One Mile at a Time [OMaaT] discussions [merged]
Jan 21, 2019, 11:33 am
#3601
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Austin, TX
Programs: AA LT Plat, UA 1k/1mm+, National EE, IC Plat, Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 2,605
SO I have to correct myself...that AeroMexico ad is apparently real. Their agency (Ogilvy) confirmed it, and AM confirmed it themselves on Twitter. The promotion is no longer available, but I was dead-wrong and Lucky was right. Kudos where kudos are due.
Jan 21, 2019, 7:59 pm
#3602
Join Date: May 2009
Location: South Park, CO
Programs: Tegridy Elite
Posts: 5,678
There is no such DNA test that will conclude that one is "XX% Mexican" because there is no single meaning of such. Aside from the "traditional" image of a Mexican having a combined Spanish and Native American ancestry, Mexican citizens also have Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and other heritage - with or without Native and/or Spanish DNA. DNA sampling of native populations in the Americas is spotty at best, so even identifying someone with ancestry linked to known groups who populated what is now Mexico, is difficult...and wouldn't prove anything as pre-Columbian people didn't tend to abide by our current national boundaries.
The folks in the video may or may not be real residents of Wharton, TX but they were part of the farce.
Pretty clever ad, though!
Feb 26, 2019, 1:42 pm
#3604
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Washington, D.C.
Programs: UA Premier 1K: PlAAtinum; DL SM, MM; Marriott Gold; CO Plat Emeritus; NW Plat Emeritus
Posts: 4,776
And today ben is snipping back:
"I'm not saying any other sites are in bed with Marriott (just sharing limos to the Oscars ), but one has to wonder if it’s a coincidence that a negative post about marriott disappeared on a certain other site.
(Kudos to Richard for having the integrity to step back from that site when his post was pulled)"
"I'm not saying any other sites are in bed with Marriott (just sharing limos to the Oscars ), but one has to wonder if it’s a coincidence that a negative post about marriott disappeared on a certain other site.
(Kudos to Richard for having the integrity to step back from that site when his post was pulled)"
Last edited by Alpha Golf; Feb 26, 2019 at 6:10 pm
Feb 26, 2019, 11:11 pm
#3605
Original Member, Ambassador: External Miles and Points Resources
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Digital Nomad Wandering the Earth - Currently in LIMA, PERU
Posts: 58,585
And today ben is snipping back:
"I'm not saying any other sites are in bed with Marriott (just sharing limos to the Oscars ), but one has to wonder if it’s a coincidence that a negative post about marriott disappeared on a certain other site.
(Kudos to Richard for having the integrity to step back from that site when his post was pulled)"
"I'm not saying any other sites are in bed with Marriott (just sharing limos to the Oscars ), but one has to wonder if it’s a coincidence that a negative post about marriott disappeared on a certain other site.
(Kudos to Richard for having the integrity to step back from that site when his post was pulled)"
It's a bit ironic to see Ben calling out other bloggers for letting their relationships with travel service providers affect their journalistic integrity as he has taken plenty of perks himself. But for all of its irony it is also refreshing to see a spade called a spad by someone 'in the industry' of credit card hawking/content monetization!
Feb 27, 2019, 6:52 am
#3606
Join Date: May 2002
Location: STL
Programs: DL PM/1MM, DL SkClub LT, Marr LT Plat, IHG Plat, HH Diam
Posts: 1,998
Ben throwing some serious shade on TPG....I love it.
"The Oscars has nothing to do with miles & points, the Oscars has everything to do with “TPG Himself” living his D-list celebrity fantasy…"
"The Oscars has nothing to do with miles & points, the Oscars has everything to do with “TPG Himself” living his D-list celebrity fantasy…"
Feb 27, 2019, 9:38 am
#3607
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 25
Feb 28, 2019, 2:21 am
#3608
Original Member, Ambassador: External Miles and Points Resources
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Digital Nomad Wandering the Earth - Currently in LIMA, PERU
Posts: 58,585
Mar 5, 2019, 7:11 am
#3609
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
I don't like James' writing style, nor his repetitive and redundant articles, would be nice for some sort of statement that he's left or what, his posts just stopped
Mar 5, 2019, 4:01 pm
#3611
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: London, UK
Programs: bmi DC, BAEC
Posts: 1,103
on the OMAAT homepage there are about 32 stories ... only 1 of them is written by anybody other than Lucky ... so hard to see how he is being "drowned out" !
Mar 5, 2019, 5:10 pm
#3612
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 4,374
Mar 6, 2019, 2:18 am
#3613
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA, VS, HH, IHG, MB, MR
Posts: 26,871
I feel a bit sorry for Ben - he and Tiffany went through a long process to find new writers but then found that they were getting picked off by competitors. That's the problem with not offering a full time contract.
Interestingly James didn't apply for the full-time London-based job I was advertising before Christmas, which was an attractive package both in terms of money, responsibility and the future. Perhaps he is not going full-time at TPG and keeping his other non-travel job?
Interestingly James didn't apply for the full-time London-based job I was advertising before Christmas, which was an attractive package both in terms of money, responsibility and the future. Perhaps he is not going full-time at TPG and keeping his other non-travel job?
Mar 6, 2019, 3:09 am
#3614
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: London, UK
Programs: bmi DC, BAEC
Posts: 1,103
I feel a bit sorry for Ben - he and Tiffany went through a long process to find new writers but then found that they were getting picked off by competitors. That's the problem with not offering a full time contract.
Interestingly James didn't apply for the full-time London-based job I was advertising before Christmas, which was an attractive package both in terms of money, responsibility and the future. Perhaps he is not going full-time at TPG and keeping his other non-travel job?
Interestingly James didn't apply for the full-time London-based job I was advertising before Christmas, which was an attractive package both in terms of money, responsibility and the future. Perhaps he is not going full-time at TPG and keeping his other non-travel job?
or maybe TPG offered him some sort of equity based deal ?
or it could just have been that TPG pursued him !
Mar 6, 2019, 3:34 am
#3615
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Economy, mostly :(
Programs: Skywards Gold
Posts: 7,801
I feel a bit sorry for Ben - he and Tiffany went through a long process to find new writers but then found that they were getting picked off by competitors. That's the problem with not offering a full time contract.
Interestingly James didn't apply for the full-time London-based job I was advertising before Christmas, which was an attractive package both in terms of money, responsibility and the future. Perhaps he is not going full-time at TPG and keeping his other non-travel job?
Interestingly James didn't apply for the full-time London-based job I was advertising before Christmas, which was an attractive package both in terms of money, responsibility and the future. Perhaps he is not going full-time at TPG and keeping his other non-travel job?
