visit another interesting place. Or else you just quit driving and there's a restaurant, there's a motel. There is NO NEED to drive 14 hours straight with kids. There are hotels and motels at practically every interstate exit...by contrast, when you fly, the flight is ATL to JNB is still 15 hours whether or not the kids start screaming. Once you're in the air, you're stuck. With the car, you're never stuck except when you choose to be stuck. I would never fly anywhere if I could have taught my Toyota to drive over the ocean...
And I've never yet seen anyone who had to go through security to drive their own car. Why put kids through all that mess until you have to?
And I've never yet seen anyone who had to go through security to drive their own car. Why put kids through all that mess until you have to?
May 9, 2012, 2:32 pm
#248
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So all blog info is born on FT?
So if I'm understanding the premise of this thread, if FTer's were to never post anything "interesting" then all the blogs would disappear, or at least have nothing to blog about? Is that about the jist of it?
Hmmmm....
So if I'm understanding the premise of this thread, if FTer's were to never post anything "interesting" then all the blogs would disappear, or at least have nothing to blog about? Is that about the jist of it?
Hmmmm....
May 9, 2012, 2:37 pm
#249
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May 9, 2012, 2:42 pm
#250
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Can you point me to the blogs that show how to exploit cash back cards? Most bloggers will not take the risk or do the legwork necessary to uncover the true gems.
May 9, 2012, 2:44 pm
#251
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I think you're right. Realistically, not many leisure travelers can have top elite status in multiple programs.
May 9, 2012, 2:48 pm
#252
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It would be interesting to do a study of the top "schemes" (and I use that word in the loosest sense) and see if it could be determined where it was first introduced.
May 9, 2012, 2:49 pm
#253
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May 9, 2012, 2:56 pm
#254
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Oh, this old argument again?
The deals are getting too much publicity and getting killed. Why oh why did they post on the blog? Or why did someone post about it on FT?
So should the small group of people just in-the-know, sharing via PMs and emails just keep it to themselves-and they do-or should the community as a whole know?
Well, obviously if you are one of those "cool kids", so to speak-you don't want anyone else to know so your click can keep them as long as possible. And if you aren't, well, you want them at least posted on FT.
But people on the blogs are probably people on FT, and I would bet quite a bit of money that some of the bloggers are also the "cool kids" who learn about other tricks, promise not to reveal them, and don't.
The deals are getting too much publicity and getting killed. Why oh why did they post on the blog? Or why did someone post about it on FT?
So should the small group of people just in-the-know, sharing via PMs and emails just keep it to themselves-and they do-or should the community as a whole know?
Well, obviously if you are one of those "cool kids", so to speak-you don't want anyone else to know so your click can keep them as long as possible. And if you aren't, well, you want them at least posted on FT.
But people on the blogs are probably people on FT, and I would bet quite a bit of money that some of the bloggers are also the "cool kids" who learn about other tricks, promise not to reveal them, and don't.
Last edited by artemis021; May 9, 2012 at 3:04 pm
May 9, 2012, 3:03 pm
#255
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Not all kids are the same but there are general rules about human development that people ignore at their peril. Everyone thinks their kid is an exception to the rules and yet, somehow, almost no one's kid is exceptional.
Everybody's kid is an honor student too! I have read the bumper stickers to prove it.
Everybody's kid is an honor student too! I have read the bumper stickers to prove it.