Darkhunter, I completely agree with you, and now that I've got limited work travel (a blessing) I'm more in your boat. I feel that all of these blogs should be based around that same concept - essentially how to fly first class for free. When the blogs start using large sums of cash for their trips I lose interest. I'm way better than them at being a frugal traveller, and most of them suck at it. There's the problem for me - I like their credit card advice, but the deals arent so hot right now. We could use some deals so that we don't have to get all mad about people writing about the AA Megado.