One Mile at a Time [OMaaT] discussions [merged]
Apr 24, 2018, 3:54 am
#3511
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Apr 24, 2018, 7:39 am
#3512
Join Date: Jul 2011
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LoL those of you who are waiting for OMAAT to 'die' have ways to go. To put things into perspective, this thread was started nearly 5 years back in July 2013. Let that sink in.
The site and material may now seem irrelevant to the FT community, but it's not irrelevant to the masses who continue to get into this game every day. And that's his target audience anyway - not us FT'ers who sit on a pedestal and judge others all the while with millions of miles in our accounts that (many of us) accumulated with the help of FlyerTalk and some of these bloggers when we were new. I wasn't born with in-depth knowledge of the world of miles and points, but then again I'm happy to admit that, unlike others who feel they knew everything from day one.
His archive of (airliner) product reviews is Priceless. That's a gift that will keep on giving for him, his pockets, and his readers.
And lastly, Lucky is probably one of the handful of travel bloggers who will continue to write with or without the money pouring in.
The site and material may now seem irrelevant to the FT community, but it's not irrelevant to the masses who continue to get into this game every day. And that's his target audience anyway - not us FT'ers who sit on a pedestal and judge others all the while with millions of miles in our accounts that (many of us) accumulated with the help of FlyerTalk and some of these bloggers when we were new. I wasn't born with in-depth knowledge of the world of miles and points, but then again I'm happy to admit that, unlike others who feel they knew everything from day one.
His archive of (airliner) product reviews is Priceless. That's a gift that will keep on giving for him, his pockets, and his readers.
And lastly, Lucky is probably one of the handful of travel bloggers who will continue to write with or without the money pouring in.
Apr 24, 2018, 8:58 am
#3513
Join Date: Feb 2009
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He's also quite a successful Youtuber: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrL...kqnnSnIVc-KLjA
Last edited by Astrophsx; Apr 24, 2018 at 9:32 am
Apr 26, 2018, 8:31 am
#3514
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lucky is probably one of the handful of travel bloggers who will continue to write with or without the money pouring in.
I doubt it if the money stops pouring in.
I doubt it if the money stops pouring in.
Apr 26, 2018, 10:19 am
#3515
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Apr 30, 2018, 7:12 pm
#3516
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I'd imagine he makes around 100k per year, but my point is that (1) I think he grew up much richer than he purports and (2) his now-husband's family is loaded. I don't think Lucky is particularly self-made, or self-sustaining.
Apr 30, 2018, 8:01 pm
#3517
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You would be imagining very wrong. Even mid-low level bloggers can crack 100k per year.
Apr 30, 2018, 8:22 pm
#3518
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This is based off of what? I'm sure everyone could have a different definition of what "mid-low level" is... is a low-level blogger one that cannot get their own credit card referral links?
Apr 30, 2018, 8:56 pm
#3519
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I meant that he probably makes in the 100-200k range, but my main point stands. There's this perception of Lucky as some sort of self-made genius, when in reality he started life with huge advantages, then chose to marry into an even higher echelon. Which is fine, God knows I wish my parents had been better off or that I could bag a ....able rich dude, but I don't think he deserves as much credit as he gets, certainly not with the crap he's been posting the past couple years.
Last edited by LeaveYourDailyHell; Apr 30, 2018 at 9:04 pm
Apr 30, 2018, 10:21 pm
#3520
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I meant that he probably makes in the 100-200k range, but my main point stands. There's this perception of Lucky as some sort of self-made genius, when in reality he started life with huge advantages, then chose to marry into an even higher echelon. Which is fine, God knows I wish my parents had been better off or that I could bag a ....able rich dude, but I don't think he deserves as much credit as he gets, certainly not with the crap he's been posting the past couple years.
Do tell ... what specific advantages did Lucky have with his blog's success that could be attributed to his "life of huge advantages"? Go read his blog posts from 2008...2009...2010...11...12...etc to get a glimpse of how he started. Go read his FT message history to see how he started. It's not really classified information, if you care for a reality-check.
Btw ... I think you are missing a zero in guesstimating his annual income.
Apr 30, 2018, 11:00 pm
#3521
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I meant that he probably makes in the 100-200k range, but my main point stands. There's this perception of Lucky as some sort of self-made genius, when in reality he started life with huge advantages, then chose to marry into an even higher echelon. Which is fine, God knows I wish my parents had been better off or that I could bag a ....able rich dude, but I don't think he deserves as much credit as he gets, certainly not with the crap he's been posting the past couple years.
Apr 30, 2018, 11:12 pm
#3523
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Man ... what a level of envious is filled in that sentence.
Do tell ... what specific advantages did Lucky have with his blog's success that could be attributed to his "life of huge advantages"? Go read his blog posts from 2008...2009...2010...11...12...etc to get a glimpse of how he started. Go read his FT message history to see how he started. It's not really classified information, if you care for a reality-check.
Btw ... I think you are missing a zero in guesstimating his annual income.
Do tell ... what specific advantages did Lucky have with his blog's success that could be attributed to his "life of huge advantages"? Go read his blog posts from 2008...2009...2010...11...12...etc to get a glimpse of how he started. Go read his FT message history to see how he started. It's not really classified information, if you care for a reality-check.
Btw ... I think you are missing a zero in guesstimating his annual income.
2) I don't doubt that Lucky put work into the early incarnation of his blog, but you don't get a second passport with pauper parents. As someone who did create a glamorous life out of a lower-middle class upbringing, I resent Lucky's constant insistence that he didn't start out rich (or close to it).
3) I'm not envious of Lucky; I blog about actual on-the-ground travel as opposed to Miles and Points. I actually used to enjoy Lucky's content a lot, but the recent devolution of OMAAT into tone-deaf sociopolitical commentary and shameless credit card hawking has made me question how good any of it actual was to begin with, at least for people who aren't totally clueless to "the hobby" (as I admittedly was when I discovered it).
Apr 30, 2018, 11:33 pm
#3524
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May 1, 2018, 1:12 am
#3525
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There isn't too much information out what bloggers make but if you look at the estimates what other blogs sold for and also some other information the blog should be in the 7 digit yearly revenue. There is an older Mr. Money Mustache article out where he made 4k for just having credit card links without pushing them hard (see how many articles on Ben's blog push cards and have links for them in it).
https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012...dom-of-speech/
https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012...dom-of-speech/