Originally Posted by Raffles (Post 28859100)

My 6 year old has done half of that (and all in premium cabins!). His new 'My airplane picshures' blog launches next week on BA.

Originally Posted by GUWonder (Post 28859501)

Defense of what? Of not making superficial criticisms or praises about individuals based on the number of miles traveled and/or number of countries visited. ;)

It's possible that a blog/blog entry is garbage, but that isn't a product of the number of miles traveled and/or of countries visited.

There is plenty of garbage coming out of people who have traveled way more than 150k miles and been to more than 15 countries. For example, there is a carpet-bagger occupant of a known address in the nation's capital who epitomizes that kind of person and loves attention by going on the attack or who knows what else. Would I find him to be a producer of good miles/points material in social media forums? No. But his famous social media rants grab plenty of attention.

So which miles/points blog is it that is famous for social media garbage produced by someone whose travel history is neither all that rich nor all that poor? Checking out garbage can have its purpose at times too, but spending too much time on garbage is a waste of time IMHO.

Originally Posted by GUWonder (Post 28861379)

Carpetbagger has more than one meaning, and it was used entirely appropriately in my post. ;)

So which miles/points blog is it that is famous for social media garbage produced by someone whose travel history is neither all that rich nor all that poor? It's interesting to see what kind of "garbage" people are reading and to see who is spouting what.

Originally Posted by GUWonder (Post 28863332)

Believing that someone knows two meanings of something is not the same thing as knowing all valid meanings of the same.

So which miles/points blog is supposedly "garbage" coming from someone being insulted based on how many miles and countries are part of their travel record?

Originally Posted by Adam1222

Sure, Jan.

Again, I don't know what you're talking about. Are you asking which blog put up a post bragging about how much they traveled when it was a total of 120,000 miles? Points With A Crew. Hes a real carpetbagger. There are a lot clearer ways of asking that question. I thought you knew what blog you were defending before you felt compelled to rush in and do so, on a point that obviously lots of people thought was valid or at least interesting. Silly me.

Originally Posted by GUWonder (Post 28863917)

I wasn't defending a particular blog (or any blog for that matter), so who knows what to make of the silly stuff in the quote above

Traveling 120k miles and to 15 countries with a posse of proverbial rugrats, current and/or former, isn't exactly a joke for those who are of relatively average financial means in the US. If that is the travel which that blogger has done.

Originally Posted by Adam1222 (Post 28863939)

I guess im confused as to why you would jump in to attack me for suggesting a blogger isnt an expert, without even knowing what blogger we are talking about.

Originally Posted by Adam1222 (Post 28864442)

In other news, I was heartened to seeing Seth, who I believe to be the shining star of Boarding Area (Not sarcasm), post about the Avgeeks fundraiser for Puerto Rico. I believe two other BA blogs have done so at this point. It reminded me of when this was truly a community of hobbyists, and not an extension of the credit card marketing industry/TMZ/rants about inferior champagne in business class.

Originally Posted by 84fiero (Post 28865208)

That was good to see. I'm surprised I haven't anything on FT promoting that and similar relief efforts. Or maybe it's there and I haven't found it.

Originally Posted by 84fiero (Post 28865208)

That was good to see. I'm surprised I haven't anything on FT promoting that and similar relief efforts. Or maybe it's there and I haven't found it.