Inside Flyer Magazine to stop publishing [relaunches online Q4/2015]
Sep 30, 2015, 6:39 am
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That was the promise of Milepoint, too. Some interesting upgrades/options/offers which will make it interesting but I still don't know that they'll ever get to build out the community behind it which will generate the long-term traffic to sustain it. I also believe there are some specific policy choices being made for very, very wrong reasons.
Oh, and a second site featuring blogger content built to compete with the blog portal already being run by the same organization is a very, very shady move IMO.
Oh, and a second site featuring blogger content built to compete with the blog portal already being run by the same organization is a very, very shady move IMO.
Luckily I didn't get in on that.
Sep 30, 2015, 7:29 am
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Sep 30, 2015, 8:04 am
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If Randy and his partners own both, why can't they cannibalize their own business? I've always read that a company should replace its outmoded product before competitors do. What am I missing?
Sep 30, 2015, 8:32 am
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Oct 1, 2015, 1:15 pm
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Hm. What if they closed MilePoint and no one noticed? I didn't...
So sounds like they will bribe folks with points of some sort to post?
And (this being Randy-led) some massive give-aways to generate interest (points instead of ipads this time)?
I guess we'll find out tomorrow...
Oct 1, 2015, 2:51 pm
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Hm. What if they closed MilePoint and no one noticed? I didn't...
So sounds like they will bribe folks with points of some sort to post?
And (this being Randy-led) some massive give-aways to generate interest (points instead of ipads this time)?
I guess we'll find out tomorrow...
So sounds like they will bribe folks with points of some sort to post?
And (this being Randy-led) some massive give-aways to generate interest (points instead of ipads this time)?
I guess we'll find out tomorrow...
Sounds like a good guess about a giveaway.
- More content: So...the content elves will stop by tonight? Wonder if this is something like adding more blogs as Seth indicated upthread?
Oct 1, 2015, 3:44 pm
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If Milepoint redesigned and renamed was able to loop in the boardingarea.com blogs' viewership en masse, that may actually do a bit for MP.
Oct 1, 2015, 8:47 pm
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Is this a good deal? Don't bloggers always say that buying miles from airlines, even at a discount, is hardly ever a good idea?
Oct 1, 2015, 8:57 pm
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there is an FTer who travels basically 100% on purchased miles, i get impression mostly using UA's buy 50% of award option
Oct 1, 2015, 9:17 pm
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Points Guy: "Though they’re not often the best ways to accrue miles, if you need to top off your frequent flyer account in a hurry and your options are limited, it can be worth it to purchase the miles you need."
OMAAT: "Don’t view buying miles as a long term investment. Miles devalue over time, so be sure you buy them with a reasonably short term use in mind.
VFTW: "I wouldn’t buy Alaska/United/Avianca miles speculatively"
FWIW, looking for these pieces of advice, I noticed that LifeMiles was running a 120% bonus recently. @:-)
OMAAT: "Don’t view buying miles as a long term investment. Miles devalue over time, so be sure you buy them with a reasonably short term use in mind.
VFTW: "I wouldn’t buy Alaska/United/Avianca miles speculatively"
FWIW, looking for these pieces of advice, I noticed that LifeMiles was running a 120% bonus recently. @:-)
Oct 1, 2015, 9:23 pm
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"up to" means probably little discount, but 150% bonus + 50% discount would mean 'getting' 100K miles per 33K miles bought (or 20K bought?)
must be UA? or could it be (existing) lifemiles?
lifemiles 135% bonus just ended
http://www.ausbt.com.au/avianca-life...liance-flights
= buy and book immediately
(can often change?)
ben >
in 2014 - purchased 650K
in 2013 - 400K US “Share Miles”
must be UA? or could it be (existing) lifemiles?
lifemiles 135% bonus just ended
http://www.ausbt.com.au/avianca-life...liance-flights
(can often change?)
ben >
in 2014 - purchased 650K
in 2013 - 400K US “Share Miles”
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Oct 2, 2015, 1:43 am
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From past history this looks like UA MP miles. Most here and on MP buy these on existing bookings for less than 2cpm. I've had buy miles offers as low as 1.8cpm from UA MP recently and gave it a pass because I had no short term need.
If its AV LM points for sale the recent campaign was for 135% bonus, which is also only advisable if you have short term plans and availability.
That said, I really don't see how selling miles for cheap promotes a travel website and attracts the profile you need to get high revenue ad placement. But what do I know...
If its AV LM points for sale the recent campaign was for 135% bonus, which is also only advisable if you have short term plans and availability.
That said, I really don't see how selling miles for cheap promotes a travel website and attracts the profile you need to get high revenue ad placement. But what do I know...
Oct 2, 2015, 2:54 am
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From past history this looks like UA MP miles. Most here and on MP buy these on existing bookings for less than 2cpm. I've had buy miles offers as low as 1.8cpm from UA MP recently and gave it a pass because I had no short term need.
If its AV LM points for sale the recent campaign was for 135% bonus, which is also only advisable if you have short term plans and availability.
That said, I really don't see how selling miles for cheap promotes a travel website and attracts the profile you need to get high revenue ad placement. But what do I know...
If its AV LM points for sale the recent campaign was for 135% bonus, which is also only advisable if you have short term plans and availability.
That said, I really don't see how selling miles for cheap promotes a travel website and attracts the profile you need to get high revenue ad placement. But what do I know...
Oct 2, 2015, 3:30 am
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