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by: the skeptical traveler

I am going to use ‘Rapid Travel Chai’ post that explains more about this contest (I think the readers already know what is all about).

However, I will just put here again ’How to enter’ with the required adjustments.

Reply with a comment on this post in answer to the below Question no later than 11:59:59 pm MT October 7, 2012. One entry per person. Per person. Not per email address/IP address/etc. Attempts at multiple entries will be disqualified. Comments that are obviously SPAM or do not answer the Question will be disqualified up to the sole discretion of Skeptical Traveler.

The finalist will be selected at random by Skeptical Traveler and the result posted on Skeptical Traveler as an update to this post on October 8, 2012.

You must leave your legal given name and first letter of your surname as your name in the comment*.

You must leave a valid email address. Your email address will not be used by Skeptical Traveler for any purpose other than to give the finalist’s email address to BoardingArea for final drawing.

*This might be the best detterent against multiple entries by the same person as the award will not be given to someone whose legal given name and first letter of the surname of the entry don’t match what it will be in the airline ticket (remember the airline ticket needs the real name :) ). Well done Rapid Travel Chai to have thought of this, simple and clever.

And if you are the Skeptical Traveler finalist but do not win the Star MegaDO 4 seat, I will give you 17 Air Canada eUpgrades or to a person of your choice (the Air Canada flight for which the eUpgrades could be used has to be before December 31, 2012).

Now the Question (very easy):

What blogs from BoardingArea do you read?

You could say ‘none’ – technically entering a comment to participate in this contest would not qualify as reading this blog or any other blog for that matter – but I don’t think Randy would like you to sit beside him (nothing in common to talk about :) ) so I will not consider this entry.

Also, ‘all of them’ or variations of this will not be a valid entry. I know it would be easier to just write ’all’ but come on, some effort :) , there are contests that offer less for more to be done (liking on Facebook, tweeting, writing stories, spamming your friends so they would vote on your story, photo, video, audio, etc.).

If you read all of the blogs or most of them just mention a few, for example the ones you’ve read recently.

The winner has been announced here.

156 Comments

  1. Mike Stuben said,

    I follow Boarding area on twitter and read all of the blogs whenever the subject matter seems interesting or useful to me.

  2. Jason K said,

    I read most but mainly Bens (one mile at a time) and Gary (gleff) (View from the Wing)

  3. Larry Kei Fai L said,

    One Mile at a Time is the blog I read the most often in BoardingArea. I think his reviews of hotel and airline experiences have been very useful for me to plan my travels. I also like his recent engagement with other bloggers on valuing different hotel points. That provides readers for more information to form their opinion.

  4. Ryan B said,

    View from the wing is the blog I read the most often

  5. colleen r said,

    I’ve read Gary’s VFTW for years. MommyPoints has good and thorough “how-to”s. There are a couple bloggers whose “blog mission” has never been apparent to me, and one or two who occasionally cross an ethical line I wouldn’t, but I read most all of them via the BoardingArea twitter links.

  6. Anthony G said,

    I currently follow Mommy Points and Deals We Like.

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  8. HR said,

    The Wandering Aramean
    One Mile At A Time
    View From The Wing
    Mommy Points
    GhettoIFE
    Live From the Lounge

    I do read other blogs as well depending on what catches my eye when I logon.

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  10. Hal W said,

    The Wandering Aramean is one i read each day.

  11. Thomas W said,

    View from the wing

  12. gpapadop said,

    Frequent Miles because one day he will show me how to become a blogger;-)

  13. Bruce said,

    Points Guy!!!!

  14. Barbara said,

    Delta Points

  15. Sandeep said,

    all 30 of them actually!

  16. Sarah said,

    Mommy Points

  17. sam said,

    View from the wing

  18. Dee J said,

    I ready Mommy Points every day, and then VFTW, New Girl, and a few others if I have time. I try to look at them all at least once a week because I don’t want to miss anything!

  19. Daniel L said,

    I read Delta Points, Mommy Points, The Wandering Aramean, and View From The Wing.

  20. Peter D. said,

    I read most of them, but ‘One Mile At A Time’ is my favorite!

  21. Patrick said,

    View From The Wing (religiously); Mommypoints frequently, and others when time allows.

  22. tiffany l said,

    view from the wing and one mile at a time are my standbys. i’ll browse through others at my leisure.

  23. Seth said,

    Primarily Ben’s, Gary’s and Seth’s.

  24. LindaRZ said,

    I read Mommypoints, View from the Wing and One Mile at a Time.

  25. David K said,

    Frequent Miler
    Rapid Travel Chai
    View from the wing
    One Mile at a Time
    Mommy Points

  26. Michael W said,

    I read many of the BA blogs. Do I have to mention all of the names? :)

  27. Susan said,

    Regulars:
    Deals We Like
    The Wandering Aramean
    One Mile At A Time
    View From The Wing
    Mommy Points
    Loyalty Traveler
    Points to Points
    Skeptical Traveler

    And any other one who happens to Tweet an interesting topic.

  28. Biggles209 said,

    I read RSS feeds from Deals We Like, Loyalty Traveler, One Mile at a Time, and The Wandering Aramean

  29. PlatinumTraveller said,

    I like Loyalty Traveler, View from the Wing and One Mile at a time – but randomly land on other blogs here through twitter

  30. Adam G said,

    Wondering Aramean because I need to be humbled to realizing I know 1/20th of what he knows in the points world. And Frequent Miler: because it’s a spectacle of pondering, dreaming and connecting normally unrelated things to make points pile up in droves.

  31. James D said,

    View from the wing. one mile at a time.

  32. Travis S (Extra Pack Of Peanuts) said,

    In order of the amount I read them:

    1. One Mile at a Time
    2. Hack My Trip
    3. Mommy Points
    4. Frequent Miler
    5. View from the Wing

    Other than that, I read some of the other ones here and there, but those are the 5 in my rss feed.

  33. Robin R said,

    Pretty much just The Wandering Aramean’s

  34. Mike L said,

    View from the wing

  35. Paolo S said,

    Mommy Points and the Skeptical Traveler, of course.

  36. Susan Lucas said,

    Million mile, mommy points, delta

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  38. Michael Hendrick said,

    I raed Mommy Points every day!

  39. Sanjiv Verma said,

    View From The Wing, Delta Points, Deals We Like, Flying With Fish, Loyalty Traveler, Frequently Flying, One Mile at a Time, Things in the Sky

  40. G_G said,

    Lufthansa Flyer
    The Wandering Aramean

  41. Andrew C said,

    always: View from the Wing, One Mile at a Time, Wandering Aramean

    occasionally: a zillion other ones

  42. Bas said,

    I follow the BoardingArea twitter feed and read whatever article catches my attention. :)

  43. Megan Z said,

    I read and am subscribed to the following:

    1) Mommy Points
    2) The Skeptical Traveler
    3) Points, Miles & Martinis
    4) New Girl in the Air

    and whatever other ones look interesting, when I have the time.

  44. pilot said,

    I am an x B727 pilot , and would love to fly the B787 and take a look at the cockpit to see how much things changed.

  45. Tim said,

    View From the Wing.

  46. Elizabeth W. said,

    The ones I read the most are View from the Wing, One Mile at a Time and Mommy Points.

  47. carwag25 - carol k. said,

    About 70% of them.

  48. Jeffrey B. (The Wanderer) said,

    VFtW, OMaaT, LT, MP, FM, HMT daily….a few others occasionally

  49. Daniel S. said,

    mommy points

  50. Daphne L said,

    so many blogs, so little time!

    1. One Mile at a Time
    2. Hack My Trip
    3. Mommy Points
    4. Frequent Miler
    5. View from the Wing

  51. Ari said,

    I know a blog I won’t be reading anymore, the “Cynical Traveler” :)

  52. Chris T said,

    Of course this blog as well as Mommy Points, Hack my Trip, but I’ll read anyone that peaks my interest.

  53. Bill said,

    view from the wing.
    I’m so boring I bet I can put Randy to sleep!

  54. Bill said,

    view from the wing.

  55. Joe N said,

    One Mile at a Time, View from the Wing and Skeptical Traveler are my usual suspects among the Boarding Area blogs.

  56. Greg said,

    view from the wing, one mile at a time, skeptical traveler.

  57. Nathaniel said,

    Up til today, just One Mile at a Time, but now I’ll be reading many more.

  58. zensync said,

    Million Mile Secrets and Mommy Points (which is actually funny because I am 54 years old with no kids).

  59. Rob said,

    Mommy points and Frequent Miler

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  61. Benjamin C. said,

    Deltapoints
    Mommypoints
    Points Miles and Martinis
    View from the Wing
    One Mile at a Time
    Loyalty Traveler

  62. Kristina K said,

    Honestly, too many to list! Definitely at least 75% of them. Google Reader is my savior.

  63. Ruy said,

    View from the wing!

  64. Amol K said,

    Pretty much all of them!

  65. dwh said,

    Which ones don’t I read? I pretty much read all of them.

  66. Aleks said,

    One Mile at a Time
    AAdvantage Geek
    Delta Points
    Frequent Miler
    Hack My Trip
    Loyalty Traveler
    MJ on Travel
    Mommy Points
    Points Miles & Martinis
    View from the Wing
    The Wandering Aramean

  67. Zach said,

    One Mile at a Time

  68. rani said,

    Deals We Like
    The Wandering Aramean
    One Mile At A Time
    View From The Wing
    Mommy Points
    Loyalty Traveler
    Points to Points
    Skeptical Traveler

    Plus I have liked boarding area on facebook so I’m always looking for interesting posts.

  69. Chris Reed said,

    Primarily Ben’s, Gary’s, Lufthansa traveler, Mommy Points

  70. meriaten long said,

    One Mile At A Time
    View From The Wing
    Mommy Points
    Skeptical Traveler

  71. Bri said,

    Mommy Points

  72. John M said,

    I started of with Frugal Travel Guy, now it’s mostly View From the Wing and One Mile at a Time with some Mommy Points thrown in. I also especially look forward to exploring the intrepid blog of The Skeptical Traveler!

  73. Nancy O said,

    Just found Boarding Area (yesterday, when searching for travel credit card info), initiated Google Reader, then RSS’ed Mommy Points, Marshall Jackson, Deals We LIke, One Mile at a Time, Road Warriorette, View from the Wing and Skeptical Traveler!

  74. Abhishek Duggal said,

    I start with the main dashboard and end up reading all posts from multiple blogs that I find interesting!

  75. Martin B said,

    In no particular order:
    Mommypoints
    View from the Wing
    AAdvantage Geek
    Deltapoints
    One Mile at a Time
    Frequent Miler
    The Wandering Aramean
    Hack My Trip
    Loyalty Traveler
    Skeptical Traveler

    Others I read, but less often

  76. Joe said,

    AAdvantage Geek
    Frequent Miler
    One Mile At A Time
    Hack My Trip
    Rapid Travel Chai
    Skeptical Traveler
    Wandering Aramean
    View From The Wing

  77. Bill N said,

    Frequent Miler
    View from the wing
    One mile at a time
    Mommy points
    Delta poits

  78. Tim J said,

    One mile at a time
    Mommy Points
    Frequent Miler

  79. John F said,

    I read several, adding new ones to my favorites bar as I have time. My first was One Mile At a Time; I’ve tried some of Frequent Miler’s tricks (fun!); I am excited Lucky of One Mile at a Time is moving to my neck of the woods; View from the Wing never disappoints. MommyPoints has great info but I can’t use a lot of it because I’m not a parent.

  80. Spencer said,

    This one and View from the Wing.

  81. Eoin K said,

    One Mile at a Time, View from the Wing

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  83. omar g said,

    One Mile at a time
    Mommy Points
    View from the wing

  84. Deanna J said,

    I read whichever blog posts interest me when I go to the boarding area landing page. However I tend to read a lot of posts from one mile at a time, view from the wing, and mommy points.

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  86. Ping H. said,

    View from a Wing and Frequent Miler are mainstays.

  87. Xavier said,

    One Mile at a Time
    TM TRAVEL WORLD

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  91. RonR said,

    One Mile
    View from the Wing
    Loyalty Traveler

  92. Junyang said,

    Every single one actually ;) I usually read from the main highlights on the main http://www.boardingarea.com site.

  93. MrAOK said,

    I read View from the Wing, but also go to the main boarding ares web site to see what’s new and then jump to other sites. I also follow several others on Twitter and go to them when I see something intereting.

    Ira T.

  94. Michael V said,

    Wandering Aramean, Mommy Points, and View from the Wing

  95. Joe Nevin said,

    Wandering Aramean
    View From The Wing
    One Mile At A Time
    Frequently Flying
    Mommy Points
    and
    the Skeptical Traveler

  96. jovan M said,

    Most of them sometimes, but mainly [Seth] Wandering Aramean and [Matthew] View From The Wing.

  97. Y. Jiang said,

    Mostly View from the Wing, Mommy points, Deals we like and FrequentMiler

  98. Nguyen said,

    I read the following:
    1 Mile at a time
    Mommy Points
    Deals We Like
    View from the Wing.

    Thanks.
    Nghiep N.

  99. JamesP said,

    There aren’t any that I don’t read! I’ve subscribed to as many as I can find RSS links for.
    Thanks for the contest.

  100. boxo said,

    The Wandering Aramean
    One Mile At A Time
    View From The Wing
    … because I’m FB friends with them.

    And Loyalty Traveler because he focuses on hotels, plus we share the same little home airport.

  101. Jimgotkp said,

    I read whatever is listed on the BoardingArea’s main page. If I have time, I go through One Mile at a Time’s website.

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  103. Timothy said,

    One mile at a time
    Mommy Points
    Frequent Miler

  104. Crash said,

    View from the wing and Loyalty Traveler

  105. gleasonja said,

    Deals We Like
    One Mile At A Time
    View From The Wing
    Mommy Points
    Loyalty Traveler

  106. Nancy H said,

    Mommy Points, Delta Points and View from the Wing

  107. Chris said,

    Why all of them, of course.

  108. Yigal said,

    view of wing

  109. John said,

    View from the Wing, Very Good Points and YOU…

  110. Suzanne said,

    read – One Mile at A Time, MommyPoints, Gary Leff, Wandering Aramean, PointsGuy and follow them on Twitter

  111. Moshe P said,

    The Skeptical Traveler, One Mile at a Time, Wandering Aramean, Mommy Points, and View From The Wing. I love Boarding Area, and get their Facebook feed.

  112. Vince S said,

    One Mile At A Time
    View From The Wing
    Mommy Points

  113. Hoa N said,

    Frequent Miler went to the top of my list recently
    View From The Wing
    Mommy Points
    Deals We Like
    One Mile at a Time

  114. Mark S. said,

    View from the Wing, One Mile at a Time, and Delta Points.

  115. eitan said,

    One Mile at a Time
    View from The Wing

  116. Karlyn said,

    All of them! (Though I have to be truthful & tell you this is the 1st time I’ve visited yours) :-)

    Carolyn S.

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  118. barelyelite said,

    With regularity,

    View from the Wing
    One Mile at a Time
    Frequent Miler

  119. Yana K said,

    Mommy Points, Flying with Fish, Loyalty Traveler, Wandering Aramean, View from the Wing and who ever else comments attract my attention

  120. the fifth amendment said,

    view from the wing, milepoint, the points guy, million mile secrets, daily cranky

  121. mtlfire said,

    This one, Gary at view from a wing, lucky over at one mile at a time, miles from blighty, mommy points and loyalty traveler. And I have to admit to finding a few I didn’t know existed from seeing who was participating.

  122. Henry C said,

    yours, Lucky’s, Frequent Miler and View from the wing

  123. Jrey said,

    I shared tips on spending miles with a stranger last flight last week. We have become friends and found out that we have something in common in term of research/work!

  124. Ben said,

    One Mile at a Time, View From The Wing

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  126. Paul A said,

    Well im now a reader of sceptical traveler. I read One mile at a time, Hack My Trip and Rapid Travel Chai

  127. Greg said,

    I will try to win this although the chance is slim.

  128. Lori B said,

    The Skeptical Traveler
    One Mile at a time
    Milepoint
    Frequent Miler
    The Points Guy

  129. David said,

    One Mile at a Time, View From The Wing, Loyalty Traveler.

  130. Abrar K said,

    Frequent Miler
    View from the wing
    One Mile at a Time

  131. Natalie M said,

    1. One Mile at a Time
    2. Hack My Trip
    3. Mommy Points
    4. Frequent Miler
    5. View from the Wing

    I like Hack My Trip a lot because he is very analytically minded.

  132. James M said,

    One Mile at a Time, Hack My Trip, Mommy Points, Frequent Miler, View from the Wing just to name a few. Lucky has been to some incredible places!

  133. Erik E said,

    I read them ALL! I follow a lot or most of the posts I can – lots of good advice

  134. Thang N said,

    One mile at a time, View from the wing, Mommy points, your blog(the Skeptical traveler) and many others.

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  136. Jeff said,

    All of them!

  137. Jessica H said,

    I have Mommy Points and One Mile At A Time in my google reader and then I often go to the Boarding Area front page and read any others that look interesting.

  138. Adam P said,

    One Mile At A Time
    Hack My Trip
    Wandering Aramean
    View From The Wing

  139. Dennis said,

    View From The wing

  140. Shannon M. said,

    Boarding Area blogs I read:

    Delta Points
    One Mile at a Time
    View from the Wing
    Points, Miles and Martinis
    Loyalty Traveler

    A few others on occasion, but those are my top five

  141. Jordan said,

    Deals We Like, One Mile at a Time, View from the Wing, Mommy Points, New Girl, Rapid Travel Chai

  142. Amy C. said,

    This is such a tough question because I follow so many. However, I have to say Skeptical Traveler, Million Mile Millionaire, Boarding Area, Mommy Points, Deals We Like, View from the Wing, One Mile at a Time, Road, Warriorette.

  143. John B said,

    View from the Wing
    Mommy Points
    Hack My Trip
    Wandering Aramean
    then go to Blogging Area Page

  144. Gee K. said,

    One Mile at a Time, View from the Wing, Loyalty Traveler, Hack My Trip

  145. Tina said,

    ALmost all blogs that are interesting.

  146. Eric said,

    One Mile at a Time

  147. Doreen d said,

    All of them

  148. Larry L (In NYC) said,

    I read View From The Wing, One Mile At A Time, Mommy Points, Wandering Aramean, and Rapid Travel Chai on a regular basis. Other blogs I come to once every week or two.

  149. TrunkSpace said,

    I have all of them in google reader – love how they all talk about each other as well :)

  150. aptraveler said,

    These are the ones that I read almost daily: View From The Wing, Hack My Trip, Wandering Aramean,The Points Guy,
    Rapid Travel Chai, Mommy Points and definitely Frequent Miler. We can’t leave him behind!

    Sorry not this one yet!!!

  151. Flamingo said,

    All blogs in Boardingarea

  152. Eric W said,

    My favorite is the skeptical traveler!

  153. Steven W said,

    I usually read VFTW and Mommy Points.
    Steven W

  154. Jeanne M said,

    I really do read virtually all the daily posted blogs. I particularly enjoy Mommy Points, One Mile at a Time, Wandering Armenean, View from the Wing, Deals we Like andl Loyalty Traveler.

  155. deanna c said,

    deltapoints
    view from the wing
    frequent miler

  156. KOMAL said,

    I have recently started reading all of them actually,but i never miss LIVE FROM A LOUNGE,MOMMY POINTS,SKEPTICAL TRAVELER AND VIEW FROM THE WING..

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