Originally Posted by
Platy
mOhamed, you don't get it...that does not excuse the lack of transparency. The flight was paid for by Qantas, so why not simply tell the good readers of Flyertalk that this is the case so they can make their own mind up about any independence or bias as they read the content. Not all readers will instantly "know" that the poster has a commercial interest in another web site that bases its content on freebies and uncritically reviewed content from the airlines and credit card companies., etc.
Furthermore, this post was intended to direct readers of Flyertalk to the parent commercial website, hence the link. Not in itself a problem if the commercial interest is openly declared.
Calm down. FTers would be naturally interested in the first real review of these seats.
AusBT is not like American based blogs that primarily benefit from credit card referrals. I don't know how you come to the conclusion that they are uncritical when they report issues and problems. I trust AusBT much more than the standard flight reports on SMH which are often riddled with inaccuracies.