What are "the blogs"?
Apr 24, 2016 | 8:08 am
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What are "the blogs"?
Hey guys!, I really enjoying coming out here and sharing deals left and right. more common than not, I notice people mentioning a fare and then saying something along the lines "its already on the blogs" or "havent seen it" what do ya'll refer to?
Apr 24, 2016 | 8:42 am
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Theflightdeal.com for one is a great blog.
Apr 24, 2016 | 8:53 am
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They are pages which copy deals posted on here and try to make money out of them as they get remunerated when you click on their pages or take a commission when you book through the OTA they refer to.
Posting links to their pages is not allowed here as links to websites with a commercial objective violate the FT rules.
This thread is not about a mileage run, so it will be moved/closed.
Posting links to their pages is not allowed here as links to websites with a commercial objective violate the FT rules.
This thread is not about a mileage run, so it will be moved/closed.
Apr 24, 2016 | 9:11 am
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Apr 24, 2016 | 1:09 pm
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Apr 24, 2016 | 7:20 pm
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The fare deal and the flight deal are the 2 best (only?) fare-centric blogs. I am RSS subbed to both. Airfare watchdog also has a great tool to follow fares.
When a really good fare is discovered, it gets coverage on the big travel blogs (OMAAT, VFTW, MMS, etc.) so sometimes "the blogs" refers to those.
When a really good fare is discovered, it gets coverage on the big travel blogs (OMAAT, VFTW, MMS, etc.) so sometimes "the blogs" refers to those.
Apr 24, 2016 | 7:24 pm
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Was once true. Now a days, it feels like the better deals appear on the blogs well before someone gets around to posting them here - after having seen them on the blogs. Sometimes, a good blog deal never appears here at all. If they are copying these, I wonder where they're getting them from....
Apr 25, 2016 | 9:10 am
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They definitely are not stealing deals from flyertalk. I set up IF notifications on my phone for all new blog post deals and new MR posts. 90% of the time a deal posted on a website will not appear here. And the ones that do show up here I think are often times sourced from one of those sites. The MR forum is still good for people who want to do true mileage runs, but I think the deals on the websites are more geared toward deals that the average consumer would use.
this is what I follow:
http://www.theflightdeal.com/
http://www.secretflying.com/usa-deals/
http://www.fly4free.com/
http://www.airfarespot.com/
http://www.dansdeals.com/ (airfare is a small focus of this one)
this is what I follow:
http://www.theflightdeal.com/
http://www.secretflying.com/usa-deals/
http://www.fly4free.com/
http://www.airfarespot.com/
http://www.dansdeals.com/ (airfare is a small focus of this one)