View from the Wing [VFTW] discussions
Apr 7, 2018, 6:04 am
#916
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: DCA/IAD/WAS
Programs: MAR AMB, WOH Explorist, AA EXP, UA 2P
Posts: 2,138
Apr 7, 2018, 7:25 am
#917
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA, VS, HH, IHG, MB, MR
Posts: 26,871
Gary has 30,000 on his email list. If site views dropped to nil he’d be fine, he doesn’t need the ad revenue.
On our supermarket loyalty site, email (based on opens) is 5x desktop readership by article. HFP is roughly 50/50 unless a desktop article goes viral.
On our supermarket loyalty site, email (based on opens) is 5x desktop readership by article. HFP is roughly 50/50 unless a desktop article goes viral.
Apr 7, 2018, 9:26 am
#918
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
Posts: 10,047
Apr 7, 2018, 12:18 pm
#920
Original Member, Ambassador: External Miles and Points Resources
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Digital Nomad Wandering the Earth - Currently in LIMA, PERU
Posts: 58,626
I for one hope the blogs never go away.
Not because of the new content, much of which is garbage (anyone who subscribes to these blogs has got to be a masochist!), but because their utility comes from google. When I want to book a certain airline or hotel or decide which airline lounge to visit when I have choices at an airport, I can google up photos and comparison shop among premium products. In fairness, Ben's blog has FAR greater utility in this area than Gary's because of his photo-taking OCD.
So even if they stop publishing new 'content' (sponsored or otherwise) I sure hope they leave their archives intact. ^
Not because of the new content, much of which is garbage (anyone who subscribes to these blogs has got to be a masochist!), but because their utility comes from google. When I want to book a certain airline or hotel or decide which airline lounge to visit when I have choices at an airport, I can google up photos and comparison shop among premium products. In fairness, Ben's blog has FAR greater utility in this area than Gary's because of his photo-taking OCD.
So even if they stop publishing new 'content' (sponsored or otherwise) I sure hope they leave their archives intact. ^
Apr 8, 2018, 9:38 am
#921
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
Posts: 10,047
I for one hope the blogs never go away.
Not because of the new content, much of which is garbage (anyone who subscribes to these blogs has got to be a masochist!), but because their utility comes from google. When I want to book a certain airline or hotel or decide which airline lounge to visit when I have choices at an airport, I can google up photos and comparison shop among premium products. In fairness, Ben's blog has FAR greater utility in this area than Gary's because of his photo-taking OCD.
So even if they stop publishing new 'content' (sponsored or otherwise) I sure hope they leave their archives intact. ^
Not because of the new content, much of which is garbage (anyone who subscribes to these blogs has got to be a masochist!), but because their utility comes from google. When I want to book a certain airline or hotel or decide which airline lounge to visit when I have choices at an airport, I can google up photos and comparison shop among premium products. In fairness, Ben's blog has FAR greater utility in this area than Gary's because of his photo-taking OCD.
So even if they stop publishing new 'content' (sponsored or otherwise) I sure hope they leave their archives intact. ^
Like, say, three years from now, I'll want to know about various ways to get through airport security, so I'd Google "Man Uses Magazine Cover as ID for Airport Security" and see what I get.
Thankfully, Gary will have me 'covered'!
Apr 8, 2018, 10:03 am
#922
Original Member, Ambassador: External Miles and Points Resources
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Digital Nomad Wandering the Earth - Currently in LIMA, PERU
Posts: 58,626
May 28, 2018, 2:09 pm
#923
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: ORF
Programs: Amex Plat, AA, BA Silver, Marriott Plat, Choice Gold, HHonors Gold, IHG Diamond
Posts: 3,749
Did I miss something? Or did GTL? No word from him yet on the Qatar devaluation? The MASSIVE, NO NOTICE devaluation? If this had been BA or Delta or AA, he would have ripped them up and down within 12 hours of the announcement.
Given the theme of his recent CC posts, I guess I should just wait for the article describing how Qatar's FF program is underappreciated. . .
Given the theme of his recent CC posts, I guess I should just wait for the article describing how Qatar's FF program is underappreciated. . .
May 28, 2018, 6:20 pm
#924
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Programs: Airline Free Agent, Fairmont Lifetime Platinum, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Honors Diamond
Posts: 3,041
When he takes a breather from selling credit cards...he finds time to post breaking news like this these days:
Screaming Passenger Hit People With Bible, Made Children Cry
Screaming Passenger Hit People With Bible, Made Children Cry
Jun 14, 2018, 9:35 pm
#926
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: ORF
Programs: Amex Plat, AA, BA Silver, Marriott Plat, Choice Gold, HHonors Gold, IHG Diamond
Posts: 3,749
Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems the theme of the 21st Century is overpromising yet underdelivering. Yet, the Great Thought Leader remains surprised. . .
Jun 18, 2018, 7:57 pm
#929
Join Date: May 2009
Location: South Park, CO
Programs: Tegridy Elite
Posts: 5,678
I have to say I got a kick out of this with the well-placed Airplane! gif and War Games clip. Man what a debacle at PSA.
https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...w-whats-wrong/
https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea...w-whats-wrong/