kokonutz

Soooo unethical!

JetAway

TPG now boycotting Saudi Arabia. If you're going to virtue signal do it where it might make a difference.

Adam1222

Is it clear who the "TPG Editorial Board" is? But yeah, unless theres a circuit party there, they weren't going to cover it.
To be fair, another megablogger has been fawning over Saudi Arabia for weeks.

I was glad to see that princess Lori found Iberia business class super disappointing, just like Air India. I wonder if there is a pea under her mattress.

sbm12

Both of those Biz products are pretty mediocre.

Adam1222

Actually, the reference was to her post about Air India coach which failed to meet her expectations because passengers were smelly. Are there better business class products than Iberia? Sure- but few of them are on TATL flights.

If you looked at the actual review, rather than just trying to pick a fight, you'd see that the complaints included the case the amenity kit came in ("red neoprene case looked tacky"), the fish being dry (despite her acknowledgment that fish on planes is "almost never" good), and this:
" Another 15 minutes later, it was plopped on my table. While I didn’t need to be coddled for feeling a little dizzy, I was surprised at the cold treatment. So sorry to have interrupted your busy day, seńora."

Lori has posted 4 flight reviews in 2018-- all negative:Chaos and Comfort: Iberia (A340-600) in Premium Economy From Madrid to New York

Never Again: A Review of TAP Air Portugal’s A320 in Economy From Lisbon to Accra

A Honeymoon Disaster: Flying Air India’s 787 From Milan to Delhi

Served With a Side of Apathy: Iberia (A350) in Business From New York to Madrid

If a reviewer finds every flight to be disappointing, and complains about everything, they lack credibility. And if you *read* the reviews, it would be clear that the writer comes off as entitled and picky.
I hope this resolves your confusion, Seth.

sbm12

I apologize for misunderstanding that the AI review was about Y; it was unclear from the context you posted. And I didn't go chasing it down.

I don't read anything on the site so it is pretty easy for me to avoid the questions of their credibility. I found that once I stopped getting value from something I should stop consuming it. Way easier than being continually disappointed.

And I forgot about IB's new J on the A350. My two experiences on the A330 were pretty meh. Far better than coach but there are plenty of TATL options that compete well with it IMO.

Troopers

Expertflyer joins TPG?

ExpertFlyer Joins Red Ventures - ExpertFlyer Blog

Adam1222

That would explain this post today, https://thepointsguy.com/guide/begin...-expert-flyer/, which in absolutely no way divulges that Expert Flyer is owned by the publisher of TPG, and fails to meet any basic standard of disclosure.

Jasper2009

Indeed.

Hopefully the quality of Expertflyer - which I very much value - doesn't decline in the same way TPG has.

gpapadop

Just got an alert...my dog in my household needs the CSP card and he better hurry since...it is not going to last long! Oh wait, got another alert! The Amex Gold card can be had for 25k MR points...I guess no one in this outfit will tell me how to get 50k, sad!

In more serious news...we need to have a separate thread who RV will buy next

84fiero

I know, that was my first thought when I saw the headline.

sbm12

My expectation is that the award alerts will be rebranded under the TPG umbrella relatively soon. Smart move from RV and probably a good exit price for EF.

Kagehitokiri

"Silver Lake and General Atlantic are both minority shareholders of Red Ventures"

Adam1222

Maybe the libel reviewers at TPG are on vacation for Thanksgiving, given a post just now entitled "Business Fraud", accusing Aegean of somehow defrauding their "Expert" writer because the business class seats on intra-Europe flights were no different than economy seats, and provided insufficient amenities.

diburning

I just read that piece of hot garbage. It reads like a whiny high schooler's book report.

The author even goes as far as to defend himself with statements along the lines of "I know you are, but what am I?" when almost everyone criticized the article. (TPG readers might not all be mindless credit card acquiring drones after all)