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Old Jun 30, 2014 | 10:53 pm
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Nightline interview on using FF miles

Sorry if I posted this in the wrong spot. I'm on my iPhone and it's impossible to search. Just got done watching a Nightline segment with some young kid named Bryce bragging on credit cards And free flights. Flying New York to Fort Lauderdale for zero dollars And earning dining points .

That'll stop a lot of this before anything else will.
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Old Jun 30, 2014 | 10:58 pm
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Night line a few minutes ago

If all he's getting is NYC-FLL he's not doing it right.

Heck, DL sells their Amexes with the promise of a free domestic RT, so something small like that will probably be seen as good by the CCs.
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Old Jun 30, 2014 | 11:10 pm
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Nightline

Did this originally air April 14? I caught the episode tonight. Reminded me of FTG appearing on Nightline Nov 2011.

http://getfreeflights.com/gff-on-abc-nightline/

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/money-s...ry?id=23321034

I bet his website just received a huge surge in traffic.
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Old Jun 30, 2014 | 11:56 pm
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Prolly. I just Went to his site and he's hawking a WN companion pass advice as well as an award booking service
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Old Jul 1, 2014 | 12:38 am
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Melodramatic and poorly researched segment.

"Free" luxury car service to the airport - Uber credits

"Literally free" domestic first class flight - Barclaycard Arrival redemption (40,000 points, "a savings of $570" )

Free checked bag and priority check-in (with misleading B-roll of Sky Priority luggage tag) - Delta AMEX

Extra points on dining - Rewards Network (reported too narrowly as United's dining program)
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Old Jul 1, 2014 | 7:21 pm
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Originally Posted by davie355
Melodramatic and poorly researched segment.

"Free" luxury car service to the airport - Uber credits

"Literally free" domestic first class flight - Barclaycard Arrival redemption (40,000 points, "a savings of $570" )

Free checked bag and priority check-in (with misleading B-roll of Sky Priority luggage tag) - Delta AMEX

Extra points on dining - Rewards Network (reported too narrowly as United's dining program)
We need poorly researched shows like this. The stuff we do is a zero sum game, the less of us, the better it is.
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Old Jul 1, 2014 | 7:46 pm
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I tried watching the video and had to turn it off. People that think they are ultra cool by "traveling hacking" with "23 credit cards" usually come off sounding like tools.
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Old Jul 1, 2014 | 8:12 pm
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omg, found it on Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/video/travel-h...093025705.html
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Old Jul 1, 2014 | 10:24 pm
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Originally Posted by MYRflyer
Reminded me of FTG appearing on Nightline Nov 2011.
anybody have a link for this?

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Old Jul 2, 2014 | 11:06 am
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Originally Posted by FTRox87
anybody have a link for this?
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/frequen...TswLJ_Gd-PW%20

I love our game, moreover, I love how it's perceived by everyone else. ^
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Old Jul 5, 2014 | 10:52 am
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its not about how many cards you have its about using them wisely
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Old Jul 5, 2014 | 10:53 am
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Originally Posted by Wellington
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/frequen...TswLJ_Gd-PW%20

I love our game, moreover, I love how it's perceived by everyone else. ^
expand please?
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Old Jul 5, 2014 | 4:25 pm
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Originally Posted by Wellington
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/frequen...TswLJ_Gd-PW%20

I love our game, moreover, I love how it's perceived by everyone else. ^
well i can not say i love how others perceive the game, personally it's a delicate art in a form of risk similar to other investments such as ipo's, stocks, venture capital, etc.

i feel it is really sad when someone is so excited and feel the "need" voice their findings on art to the whole "world" so they can gain a little recognition...i have personally made that mistake due to lack of understanding and had to face the consequence of those actions, since then, i have become much more enlightened to the "art'es" ...if only others could recognize that the actual opportunity cost to expose their findings is far greater that retaining those findings. @:-)

Originally Posted by rgAAFT
its not about how many cards you have its about using them wisely
agreed ^
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Old Jul 8, 2014 | 1:58 am
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I went to Bryce's website, but couldn't find the information on how I could book a $570 plane ticket for 40,000 Barclay Arrival Points as the story claims he did...
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