It's all click bait, all the time. Dude's been mailing it in for years now.

Gary published a post titled:

On Average, American Airlines Loses Bags 73% Of The Time They Fly

That percentage came from the number of bags mishandled divided by the number of flights operated. Such a calculation is meaningless. If an airline had operated just one flight, on which two bags were mishandled, would that airline have "lost bags 200% of the time they fly"? What would that even mean?

As another matter, mishandled bags are usually not lost. They are delivered by courier a day later.

Your user handle suggests you are here for one reason and one reason only.

And so it is. :D

But yeah, mishandled =/= lost.

Sure, but the handle d;)esn't lie. I could tell you stories...

I am back because there is a new post.

• The title: Delta Is About To Do Something They Promised They Never Would
• From the excerpt: Delta argued at the time ... that it would not do so.

• From the body: Delta does not intend ....

I will acquiesce on the conflation of arguing you will not do something and promising you will not do something. I cannot bear the equivalence of not intending to do something with promising not to do something.

But you clicked the link, and that's a good chunk of what matters to the self-proclaimed th:rolleyes:ught leader. Now, if you'd also followed an affiliate link for a credit card he would be absolutely thrilled.

getting worse...and yet, bloggers just keep linking to this hideous clickbait nonsense smh:

"She Left Her Kids for a Taxi Driver in India and Faked a Kidnapping—GPS Tracked Her Down, Now He’s Facing Charges"

His "thought leadership" consists of him whining about the decline of long-haul First Class and how if airlines brought it back, made it even more exclusive / fancy, and gave it away at high discounts more frequently as saver award tickets, those airlines would magically wind up being more profitable

There's very little "thought" or "leadership" in his blog anymore. It was once very good.

I get nuggets of useful information from Gary's blog. A week or so back, he suggested applying for the Chase Ink Unlimited. It has no annual fee, you get 90K Ultimate Reward points, and it requires a $6K spend in 3 months. We're not under 5/24 but I figured there was nothing to lose by trying. Today, my husband was approved. I would never have tried for the offer if it weren't for his post. In the end, I'm all about miles and points and I'd have several successes thanks to Gary calling opportunities to my attention. I can scan the titles and skip what appears to be drama content.

A gentle counterpoint. Was there anything in GTL's post indicating thought leadership in the world of travel? An undoubtedly useful post by him but hardly cutting edge. And I think that's the prime criticism of VFTW nowadays. He used to have good contacts within the industry, especially with AA and SPG. SPG is no more, and so are almost all of his AA contacts. And he's never really developed "ins" with any other hotel or airline group.

The truth is, he backed the wrong horses. Not just AA and SPG but his railings against revenue-based programs. As bad as it has been for FT frequenters, revenue-based was a logical, evolutionary development for these programs.

And despite his occasional protests to the contrary, FF programs were simply modern-day Green Stamps.

He'll back whatever gets him the m:ost $.

DoC is a better source for such information: https://www.doctorofcredit.com/best-...-sign-bonuses/

Bloggers only highlight 'offers' that earn them $$$ and they are not necessarily the best ones out there. ;)

Out of so many blogs who "suggested" that smh. Maybe read some other blogs? How can people say "I'm all about miles and points" and read this blog is beyond me. Unless, you are being sarcastic that is?

If I had a dollar every single time I saw this online smh

"...suggested applying for the Chase Ink Unlimited. It has no annual fee, you get 90K Ultimate Reward points, and it requires a $6K spend in 3 months."

This coming from a blog that has not sold a single cc in 44 days lol.