The Points GuyReviews of thepointsguy.com

It is normally a good site but it looks like it was sold to chase or something, all i get is emails about getting the chase saphire

The concept is a good one and it does highlight ways to receive points from credit card companies. My issue, however, is that, whilst it is worldwide, it focusses 99% on the US and totally ignores the UK market. Even more irritating, I have written to them multiple times via their feedback forum and not once have they replied or even acknowledged my comments. I fear that they are simply there to steer people towards the companies who pay them commission to recommend and endorse, and they have little interest in actually helping travellers

There can be sosme good information on the site however it is clearly driven by the remuneration or commission that they received. I have contacted them multiple times to ask about what is happening for UK customers with IHG regarding cards and points. They haven't replied once (I accept they can't write to everyone) but they have recently posted an article about the IHG card linked to Chase. BUT THIS IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO US CUSTOMERS. They don't seem to have any interest in the UK market and simply don't recognise that we spend a lot of money. I find the Points Guy site very poor for UK based travellers

TPG reports more positively about airlines having a loyalty program and more negatively about airlines who don't. For example the article about not wanting to fly one-stop from London to the UAE again with Wizz Air. It's an ULCC and the blogger complaints about not having WiFi or power sockets. And somehow the blogger seems to know that nobody in a plane with 239 seats enjoyed their hot meal. Or the all-you-can-fly article about Wizz Air. TPG states that you need to fly at least 60 times in order to be worth it. That means that the average Wizz Air fare is 18€. But it's not. It's about 40€. TPG did not explain how they calculated the 60 times. Additionally all these websites about miles and points don't say that you need to spend a lot of money in order to get points. So using a loyalty program may make you to buy more stupid things in order to get points. On Wikipedia there is consensus, that TPG is not a reliable source of information.

A lot of good information but unfortunately I believe they pay bloggers to just write about the card that's paying the most at the time. Doesn't feel genuine but use the site for what it is.