I have been called worse names before here. I think it’s kind of funny actually.

Ariana goes along with pumping credit cards, it’s what pays her.

I find the FTG site content….well I better not say it here because people will think I am angry or something. Let’;s just say it is proudly featured in the TBB Blogs to Ignore!

I think there is a typo here. Clearly they meant “hold conversions”…i.e., they will hold you hostage until you click on their cc links 🙂

The FTG team is doing a Rookie boot camp seminar. Get this…only 100 attendees to “hold conversations” LOL. No word if a Chase Bank employee will be on hand for them “recon” calls. I guess they realized it was stupid to let the newbies get picked apart in Chicago so they are all going to…attack them by sharing with them their “secrets”. No word if Howie will have a special presentation on Avios LOL.

I would put the FT link to this here but I am not going to give them that benefit of the doubt.

Just a masterful credit card selling operation outfit. You still have the credit card “Tool” on the FTG homepage saying crap like this:

“Apply for all 7 cards credit cards on the same day….Because you’re married, both you and your spouse should apply for the same cards to receive double the rewards!”

I am not angry 🙂

Who called who a douche bag?

A few weeks ago, Ariana of PointsChaser and FTG stopped by the comments here to decry the negative treatment FTG gets from TBB and its commenters. She received some responses and some unfortunate sexist condescension (pro tip, you jerks: don’t call an adult “sweetie”).

Here’s the root problem: there’s no quality control and no value-added at FTG. I’d like to constructively suggest better editing and more effort.

Here’s Howie’s post on the Finger Lakes Travel Challenge, which I clicked on from Flyertalk because I live in western New York:

Upstate New York and New England are must visits during the Summer. It can certainly get oppressively hot, but the region totally transforms over the Summer. No doom and gloom of late fall and winter, but instead lush landscape and fantastic outdoor activities.

Situated between Rochester and Syracuse, the finger lakes are a series of 11 lakes.. that look like fingers of a hand. (big surprise, right?)

There are grammar mistakes. There are sentence fragments. The first two or three sentences are pablum that could equally apply to Virginia, Chicago, and many other places. In short, it’s a sloppy credit card advertisement written and edited by people who don’t seem to care. (By the way, the best restaurants and accommodations in the Finger Lakes are in Ithaca, Hammondsport, and Geneva. I have no idea why one would stay at a Microtel in Seneca Falls.)

It’s baffling to be asked to respect such a product or its authors.

I don’t care much for MMS, for example, but it’s obvious that he puts effort into his blog.

Try harder, and USERNAME might be less critical.

Ironically I once used that pool without staying there! I was at the Waldorf and wanted a swim so I asked if they had any deals with local health clubs and said no. I knew the Millennium had a pool as I had stayed there before so I got them to ring down and they said it would be fine. When I arrived, though, I do remember nobody asking me anything – I just wandered in. This is a long time ago now ….

In case it doesn’t….I am sure DP will propose his amazing Barclay Arrival credit card link as he can no longer get paid with Amex credit card links 😉

I don’t read DP but did appreciate his quick twitter reply that Delta is not usually a stickler on carry-on bag size. Every one of the bags that we use for carry-on are too big according to the newest regs and tonight’s flight will be the first time we fly with them. I plan to just go from the curb to TSA to the gate and hope they let us carry-on. I also hope you all don’t think that falls into the category of sneaking into pools or returning bag carts 😉 !