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Old Jan 30, 2012, 4:05 pm
  #106  
 
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Originally Posted by toddreg
Please note that the Hawaiian card has an annual fee which is not waived the first year. Therefore churning, to me, seems pretty expensive. Just get a SPG card and a Cap 1 or a Sapphire card and load them up.
Not to turn this into a HA card thread but, with a $79 annual fee the HA cards each are getting you miles at ~$.00225/mile, which isn't horrible. May appeal to some and not others - my point was just in response to the above poster that didn't seem to see any value in the card (though I haven't personally read any blogs "up in arms over it")

Besides, since Sapphire and SPG can't be churned - or at least not with any reasonable, reliable, frequency that we know of - at some point those options dry up in terms of sign-up bonuses. I appreciate hearing of opportunities and then deciding if it's right for me...not every opportunity has to be a crazy, earth-shattering mega-bonus to be of value.
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Old Jan 30, 2012, 5:16 pm
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Originally Posted by 2stepsbehind
No, to the vast majority of people, the whole point of miles and points is to fly for free. It is starting to get more than a little annoying that a few people would like to impose their own ideal of travel on everyone else. If a particular blog/set of blogs doesn't speak to you, don't follow them and/or create your own.
I agree. There are all kinds of people on this forum. So far, I've preferred to use miles as cheaply as possible to visit as many places as possible. I already have four free trips booked in the next year, though my work schedule may not allow one of them. I haven't redeemed for anything but economy yet. If I became convinced that the kinds of offers we had in the last couple of years will return and be readily available for a while, I would happily spend miles on premium travel, knowing I could always replace them. But I have no such assurance and would rather get to both Russia and New Zealand in economy than to pick one and travel first class.
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Old Jan 30, 2012, 6:13 pm
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Originally Posted by belfordrocks
I do have a problem when the entire blog is filled with blatant advertising, and otherwise content-free.
Why, oh why are you spending time look at places you know are content-free? And then taking even more time to complain about them!
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Old Jan 30, 2012, 6:30 pm
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Originally Posted by burmans
Why, oh why are you spending time look at places you know are content-free? And then taking even more time to complain about them!
I have no idea what you guys are complaining about with regards to ads. I installed ad block a while back and haven't looked at a single banner ad since!
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Old Jan 30, 2012, 8:03 pm
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I know, all my ads are blocked thanks to ......., but we're talking about the quality of said blogs, and of course ads do contribute to this...
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Old Jan 30, 2012, 8:18 pm
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Can we get a moderator to move this out of Milesbuzz? This is a community complaining thread. There is no exciting offer or anything buzz worthy being discussed here at all. #Overit
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Old Jan 30, 2012, 8:23 pm
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Originally Posted by x712xdamx
Can we get a moderator to move this out of Milesbuzz? This is a community complaining thread. There is no exciting offer or anything buzz worthy being discussed here at all. #Overit
I'm now convinced that this really doesn't belong in MilesBuzz!. Hardly any mention of miles at all...
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