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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.

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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.