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My concern with the advice in the blog is the Plan B suggestion of getting 125,000 DL miles through their Gold AmEx cards and expecting five coach award tickets to any attractive destination using reasonable flights without one or more long or overnight connections, especially without elite status on DL. Anyone who has ever looked at the DL fora on FT or MP knows this will not happen, not even for several award tickets on the same flights let alone five booked at the same time and far enough in advance to secure award hotel reservations.
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Originally Posted by brasov02
(Post 17527896)
Holy cow. Not sure what you mean by her reaction to this accusation not being 'constructive' but I don't think I would personally respond with a "thank you very much for your view" reply. "Click to somewhere else" was a pretty mature and reserved reply (as opposed to the comments that inspired it) as far as I'm concerned.
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Slotownmamma,
I appreciate that you are trying to earn a bit of money from the frequent flyer industry, and let me make clear that there is nothing wrong with that- heck, even I'm doing the same. What is not alright though (at least in my book), is starting a new thread for the sole purpose of advertising your blog and personal financial gain, especially with a deceptive title like "Free Vacation Master Plan". If you do have something to contribute, and I suspect that you do, then feel free to do so. But even then, some of these ideas aren't especially useful or indeed practical- for example, one low-tier award to a "vacation" destination is hard enough on Delta, let alone FIVE (!!) on the same flight. Furthermore, even assuming that five tickets is possible, domestic coach flights are hardly the best use of miles from a cost per mile perspective, compared to both their revenue cost and opportunity cost (the EQMs and RDMs that one would forgo by redeeming for a coach award as opposed to purchasing a revenue ticket). Yet you neglect to cover any of that, instead simply providing your own personal sponsored referral links without practical and realistic information. And on top of all that, creating a new thread for the sole purpose of a blog link- (and your previous posts suggest a good percentage of them were used to promote your blog too)? That's very tacky, and in my eyes, not on. So please don't see this as an attack, because it's not. Instead, try to listen to what some of the others are saying, instead of spamming the forums with credit card referral links, then telling them "don't click on the thread if you don't like it" when they raise a legitimate conern. |
Originally Posted by slotownmomma
(Post 17525343)
I'll have to nicely disagree with your view point. There are so many ways to put together a free vacation. I could write a ton of plans with all the ways I know. In my opinion, this is a simple easy way to earn a free vacation for a family of 5. Are there many other ways! Of course, I've written about others too.
Originally Posted by slotownmomma
(Post 17525343)
As far as misleading my readers, that definitely not the case. If you bothered to read my site before slamming me, you would have noticed that I have "Hot Deals" page which I let readers know are all the best deals I am aware of and some I do not receive referrals on but wan them to be aware of. I also solicit any reader to email me if they know of a better offer on that page that I should update.
Originally Posted by slotownmomma
(Post 17525343)
My question to you is why are you here? Why didn't you just click to somewhere else? You obviously aren't a newbie and don't need any advice?
Just wondering?
Originally Posted by brasov02
(Post 17525394)
Your own advice about the best way to get miles is arguable, as most all miles advice is. For instance, advising to get a couple of Sapphire cards and a BA card for Avios for domestic travel sucks for me on various levels but I'm not going to accuse anyone of "not having my best interest at heart" because that would be ridiculous.
If I didn't make this clear, I am not questioning the usage of points. The OP's blog post mentions redeeming Sapphire points for cash back checks. I didn't say anything about that, did I? The OP links to inferior Hilton and Marriott offers which earns her commissions and then creates a thread on FT which is what I consider dishonest.
Originally Posted by brasov02
(Post 17525394)
But one of your more absurd critiques: "There are a plethora of offers there [the blog in question] which offer far below than the best offer for the same card. Why advertise them at all?" Seriously?
Show me any of the usual suspect bloggers everyone refers to around here and NONE of their blogs provide links to ONLY the best versions of each credit card with regards to their bonuses. Some are a little better at keeping them updated than others but they ALL have their own constant, standard links to the usual, standard (often inferior) bonus versions with many of them having no disclaimer or warning about that inferiority. I'm sure all this thread policing applies to everyone so I'm sure you're asking each of those other bloggers why they are advertising those cards at all too and telling them that it's clear they "don't have their readers' best interest at heart",right? Hopefully you're not. Much better to just offer up polite, constructive criticism and hold the judging. Just a thought. |
Have to agree with the :td: comments. It's bang out of order misleading newbies with an at-best half-assed research job on the blog, then trying to skim traffic off here and on top of that get snotty with people who are helpful enough to point out the error in doing this.
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If this was the only message of a similar type, I would probably not care very much. However, OP has posted several misleading spam messages here and on MP. This one is especially poor as there is NO information in it. It is simply a link to her blog. If she wants to contribute something to the community or get feedback and ideas, why not post her idea here?
And seriously, if she can't even monitor a single thread at the top of MilesBuzz to see if the credit card offers she is pitching are the most lucrative for her readers, then she probably should not be writing travel blogs because she either lacks the time or the commitment to be useful to anyone. Despite several comments in this thread and earlier threads, she ignores the better AmEx HHonors offer for the Citi HHonors offer. It smacks of being lazy or of only pitching cards in which she has a vested interest. If that is the type of person you wish to take advice from, be my guest, especially as it seems like she has not even tried to do this but is just speaking generally about what could hypothetically work. Also, remember, simply ignoring these threads does not solve part of the problem. If this thread is displaying on the first page of MilesBuzz, it means some other thread, which may actually be useful, is not.
Originally Posted by brasov02
(Post 17525394)
Some of you guys really do need to chill.
You can have these same disagreements, to one degree or another, with every one of the usual bloggers who post around here with the primary motive of getting traffic to their personal blogs. Your own advice about the best way to get miles is arguable, as most all miles advice is. For instance, advising to get a couple of Sapphire cards and a BA card for Avios for domestic travel sucks for me on various levels but I'm not going to accuse anyone of "not having my best interest at heart" because that would be ridiculous. It just means one popular size may fit many but it doesn't fit all. Nothing more, nothing less. Contrary to what some on this thread appear to think, no one has the final say on all matters miles. It's a discussion. But one of your more absurd critiques: "There are a plethora of offers there [the blog in question] which offer far below than the best offer for the same card. Why advertise them at all?" Seriously? Show me any of the usual suspect bloggers everyone refers to around here and NONE of their blogs provide links to ONLY the best versions of each credit card with regards to their bonuses. Some are a little better at keeping them updated than others but they ALL have their own constant, standard links to the usual, standard (often inferior) bonus versions with many of them having no disclaimer or warning about that inferiority. I'm sure all this thread policing applies to everyone so I'm sure you're asking each of those other bloggers why they are advertising those cards at all too and telling them that it's clear they "don't have their readers' best interest at heart",right? Hopefully you're not. Much better to just offer up polite, constructive criticism and hold the judging. Just a thought. |
Originally Posted by IkeEsq
(Post 17535632)
Also, remember, simply ignoring these threads does not solve part of the problem. If this thread is displaying on the first page of MilesBuzz, it means some other thread, which may actually be useful, is not.
You can know about new threads at milesbuzz with this link : http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/exter...2&forumids=370 And you can subscribe to new posts with this link: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/exter...&lastpost=true If you visit FT and want to control how many threads are displayed you can use something like this: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...75&daysprune=3 |
Watch your grammar
Originally Posted by slotownmomma
(Post 17478966)
I've just wrote...
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I don't see any reason to keep this thread open. I don't see anything constructive emerging. PM me if you think otherwise.
Regards, philemer |
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