The only constant here is continuous tinkering! So scratch that daily Blog Buzz. Now aiming for Blog Buzz every other day with a regular TBB Buzz (the non angry positive) post the other day. Let’s see how this works. This remains an experiment. That new ad banner brought in 20 cents yesterday so things are looking up here at TBB World Headquarters!
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Rookie Wednesday: Medallions, how to avoid Delta’s SHENA – Delta Points [What? Let’s get the first Barf of the day out of the way very early, thank you! SHENA???? Let me tell you something everyone knows. Sometimes airlines upgrade non-rev employees before elites, WOW! Oh, by the way, to improve your chance buy my Amex Reserve credit card. %$#*&]
Expires Soon: Save $25 at Staples.com With Visa Checkout – Million Mile Secrets [Hey, save $25 and earn points with my Chase credit cards!!! Please ask how much do you get paid per credit card approval at the Chicago Seminar and FTU Advanced. Advanced????? Or perhaps ask: “Are you a fiduciary?”. The correct answer is “No”. Then say “So why should I trust your advice and apply for a credit card from you?”. Just for laughs!]
AMEX Offers: Get a $5 Credit When You Spend $15 at Walmart.com! – Million Mile Secrets [There is a blogger who always comments “Thanks a lot” for the backlinks! When you thank MMS for learning something “new”…it is so sad!]
Up to 20% Off Best Western Hotels and Earn 1,000 Bonus Points per Stay – Million Mile Crap [Best Western 20%? 1,000 Bonus BW points? Are you serious? Busy keeping the ghostrwiter(s) busy? I am still waiting for a Yes or No on that question about the Lufthansa card writeup by the way. I take that as a No.]
The 140k Ritz Carlton Rewards Card – Should You Sign Up? – Milevalue [Ok, here is the deal, hear me out. I rewrite what has been said before, hear me out. There are two versions of this card but they do not pay me, hear me out. But at the end of the post I am going to suggest two other credit cards, hear me out. One is the Hyatt credit card which does not pay me so I am not going to link to it. And then the Hilton HHonors credit card that pays me so of course I am going to link to it and pray you suckers click on it….many times, hear me out. And finally, I have a credit card consultation service that is completely FREE to you. Call me…maybe. ^%#*. Saving the barf for later, I can only unload twice per Blog Buzz post. And thanks for hearing me out you guys]
Is the Amtrak Guest Rewards MasterCard Worthwhile? – The Points Guy [TPG Contributor writes a long post when it could have been skipped because almost everyone knows the answer is NO unless you ride on Amtrak a lot. Oh, click on all my other Chase Ultimate Rewards cards. Hey, why stop there? Get the Barclaycard Arrival Card and a Hyatt and Marriott and a Hilton card. I am starting to get angry now…]
Deal Alert: $19 Fares on Frontier Airlines To and From Phoenix – The CreditCard Guy [At least Mommy Points had the decency not to push any credit card in her post about this. But not this business….pumping the Amex Premier Rewards Gold and the Chase Sapphire Preferred card. Shocking so few. Ludicrous!]
$19 Flights from Phoenix to Houston, San Fran, and Salt Lake City – Deals We Like [So, we link to Mommy Points and she links to us. We all win. We love Boarding Area and lots of BACon!]
How to get a free trip home for the holidays – Travel Skills [The world renowned miles/points expert blogger now answers credit card questions! There is an amazing pump about the Barclaycard Arrival card in this post! He so kindly responds to a question from reader Rick which starts out with: “Dear Chris: I’m a religious reader of TravelSkills and know that you all earn a few bucks when we click links on your site to sign up for new credit cards.” If you are a “religious” reader of this blog why would you ask a credit card rewards question here? WTF! And “a few bucks” LOL. If he/she only knew!]
Infant Award Travel – One Mile at a Time [ Reading a post about family travel in this blog is like enjoying warm nuts at a place where nuts are strictly forbidden due to allergies. In other words, so so odd. I guess we need to give the blog owner some breathing time to work on more credit card posts to pay the guest blogger. They are coming.]
Should You Jump on the US Airways MasterCard Signup Bonus Before It Goes Away? – View from The Wing [It’s time again folks. Yep…again. I am sure we will make up another reason to repeat this post. With a template of course.]
Six Top Credit Cards For International Travel – The Credit Card Guy Inc. [And just when you thought we were going to be done for the day…you were wrong! Yep, it is the same credit cards. This is what we call SELLING relentlessly!]
New Virgin Atlantic Routes, Best Use SkyMiles? – Milevalue [Barclay Arrival credit card. We never stop selling this baby. It is even better than the Hawaiian Airlines credit card. LOL]
Starbucks Rewards: Free $5 Bonus When You Reload Your Starbucks Card (Targeted) – Points, Miles & Targets [Another targeted promo, thanks for the heads up. Here is a targeted WOW for you!]
Why Did US Airways Off-Peak South America Awards Disappear? – The Miles Professor [Gave HT to TheFlightDeal. Lol. Looks like someone follows TBB twitter feed very closely and my interaction with the sharp TFD folks? Or not! Anyways, I saw this first posted at Loyalty Lobby, for the record]
Qatar Airways Denounces First Class – One Mile and Whining about Qatar’s CEO [Talk about obsession, wow! Hey listen, most people on this planet don’t give a flying (pun intended) %$#@ about Qatar. Tired of so many posts about this guy, enough! There, I feel better]
Travel Challenge: Costa Rica – Frugal Travel Guy [Let’s show TBB that we are not all about affiliate credit cards so we will do just one post pushing non affiliate credit cards. After we get credit for this, we will be back selling more of them because we need to show conversions to these Internet Brands guys as this is all they care for!]
Bonus American Miles With Club Carlson – One More Credit Card One More Time [Late at night, just could not resist posting this stupid promo as it is a great opportunity to sell the Club Carlson credit card. What did I tell you it won’t be long!]
I would like to paste here one comment from the many comments the Mommy Points Nightline piece generated on the ABC website. It was written by lois who should be commenting here, I think she nailed it! Here it is:
The real secret here is that this woman is basically making huge amounts of money by getting people to sign up for credit cards. Her blog is sponsored by American Express, for crying out loud. Every time someone signs up for a credit card through her blog, she gets a check. Much of her travel is subsidized by travel industry interests. Ie: she may stay in a fancy hotel that is being comp’ed to her in exchange for a glowing review on her blog. Please people, your credit is extremely valuable. Do lots of research before diving into something like this, and remember that this woman does not have your best interest at heart. She has _her_ best interest at heart. She makes money by convincing people they should have 20 credit cards. I think it’s insanely irresponsible of her to make money by convincing families they should be doing this. Are you thinking of buying a house? Well, how are 20 hard pulls on your credit report going to look to a mortgage officer? You may also end up losing points on your interest rate, which will quickly eat up any free travel you may have been able to get from her advice. Also, if you are not super diligent and super disciplined with your financial habits, this is a recipe for total disaster. Some people do well in the frequent flyer/credit card game. Most do not. That is why the banks keep it going. They are counting on people messing up. They make money. Mommy points makes money. And most people go in to debt, buy more than they need, or mess up their shot at a good mortgage.
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Just off target(ed)
Third is the bird.
Liking these daily buzz posts…
Aw, Sad about the lack of burritos.
@MilesMath: Congrats! Don’t forget to update your Linkedin profile and add this to the “Honors and Awards” section!
Spencer F: Back to the regular slot! How about we call you Spencer Avis?
William Charles: Save the birds!
Hua: Thanks. Aim was to cut down on the length of posts. Splitting the Blog Buzz to its own and leaving the regular Buzz posts alone, I think, was a great suggestion. The thing is…not sure I have the stamina to do this Blog Buzz stuff daily…so I was thinking to alternate between all positive and all bitchy 🙂 You know I like to mix it up lol.
@icicle: It’s all right…as long as tacos are in there. Hmmm, maybe I go Mexican for lunch today! #inspired
I love how in about a 24 span you went from I’m not doing anymore blog buzz posts to ah f— it I’m doing it everyday. Keep up the good work.
seriously! I like to think of TBB as a mad genius – no rules or templates apply!
Yeah, I think I am developing a problem with this 🙂
Definitely agree about the mad part…not so sure about the “genius” part lol
Yes! 8th!!!! 🙂
This may be slightly off topic but OMG, what’s with all these freaking “lap infant” posts lately? Hey, It’s OK for someone to write up an article that I’m sure may provide a person with some kind of useful information (although I don’t think anyone under 10 should be allowed on a plane).
So, now we have a bunch of me too lap infant articles from such subject matter experts OMAAT, then FTG weighs in… These guys are just like the movie industry (we can’t be assed thinking of something good, let’s just remake old shit or do a part 2) – not a single creative thought in their tiny, affiliate linked brains.
Also don’t they understand lap infants can’t sign up for credit cards or be added as authorized users? 😉
Thanks for letting me vent 🙂
Funny you mention that as I got done looking at the FTG blog post about them lap infants. And I marked it for colorful Blog Buzz commentary.
Infants can’t sign up for credit cards but their parents can #hint My guess is that latest marketing research shows that the parents are a huge market to cultivate.
Ain’t about creativity, it’s all about conversions 🙂
My blog helps me vent and deal with all the greedy madness of pumping experts 🙂
While I’m sure you’ve been told this before, a lot of us DO appreciate your work and writing style! Keep up the good fight!
Thank you, I really appreciate that.
Trying not to fold 🙂
Lap infants make perfect authorized users for United cards!
Good point 🙂
What is a fiduciary?
Certainly not the blogger in TBB Ignore list as they put their pockets first and not the reader 😉
lois sounds like a loser who’s just upset that she didn’t get a commercial blog up early to get on Nightline and cash in. What a whining loser.
/Ingersoiled
Damn right, stay angry lois and stay Chase-y.
For some reason, contrary to ingy demand, don’t think lois is ‘one of the angry’s” lol
Why stop at “Six Top Credit Cards For International Travel “? There’s a home for all cards and they all work abroad! Once you dip the toe in the water you might as well go all in. With a post like that you just can’t compete with the big players (TPG, OMAAT, VFTW, MMS etc). As the great salesman Gary says “any card/point is better than a hole in the head”. Why leave the Garfield VISA card out of the list?
ABC, always be closing!
Garfield Visa
always be closing
You crack me up!
The ending paragraph is real and responsible financial/credit card advice. #sadface
Yes I agree that you agree that it was good to post here.
My #sadface is added 🙂
“Ie: she may stay in a fancy hotel that is being comp’ed to her in exchange for a glowing review on her blog”
Oh c’mon Lois, that’s not true
If you read MommyPoints disclaimer, she CLEARLY stated the her reviews and Amex credit card pushing in those Amex-sponsored posts had nothing to do with Amex paying her to do it
Even if Amex didn’t pay her a dime, i have zero doubt she would’ve done a top 20 list of purchases to make with Amex everyday, and finished it off with something like “20. Go out for dinner – you deserve it!”
That number 20 was really something! I expect your buddy to post soon 🙂
how’s it going shit-sipper? You watching the vote and life miserable as ever? Keep whining, you do it so well.
George you still a big drivel spilling douchebag? Yes, yes you are.
I read on the internet (so you know it might be true) that the followings expert speakers might be in San Diego for the sold out get together. I think they would be a great addition…………….Soapy Smith, Charles Ponzi, Kevin Trudeau, B. Madoff, Barry Minkow and Lou Perlman.
If that happened the ticket will go way up from “just” $249!
I trust you buy the Zoloft at a pharmacy earning 5% using my link<-----------imaginary one, just click it, you deserve it 🙂
Soapy Smith made me think of Soupy Sales.
I would like to nominate/for your concideration Doctor Of Credit for your I Like List.
Not yet…I keep seeing comments in TBB Ignore blogs 🙂
Thanks for the heads up! Since everyone will pick up something from Walmart sooner or later, a free $5 is perfect.
gran viaje con poco dinero
Si! Vamos a la playa oh oh oh oh con cervezas!
Award for best reason to sell Chase cards goes to FTG. Changing the made up name on the CSP in the Chase marketing materials results in 11 affiliate links.
And just when we thought that this site can not get any lower! Remember when in the last Blog Buzz post I said this: “we will be back selling more of them because we need to show conversions”.
Nothing shocks me anymore at FTG where Credibility is not an asset 🙂
Put that on Saverocity, verbatim, and it would be a perfectly crafted parody piece.