I must admit I am just amazed on the number of comments my blog gets!

He sent me one to his credit even though I said it is okay not to. I am not keeping a tab:-)

It’s pretty sad to see how far FTG has fallen. Can it be any more obvious that TBB’s threads get well commented while most threads on FTG are lucky to have 3 “non-angries” commenting on it

Except of course his churning challenge. The non-angries in that thread looked pretty angry if you asked me.

What is your Marriott GC total at now TBB? Are you keeping a tab?

There are a lot of “angries” like you reading my blog:-)
Thanks for reading & taking the time to comment.

Me too!! Used to go to FTG every morning first thing. But Rick started posting very little origional info and when IB purchsed his site, affiliate cc links multiplied. Don’t get me wrong, FTG can and should promote cc’s,aka earn a living. But I dont have to go to it anymore. Rick helped get me into the miles/points game and I have gone places and seen things I wouldn’t have if it were not for his origional info. I wish him well but I dont read his site at all anymore since he ignored the better US Airways cc offer. No ‘angrie” here, just someone who has chosen to get fresh info elsewhere. I’d even buy him a cup of coffee and thank him in person to show that I’m not ‘angrie”…

@Anonymous: [Can you pick a name, any name?] Based on what I review every day this is okay to me. Otherwise, my posts would be extremely long every day and would not have time to go to the bathroom, lol.

@Mommy Points: You are producing some really good stuff lately! I see your point about the limited ways to earn SPG points. Yes we agree it would have been better without the links but I will let you slide. I really enjoyed “I will await my turn in the “Worst of” dunking booth.” –made me laugh, thank you for your sense of humor. Some people are totally missing the point of my blog!

@FrugalTravelGuy: I disagree with your “angries” characterization of my readers. Then again, it will certainly not be the first or the last time we disagree Rick. My readers will always come FIRST in my blog.

Thank you to all for reading & commenting. Your support is appreciated. For the record, nobody has clicked on my ebates referral link! I totally suck in this build, build, build thing, lol.

Mommy, if you look through the comments, the “angries” complain when we don’t have a related card to the post and then again when we do. No winning with George’s audience. But at least they have a home now.

Well, I couldn’t go for three days in a row in the “Best of” Category. The earth may have fallen out of orbit if something that bizarre happened.

My SPG post would have certainly been fine without mentioning the cards, but instead I decided to say that I wished there were increased ways to earn SPG points (such as through a shopping portal or via spending bonuses) and also listed the ways that do currently exist.

Not a huge deal one way or the other in my book, but apologies to those it bothered. I will await my turn in the “Worst of” dunking booth.

I would say it’s a pretty terrible practice

It’s one thing to put affiliate links in a post that doesn’t really have a connection to it (and no, the fact the the post was about SPG isn’t a reason to put an SPG credit card in the post)

But it’s even worse to pimp credit cards in the very same post where you’re pointing out how the very points you’d earn with that credit card are getting devalued

It’s not TPG RyanAir/CSP bad…. but it’s bad