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Old May 10, 2012 | 2:59 am
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Originally Posted by ramalama8
I really wish you guys would lay off MommyPoints. She provides a service, calls it something, but if it's really no different from any other blogs, what's it to you? Geez.
She just gives the points collection thing a twist to create a niche/following, perfectly understandable. @:-)

Most blogs out there cater to the crowd that is single or with no kids and plenty of time to travel. Many of them condense the info available here on FT, some blab about deals that are either not talked about on FT or available in some encrypted form. I've not seen a blogger dare to detail the current FDs, probably aware of the sh!tstorm that would kick off. The RGN currency error also found no significant mention.

In Germany we have a weirdo who makes money of the tips farmed off FT/VFT & blogs by offering a newsletter at a price of 60€/yr where you get a monthly digest of all offers and the occasional 'extra extra read all about it' newsflash deal alert. Certainly a business model some enterprising folks should explore... @:-) all his links are tagged with affiliate referrals, and the latest this month is a CC with an 49€ annual fee that offers a 30€ cash back:

http://www.first-class-and-more.de/Sonderaktion

Now that would be a neat idea for a blogger... I'm sure CC churners would love that
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