Boarding Area's Fall
Sep 21, 2015, 3:29 pm
#528
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere above the Mason-Dixon
Programs: DL Ham Samich
Posts: 1,660
Call me the outlier here, but I actually enjoyed most of the CE articles that I read. Though I can't recall if it was him or his contributors, but I found a lot of the cases fascinating
Oct 3, 2015, 6:29 pm
#529
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere above the Mason-Dixon
Programs: DL Ham Samich
Posts: 1,660
Is it just me, or has PMM become the blog that has nothing to write about? Though when he does post things, he's posting what everyone else posted a day or two earlier
Oct 5, 2015, 1:54 pm
#531
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: CMH, West Coast
Programs: AA Executive Platinum, oneworld emerald
Posts: 2,741
I'm just frustrated by the multitude of grammatical errors these bloggers make on an hourly basis. Does nobody have a grasp of even the most basic rules of English (its/it's, run-ons, fragments, etc.)? It seems like, if these people are professional writers, they should actually attempt to improve their writing.
Oct 5, 2015, 2:48 pm
#532
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 3,737
This blog isn't the only one guilty of this. Several other blogs are doing this. They are also taking Gary's approach of giving a clickbait title and providing links to where you can find the story on another blog. Do blogs like these actually make enough money to make it worthwhile for the author to maintain the page and post daily?
Oct 7, 2015, 11:01 am
#533
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 3,737
Is the Points of Life a continually featured blogger?
I really want to like this blog but little to no effort is put forth by the author. I think it was one year ago he planned this massive trip... did an amazing job posting a detailed spreadsheet of which airlines he took, how many points were spent, and the out of pocket cost. It seems like for the past year his blog has been a trip report of something last year. Yet each day his blog is featured on the main page.
Today's post Male, Maldives: Worth a Visit he uses Gary's photos and gives no description of what his experience was like visiting Male. A previous post about flying on JAL's 787 business class is also the only place I've seen a positive review of the angle lie flat seats. It's too bad the fine eye for detail that went into the spreadsheet didn't continue on to the trip reports.
I really want to like this blog but little to no effort is put forth by the author. I think it was one year ago he planned this massive trip... did an amazing job posting a detailed spreadsheet of which airlines he took, how many points were spent, and the out of pocket cost. It seems like for the past year his blog has been a trip report of something last year. Yet each day his blog is featured on the main page.
Today's post Male, Maldives: Worth a Visit he uses Gary's photos and gives no description of what his experience was like visiting Male. A previous post about flying on JAL's 787 business class is also the only place I've seen a positive review of the angle lie flat seats. It's too bad the fine eye for detail that went into the spreadsheet didn't continue on to the trip reports.
Oct 7, 2015, 2:56 pm
#534
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: PSM
Posts: 69,232
Oct 7, 2015, 3:24 pm
#535
Moderator: Hilton Honors forums
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Marietta, Georgia, United States
Posts: 24,997
In fact, The Points of Life had both top slots during the overnight hours last night — at least, from my computer.
That is bizarre that Astrophsx and I can see that and you cannot. I wonder how exactly that could happen...
Oct 7, 2015, 3:52 pm
#536
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: PSM
Posts: 69,232
I see the history now. Looks like it has been a featured blog since 14 September. I have no idea if that's on purpose or not.
