Originally Posted by
cloudeleven
Exactly. FlyerTalk doesn't "own the rights" to the deals that get posted here. The deals are public information, they could be posted on blogs, in newspapers, announced on TV news, posted on flyers in hallways, etc. No reason why an FTer should feel more entitled to a deal than anyone else on or off the Internet.
I sense some entitlement, selfishness, and sense of superiority in OP's post.
Not entirely true. You cannot own a CC bonus, but you can own some twist to a promo or a mileage run or a fare error, and this is fundamentally the point under discussion.
Credit card bonuses are not an issue ( it is not as if they get closed down after 500 people have applied). It is the fact that the cards fund the bloggers.
If none of this were an issue, then the 'private' boards which have sprung up would not exist.