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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #60 on: April 27, 2013, 11:43:14 PM »
FWIW -- some of his commenters also said they saw the mistake fare. Guess it was real or they look really stupid now.
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #61 on: April 27, 2013, 11:44:18 PM »
It was, but none of them were ticketed.

Then how did he post from onboard? he obviously got ticketed

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #62 on: April 27, 2013, 11:45:45 PM »
Then how did he post from onboard? he obviously got ticketed
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Update: Sorry if it wasn’t obvious, this was a late April Fools joke. Had a tour of Dulles today including a tour of the Air France A380, and thought this would be funny (and based on the mistake fare, fact that I had to travel today, and that the ticket was $69, figured it was obvious). Clearly my sense of humor doesn’t translate on the internet.

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #63 on: April 27, 2013, 11:47:08 PM »
Then how did he post from onboard? he obviously got ticketed
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #64 on: April 27, 2013, 11:53:45 PM »
Then how did he post from onboard? he obviously got ticketed
He did not post from on-board. Even his original post was claiming to post pictures from the flight he is going to be on.
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #65 on: April 28, 2013, 12:13:43 AM »
FWIW -- some of his commenters also said they saw the mistake fare. Guess it was real or they look really stupid now.

If it wasn't real ( and I don't think it was) that is hilarious.
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #66 on: April 28, 2013, 12:15:16 AM »
If it wasn't real ( and I don't think it was) that is hilarious.
they must feel extremely stupid as April fools was pulled on them
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #67 on: April 28, 2013, 02:40:18 AM »
+1, unless it's April 1st that's incredibly unfunny IMHO.
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Btw, he isn't publishing the hate comments, he's only publishing the ones saying it was a good joke.

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #68 on: April 28, 2013, 11:27:19 AM »
+1

Btw, he isn't publishing the hate comments, he's only publishing the ones saying it was a good joke.

Barring one particular exception, he doesn't censor comments.
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #69 on: April 29, 2013, 12:53:00 AM »
Barring one particular exception, he doesn't censor comments.
On that topic, here is a FT thread discussing which bloggers censor, and which don't.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/external-miles-points-resources/1459294-miles-points-blogs-censor-comments.html

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #70 on: June 02, 2013, 08:38:59 PM »
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2013/06/02/buenos-aires-for-the-weekend-introduction/

I don't understand the life of a BIS mileage junky. 12 segments in six days?
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #71 on: June 02, 2013, 08:43:24 PM »
Nothing crazy here...

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #72 on: June 02, 2013, 08:44:53 PM »
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2013/06/02/buenos-aires-for-the-weekend-introduction/

I don't understand the life of a BIS mileage junky. 12 segments in six days?
There are some here, that I am sure are worse.

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #73 on: June 03, 2013, 02:32:03 AM »
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/2013/06/02/buenos-aires-for-the-weekend-introduction/

I don't understand the life of a BIS mileage junky. 12 segments in six days?
Ever read his FT thread about flying 3 transpacific flights in 5 days?

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #74 on: June 03, 2013, 09:00:02 AM »
Ever read his FT thread about flying 3 transpacific flights in 5 days?
no, but he recently mentioned it on his favorite redemptions post. I just don't get it. He wasn't even earning miles
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #75 on: June 03, 2013, 09:06:54 AM »
no, but he recently mentioned it on his favorite redemptions post. I just don't get it. He wasn't even earning miles
It's an addiction.
Here's the FT thread from 2006.
It was actually 6 flights.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/united-mileage-plus-pre-merger/548987-six-transpacs-five-days-help-me.html

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #76 on: June 03, 2013, 09:53:39 AM »
This blogger guy sounds like a total douche.  All of his posts seem to be about bragging and posting links to offers a lot crappier than public offers to get himself referral bonuses.  Maybe someone else can explain why he seems to have a cult-like following.

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #77 on: June 03, 2013, 10:22:24 AM »
This blogger guy sounds like a total douche.  All of his posts seem to be about bragging and posting links to offers a lot crappier than public offers to get himself referral bonuses.  Maybe someone else can explain why he seems to have a cult-like following.
What's wrong with that? Business is about making money, not helping the clients save money.
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #78 on: June 03, 2013, 10:23:22 AM »
This blogger guy sounds like a total douche.  All of his posts seem to be about bragging and posting links to offers a lot crappier than public offers to get himself referral bonuses.  Maybe someone else can explain why he seems to have a cult-like following.
He writes the best TRs out there, and only recently started w/ the referral links.

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #79 on: June 03, 2013, 10:33:57 AM »
This blogger guy sounds like a total douche.  All of his posts seem to be about bragging and posting links to offers a lot crappier than public offers to get himself referral bonuses.  Maybe someone else can explain why he seems to have a cult-like following.

I disagree. Like has been stated, he writes the best TRs in the business, and he's pretty much done and seen it all when it comes to airline miles redemptions.

He writes the best TRs out there, and only recently started w/ the referral links.

Recently? Not sure that's accurate. Unless by "recently" we're talking on a scale that ranges from creation until now. AFAIK, he's been doing it for at least 2 years...
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