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Old Mar 30, 2023 | 9:34 pm
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Point.me seen from the noob's view

After your post, i looked on Gary's blog and other bloggers to see the pumping of point.me ....
Interesting to say the least ....
Especially the comments section....

I tried typing point.me in OMAAT's search,
Let's say the search function UX could use a tune up as no results showed even though OMAAT's Tiffany is the brains behind point.me...
https://thenomadicnetwork.com/event/...king-point-me/
Fortunately google shed some more helpful light on the matter

I got a read on Greg's site:
https://frequentmiler.com/which-awar...-tool-is-best/



So i took a look at the Points.me own website

(For the record, i hold no amex or bilt or discount codes, am just a plain jane)

On their website:
- tried sample points estimate -
Business/First Class for my usual routes
AMS-TLV : I fly LY
AMS-SIN : I fly SQ
AMS-IAH : I fly UA

And was surprised at every result with:



* 0000 pts : WOW: that's cheap!


And for every city pair input, it yields:
AMS-SIN
AMS-TLV
AMS-IAH
Suddenly the same 40.000 pts over & over....



Yeah, this really makes a good first impression ....
Especially as a first time customer without any promo codes ....
Hard to pull the trigger to pony up to get a subscription

After reading again GSTP's firm commitment to point.me
https://www.godsavethepoints.com/5-w...points-flghts/

As Trini Lee sings at the Tiki Tub in Scooby Doo " Mystery Incorporated "' : and the words get stuck in my throat .....

Last edited by HadesNL; Mar 31, 2023 at 7:10 am Reason: I keep discovering interesting quirks....
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