gpapadop

Yeah, but what matters is if it is entertaining

The B2B bloggers had a gathering in Charleston. You can put some faces behind the names in this post:

http://first2board.com/pointssummary...day-workshops/

FTG was there too..."...The game has changed tremendously with internet flaming, name-calling, and harassment amongst the frequent flier community."

Really?

yerffej201

They need to make themselves invisible like lucky9876coins. gleff that's a tip if you're reading! Hello!

I'd mark it with red arrows and pointers but i'm not mms

84fiero

OK, I'm blanking on this one... "TBB" is which one?

I think a thread like this would be entertaining!

Canarsie

TravelBloggerBuzz.

84fiero

Thanks for helping me out of my blond moment! (we need an embarrassed emoticon, btw)!

Canarsie

There is no need to be embarrassed.

Every time I see the abbreviation VFTW, I think of some organization for American veterans of foreign wars...

dhammer53

Stop it. You're making me nostalgic for the old days on Flyertalk circa 2003.

dh

oliver2002

Just use this one: http://www.vielfliegertreff.de/image...s/blushing.gif

gpapadop

Got a lot of funny people in here, you should start your own blog too

benzemalyonnais

It's obvious that a lot of bloggers use FT for their stuff, but also get a lot of tips from readers. The trip reports, and their general thoughts on the industry are all obviously original, while the 'Delta now has MQD's' posts obviously came from FT.

No blogger is that amazing that they could single-handedly discover all the deals. Some just have better 关系, which makes life easier. One instance that comes to mind is Lucky booking LH F using US Air miles. It's not like he's so much better at dialing the US Airways reservations number than the rest of us.....

Beckles

So, here's my story, which I'm surprised koko didn't mention yet that I've noticed. Just under four years ago, I made this post shortly after the US Airways 250% Holiday Bonus was announced, in the post you can see I clearly implore folks not to publish it beyond FT, which was specifically aimed at the bloggers that were popping up everywhere at that time.

My plea in the thread was ignored, and that very same day gleff was touting the deal on his blog. In the end, US Airways and Track-It-Back both honored the deal until the original expiration date, which surprised me, so no harm done. However, I was still very disappointed at the time that my request not to distribute the deal was not heeded, nor did gleff credit who came up with the deal originally in his post (though he credits vysean for providing specific details).

Whatever ... but then a year or two later I'm on a flight and my wife hands me "Town and Country" magazine and tells me there's a story I might want to read. It's a story about Gary Leff and his exploits as a frequent flyer expert. I wish I could link the article exactly, so I'll have to paraphrase, but it explained how he is very good at math and figured out how to buy miles through the US Airways promotion at such a great rate. In other words, the article gave him credit for figuring out the deal, even though the reality is he just lifted it from Flyertalk, as demonstrated by his own blog post where he credits vysean for how to exploit the deal. This is what they do, the aggrandize themselves for their own gain.

Furthermore, I think he betrayed all of Flyertalk when he quit his elected position on the TalkBoard and as TalkBoard President to start a competing website. I'm just glad I never voted for him, or imagine how much I would dislike him!

milesmuncher

If I'd known those photos from the sessions were going to make their way onto the interwebs, I probably would've worn a different shirt

Nice post in your sig!

gleff

Just wanted to come by and congratulate everyone on the Charleston event, it looks like it was a lot of fun! ^

milesmuncher

Thanks! It was indeed - I had no idea Charleston had such good food, and I had no idea I'd like staying at an Aloft

Next year in Seattle is going to be even better!

dhammer53

Not to be a cynical New Yorker, but gleff is here for lots of different reasons.

dh