The Points Guy (sponsored content)

The Points Guy
Typewebsite
StatusGenerally unreliable Generally unreliable
Deprecatedno
Blacklistedno
Recency2026
Domain thepointsguy.com
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Date2019


Summary

There is consensus that sponsored content on The Points Guy, including content involving credit cards, should not be used as sources. The Points Guy has advertising relationships with credit card and travel companies, receiving compensation from readers signing up for credit cards via the website's links. See also: The Points Guy (news and reviews).
Note: The Points Guy has been acquired by Red Ventures, a publisher of LLM-generated content which is itself rated generally unreliable.

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The Points Guy (TPG) is an American travel website and blog that produces sponsored news and stories on travel, means of accumulating and using airline points and miles, and credit cards (in particular, credit card reviews). The site was founded in 2010 and was initially a blog written by founder Brian Kelly. By 2017, the site employed 20 full-time staff in addition to 50 freelance contributors.

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2026

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    Source Status
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    The Points Guy (sponsored content) (TPG) Generally unreliable Spam blacklist request 2018 Request for comment 2019 Spam blacklist request 2026 Request for comment 2026 Discussion in progress

    2026

    		 There is consensus that sponsored content on The Points Guy, including content involving credit cards, should not be used as sources. The Points Guy has advertising relationships with credit card and travel companies, receiving compensation from readers signing up for credit cards via the website's links. See also: The Points Guy (news and reviews).
    Note: The Points Guy has been acquired by Red Ventures, a publisher of LLM-generated content which is itself rated generally unreliable.    		 1 Links Spamcheck