“Everything else is obvious anyway.”
“There is no excitement whatsoever in this anymore.”

So writing anything other than what interests hardcore hobbyists is a waste of time? You might be surprised but there are still naive individuals who find the ability to have free flights and accommodations very exciting and not at all obvious.

How do you justify your statement that “Drew chose the other side?” Ok yes he did write one crappy rant stating that he liked some of the pumpy bloggers on a PERSONAL basis.

Other than that crappy post, Drew has continued to write awesome and original articles without shoving links down our throats.

Do you actually read TiF? If you don’t, I encourage you to. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised!

How did that get personal? I was being sincere, I do like your pictures. My blog isn’t about money, I don’t run any CC affiliate links and in comparison to my actual wage I make peanuts running the blog.

Most of the money I do make goes to either charity or the other regular writers on the blog. My website is about consumer credit, if you’re reading the wrong blog.

The game hasn’t gotten more boring, it’s gotten more interesting. The problem is you’re just more knowledgeable now than you were before. I find quick reference posts like the one I wrote useful, as do other people.

I don’t know why you felt it necessary to slam my blog but so be it. There are a lot of haters out there and I won’t lose any sleep knowing you’re one of them.

Look, I don’t want to go there, I thought “I like your pictures, you don’t like
my content” got a bit too personal, but again, I didn’t mean anything wrong.
I honestly thing the game got boring. Boring as not excited. That’s all 🙂
Blogs sold to credit card marketing companies is a bit too much to me.
All the BS, pumping, “my mother in law” etc, I don’t care for this at all.
And I honestly don’t have time to waste on such stupidity.
I’m passionate about photography and great experiences, but being even remotely
associated to the bunch of “bloggers” TBB usually covers – not interested.
It’s sad guys like Drew chose the other side. No more room for passion, just money…

Where did he turn it personal, Andrew? I found his reply to be courteous and explanatory. It seems like you’re upset for some unknown reason. I also think the post was very helpful and I’ve been doing this for a long time so not a newbie by any means.

Indeed, we often struggle with our made-in-America airlines too. But there are typically fewer language problems and at least a basic level of service we can generally count on.

Scott:

Thanks for taking the time to comment and clarifying your position.

I just have the feeling your position is not very common among bloggers. And I wish my blog is the only one I read every day 🙂

For the record: When I ask someone to be a guest writer on my blog, it’s generally not because I couldn’t write it myself (although perhaps that person is more “expert” than me and can do it better). The reason I ask them to write for me is that I enjoy reading what they write. My blog is the ONLY blog that I read every single day. Adding writers to it is like creating my own little Feedly.

And in my opinion, that’s as it should be. If i don’t enjoy the stuff that’s on my blog, I have no business putting it out there.

The Alaska card was 50k this year, BofA also combines pulls and the downgrade option to BBR is another $100-$120 per year after the downgrade. With one pull you could potentially have gotten 100k Alaska miles and ~70k hilton and then had two cards downgraded to the BBR card for an extra $240 a year.

I’m sorry you don’t find my content help. As I said, if you have something constructive to add then I’m all ears.