We check out the best European LGBT festivals, the top 25 credit cards, we mourn another Deal killing, we blame it on them bloggers naturally and more!
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The Top 25 Credit Cards via Mile Nerd. You got questions? Ask in the comments or email me. If you can get the ones you want with the best offer in my site, our starving intern thanks you in advance!
Some good ideas what to do with your IHG Rewards Priceless Surprises points.
The Citigold funding with a credit card deal is dead. I guess it finally got on the radar of a bank exec after seeing a blog post somewhere. #disgustedΒ In addition, the bank has been on a tear shutting down accounts . This hobby is under attack and retreat! Thanks bloggers!
15 Beautiful Beaches. Another AFAR list, I always find something here I did not know. Which one would you like to have sex in?
The 8 Best European LGBT Festivals in 2016.
Armchair Quarterbacking the Super Bowl Commercials. Nailed it. I want to behead the PuppyMonkeyBaby!
The Life of Kim Jong Un. Whenever I see his name, I think Doritos. And PuppyMonkeyBaby!
The Weirdest Laws in Every US State: What the hell???? In Michigan: It is illegal for women to cut their own hair without their husband’s permission. In Ohio: It is illegal to get a fish drunk—->which you always wanted to do, just admit it. Shaking my head to oblivion!
More drones! How about this new sport: Droneboarding! Make it faster, faster, faster!
Corrections and Bear Markets. What does Vanguard think? Stop freaking out, this is par for the course! Take your mind off the carnage by using our links hehe.
Frequent Miler added another staff member to a new feature titled Extreme Stacking. Think couponing for miles, you know, Kohl’s and stuff like that. Interesting. Is anyone mileage running these days? Ok, don’t answer that because it may bring out the free burrito bowl I had, thanks Chipotle!
I added blog #218 to my Feedly blog list. I may need…intervention. col=cryoutloud
I am still pissed off about the Citigold cc funding kill. Points With a Crew blogged on January 17th about doing a $39k funding cc funding. Probably he would have a post bitching about how the deal is dead. Yes many have posted about it and yes it has been out there. But still, do we really need to show everyone numbers like this?
Million Mile Secrets wrote about the Citigold cc funding deal on January 26. And February 9th it’s all dead. Coincidence? You make the call.
This whole scene is kind of depressingly boring lately. Speaking of boring…see gif below #sigh
Bloggers’ interests are fundamentally different to the interests of miles/points hobbyists. They want clicks!
I do too even with NO ADS and Amazon bringing 90 cents yesterday #woohoo. Do I go the donation route? Or once a week? Or kill it? I have no idea, I keep going until I get a jolting answer or…intervention. Note: This is not whining, it’s just TBBing lol. Note to future interns: You bust your behind for TBB, you will have a glowing recommendation and stock tips for life π
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I am out of pics to share so how about a pic from a university in Athens, Greece. Not joking!
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Good morning, Buzzer.
That’s not what one would say if he/she was finished and blacklisted by Citibank π
#notme
And good morning from sunny Istanbul!
…. where you find me in an Austrian cafe and totally stuffed by a menu which only comes in German and Turkish.
Having a German wife, assistant and 2 half German kids has not improved my language skills!
Please send more money to Greece, thanks!
If that sign would be in a university in Athens, wouldn’t it say ‘ΟΞΏΟ Ξ±Ξ»ΞΟΡϒ instead of toilets?
Also thanks to you I just went to take a look at the MMS post on the Citi MS and don’t know if I like the asinine stock photos better than the previous Emily pics with arrows.
The sign went all English π
Asinine…
Much more asinine and juvenile. Then again, Buzzfeed has a whole business model based on asininity and juvenilia and they seem to be doing fine.
Sadly…that is true.
As more deals die and things get harder, many bloggers are going to be even more desperate to get clicks and will start “sharing” stuff that they never would have a year ago just to get the clicks.
Writing a post to describe how to do something that is on the fence already (as far as how long it will live) is definitely not good but writing a post just to show that you can do it without adding anything of value is certainly worse.
I think we are starting to see it lately. Never seen such excitement with bloggers pushing…Amazon and Points.com affiliate links before! I see the future and it’s not…good!
Even Amazon has been pretty dull! I normally only post something from Amazon if it is something that excites me as a real deal and within my POV wheelhouse. It has been a while, at least according to my balance sheet on Amazon Affiliates!
Still, I remember one day a couple of years ago that there was a post on the front page of BoardingArea by a blog to be unnamed for free toilet paper from Staples. I don’t know if we are quite there yet even now… π
I was referring to cc pumpers whose income is way down and started pushing Amazon & Points.com aff links lately…you were not seeing this before!
I think that post you are referring to was at that PM&M blog…It’s good I did not have a burrito yet π
So understand citigolf checking funding is dead… i opened a savings account and haven’t gotten around to call in to fund… is that now dead?
I think the cc funding is indeed dead. See link below and reddit. Or ask in the dansdeals forums, I am sure they are all over it over there!
How many Amex Platinum Card members are there?
http://milecards.com/1588426396/amex-platinum-card-members/
Very interesting numbers here…
I am willing to bet that these numbers do not include people who have 2 cards, or 3. As I do get only one copy of this magazine and have had 3 platinum (Ameriprise, Mercedes, Bussiness) at the same time.
Also, I think co-users get this magazine for there mere $175 annual fee.
Just my 2 cents.
Cheers,
PedroNY
I was expecting these numbers to go down due to the loss of United lounge and so many other bennies…they didn’t. I am surprised by that!
Citi Shutting Down Credit Card Accounts:
http://www.doctorofcredit.com/citi-shutting-down-credit-card-accounts/
W-F?? How low have you sunk, George, it really is a slow news year… π
At the rate things are going I wonder how many heavy MSers are going to be left in this hobby by 2017. If Citi is shutting down and black listing heavy hitters you have to think Chase is not far behind. 2016 shouldn’t be the year of the monkey it should be the year of slaughtered hogs. Time to lie low people, burn the miles you got and reboot in 2017.
>>>>>>2016 shouldnβt be the year of the monkey it should be the year of slaughtered hogs
Priceless!
I have been laying low…mostly because going through 218 blogs to bring you all these posts every day does not allow me much time to do anything on top of what I do. But lets not go there.
@Oliver: WF…I think you meant that bank? Yeah, that is low!
Yes, clicked on the wrong reply button.
15 Things Everybody Should Know About Wells Fargo Credit Cards
http://www.doctorofcredit.com/things-everybody-should-know-about-w/
BTW, really curious how they are going to fill the MS sessions at the FTU event in late April.
Lol….yeah right. At this rate they might as well switch to S&M woohoo.
Gotta check out this Reddit post. Hugely entertaining! Talk about deal killing! lol
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/44tard/what_was_a_loophole_that_you_found_and_exploited/czt9li1
(1) I wish I was smart enough to figure out shit like that, (2) Even if I was smart enough I wish I had the balls to do it on such a large scale.
Ink Rewards kingpin…that is awesome on a certain level.
I find that ink cartridge story and others like it a sad commentary of the state of society. Clever used to (and in some cases still does) mean creating something different or better or more profitably. Now it also means just finding a way to break the rules or T&Cs or intent and get away with it. And while I understand there have always been people with that bent, now they brag about about it in public discussions online, or by speaking at “University” sessions or as part of their campaign to get elected.
Didn’t the office supply stores start paying for cartieges as an environmental gesture?
On another topic (or maybe not), I saw a leading thinker’s post on how to open a hotel safe in 5 seconds with a magnet. As I read it, I wondered how many readers would think “I need to be more careful about what I put in hotel safes”, and how many would think “What a great idea”.
Yep, we all found pudding man cute and beaubo and his day laborers on TG funny. But if somebody found out a store always rounds down purchases to the next 5 cents people would line up to pay with VGCs :p
You know, wasn’t he just facilitating that environmental gesture? Where were those used ink cartridges going to go — into a landfill, maybe? He deserves every cent if so!!! π
Wow, just wow.
Sorry to bring up an old argument but I just can’t wrap my brain around how, at this point, there is no doubt bloggers are killing deals to chase the all mighty affiliate dollar, yet you still support the use of affiliate links. I get in an ideal world your philosophy of only supporting responsible bloggers would alleviate the problem, but we don’t live in an ideal world. Even the well informed people support bad blogs, see Dr. of Credit supporting VFTW and OMAAT. The only solution is to boycott the use of any affiliate links.
I did just that, but a reader convinced me to bring them back for charity. We donated several thousand dollars last year that otherwise would not have happened. It bothers me to have the links, but its hard to say no to ‘free’ money to charity. This year we will be supporting Doctors without Borders for the entire year.
Yes this is an old argument that has been beaten to death.
Yes we don’t live in an ideal world, that’s for sure.
This site gets absolutely no revenue from ads. Just Amazon, the occasional cc and once in a blue moon…a referral click. Past five days haul: $0, $0.92, $0, $0, $1.47. Only an insane person would do this for so long. Got a really nice email by a reader this morning and it it wasn’t for them and my insanity this blog would not last as long.
My favorite charity is Wounded Warriors ——–>JOKING
Doctors without Borders is my favorite charity.
I refrain from posting about my personal charitable donations…Just one of my pet peeves.
Lets move on.
Just to be clear, I also do not post about my personal charitable donations, the charity stuff I refer to from the site is distinct from that.
Agreed here Scott. I don’t click on any links from any bloggers even if I find the information useful. If bloggers want to publicly give info away then that’s on them. They won’t be earning a dime from me, but I’m sure other suckers will click away. I am skeptical of “supporting” anything (charities, troops, bloggers, whatever the current trend or status quo is), but myself. People equate support with money in these cases and I am not fond of that type of relationship or thinking.
How do you have sex in a beach…?
That would be on the email to subscribers
Hehe
Even on a beach, it’s not such a great experience, especially if sand gets into the equation π kissing like lancaster and Kerr on a beach in HI is enough.
Another MS opportunity bites the dust. I read somewhere that a person funded their CitiGold account with $75K from their Citi CC. I have read where people blame the ‘newbies” and/or the bloggers for screwing up Ms opportunities. I happen to believe that it is as much the fault if not more the “pigs” who ruin the opportunities.
Oh yeah them too. But it is a numbers game. The more this hobby gets popular, the higher the number of pigs, the quicker the deal killing.
Do Not Apply For These 5 Credit Card Offers & Why:
http://runningwithmiles.boardingarea.com/do-not-apply-5-credit-card-offers/
Those AFAR lists are slapped together. C’mon, not 1 of those beaches is in Europe or Africa?
Red sand beach in Maui? The picture shows a tiny cove. Asinine.
Time to demote AFAR, Buzz….
I learn something new with them. I like them slapped together…this is not a commercialized site, I like the amateurish feeling to them π There are more coming, I like them! Far from perfect, that’s for sure…maybe that is why I like them?
Also, wrote to MileNerd to let him know there’s waaay more than 25 cards on his Top 25 list. ore like 40 or 50. Ay, carumba!
You mean, like the top 10 Credit Cards to get NOW lists? π
I used to dismiss you. Now I think you may be a bit of a Cassandra. You may be right, and no one will listen.
People have openly pointed out and mocked Citi on various public forums. People have laid out specifically what they have done.
I work in a marketing department for a sizable US brand. We know what people are saying about our brands online. We know where the conversations happen, and what they are about. The public trading of tips and tricks may seem like a good thing, but it’s gone too far. Keep it to in person, in locked forums and private chats, and would everyone please cool this jets?
Also, bloggers, get a two job or shift away from credit card abuse as your key topic. Your business models are not sustainable.
I type on a cellphone between meetings. Hopefully decipherable.
Hi, nice to have you here!
Well said, thank you!
The public trading of tips and tricks may seem like a good thing, but itβs gone too far. Keep it to in person, in locked forums and private chats, and would everyone please cool this jets?
Also, bloggers, get a 2nd job or shift away from credit card abuse as your key topic. Your business models are not sustainable.
Lol
Last?
Final Last!
Nice try Pete! π
Hi, had a long one yesterday and just checking in, what a lot of interesting comments.
It annoys me that people kill these deals by being greedy.
π