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[yelped]

Didn’t go through the whole thing but what I did notice is that you were using Boston. I’m sure you had a reason but wouldn’t most of your readers benefit from an article about NYC more?

+1. Were you avoiding giving something away? Also, did you also notice BA messing with the taxes every other day on the NYC-LHR route? I've had it vary from $285 in total to $634.

[Dan]

Problem is that on mobile you'll have to horizontally scroll to do that.
EG: https://www.dansdeals.com/blank/236890/

[YitzyS]

Problem is that on mobile you'll have to horizontally scroll to do that.
EG: https://www.dansdeals.com/blank/236890/

Since when is DD sensitive to mobile users?! Ever try DDF on a phone?

[Dan]

Didn’t go through the whole thing but what I did notice is that you were using Boston. I’m sure you had a reason but wouldn’t most of your readers benefit from an article about NYC more?

I was having problems getting AA JFK-LHR flights to show up on BA.com.
Anyone have luck?

[Dan]

Since when is DD sensitive to mobile users?! Ever try DDF on a phone?

Exactly, DD is, DDF isn't.
Paging @Suave

[Mikes@Micro]

Didn’t go through the whole thing but what I did notice is that you were using Boston. I’m sure you had a reason but wouldn’t most of your readers benefit from an article about NYC more?

I would have guessed that is to spark the readers imagination, conditioning him to try different cities. Boston on British is more clearly an example vs NYC would be copy paste itinerary.

[Yo ssi]

Ever try DDF on a phone?

Always hence this

[Dan]

Reworking the post, thanks as always for your feedback

[mmgfarb]

Reworking the post, thanks as always for your feedback

Didn't have time to go through the post before, if you post the update here tomorrow I can proofread if you want. Just one thing in general, I don't think you should worry too much about trying to make a post like that 100% reader friendly. You should make sure it's not needlessly confusing but a lot of people are going to be over their heads anyway. I think every once in a while it's fine to make an advanced post that only some readers will be able to fully grasp on the first time around, keeps things interesting for those of us who can sometimes find the dumbing down to be extraneous. At least you haven't resorted to arrows and circles yet so I'll give you that

[Dan]

OK, round 2

https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/milespoints/deep-dive-best-way-use-miles-fly-american-british-airways-us-london-2/

[Dan]

Lol, guess I scared everyone off.

Lol, bump

[Joeymc]

Looks amazing. The updated charts are much better and really appreciated.

Didn't go through it thoroughly but didn't notice any glaring mistakes. Great job!

Thanks @Dan

[yungermanchik]

OK, round 2

https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/milespoints/deep-dive-best-way-use-miles-fly-american-british-airways-us-london-2/

IMHO the charts are MUCH easier to read! Thank you so much!

[yeshivabucher]

iMHO I don't see why chase points are separate row should be combined in cash price

[Yo ssi]

OK, round 2

https://www.dansdeals.com/points-travel/milespoints/deep-dive-best-way-use-miles-fly-american-british-airways-us-london-2/

I like the feedback suggestion

[biobook]

I'm not in the miles parsha, so I'm over my head, to use mmgfarb's whimsical image.  So not commenting on the specifics, but rather on the general essay: 

It seems to be author-centered - I analyzed this, I tabulated that, etc, rather than reader-centered - Here's why you, the reader, should be interested in this.  As it is now, it seems to me that it would be of interest only to someone who wants to travel from Boston to London on the dates given, which is probably a small number of your readers. 

I assume that after doing all this research, you can draw some general conclusions, and those conclusions are what I would expect to see in the introduction, to convince the reader why it's worth reading further.  I'm not sure what those conclusions would be, but perhaps one of these would at least give you an idea:

a. I discovered that there are huge, unpredictable differences when using different miles cards, so expect to spend ___ hours to calculate what will work best for your particular trip.

b. There are relatively trivial differences in using miles for economy fares, so you maybe you should just pay the fare and save the miles for when you want to splurge on Business class.

c. Buying one way tickets often saves you money, but only if you're flying business class.

I don't know if any of these makes sense, but I feel like some generalization like this is needed to make it clear why this should be interesting to anyone who is not flying that particular route on that particular day. 

[YitzyS]

It seems to be author-centered - I analyzed this, I tabulated that, etc, rather than reader-centered - Here's why you, the reader, should be interested in this.

-1. Dan is a celebrity. We all sit, star struck, whenever he opens his mouth. Us simple folk would much rather Dan talk in first person than to make it about us.

[YitzyS]

I assume that after doing all this research, you can draw some general conclusions, and those conclusions are what I would expect to see in the introduction, to convince the reader why it's worth reading further.  I'm not sure what those conclusions would be, but perhaps one of these would at least give you an idea:

a. I discovered that there are huge, unpredictable differences when using different miles cards, so expect to spend ___ hours to calculate what will work best for your particular trip.

b. There are relatively trivial differences in using miles for economy fares, so you maybe you should just pay the fare and save the miles for when you want to splurge on Business class.

c. Buying one way tickets often saves you money, but only if you're flying business class.

I don't know if any of these makes sense, but I feel like some generalization like this is needed to make it clear why this should be interesting to anyone who is not flying that particular route on that particular day.

On a serious note, +1. I do think that a conclusive recommendation could add a lot to the essay/article/post.

[Dan]

I'm not in the miles parsha, so I'm over my head, to use mmgfarb's whimsical image.  So not commenting on the specifics, but rather on the general essay: 

It seems to be author-centered - I analyzed this, I tabulated that, etc, rather than reader-centered - Here's why you, the reader, should be interested in this.  As it is now, it seems to me that it would be of interest only to someone who wants to travel from Boston to London on the dates given, which is probably a small number of your readers. 

I assume that after doing all this research, you can draw some general conclusions, and those conclusions are what I would expect to see in the introduction, to convince the reader why it's worth reading further.  I'm not sure what those conclusions would be, but perhaps one of these would at least give you an idea:

a. I discovered that there are huge, unpredictable differences when using different miles cards, so expect to spend ___ hours to calculate what will work best for your particular trip.

b. There are relatively trivial differences in using miles for economy fares, so you maybe you should just pay the fare and save the miles for when you want to splurge on Business class.

c. Buying one way tickets often saves you money, but only if you're flying business class.

I don't know if any of these makes sense, but I feel like some generalization like this is needed to make it clear why this should be interesting to anyone who is not flying that particular route on that particular day. 

Thanks, incorporated some of this, but no patience for a 3rd rewrite on a post that's going to be out in the weeds anyway

[lcm]

On a serious note, +1. I do think that a conclusive recommendation could add a lot to the essay/article/post.

The recommendation is broken down into the prefaces before each chart.