I see that the first thread is closed, but after reading FTG's article yesterday about his visit with the CC companies, I thought this might belong there.

I know many FTers have benefited from so-called zombie apps and it isn't necessarily a bad thing for the CC companies either as they don't pay referrals on them. Seems like the bloggers receive the brunt of downside from the zombie apps.

Which is why I find it odd that in his article he notes the following:

"Next stop was Citibank... We talked about old expired links. I can tell you they are trying to clean up old links and have put on extra personnel to do so."

http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2012/...companies.html

Now, it is very possible that Citi simply asked him about them and he simply responded, but that's not necessarily how I read it. I looked in the comments section and a few users brought up this point, but no response from FTG yet. On that note, I was hoping to get others thoughts on this and determine if I'm overreacting.