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Old Aug 1, 2015, 8:36 pm
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Which bloggers do you follow now vs then?
I started in this hobby in summer 2012. When I started, I followed:
FrequentMiler
MMS
Mommypoints
Dealswelike

Now, I have the milesfeed app so the posts of many bloggers show up, but the ones I consistently follow are:
FrequentMiler
Dansdeals
OMAAT (I know, I know...)
View from the Wing
Frugal Travel Guy
Loyalty Lobby
TravelBloggerBuzz
The Points Guy (once in a while, he'll have a quality post)
Doctor of Credit (not on milesfeed, but one of the best out there)
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Old Aug 1, 2015, 9:24 pm
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DaveinLA, FT has an entire forum designated for topics like this.
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Old Aug 1, 2015, 10:09 pm
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Old Aug 4, 2015, 12:27 pm
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Originally Posted by DaveInLA
I started in this hobby in summer 2012. When I started, I followed:
FrequentMiler
MMS
Mommypoints
Dealswelike

Now, I have the milesfeed app so the posts of many bloggers show up, but the ones I consistently follow are:
FrequentMiler
Dansdeals
OMAAT (I know, I know...)
View from the Wing
Frugal Travel Guy
Loyalty Lobby
TravelBloggerBuzz
The Points Guy (once in a while, he'll have a quality post)
Doctor of Credit (not on milesfeed, but one of the best out there)
Thanks for following

Is there an Android version of the milesfeed app?
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Old Aug 4, 2015, 1:21 pm
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Originally Posted by ctownflyer
Is there an Android version of the milesfeed app?
Use to follow
VFTW
OMAAT
Mommy Points
Deals we like
FTG
MMS
Wandering Aramean

Stopped following all but Wandering Aramean of them about 2-3 years ago.

Follow
Wandering Aramean
Mile Nerd
Loyalty Lobby
Travel Blogger Buzz
Frequent miler
Travel is Free. Drew, the owner, is IMHO the best multi purpose travel blogger, He knows it all. Points, Miles, airlines, hotels routings and destinations. His writing is wonderful and he and his wife Carrie come across as two very nice, smart and unpretentious people.
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Old Aug 5, 2015, 6:13 am
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Originally Posted by cruisr
Use to follow
VFTW
OMAAT
Mommy Points
Deals we like
FTG
MMS
Wandering Aramean

Stopped following all but Wandering Aramean of them about 2-3 years ago.

Follow
Wandering Aramean
Mile Nerd
Loyalty Lobby
Travel Blogger Buzz
Frequent miler
Travel is Free. Drew, the owner, is IMHO the best multi purpose travel blogger, He knows it all. Points, Miles, airlines, hotels routings and destinations. His writing is wonderful and he and his wife Carrie come across as two very nice, smart and unpretentious people.
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Old Aug 6, 2015, 7:54 am
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Originally Posted by cruisr
Use to follow
VFTW
OMAAT
Mommy Points
Deals we like
FTG
MMS
Wandering Aramean

Stopped following all but Wandering Aramean of them about 2-3 years ago.

Follow
Wandering Aramean
Mile Nerd
Loyalty Lobby
Travel Blogger Buzz
Frequent miler
Travel is Free. Drew, the owner, is IMHO the best multi purpose travel blogger, He knows it all. Points, Miles, airlines, hotels routings and destinations. His writing is wonderful and he and his wife Carrie come across as two very nice, smart and unpretentious people.
Agreed...i've only just started to read Travel is Free here and there. But I completely agree with your description. Ironically, his travel style is not at all akin to my own but I like the topics he writes about and how in depth he goes into specific programs. Also refreshing to read about programs outside of AA/Hyatt/SPG.
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Old Aug 8, 2015, 1:57 pm
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Loyalty Lobby (rarely) for the odd program news.

None of the other CC pimps. Looking at their sites once or twice convinced me of their uselessness for my travel needs. How many I-Phone pictures of C/F lounges, C/F seats, C/F food that I already know do I need to look at?

None, really, and all that stuff can be found on FT, anyway.
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Old Aug 8, 2015, 2:12 pm
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I used to read TPG and almost all of Boarding Area when I started the hobby 3 years ago. Also read Million Mile Secrets.

Now I read none of them. FT is my only method of getting that type of news anymore.
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Old Aug 8, 2015, 3:13 pm
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Threads like this illustrate the value of this forum on FT. We owe a debt to kokomutz, I mean kokonutz, for promoting its creation.
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Old Aug 8, 2015, 5:52 pm
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Originally Posted by nsx
Threads like this illustrate the value of this forum on FT. We owe a debt to kokomutz, I mean kokonutz, for promoting its creation.
Whole heartedly agree. If it was not for kokoputz, I mean kokonutz, where else would the whiners have to congregate and exhibit their jealousy and envy. The truly interesting thing is how drastically the participation in this forum has diminished over the last year or so. It appears that the majority of FT readers have accepted that some of the blogs are now primarily commercial ventures aimed at the newbie market and the FT readers have quit whining about it.

But there are still one or two whiners per day to keep things alive. Look at the posters. You all know who you are.

PS: I still scan them all, commercial and the hobbyist blogs. Never know where the next deal will come from.
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Old Aug 8, 2015, 9:44 pm
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Thank you for being the eighth or ninth most active poster in this forum. Without posters like you this forum could not exist! ^
Last edited by oliver2002; Aug 9, 2015 at 10:36 am Reason: lets not misquote anyone...
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Old Aug 9, 2015, 3:24 am
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FT has a mod tool for that:

Top 10 in the past 12 months:

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kokonutz posted 449 times on this forum since 2014-08-09!

84fiero posted 237 times on this forum since 2014-08-09!

Kagehitokiri posted 231 times on this forum since 2014-08-09!

sbm12 posted 223 times on this forum since 2014-08-09!

Astrophsx posted 162 times on this forum since 2014-08-09!

FallenPlat posted 143 times on this forum since 2014-08-09!

cruisr posted 132 times on this forum since 2014-08-09!

pricesquire posted 109 times on this forum since 2014-08-09!

gpapadop posted 103 times on this forum since 2014-08-09!

oliver2002 posted 100 times on this forum since 2014-08-09!
Last 24 months:

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kokonutz posted 863 times on this forum since 2013-08-09!

84fiero posted 468 times on this forum since 2013-08-09!

sbm12 posted 443 times on this forum since 2013-08-09!

oliver2002 posted 328 times on this forum since 2013-08-09!

Kagehitokiri posted 305 times on this forum since 2013-08-09!

Astrophsx posted 198 times on this forum since 2013-08-09!

gpapadop posted 192 times on this forum since 2013-08-09!

Raffles posted 187 times on this forum since 2013-08-09!

cruisr posted 171 times on this forum since 2013-08-09!

FallenPlat posted 145 times on this forum since 2013-08-09!
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Old Aug 9, 2015, 5:43 am
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Thanks Oliver
For correcting more misinformation by kokoputz, I mean kokonutz. I never realized that Ambassadors and Talkboard members could alter quotes of members? That seems a bit much don't you think?

And the confirmation of the whiners list is much appreciated. Results as expected.
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Old Aug 9, 2015, 7:59 am
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FT has a mod tool for that:
Always good to see the real details of an echo chamber in action. :-:
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