In my parlance, a chip shot is simply a post/response that has no substance and is used primarily to get noticed or for other, unhelpful reasons. You'll be able to tell informed low-post folks from high post talliers: I'd seek information from folks with post beef rather than solely post count. Whatever you're charging 30k a month (a grand a day is a lot of coffee!) on, I'd go to those forums first, followed by the forums for the airlines/hotels you're aiming to use (see starting point in Post #7). Those folks are most informed on strategies you'll need but also do advanced keyword searches; nothing you'll generally ask won't have already been covered.

By most measures $30k/mo is more than a supermajority spend here per month!