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Originally Posted by Raffles
(Post 30513197)
Randy is winding down - read the interview he gave this week (forgot which blog).
I believe - please correct me if I'm wrong - that he's sold his office complex recently. Here is the listing for it from 2016: https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1989...do-Springs-CO/ Edit: But it's from more than a week ago, technically at least. :D
Originally Posted by pointshogger.boardingarea.com
As most people probably know already, you have been very active in the miles and points world, so what else have you been working on that we can look forward to?
I’m about at the end of a marvelous period of my life, all with nothing less than the best of all jobs (I have it), the best of all travel experiences (I’ve been to over 100 countries and visited literally every airline / hotel company HQ in the world and the best network of fellow flyer friends all around the world. With the successes of FlyerTalk, BoardingArea, the Freddie Awards and now the global locations of InsideFlyer, while I have some other ideas it really is time for me to spend more time on my ranch high in the Colorado Rocky Mountains and slow down a bit. I like heading out on terra firma in my RV. I’m not really a cowboy but play the part of one in my real life! I started all of what I do in 1986 so it is common to say that many of the frequent flyers I exchange with these days were not even born when I started. That is one of the many very positive things about miles + points. About the office space, I don't know if it used to be partially leased out to other (unrelated) companies by him before, but it's got some company using it as an office address that wasn't there a handful of years ago IIRC. |
he would almost certainly work out moving his equity with IF partners, i guess IF might sell BA
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Inside Flyer is worthless, I think, based on discussions. Potentially I would take the UK arm for free, which would at least staunch those losses, in return for a revenue share. BA is a good business but Ben, Gary and Greg - probably 70% of page views - would want either a massive cut of proceeds or a big payment to guarantee continued participation which would flatten the sale value. |
IF owns BA? unless 'coverage' was simplified
IIRC randy gave some equity in IF to 3 including gary ben and greg could get some equity from randy ben is still pretty young in terms of long term there are reasons ($) ben was not acquired basically IMHO many 'misunderstand' randy |
which sums up a lot of pop media
yet they also have readers who fly paid F using them as one of their sources and their (related) award booking service is booming
Originally Posted by gpapadop
(Post 30524508)
"All it matters is conversions" - Blogger who sold way too early
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There must be more to this... why would VFTW and OMAAT happen to pick on TPG at this point? Usually the titans avoided taking pot shots at each other the past 8-9 years. TPG did nearly everything right and is courted by the travel industry. The other two stuck with the BArea platform and prefer(ed) anonymity. All of them still made millions, but probably TPG earned the most.
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Maybe TPG made an offer to Randy to buy BA. And Randy told the big boys in the platform. And now they are all pissed lol.
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Some people believe a day of reckoning is coming. |
Originally Posted by Raffles
(Post 30938729)
Some people believe a day of reckoning is coming. |
Ben continues to call out the junk posts on TPG:
"Earlier today I saw a story with hacks for scoring free bottled water at hotels.....When I first saw the headline, I figured it would provide the one useful piece of advice when it comes to scoring free spring/filtered/bottled water at hotels, but it didn’t." This is fascinating and there has to be a story why Ben and others are finally openly criticizing the garbage of The Points Guy. Perhaps the Bonvoy garbage was the straw that broke the camel's back. |
Well....it is weird, considering how much $$ has gone from BA to TPG:
Mommy Points went all in. OMAAT lost a writer...James I think? The list of BA bloggers who write at TPG for the money is endless: Deals We Like, Pizza With Motion, Points With a Crew....add to the list, I am going to watch some ncaa basketball before I fall asleep :) |
Originally Posted by gpapadop
(Post 30941163)
Well....it is weird, considering how much $$ has gone from BA to TPG:
Mommy Points went all in. OMAAT lost a writer...James I think? The list of BA bloggers who write at TPG for the money is endless: Deals We Like, Pizza With Motion, Points With a Crew....add to the list, I am going to watch some ncaa basketball before I fall asleep :) |
Originally Posted by zeer0
(Post 30941191)
Wow, I had no idea so many people are writing for TPG. Very disappointed to see Ed and Dan writing for that sellout.
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Originally Posted by iadisgreat
(Post 30940356)
When the bubble that has made (multiple!) people millions of dollars using information that can be obtained for free on this very website pops? I'm shocked, shocked I say!
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HOM/RanDecisions will soon cash out on the BArea pot of gold
I am surprised it has not happened...yet. |
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