One Mile at a Time [OMaaT] discussions [merged]
Nov 10, 2019, 11:59 am
#3811
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 11,578
Some news for Ben: "objectification of women" as he calls it, is called heterosexuality to others.
Nov 10, 2019, 11:06 pm
#3812
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS MVP100K, Hilton Diamond, IHG Gold
Posts: 3,215
If you're selling the dream of "travel like this for 'free' on points just like me" and you're not actually using the points to get the trips it becomes an optics problem. I've long said that I just pay for most of my trips because I cannot generate enough points to cover all my travels. But I'm also flying way more than most leisure travelers that the CC game targets.
Dec 4, 2019, 5:55 pm
#3813
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS MVP100K, Hilton Diamond, IHG Gold
Posts: 3,215
Ok so several weeks ago Ben posted this: https://onemileatatime.com/lufthansa...ing-fake-news/
When he goes into a lecture about saving the planet and not doing unnecessary flying. After people criticized his flights of traveling around the world to no where in F for funzys he didn’t take to liking that much because in the comments he writes:
“Ben (Lucky) says:
November 26, 2019 at 12:54 pm
@ henry LAX — Virtually all of my flights are for review purposes or to visit family. I don’t do any status runs beyond that. As far as what I’m doing goes, that’s a great question. It’s something I’ve been putting a lot of thought into lately, and I plan to share details of that hopefully within the next few days, as we’re currently working on finalizing something. Thanks for the interest.”
He’s obviously really concerned about global warming and saving Mother Earth and good for him. I’m glad this is so paramount to him in between sips of champagne, caviar, and starting kickstarters so he can do us the service of reviewing Etihad’s apartment. I don’t know how I ever would’ve been able to find the remote onboard my A380 F Etihad flight without that review.
Now this week there is this post: https://onemileatatime.com/jewel-trip-report/ and this post thus far https://onemileatatime.com/british-a...-class-review/ where he’s “cross-crossing the globe” to Toronto, Singapore, Helsinki etc... Because “not only is that a pretty great fare... but the trip also earned me about 21,000 elite qualifying miles and 2,600+ elite qualifying dollars, which would help me requalify for Executive Platinum status with American AAdvantage (for better or worse).
I thought he said he only does things for “us” to review in the post a week ago. He never goes out of his way to qualify for status, and all his trips are out of necessity to try the latest champagne to let us know. Yes, this is all for you. I’m glad to see in his mind Ben cares about the environment and his carbon footprint. But you need to call out hypocrisy when you see it. Is he gonna continue this charade, or will he stop the bandwagon of flight shaming people for doing the exact same thing that he does?
Ben is a limousine liberal who “do as I say, not as I do” and that’s fine. But let’s at least be candid and acknowledge this. Sorry Ben, but just because you have a blog doesn’t give you a Carte Blanche to fly around the world. and then start a discussion and lecturing us about climate change and what we can do to reduce our carbon footprint on our flights going to Helsinki, and Singapore from Toronto to try out new cabins and planes.
When he goes into a lecture about saving the planet and not doing unnecessary flying. After people criticized his flights of traveling around the world to no where in F for funzys he didn’t take to liking that much because in the comments he writes:
“Ben (Lucky) says:
November 26, 2019 at 12:54 pm
@ henry LAX — Virtually all of my flights are for review purposes or to visit family. I don’t do any status runs beyond that. As far as what I’m doing goes, that’s a great question. It’s something I’ve been putting a lot of thought into lately, and I plan to share details of that hopefully within the next few days, as we’re currently working on finalizing something. Thanks for the interest.”
He’s obviously really concerned about global warming and saving Mother Earth and good for him. I’m glad this is so paramount to him in between sips of champagne, caviar, and starting kickstarters so he can do us the service of reviewing Etihad’s apartment. I don’t know how I ever would’ve been able to find the remote onboard my A380 F Etihad flight without that review.
Now this week there is this post: https://onemileatatime.com/jewel-trip-report/ and this post thus far https://onemileatatime.com/british-a...-class-review/ where he’s “cross-crossing the globe” to Toronto, Singapore, Helsinki etc... Because “not only is that a pretty great fare... but the trip also earned me about 21,000 elite qualifying miles and 2,600+ elite qualifying dollars, which would help me requalify for Executive Platinum status with American AAdvantage (for better or worse).
I thought he said he only does things for “us” to review in the post a week ago. He never goes out of his way to qualify for status, and all his trips are out of necessity to try the latest champagne to let us know. Yes, this is all for you. I’m glad to see in his mind Ben cares about the environment and his carbon footprint. But you need to call out hypocrisy when you see it. Is he gonna continue this charade, or will he stop the bandwagon of flight shaming people for doing the exact same thing that he does?
Ben is a limousine liberal who “do as I say, not as I do” and that’s fine. But let’s at least be candid and acknowledge this. Sorry Ben, but just because you have a blog doesn’t give you a Carte Blanche to fly around the world. and then start a discussion and lecturing us about climate change and what we can do to reduce our carbon footprint on our flights going to Helsinki, and Singapore from Toronto to try out new cabins and planes.
Last edited by NWplatinum; Dec 4, 2019 at 6:02 pm
Dec 5, 2019, 2:44 am
#3814
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: London, UK
Programs: bmi DC, BAEC
Posts: 1,107
circuity factor
and don't forget that because he often flies on hub airlines, he's creating a lot more emissions than if he flew to his destination on the most direct route possible
Last edited by fartoomanyusers; Dec 5, 2019 at 5:03 am Reason: one letter typo
Dec 5, 2019, 2:54 am
#3815
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: New England
Programs: American Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Silver
Posts: 5,640
Ok so several weeks ago Ben posted this: https://onemileatatime.com/lufthansa...ing-fake-news/
When he goes into a lecture about saving the planet and not doing unnecessary flying. After people criticized his flights of traveling around the world to no where in F for funzys he didn’t take to liking that much because in the comments he writes:
“Ben (Lucky) says:
November 26, 2019 at 12:54 pm
@ henry LAX — Virtually all of my flights are for review purposes or to visit family. I don’t do any status runs beyond that. As far as what I’m doing goes, that’s a great question. It’s something I’ve been putting a lot of thought into lately, and I plan to share details of that hopefully within the next few days, as we’re currently working on finalizing something. Thanks for the interest.”
He’s obviously really concerned about global warming and saving Mother Earth and good for him. I’m glad this is so paramount to him in between sips of champagne, caviar, and starting kickstarters so he can do us the service of reviewing Etihad’s apartment. I don’t know how I ever would’ve been able to find the remote onboard my A380 F Etihad flight without that review.
Now this week there is this post: https://onemileatatime.com/jewel-trip-report/ and this post thus far https://onemileatatime.com/british-a...-class-review/ where he’s “cross-crossing the globe” to Toronto, Singapore, Helsinki etc... Because “not only is that a pretty great fare... but the trip also earned me about 21,000 elite qualifying miles and 2,600+ elite qualifying dollars, which would help me requalify for Executive Platinum status with American AAdvantage (for better or worse).
I thought he said he only does things for “us” to review in the post a week ago. He never goes out of his way to qualify for status, and all his trips are out of necessity to try the latest champagne to let us know. Yes, this is all for you. I’m glad to see in his mind Ben cares about the environment and his carbon footprint. But you need to call out hypocrisy when you see it. Is he gonna continue this charade, or will he stop the bandwagon of flight shaming people for doing the exact same thing that he does?
Ben is a limousine liberal who “do as I say, not as I do” and that’s fine. But let’s at least be candid and acknowledge this. Sorry Ben, but just because you have a blog doesn’t give you a Carte Blanche to fly around the world. and then start a discussion and lecturing us about climate change and what we can do to reduce our carbon footprint on our flights going to Helsinki, and Singapore from Toronto to try out new cabins and planes.
When he goes into a lecture about saving the planet and not doing unnecessary flying. After people criticized his flights of traveling around the world to no where in F for funzys he didn’t take to liking that much because in the comments he writes:
“Ben (Lucky) says:
November 26, 2019 at 12:54 pm
@ henry LAX — Virtually all of my flights are for review purposes or to visit family. I don’t do any status runs beyond that. As far as what I’m doing goes, that’s a great question. It’s something I’ve been putting a lot of thought into lately, and I plan to share details of that hopefully within the next few days, as we’re currently working on finalizing something. Thanks for the interest.”
He’s obviously really concerned about global warming and saving Mother Earth and good for him. I’m glad this is so paramount to him in between sips of champagne, caviar, and starting kickstarters so he can do us the service of reviewing Etihad’s apartment. I don’t know how I ever would’ve been able to find the remote onboard my A380 F Etihad flight without that review.
Now this week there is this post: https://onemileatatime.com/jewel-trip-report/ and this post thus far https://onemileatatime.com/british-a...-class-review/ where he’s “cross-crossing the globe” to Toronto, Singapore, Helsinki etc... Because “not only is that a pretty great fare... but the trip also earned me about 21,000 elite qualifying miles and 2,600+ elite qualifying dollars, which would help me requalify for Executive Platinum status with American AAdvantage (for better or worse).
I thought he said he only does things for “us” to review in the post a week ago. He never goes out of his way to qualify for status, and all his trips are out of necessity to try the latest champagne to let us know. Yes, this is all for you. I’m glad to see in his mind Ben cares about the environment and his carbon footprint. But you need to call out hypocrisy when you see it. Is he gonna continue this charade, or will he stop the bandwagon of flight shaming people for doing the exact same thing that he does?
Ben is a limousine liberal who “do as I say, not as I do” and that’s fine. But let’s at least be candid and acknowledge this. Sorry Ben, but just because you have a blog doesn’t give you a Carte Blanche to fly around the world. and then start a discussion and lecturing us about climate change and what we can do to reduce our carbon footprint on our flights going to Helsinki, and Singapore from Toronto to try out new cabins and planes.
Dec 7, 2019, 12:48 pm
#3816
Original Member, Ambassador: External Miles and Points Resources
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Digital Nomad Wandering the Earth - Currently in LIMA, PERU
Posts: 58,607
Dec 8, 2019, 8:43 am
#3817
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: SE ASIA
Programs: SQ KF GO, OZ GO, QR PC PLAT, TG ROP SL, LCAH SL, IHG SPIRE, Marriott BONVOY GO, HILTON GO
Posts: 641
OK so several weeks ago Ben posted this: https://onemileatatime.com/lufthansa...ing-fake-news/
When he goes into a lecture about saving the planet and not doing unnecessary flying. After people criticized his flights of traveling around the world to no where in F for funzys he didn’t take to liking that much because in the comments he writes:
“Ben (Lucky) says:
November 26, 2019 at 12:54 pm
@ henry LAX — Virtually all of my flights are for review purposes or to visit family. I don’t do any status runs beyond that. As far as what I’m doing goes, that’s a great question. It’s something I’ve been putting a lot of thought into lately, and I plan to share details of that hopefully within the next few days, as we’re currently working on finalizing something. Thanks for the interest.”
He’s obviously really concerned about global warming and saving Mother Earth and good for him. I’m glad this is so paramount to him in between sips of champagne, caviar, and starting kickstarters so he can do us the service of reviewing Etihad’s apartment. I don’t know how I ever would’ve been able to find the remote onboard my A380 F Etihad flight without that review.
Now this week there is this post: https://onemileatatime.com/jewel-trip-report/ and this post thus far https://onemileatatime.com/british-a...-class-review/ where he’s “cross-crossing the globe” to Toronto, Singapore, Helsinki etc... Because “not only is that a pretty great fare... but the trip also earned me about 21,000 elite qualifying miles and 2,600+ elite qualifying dollars, which would help me requalify for Executive Platinum status with American AAdvantage (for better or worse).
I thought he said he only does things for “us” to review in the post a week ago. He never goes out of his way to qualify for status, and all his trips are out of necessity to try the latest champagne to let us know. Yes, this is all for you. I’m glad to see in his mind Ben cares about the environment and his carbon footprint. But you need to call out hypocrisy when you see it. Is he gonna continue this charade, or will he stop the bandwagon of flight shaming people for doing the exact same thing that he does?
Ben is a limousine liberal who “do as I say, not as I do” and that’s fine. But let’s at least be candid and acknowledge this. Sorry Ben, but just because you have a blog doesn’t give you a Carte Blanche to fly around the world. and then start a discussion and lecturing us about climate change and what we can do to reduce our carbon footprint on our flights going to Helsinki, and Singapore from Toronto to try out new cabins and planes.
When he goes into a lecture about saving the planet and not doing unnecessary flying. After people criticized his flights of traveling around the world to no where in F for funzys he didn’t take to liking that much because in the comments he writes:
“Ben (Lucky) says:
November 26, 2019 at 12:54 pm
@ henry LAX — Virtually all of my flights are for review purposes or to visit family. I don’t do any status runs beyond that. As far as what I’m doing goes, that’s a great question. It’s something I’ve been putting a lot of thought into lately, and I plan to share details of that hopefully within the next few days, as we’re currently working on finalizing something. Thanks for the interest.”
He’s obviously really concerned about global warming and saving Mother Earth and good for him. I’m glad this is so paramount to him in between sips of champagne, caviar, and starting kickstarters so he can do us the service of reviewing Etihad’s apartment. I don’t know how I ever would’ve been able to find the remote onboard my A380 F Etihad flight without that review.
Now this week there is this post: https://onemileatatime.com/jewel-trip-report/ and this post thus far https://onemileatatime.com/british-a...-class-review/ where he’s “cross-crossing the globe” to Toronto, Singapore, Helsinki etc... Because “not only is that a pretty great fare... but the trip also earned me about 21,000 elite qualifying miles and 2,600+ elite qualifying dollars, which would help me requalify for Executive Platinum status with American AAdvantage (for better or worse).
I thought he said he only does things for “us” to review in the post a week ago. He never goes out of his way to qualify for status, and all his trips are out of necessity to try the latest champagne to let us know. Yes, this is all for you. I’m glad to see in his mind Ben cares about the environment and his carbon footprint. But you need to call out hypocrisy when you see it. Is he gonna continue this charade, or will he stop the bandwagon of flight shaming people for doing the exact same thing that he does?
Ben is a limousine liberal who “do as I say, not as I do” and that’s fine. But let’s at least be candid and acknowledge this. Sorry Ben, but just because you have a blog doesn’t give you a Carte Blanche to fly around the world. and then start a discussion and lecturing us about climate change and what we can do to reduce our carbon footprint on our flights going to Helsinki, and Singapore from Toronto to try out new cabins and planes.
That's just an extremely weak argument ...
And with all that flying, it's really not that hard for him to re-qualify for EXP - whether or not he was trying to, is another matter altogether
When bloggers try to write & form an argument or an opinion in an article without giving it much thought - all for the sake of churning out 3-5 articles per day to keep up with the others who are just like or worse than him/them
And isn't it queer
.. I mean odd that he came back with a ton of planned trips and reports just in the past couple of weeks?Below is a prime example of someone who doesn't understand the workings of a major international airport/hub in a very small, land scarce tiny city-state; surrounded by much bigger neighboring countries on all sides ..
https://onemileatatime.com/singapore...ng-pass-rules/
Some readers' comments are hilarious though ... and some did try to explain what / why it happened - but Lucky prolly didn't give a hoot
Dec 8, 2019, 9:06 pm
#3819
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: DCA/IAD/WAS
Programs: MAR AMB, WOH Explorist, AA EXP, UA 2P
Posts: 2,138
"Oh no! I have to review CX F instead of Hainan J. Quelle horreur! Thankfully you all have been *begging* for it. Stay tuned for how I scammed my way into it, too. 😘"
Dec 9, 2019, 2:35 am
#3820
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: London, UK
Programs: bmi DC, BAEC
Posts: 1,107
i read the comments on his original "what should i do" post ... and quite a few readers really were begging him to do CX F !
Dec 9, 2019, 4:20 am
#3821
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Programs: Airline Free Agent, Fairmont Lifetime Platinum, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Honors Diamond
Posts: 3,041
Dec 9, 2019, 6:57 am
#3822
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: DCA/IAD/WAS
Programs: MAR AMB, WOH Explorist, AA EXP, UA 2P
Posts: 2,138
Dec 17, 2019, 5:28 am
#3823
Moderator: Lufthansa Miles & More, India based airlines, India, External Miles & Points Resources
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MUC
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 48,162
Oh dear, OMAAT has discovered that engaging with trolls and blogging about it generates comments and pageviews. VFTW joins in. Sadly not the same amount of pageviews or comments 
Dec 19, 2019, 1:59 pm
#3824
Suspended
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 68
Dec 22, 2019, 1:18 am
#3825
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS MVP100K, Hilton Diamond, IHG Gold
Posts: 3,215
I don’t hate the guy. I think his website has some great content to be fair.
It’s the liberal political views he peppers in, the credit card whoring, and stupid stuff that has made me who was once a big fan into someone who just pops in now and again for actual news.
It’s the liberal political views he peppers in, the credit card whoring, and stupid stuff that has made me who was once a big fan into someone who just pops in now and again for actual news.