Good morning, and welcome to today's community discussion thread! Today's posts will appear here throughout the day, but this thread is for going off-topic. Did you love/hate something about today's coverage? Are you tracking other news I missed? Or, do you just have a general question about rewards travel? This is the place for your wandering thoughts.
Today's posts on OMAAT:
- Transfer Amex Points To Marriott Bonvoy With 35% Bonus: Worth It?
- Transfer Capital One Miles To Virgin Atlantic Flying Club With 30% Bonus: Worth It?
- Philippine Airlines Business Class Airbus A330 Review: Friendly Crew, Terrible Seats
- Emirates Will Give You One Mile For Every Minute You Spend In Dubai
- Buy World Of Hyatt Points For 20% Off (2.08 Cents Each): Worth It?
- Chase United Club Card Review: Is The Lounge Access Worth The Annual Fee?
- Best-Ever Citi AAdvantage Executive Card 125K Bonus Miles Offer Ends Soon
- Alaska Atmos Rewards Summit Card Bonus: 100K Points & 25K-Point Global Companion Award
- Buy IHG One Rewards Points With 100% Bonus (0.5 Cents Each): Worth It?
- Alaska Atmos Rewards Ascent Card Bonus: 80K Points & $99 Companion Fare
- United Opens 54K Square Foot Club In Houston, The Largest Airline Lounge In The Americas
- New Hilton Pay With Points App Feature: Why You Should (Probably) Skip It
- Frontier Airlines’ New First Class Won’t Include Food, Drinks, Or Recline
Daily threads stay open for a week, so it's never too late to jump into a recent conversation.
VIP terminal in the works for Dulles International Airport
"A VIP terminal with private security screenings and hotel-like lounges is coming to Dulles International Airport in a couple of years, the airports authority announced Tuesday."
@travelinwilly "How much will you pay... to avoid the PenFed torture tunnel..." LOL.
Because I so rarely fly UA out of Dulles (and when I do, I always take the moon bus), I never have to be exposed to that garbage. It's pretty effing vile.@travelinwilly "How much will you pay... to avoid the PenFed torture tunnel..." LOL.
I'm almost always on AF, DL, or EK out of IAD, and I'll take terminal B over C/D any day of the week.
@travelinwilly And because I'm almost exclusively flying UA in/out of IAD... I'm seeing the tunnel, more often. (Love that you call it the 'moon bus'. That is the best way to call it. "Mobile lounge" feels sterile. Moon bus has pazazz!)
I have to say my frustration with monetizing this site from a membership perspective is coming true. You cant ask your readers for money and not provide the relevent content. I come here for travel news and advice. Not a constant barrage of CC ads and points sells....which provided the site money.
The CC pitches are accelerating and getting worse ... not less under the new monetization structure.
Just sell this site to a major online "news" aggregator like the points guy did.....and be done with this race to the bottom of the credit card pitches.
@isaacc Oh, dear, no. Anything but selling to those shills, please. Eh, besides, some days there's more aviation news; other days there's credit card 'news' (it's Q4 crunch-time for sign-up bonuses.) I wouldn't say Ben's any worse on the pitches than Gary or elsewhere. Gotta make the most of it. Please consider starting a passive-aggressive 'fight' with someone in the comments. Be the 'content' you want to see in the world. Bah!
over the past three days over half of the posts were selling credit cards our outlining points transfers from CC programs or selling points.....
I would say less posts here would be better...not more....be relevant without repeating the same AS summit card multiple times a week.