Originally Posted by
lwildernorva
Yeah, we certainly don't want anything like Alec Baldwin screaming about 100K CapOne points all over TV.
Oh, that's right, he did. . .
Cards with big bonuses are promotions intended for the general public. Banks want credit card customers. And not just customers off FT. Publicity about big offers is, in fact, what the banks want.
Bumping bonuses and "two browser" tricks, on the other hand, are ways to use promotions in ways the companies may not have intended for the general public. Still, with all the publicity here and in the travel blogs, those loopholes have not been completely closed although bumping has clearly been curtailed.
And, believe me, if somebody hadn't posted about these techniques here on FT or in the travel blogs, 99% of the people who took advantage of them would never have known about them.
i think you misunderstood my post-I mentioned exposure in the national press, and I was speaking not just about bragging about card bonuses but moreover conveying the impression that people just sign up for bonuses, cancel cards and churn.
Posting on FT might reach several thousand people but a spot on national tv reaches millions. And when the national press starts to make the banks look like rubes, the deals will go away.
Which they may have already-is it just coincidence that there have been few new fat bonus offers since October?