Rick, that is so nice of you to forgive. :D

When you get a little more time under your belt blogging, you'll understand exactly how it happens. When I asked him, he confirmed my suspicion. I have that nightmare still occasionally while only posting once or twice per week. I don't wish it on any blogger, but has happened and will happen again.

I'm counting at least 3 mistakes:
http://i.dansdeals.com/wp-content/up...014/04/ftg.png

Wow. Some pretty basic and glaring errors once again. One wonders if there is anyone at FTG with a basic knowledge of these programs and any level of reading comprehension (not to mention a proofreader).

I'd think that InternetBrands would want to step in and try to salvage their FTG investment before it loses all credibility.

The lack of any accountability, or any real desire to post correct information, continues to amaze me on a site geared to people new to the game.

Writers at FTG - don't apologize. Please actually seriously make an effort to get your posts right the first time for your readers that trust you as a source (if you actually care about them). Seriously, it's not that hard. Other blogs don't make huge mistakes day after day (after day)

http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2014/...ays-avios.html

And of course, point 5 is wrong in an important respect by missing an important feature of Avios (Reward Flight Saver). Arguably one of the most valuable features of Avios if, like most of BA's customer base, you're based in the UK. Makes BA miles very useable for shorthaul in Europe (much more so than LH).

But hey, let's forgive and forget, seems to be a lot of that going on these days... ;)

Uh, if the "apology/correction" post pimps credit cards at the bottom of it, does it really count?

FTG hasn't been a credible source for information in a long time. Its purpose is to attract newbies and get them to click on affiliate links. To a certain degree, it doesn't matter if the information is wrong, the blog will just make it up in volume. It'll take a long time to decay to the point where nobody visits.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>It'll take a long time to decay to the point where nobody visits.

Not necessarily if the new stream of newbies quantity is > than the ones leaving the site.

FTG.com posted last night about first Friday again, reminding everyone to use their CSP cards tomorrow. Probably is, it's still May

http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2014/...on-dining.html

Post was revised to remind people that NEXT week is the week to use it.

I always laugh when bloggers post about the benefits of first Friday. How much does one spend for lunch and dinner out typically? If they are frugal, shouldn't be more then $50 on any given Friday. So this promotion nets a extra 50 points, or $0.75-$1.00 in value. Good that we were reminded 8 days in advance

If you're catering an event it can definitely come in handy.

Sigh, another travel challenge with some big errors or omissions

http://www.frugaltravelguy.com/2014/...istillery.html

Out of pocket cost for this trip was reported at $0. Despite the fact that the recommended AA card comes with an annual fee of $450 in the first year ($250 net of the credit)

That's a pretty big oversight.

Also, it's a rather poor use of 100K AA miles for a short domestic trip like that. In fact their trip could be done with a non-stop on Southwest EWR-BNA for $243 RT and use the Arrival card points towards that or apply for the WN 50K credit card and just about have enough points for all four people, using their sample dates.

In fact I'd say the 60K in IHG points would be better spent elsewhere. Rates in Lynchburg are pretty low, I'd pay cash and save the points for a higher value redemption.

TPG got the AA hold/change policy update wrong in this post. I mentioned such in the comments almost 2 weeks ago but he still hasn't fixed it.

Why even bother? Last year I read a pile of misinformation about Munich on TPG which included gems like:

When I tweeted on how many things were wrong in it I got a weird response :)

Well, VFTW's newly "updated" guide to AA redemptions has glaring errors:

http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea....merican-miles/

Most of them look like overlooked revisions related to the examples of now-eliminated stopovers, but some clearly stem from not reading the updated Web page (or the FT thread(s)!). For example, AAnytime awards are now subject to the $150 fee for changes to origin/destination.

I would expect further updates.