I for one hope the blogs never go away.

Not because of the new content, much of which is garbage (anyone who subscribes to these blogs has got to be a masochist!), but because their utility comes from google. When I want to book a certain airline or hotel or decide which airline lounge to visit when I have choices at an airport, I can google up photos and comparison shop among premium products. In fairness, Ben's blog has FAR greater utility in this area than Gary's because of his photo-taking OCD.

So even if they stop publishing new 'content' (sponsored or otherwise) I sure hope they leave their archives intact. ^