One of my readers alerted me to this thread and I have enjoyed reading it.

comment #5 by Delta Points back on May 7 said he expected Ben to hit $25k by tomorrow

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/exter...is-travel.html

I must say I am surprised Ben did not hit the goal. I think they are not allowed to kick in their own money at these "projects" and I am surprised Randy did not kick in enough to hit the target.

Or maybe it was decided that the PR bang received from it was more than enough. Reading the email sent out the day before it was expired left me with the same feelings I had when I read the initial kickstarter text. Ludicrous! I was so appalled actually that I helped the couple at Travel is Free who wants to adopt from Ukraine. Seems a heck of a lot more worthy than having Ben fly yet another first class trip he can afford to buy himself ( It's a probably a good week of Chase Ink apps lol).

I am preparing a mega rant about this stuff (title is "The Miles/Points blogosphere has turned into a giant credit card pumpization scheme!") and hopefully I can finish and publish it on Tuesday morning.

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