The Points Guy: We never accept free flights [merged TPG discussions]
Jul 30, 2020, 12:57 pm
#1501
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Banks aren't blogs. Banks can survive downturns by virtue of their diverse revenue streams. Blogs depend on traffic and sign up bonuses in any environment. That's all they have. TPG faces a distinct challenge to fund their large overhead of staff and office space. In an environment where unemployment is at historical highs, credit issuers aren't as loose with granting it, and there is the unknown and open ended question of COVID the question isn't whether the downturn is temporary or not, its whether they can stay both relevant and viable. Right now they are neither.
Jul 30, 2020, 2:49 pm
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TPG is owned by a firm with diverse revenue streams. I don't think they'd shut down a site they own in a downturn, if they can just move people to other sites they own as they seem to have been doing. RedVentures literally bought a publicly traded company for over a billion dollars and took them private, adding to the companies and sites they already owned. In the scheme of things do you even think TPG made up a material portion of Bankrate's billion dollar price tag? And Bankrate is one of many companies they own, so what portion of the whole is TPG? Let's be real, they're not going anywhere. TPG will continue to be around whether we like it or not.
This particular blog's relevance is tied to its flooding the internet with constant content. If it ceases to do so, it's unclear whether it can simply ramp back up again in a year when/if travel returns
Jul 30, 2020, 4:26 pm
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Jul 30, 2020, 6:20 pm
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Articles seem to be reposted more and more often. Just slap a new date on it! Zero “journalism” going on these days. Same stuff happening on Boardingarea. Everyone copying everyone else, dumping new dates on old articles.
I wonder if all blogs employ clickfarms to defraud their advertisers these days...
I wonder if all blogs employ clickfarms to defraud their advertisers these days...
Aug 3, 2020, 12:46 pm
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The website is getting sloppy, there are references to leaving comments but ofcourse that feature has been enhanced away!
Who proofreads and allows this garbage!
example:
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/05/wal...terdam-review/
" Have you ever stayed at the Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam? Tell us about your experience, below."
Smart management would be sure to edit the articles for relevance.
It looks sloppy towards the investors.
Who proofreads and allows this garbage!
example:
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/05/wal...terdam-review/
" Have you ever stayed at the Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam? Tell us about your experience, below."
Smart management would be sure to edit the articles for relevance.
It looks sloppy towards the investors.
Last edited by HadesNL; Aug 3, 2020 at 1:00 pm
Aug 3, 2020, 4:57 pm
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The website is getting sloppy, there are references to leaving comments but ofcourse that feature has been enhanced away!
Who proofreads and allows this garbage!
example:
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/05/wal...terdam-review/
" Have you ever stayed at the Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam? Tell us about your experience, below."
Smart management would be sure to edit the articles for relevance.
It looks sloppy towards the investors.
Who proofreads and allows this garbage!
example:
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/05/wal...terdam-review/
" Have you ever stayed at the Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam? Tell us about your experience, below."
Smart management would be sure to edit the articles for relevance.
It looks sloppy towards the investors.
Aug 3, 2020, 5:10 pm
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Aug 4, 2020, 11:09 am
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The website is getting sloppy, there are references to leaving comments but ofcourse that feature has been enhanced away!
Who proofreads and allows this garbage!
example:
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/05/wal...terdam-review/
" Have you ever stayed at the Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam? Tell us about your experience, below."
Who proofreads and allows this garbage!
example:
https://thepointsguy.com/2017/05/wal...terdam-review/
" Have you ever stayed at the Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam? Tell us about your experience, below."
What does that even mean? Investors (or owners) don't care about something like that, they care about money. And with the current environment, I don't think they'd want someone editing years old articles removing references to comments. Or am I missing something here?
Aug 9, 2020, 8:06 am
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I try to keep my criticism toned down, because I met a few of them and visited their NY office, and they are humans there (except maybe the head hauncho himself).
But taking comments away is a load of B.S.
If it had come shortly before COVID, I'd let it slide. Their biases and slants didn't bother me enough.
But we all know that they can't justify promoting leisure travel at the moment, and despite their occasional "we're not taking review trips", just this morning a new review from Disney World pops up.
Of course, I'm the type that doesn't see much hope for future improvement of our pandemic, shutdowns or no... so personally I don't care if people are traveling now. But it bothers me when an outlet that has constantly bathed itself in a holy light of leftism suddenly breaks away from that, and then immediately shuts itself off to being called out for it.
Just admit you are hypocritical and selfish like most of humanity, and move on.
But taking comments away is a load of B.S.
If it had come shortly before COVID, I'd let it slide. Their biases and slants didn't bother me enough.
But we all know that they can't justify promoting leisure travel at the moment, and despite their occasional "we're not taking review trips", just this morning a new review from Disney World pops up.
Of course, I'm the type that doesn't see much hope for future improvement of our pandemic, shutdowns or no... so personally I don't care if people are traveling now. But it bothers me when an outlet that has constantly bathed itself in a holy light of leftism suddenly breaks away from that, and then immediately shuts itself off to being called out for it.
Just admit you are hypocritical and selfish like most of humanity, and move on.
Aug 24, 2020, 1:12 pm
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I try to keep my criticism toned down, because I met a few of them and visited their NY office, and they are humans there (except maybe the head hauncho himself).
But taking comments away is a load of B.S.
If it had come shortly before COVID, I'd let it slide. Their biases and slants didn't bother me enough.
But we all know that they can't justify promoting leisure travel at the moment, and despite their occasional "we're not taking review trips", just this morning a new review from Disney World pops up.
Of course, I'm the type that doesn't see much hope for future improvement of our pandemic, shutdowns or no... so personally I don't care if people are traveling now. But it bothers me when an outlet that has constantly bathed itself in a holy light of leftism suddenly breaks away from that, and then immediately shuts itself off to being called out for it.
Just admit you are hypocritical and selfish like most of humanity, and move on.
But taking comments away is a load of B.S.
If it had come shortly before COVID, I'd let it slide. Their biases and slants didn't bother me enough.
But we all know that they can't justify promoting leisure travel at the moment, and despite their occasional "we're not taking review trips", just this morning a new review from Disney World pops up.
Of course, I'm the type that doesn't see much hope for future improvement of our pandemic, shutdowns or no... so personally I don't care if people are traveling now. But it bothers me when an outlet that has constantly bathed itself in a holy light of leftism suddenly breaks away from that, and then immediately shuts itself off to being called out for it.
Just admit you are hypocritical and selfish like most of humanity, and move on.
Sep 3, 2020, 2:44 pm
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