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How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
« on: October 10, 2015, 07:31:55 PM »
I never under stood this, but How do bloggers mainly Ben Shlapig from onemileatatime.boardingarea.com, The Points Guy and kellydaoud.com fly on First class every other week? there is a certain amount of credit cards that one can open and even if their family members  give them points that would not be enough to fly almost every other week on First class.
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Re: How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2015, 07:48:55 PM »
they buy the points
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Re: How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2015, 07:50:18 PM »
Quote from: ual902 on October 10, 2015, 07:31:55 PM
I never under stood this, but How do bloggers mainly Ben Shlapig from onemileatatime.boardingarea.com, The Points Guy and kellydaoud.com fly on First class every other week? there is a certain amount of credit cards that one can open and even if their family members  give them points that would not be enough to fly almost every other week on First class.
I invite you to a take a look at the screenshot in this recent post by Dan on the main site.
http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/67956
And that's only Chase UR points...  ;)
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Re: How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2015, 07:57:08 PM »
Quote from: moish on October 10, 2015, 07:48:55 PM
they buy the points
Ben and Brian clearly say they buy the points for their trips.
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Re: How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2015, 08:01:50 PM »
Quote from: yitzy93 on October 10, 2015, 07:50:18 PM
I invite you to a take a look at the screenshot in this recent post by Dan on the main site.
http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/67956
And that's only Chase UR points...  ;)
That's how many trips?
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Re: How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
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Re: How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2015, 08:08:06 PM »
Quote from: yitzy93 on October 10, 2015, 08:03:01 PM
Lots!
In j? How're you stretching that to once a week?
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Re: How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2015, 08:16:53 PM »
Quote from: David Smith on October 10, 2015, 08:08:06 PM
In j? How're you stretching that to once a week?
As I said those were only Dan's UR points... (He also hints in the comments that his United balance is even more than that)
And by the time it takes to spend all those points/miles there's plenty time to refill.
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Re: How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2015, 08:24:00 PM »
Quote from: yitzy93 on October 10, 2015, 08:16:53 PM
As I said those were only Dan's UR points... (He also hints in the comments that his United balance is even more than that)
And by the time it takes to spend all those points/miles there's plenty time to refill.
It's been a bad year for churning.
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Re: How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2015, 08:30:56 PM »
Lol, you guys can just ask if you want ;)
Rough guesstimates, but altogether I have approx 20MM miles and have probably spent about 7MM lifetime.

Guys like Ben, Brian, and Daraius are much newer to the game and play it very differently than I do. And their blogs are far more mainstream and in the media.
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Re: How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2015, 08:35:26 PM »
Whoa. Insane.
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Re: How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2015, 08:36:01 PM »
Quote from: Dan on October 10, 2015, 08:30:56 PM
Lol, you guys can just ask if you want ;)
Rough guesstimates, but altogether I have approx 20MM miles and have probably spent about 7MM lifetime.

Guys like Ben, Brian, and Daraius are much newer to the game and play it very differently than I do. And their blogs are far more mainstream and in the media.
Are you saying that they have more? I never thought these guys were in your league. I figured maybe their sites are more profitable and they just pay...
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Re: How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2015, 08:37:32 PM »
Quote from: yakrot on October 10, 2015, 08:36:01 PM
Are you saying that they have more? I never thought these guys were in your league. I figured maybe their sites are more profitable and they just pay...

Dan does not travel as much as they do and as Dan stated he was in the game longer, probably started collecting points before them.
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Re: How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2015, 08:38:53 PM »
I've also noticed Daruis flies allot less then he used too, unless im not following his blog to much lately.
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Re: How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
« Reply #14 on: October 10, 2015, 08:40:49 PM »
Quote from: yakrot on October 10, 2015, 08:36:01 PM
Are you saying that they have more? I never thought these guys were in your league. I figured maybe their sites are more profitable and they just pay...
They don't churn/MS.
They just buy the miles.

And their sites are definitely better commercially, just look at the bank agreements they have. C'est la vie, I'll enjoy things while they last.
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Re: How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
« Reply #15 on: October 10, 2015, 08:41:27 PM »
Quote from: Dan on October 10, 2015, 08:30:56 PM
Lol, you guys can just ask if you want ;)
Rough guesstimates, but altogether I have approx 20MM miles and have probably spent about 7MM lifetime.

Guys like Ben, Brian, and Daraius are much newer to the game and play it very differently than I do. And their blogs are far more mainstream and in the media.
Are you still MSing the way you were at your peak? And how many of those points are from signup bonuses, from MS, from airline promotions, and from milage runs, respectively? (You said we could ask, so I figured I'd push my luck. )
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Re: How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
« Reply #16 on: October 10, 2015, 08:41:56 PM »

Quote from: Dan on October 10, 2015, 08:40:49 PM
They don't churn/MS.
They just buy the miles.

Wouldn't it make more sense to just buy revenue tickets sometimes ?
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Re: How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
« Reply #17 on: October 10, 2015, 08:42:30 PM »
Quote from: 3yummyboys on October 10, 2015, 08:41:56 PM
Wouldn't it make more sense to just buy revenue tickets sometimes ?
For flying first?
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Re: How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
« Reply #18 on: October 10, 2015, 08:42:34 PM »
Quote from: ual902 on October 10, 2015, 08:38:53 PM
I've also noticed Daruis flies allot less then he used too, unless im not following his blog to much lately.
I don't read his blog, but already a couple years ago he wasn't writing most of the posts there.
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Re: How do bloggers fly on First Class almost every other week?
« Reply #19 on: October 10, 2015, 08:42:58 PM »
Quote from: 3yummyboys on October 10, 2015, 08:41:56 PM
Wouldn't it make more sense to just buy revenue tickets sometimes ?
For F?
Not even close. Buying AS and other stuff is way cheaper.
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