Didn't you say the same thing about the Mint?

Not only there are active threads on the above mentioned forums, but they are also on Dan's Deals and Flyer Talk, and they have been there for the last two years! I remember reading a thread on Dan's Deals 2 years ago, and his members were concerned with the same thing--that if they kept yapping about it, Amazon would shut it down. Yet, they kept yapping, and somehow it's still here. Compared to those forums with dozens of thousands of followers--the real impact of all blogs combined is freaking minuscule! (no offense). Just give some credit to people working for those multibillion corporations--when they really want to close a loophole, they do.

Does anyone read that any more?

It appears from the majority of your posts that all available deals should only be available to you and a small subset of those you deem worthy. How do you justify that?

Clearly they do

You missed the point. You can't keep rubbing someone’s face in it and expect them to do nothing. That is the only reason the Mint deal is dead.

Just out of curiosity have you ever come up with a deal own your own?

I worked out most of the deals here on miles buzz myself including the topic of this thread and have helped others both publicly, via pm and by email. Despite suggestions otherwise, none of this is rocket science

I'm a little confused. You're saying the Mint deal is dead because of bloggers?

Bloggers, forums and members. None of them could keep their mouths shut. The great Mint deal that could not be killed. You should learn from your mistakes, not keep making the same ones over and over.

A person from NPR contacted ppeople on the mint thread (myself included) wanting to interview them for a story. I didn't respond but a couple people wanted a couple minutes of fame. A lady bragged about all the coins she ordered from the mint and all the miles she was getting and a day or two after the story ran the program ceased. If all those media stories wouldn't have been published the mint deal would have lasted a lot longer.

>>>>>>>You can't keep rubbing someone’s face in it and expect them to do nothing.

Bingo!

Nope, can't be that. Because aside of NPR, I also remember the articles in Forbes, LAT, Money Magazine, not even mentioning the WSJ article conspicuously called "Miles for Nothing: How the Government Helped Frequent Fliers Make a Mint" that was written in 2009! Yet, the festivities continued unabated for another two years after that. Why didn't that article kill Mint in 2009?

Forgive me, but blaming bloggers with their tiny number of followers compared to those national publications, is beyond ridiculous. The government killed the deal because the Mint was bleeding money, and someone somewhere had to stop it at some point. Would've happened with or without bloggers and NPR.

Anecdotal evidence. During how much time of the duration of the Mint deal was there a major article running on it? Almost none. Yet during some of that very little period of time, the deal got killed. That's either a very big coincidence, or it's not a coincidence at all.

Almost none? I gave you 4. The article in WSJ was written in 2009, yet the deal was killed in 2011. You are damn right it was not a coincidence. The government killed the deal because it wasn't working. It's really amazing that they let it run for so long.

It looks like you are still confused. The Mint made money on every coin they sold. You should get your facts straight.