Originally Posted by
Wozza2404
Years ago people used to say FT was "Where good fares go to die". Nowadays the blogs have well and truly taken that mantle - with the added bonus that at least FT encouraged caution when booking fares with an origin outside your home airport - the blogs today have no such qualms - shouting from the rooftops to one and all, all for the hope someone will sign up for a credit card.
Possibly even more importantly, the blogs make their cash by providing links on which they may get a commission, and if a sudden flux of people buy tickets through the same link this can attract of attention. Posters on flyertalk don't get those commissions from links so that's one less signal.