The Points Guy: We never accept free flights [merged TPG discussions]
Oct 11, 2017, 9:04 pm
#871
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This thread is great and here I thought I was the only one who was really questioning ... is going on at TPG. I can't believe this Amanda Wowk writer is actually an editorial team of writers that has no seemly no knowledge of the points/miles game.
My biggest concern is with the current push for the Bank of America Premium Rewards card. Brian built his career on flexible points currencies and now all of a sudden is having a love affair with fixed rate redemptions? I get that BOA is paying him a TON of money to push this card, but at what point do you take a step back and say "this just isn't a good card for my audience."
I wonder how much BOA paid him for his 2:30 minute ad for the card..
My biggest concern is with the current push for the Bank of America Premium Rewards card. Brian built his career on flexible points currencies and now all of a sudden is having a love affair with fixed rate redemptions? I get that BOA is paying him a TON of money to push this card, but at what point do you take a step back and say "this just isn't a good card for my audience."
I wonder how much BOA paid him for his 2:30 minute ad for the card..
Oct 12, 2017, 6:16 am
#872
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My biggest concern is with the current push for the Bank of America Premium Rewards card. Brian built his career on flexible points currencies and now all of a sudden is having a love affair with fixed rate redemptions? I get that BOA is paying him a TON of money to push this card, but at what point do you take a step back and say "this just isn't a good card for my audience."I wonder how much BOA paid him for his 2:30 minute ad for the card..
Oct 12, 2017, 7:38 am
#873
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This thread is great and here I thought I was the only one who was really questioning ... is going on at TPG. I can't believe this Amanda Wowk writer is actually an editorial team of writers that has no seemly no knowledge of the points/miles game.
My biggest concern is with the current push for the Bank of America Premium Rewards card. Brian built his career on flexible points currencies and now all of a sudden is having a love affair with fixed rate redemptions? I get that BOA is paying him a TON of money to push this card, but at what point do you take a step back and say "this just isn't a good card for my audience."
I wonder how much BOA paid him for his 2:30 minute ad for the card..
My biggest concern is with the current push for the Bank of America Premium Rewards card. Brian built his career on flexible points currencies and now all of a sudden is having a love affair with fixed rate redemptions? I get that BOA is paying him a TON of money to push this card, but at what point do you take a step back and say "this just isn't a good card for my audience."
I wonder how much BOA paid him for his 2:30 minute ad for the card..
Of course that doesn't necessarily mean a given card isn't a good one, for some or even many folks. But it's smart to give due diligence and learn from multiple sources rather than take the word of one particular credit card salesperson.
Oct 12, 2017, 8:31 am
#874
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Reminds me of the employee of the local bank who will tell you that whatever investment instrument pays him/her the highest commission that week is a 'good investment '.
Oct 12, 2017, 8:51 am
#875
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Said "articles" include this post from yesterday, https://thepointsguy.com/2017/10/dea...i-from-431-rt/, where there isn't any actual content until halfway through the post, and the "deal" was posted by several other sites hours earlier.
There's also this hard news story about the mindblowing revelation that there's an AARP discount for British Airways flights -
from September 2016 -- parroting off of posts on that very same website saying the exact same information in October 2015, July 2016, etc.
Oct 25, 2017, 7:13 am
#876
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You can't make this stuff up.... an "article" on The points guy about the CFPB arbitration rule that doesn't disclose the self-interest of a credit card marketing company
Oct 25, 2017, 2:17 pm
#877
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"5 Reasons to Get the Platinum Card from American Express"
and
"Is the AMEX Platinum Worth the Annual Fee?"
Oct 25, 2017, 2:27 pm
#878
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Oct 25, 2017, 5:25 pm
#879
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Does TPG not get reported for not disclosing? Is it the FTC? Wasn't sure who makes sure these blogs are disclosing things.
Oct 25, 2017, 6:29 pm
#880
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Since this article technically wasn't selling anything, it wouldn t be good to report. The FTC has only gone after individual posts that are ads without disclosures, not websites that base their entire business model on ads masquerading as disinterested content.
Nov 11, 2017, 7:28 am
#881
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Must be that time of year again, when TPG dumps a whole load of garbage onto their site.
Like this obvious shill, or this one where he promotes shady companies that they've never tried, or this steaming pile of garbage where the author blatantly lies about seat dimensions.
Like this obvious shill, or this one where he promotes shady companies that they've never tried, or this steaming pile of garbage where the author blatantly lies about seat dimensions.
Nov 11, 2017, 12:04 pm
#883
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FT's parent company doesn't seem to see anything wrong with that On that thread, post #20 has the link. Post #21 is our FT community director agreeing that Internet Brands (FT's parent company) shouldn't be promoting this, and Post #22 is our community director again saying that others in the company don't agree. At least it was taken off the front page of FT, but it remains on FTG (another IB owned site)
On that thread, post #20 has the link. Post #21 is our FT community director agreeing that Internet Brands (FT's parent company) shouldn't be promoting this, and Post #22 is our community director again saying that others in the company don't agree. At least it was taken off the front page of FT, but it remains on FTG (another IB owned site)
