One Mile at a Time [OMaaT] discussions [merged]
Aug 27, 2022, 2:03 pm
#4636
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: KUSA
Programs: Whatever AMEX Plat comes with... I buy on price.. Spirit Big Front Seat, want First/buy First
Posts: 1,483
Losing a sense of reality?
the post about welcome amenities:
https://onemileatatime.com/guides/ho...comment-276360
He does mention:
If you booked through a travel agent program that offers a welcome amenity as a published perk, including Hyatt Privé, Mandarin Oriental Fan Club, Marriott STARS, etc
the shrewd comment:
Another big factor seems to be if you’re a travel agent or work for a travel agency.
They kiss up to them as they can send business their way
I could go on:
or if your husband books travel advisory rates
or if your husband instagrams his stays and visits
or you use your Marriot Ambassador / Hyatt congierge to fine tune your booking
or if you regulary reach out to corporate for news and details for your blog
or if you keep booking under your own name and not be a mystery guest using a "nom de plume"
Us mere mortals would receive the welcome amenity if only Saturn would be in the 11th house on the convergence with Pluto junctioned in the Moon.....
the post about welcome amenities:
https://onemileatatime.com/guides/ho...comment-276360
He does mention:
If you booked through a travel agent program that offers a welcome amenity as a published perk, including Hyatt Privé, Mandarin Oriental Fan Club, Marriott STARS, etc
the shrewd comment:
Another big factor seems to be if you’re a travel agent or work for a travel agency.
They kiss up to them as they can send business their way
I could go on:
or if your husband books travel advisory rates
or if your husband instagrams his stays and visits
or you use your Marriot Ambassador / Hyatt congierge to fine tune your booking
or if you regulary reach out to corporate for news and details for your blog
or if you keep booking under your own name and not be a mystery guest using a "nom de plume"
Us mere mortals would receive the welcome amenity if only Saturn would be in the 11th house on the convergence with Pluto junctioned in the Moon.....
Aug 28, 2022, 10:13 am
#4637
formerly rt23456p
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 1,210
Losing a sense of reality?
the post about welcome amenities:
https://onemileatatime.com/guides/ho...comment-276360
He does mention:
If you booked through a travel agent program that offers a welcome amenity as a published perk, including Hyatt Privé, Mandarin Oriental Fan Club, Marriott STARS, etc
the shrewd comment:
Another big factor seems to be if you’re a travel agent or work for a travel agency.
They kiss up to them as they can send business their way
I could go on:
or if your husband books travel advisory rates
or if your husband instagrams his stays and visits
or you use your Marriot Ambassador / Hyatt congierge to fine tune your booking
or if you regulary reach out to corporate for news and details for your blog
or if you keep booking under your own name and not be a mystery guest using a "nom de plume"
Us mere mortals would receive the welcome amenity if only Saturn would be in the 11th house on the convergence with Pluto junctioned in the Moon.....
the post about welcome amenities:
https://onemileatatime.com/guides/ho...comment-276360
He does mention:
If you booked through a travel agent program that offers a welcome amenity as a published perk, including Hyatt Privé, Mandarin Oriental Fan Club, Marriott STARS, etc
the shrewd comment:
Another big factor seems to be if you’re a travel agent or work for a travel agency.
They kiss up to them as they can send business their way
I could go on:
or if your husband books travel advisory rates
or if your husband instagrams his stays and visits
or you use your Marriot Ambassador / Hyatt congierge to fine tune your booking
or if you regulary reach out to corporate for news and details for your blog
or if you keep booking under your own name and not be a mystery guest using a "nom de plume"
Us mere mortals would receive the welcome amenity if only Saturn would be in the 11th house on the convergence with Pluto junctioned in the Moon.....
Aug 29, 2022, 5:25 am
#4639
Original Member, Ambassador: External Miles and Points Resources
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Digital Nomad Wandering the Earth - Currently in LIMA, PERU
Posts: 58,613
Losing a sense of reality?
the post about welcome amenities:
https://onemileatatime.com/guides/ho...comment-276360
He does mention:
If you booked through a travel agent program that offers a welcome amenity as a published perk, including Hyatt Privé, Mandarin Oriental Fan Club, Marriott STARS, etc
the shrewd comment:
Another big factor seems to be if you’re a travel agent or work for a travel agency.
They kiss up to them as they can send business their way
I could go on:
or if your husband books travel advisory rates
or if your husband instagrams his stays and visits
or you use your Marriot Ambassador / Hyatt congierge to fine tune your booking
or if you regulary reach out to corporate for news and details for your blog
or if you keep booking under your own name and not be a mystery guest using a "nom de plume"
Us mere mortals would receive the welcome amenity if only Saturn would be in the 11th house on the convergence with Pluto junctioned in the Moon.....
the post about welcome amenities:
https://onemileatatime.com/guides/ho...comment-276360
He does mention:
If you booked through a travel agent program that offers a welcome amenity as a published perk, including Hyatt Privé, Mandarin Oriental Fan Club, Marriott STARS, etc
the shrewd comment:
Another big factor seems to be if you’re a travel agent or work for a travel agency.
They kiss up to them as they can send business their way
I could go on:
or if your husband books travel advisory rates
or if your husband instagrams his stays and visits
or you use your Marriot Ambassador / Hyatt congierge to fine tune your booking
or if you regulary reach out to corporate for news and details for your blog
or if you keep booking under your own name and not be a mystery guest using a "nom de plume"
Us mere mortals would receive the welcome amenity if only Saturn would be in the 11th house on the convergence with Pluto junctioned in the Moon.....
JK
Joking aside, Airbnb hosts are often FAR more generous with welcome gifts than hotels - and for everyone not just super elites. At our Airbnb near Hershey, PA we have a fire pit in the yard so each guest gets a s'mores kit along with all the Hershey kisses they can eat.
Aug 30, 2022, 12:35 am
#4640
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: AMS+IAH
Programs: Lufthansa: Senator || IHG: Diamond Royal Ambassador Inner Circle || Plutonium Status
Posts: 3,505
The cost of living has increased: especially with family expansion...
The start of finding new ways hawkering to extract $ with creditcard signups
so Miles can save up for college fees or be an eligable bachelor as an adult
https://onemileatatime.com
Normally directs to the posts.
In the past after the new site was launched it would go to an introduction screen,
But received so many backlash from regulars whom all wanted just the posts
Yet since midnight, one must be be exposed again to a new section:
The Featured posts:
- Best ever Citi Premier Card 80 K Bonus
- Huge Alaska Airlines Business Visa 70 K bonus
- Citi Double Cash
It seems a blog shift from regulars to newbies because that's the untapped market....
https://onemileatatime.com/insights/...comment-276363
An example here is that some in the comments have no idea what "turndown" service is and asking for a post about it.
The start of finding new ways hawkering to extract $ with creditcard signups
so Miles can save up for college fees or be an eligable bachelor as an adult
https://onemileatatime.com
Normally directs to the posts.
In the past after the new site was launched it would go to an introduction screen,
But received so many backlash from regulars whom all wanted just the posts
Yet since midnight, one must be be exposed again to a new section:
The Featured posts:
- Best ever Citi Premier Card 80 K Bonus
- Huge Alaska Airlines Business Visa 70 K bonus
- Citi Double Cash
It seems a blog shift from regulars to newbies because that's the untapped market....
https://onemileatatime.com/insights/...comment-276363
An example here is that some in the comments have no idea what "turndown" service is and asking for a post about it.
Aug 30, 2022, 2:44 am
#4641
formerly rt23456p
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 1,210
The cost of living has increased: especially with family expansion...
The start of finding new ways hawkering to extract $ with creditcard signups
so Miles can save up for college fees or be an eligable bachelor as an adult
https://onemileatatime.com
Normally directs to the posts.
In the past after the new site was launched it would go to an introduction screen,
But received so many backlash from regulars whom all wanted just the posts
Yet since midnight, one must be be exposed again to a new section:
The Featured posts:
- Best ever Citi Premier Card 80 K Bonus
- Huge Alaska Airlines Business Visa 70 K bonus
- Citi Double Cash
It seems a blog shift from regulars to newbies because that's the untapped market....
https://onemileatatime.com/insights/...comment-276363
An example here is that some in the comments have no idea what "turndown" service is and asking for a post about it.
The start of finding new ways hawkering to extract $ with creditcard signups
so Miles can save up for college fees or be an eligable bachelor as an adult
https://onemileatatime.com
Normally directs to the posts.
In the past after the new site was launched it would go to an introduction screen,
But received so many backlash from regulars whom all wanted just the posts
Yet since midnight, one must be be exposed again to a new section:
The Featured posts:
- Best ever Citi Premier Card 80 K Bonus
- Huge Alaska Airlines Business Visa 70 K bonus
- Citi Double Cash
It seems a blog shift from regulars to newbies because that's the untapped market....
https://onemileatatime.com/insights/...comment-276363
An example here is that some in the comments have no idea what "turndown" service is and asking for a post about it.
Aug 30, 2022, 3:44 am
#4642
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Programs: Airline Free Agent, Fairmont Lifetime Platinum, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Honors Diamond
Posts: 3,041
A few weeks ago, there was a time when there were 7 consecutive credit card information posts, really don't know why can't the editors just schedule them once or twice a day for the next week instead, and actually publish some materials for those not living in North America to read, but I guess the advertisement income accounts for little of his credit card commission income from the blog.
Aug 30, 2022, 3:46 am
#4643
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: AMS+IAH
Programs: Lufthansa: Senator || IHG: Diamond Royal Ambassador Inner Circle || Plutonium Status
Posts: 3,505
Ahhhh .... i see it was just a a new function
(desperate attempt for more credit card onslaught)
being launched and it seems to appear at random:
The main url has returned to direct to posts only....
But only on my ipad which is registered as location Gibraltar
While my ipad registered as location in the Netherlands sees still the new layout:
- The adjusted frontpage layout : testing if any more creditcards can be squeezed in...
- A bit sloppy with the rehash and clumsy layout of the runway photo of their bicycle tour at Four Seasons Des Roches Seychelles
- new to the upper right is the log in for members only
(desperate attempt for more credit card onslaught)
being launched and it seems to appear at random:
The main url has returned to direct to posts only....
But only on my ipad which is registered as location Gibraltar
While my ipad registered as location in the Netherlands sees still the new layout:
- The adjusted frontpage layout : testing if any more creditcards can be squeezed in...
- A bit sloppy with the rehash and clumsy layout of the runway photo of their bicycle tour at Four Seasons Des Roches Seychelles
- new to the upper right is the log in for members only
Last edited by HadesNL; Aug 30, 2022 at 4:01 am Reason: Differences in Gibraltar & Netherlands location display
Aug 30, 2022, 4:07 am
#4644
formerly rt23456p
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 1,210
Ahhhh .... i see it was just a a new function
(desperate attempt for more credit card onslaught)
being launched and it seems to appear at random:
The main url has returned to direct to posts only....
But only on my ipad which is registered as location Gibraltar
While my ipad registered as location in the Netherlands sees still the new layout:
- The adjusted frontpage layout : testing if any more creditcards can be squeezed in...
- A bit sloppy with the rehash and clumsy layout of the runway photo of their bicycle tour at Four Seasons Des Roches Seychelles
- new to the upper right is the log in for members only
(desperate attempt for more credit card onslaught)
being launched and it seems to appear at random:
The main url has returned to direct to posts only....
But only on my ipad which is registered as location Gibraltar
While my ipad registered as location in the Netherlands sees still the new layout:
- The adjusted frontpage layout : testing if any more creditcards can be squeezed in...
- A bit sloppy with the rehash and clumsy layout of the runway photo of their bicycle tour at Four Seasons Des Roches Seychelles
- new to the upper right is the log in for members only
Last edited by oliver2002; Aug 30, 2022 at 5:16 am Reason: removed quoted images
Aug 30, 2022, 4:10 am
#4645
formerly rt23456p
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 1,210
Even TPG knows to separate the blog into Credit Card Info, News Info and flight review separately knowing that most would not want to be entertained by reading the same material about the same credit card every week, while this blog still pretends that the post published about credit card are "new" and highly relevant to everyone reading.
Aug 30, 2022, 4:30 am
#4646
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: AMS+IAH
Programs: Lufthansa: Senator || IHG: Diamond Royal Ambassador Inner Circle || Plutonium Status
Posts: 3,505
rt23456p : thanks for the insight about the resolution!
You are right:
some posts have appeared in the past like Approval for Capital 1 and seem on a monthly cycle to reappear on the front page : same text and retaining the comments
(because cap1 is the sponsor)
same as the IHG premier creditcard :
the same unchanged post appears every 2/3 weeks
but without the past comments
(IHG referral is much lower)
same as Avianca lifemiles :
the same post/text everytime there is a promo
and also every year the promo if buying lifemiles via OMAAT you get 10% extra
yet still Ben publicly distances himself from the stance that he receives a kickback from lifemiles sales
https://onemileatatime.com/deals/buy-avianca-lifemiles/
Through the Avianca LifeMiles program is offering a bonus on purchased miles . While the publicly available promotion offers up to a 140% bonus, OmaaT reader who register take advantage of a bonus of up to ....
For what it’s worth, I don’t get any sort of kickback from LifeMiles if you buy miles, I’m just happy to be able to give readers (and anyone else who chooses to share the link) access to a better offer
bit see-through....
You are right:
some posts have appeared in the past like Approval for Capital 1 and seem on a monthly cycle to reappear on the front page : same text and retaining the comments
(because cap1 is the sponsor)
same as the IHG premier creditcard :
the same unchanged post appears every 2/3 weeks
but without the past comments
(IHG referral is much lower)
same as Avianca lifemiles :
the same post/text everytime there is a promo
and also every year the promo if buying lifemiles via OMAAT you get 10% extra
yet still Ben publicly distances himself from the stance that he receives a kickback from lifemiles sales
https://onemileatatime.com/deals/buy-avianca-lifemiles/
Through the Avianca LifeMiles program is offering a bonus on purchased miles . While the publicly available promotion offers up to a 140% bonus, OmaaT reader who register take advantage of a bonus of up to ....
For what it’s worth, I don’t get any sort of kickback from LifeMiles if you buy miles, I’m just happy to be able to give readers (and anyone else who chooses to share the link) access to a better offer
bit see-through....
Last edited by HadesNL; Sep 1, 2022 at 5:54 am
Aug 30, 2022, 5:17 am
#4647
Moderator: Lufthansa Miles & More, India based airlines, India, External Miles & Points Resources
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: MUC
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 48,182
All points sales promotions have an affiliate link in them. Plain vanilla bloggers get 3-6% off the miles/points purchases, titans like TPG/VFTW/OMAAT much more.
Aug 31, 2022, 5:22 am
#4648
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: AMS+IAH
Programs: Lufthansa: Senator || IHG: Diamond Royal Ambassador Inner Circle || Plutonium Status
Posts: 3,505
Congratulations on almost reaching Hyatt Globalist Lifetime status!
I know Ben is an introvert and doesn't like to be the centre of attention.
But he feels the need to stay somewhere memorable because of this lifechanging event to deification
But it most be modern parenting skills that somehow their new son might restrict this transforming status experience as....
https://onemileatatime.com/insights/...st-hotel-stay/
ahum: getting children and being a parent requires sacrifice and undying love & attention
- not a meaningfull sidejob besides reaching Hyatt lifetime Globalist status it seems....
* also putting on your blog that you are keen on making Hyatt Lifetime Globalist a memorable lifechanging event will send alarmbells to corporate as to prepare something worthy....
I know Ben is an introvert and doesn't like to be the centre of attention.
But he feels the need to stay somewhere memorable because of this lifechanging event to deification
But it most be modern parenting skills that somehow their new son might restrict this transforming status experience as....
https://onemileatatime.com/insights/...st-hotel-stay/
ahum: getting children and being a parent requires sacrifice and undying love & attention
- not a meaningfull sidejob besides reaching Hyatt lifetime Globalist status it seems....
* also putting on your blog that you are keen on making Hyatt Lifetime Globalist a memorable lifechanging event will send alarmbells to corporate as to prepare something worthy....
Last edited by HadesNL; Aug 31, 2022 at 5:27 am
Aug 31, 2022, 6:14 am
#4650
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Watchlisted by the prejudiced, en route to purgatory
Programs: Just Say No to Fleecing and Blacklisting
Posts: 102,095
Congratulations on almost reaching Hyatt Globalist Lifetime status!
I know Ben is an introvert and doesn't like to be the centre of attention.
But he feels the need to stay somewhere memorable because of this lifechanging event to deification
But it most be modern parenting skills that somehow their new son might restrict this transforming status experience as....
https://onemileatatime.com/insights/...st-hotel-stay/
ahum: getting children and being a parent requires sacrifice and undying love & attention
- not a meaningfull sidejob besides reaching Hyatt lifetime Globalist status it seems....
* also putting on your blog that you are keen on making Hyatt Lifetime Globalist a memorable lifechanging event will send alarmbells to corporate as to prepare something worthy....
I know Ben is an introvert and doesn't like to be the centre of attention.
But he feels the need to stay somewhere memorable because of this lifechanging event to deification
But it most be modern parenting skills that somehow their new son might restrict this transforming status experience as....
https://onemileatatime.com/insights/...st-hotel-stay/
ahum: getting children and being a parent requires sacrifice and undying love & attention
- not a meaningfull sidejob besides reaching Hyatt lifetime Globalist status it seems....
* also putting on your blog that you are keen on making Hyatt Lifetime Globalist a memorable lifechanging event will send alarmbells to corporate as to prepare something worthy....