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#35
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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...kE&output=html
I have corrected one transposition error and added creation dates for the new forums. However one cannot run statistics on a new forum because a large number of threads were moved there on Day 1 from other forums. The current counts therefore span several years.
Last edited by nsx; Nov 1, 2012 at 11:40 am Reason: fixed link
#36
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Thanks. Please check that it is now public. The new link is
https://docs.google.com/a/mail.flyer...XlXaU1QTlVfRFU
I have corrected one transposition error and added creation dates for the new forums. However one cannot run statistics on a new forum because a large number of threads were moved there on Day 1 from other forums. The current counts therefore span several years.
https://docs.google.com/a/mail.flyer...XlXaU1QTlVfRFU
I have corrected one transposition error and added creation dates for the new forums. However one cannot run statistics on a new forum because a large number of threads were moved there on Day 1 from other forums. The current counts therefore span several years.
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#37
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Thanks for your patience, kipper. It seems that my flyertalk email address is incompatible with publishing a Google doc to the web. So I did an end run. Try this link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...kE&output=html
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...kE&output=html
#38
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Thanks for your patience, kipper. It seems that my flyertalk email address is incompatible with publishing a Google doc to the web. So I did an end run. Try this link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...kE&output=html
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...kE&output=html
#39
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Your impression is correct, and the steadily diminishing activity as delineated in nsx' most helpful statistics show. iDine, now actually a specific discount programme of Rewards Network as well as its miles programmes is becoming significantly less attractive for members:
As there are numbers of other dining schemes, TalkBoard may want to look at renaming the Forum and broadening its scope, e.g. "Dining programs earning points and miles" (including OpenTable, which offers its own booking incentives as point redeemable for money in North America including US, Canada, Mexico, as well as the UK, and could enlarge scope to include frequent diner schemes such as McCormick & Schmicks, etc.)
That's my opinion as that Forum's moderator since the old, active days, and is merely expressed as fodder for TalkBoard's considerations of this discussion.
- RN has left Canada entirely;
- Several US airlines have left RN;
- In some areas RN is a wasteland with few, if any, properties offering miles;
- Miles earned dropped from 10 per dollar spent and bonuses to 5 miles per dollar spent, and very rare bonuses;
- RN lurker occasionally dropped by - does not anymore;
That's my opinion as that Forum's moderator since the old, active days, and is merely expressed as fodder for TalkBoard's considerations of this discussion.
#40
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IIRC The Palm has a frequent diner program too, in addition to M&S (which IMO isn't very attractive as a program since it takes a lot of eating there to get more than a free dessert). I suspect that there must be programs for some of the other upscale chains such as RuthChris, Oceanaire, etc. although M&S seems to prominently display the brochures for their program in restaurants.
I'm not sure how much there is to discuss about the M&S program as it seems pretty straightforward with AFAIK no promos other than for birthdays. iDine could easily still overwhelm a more general forum.
Even with the current iDine forum being expanded in scope, IMO discussion of the eating programs associated with hotel chains (such as SPG), should stay in the respective hotel fora.
I'm not sure how much there is to discuss about the M&S program as it seems pretty straightforward with AFAIK no promos other than for birthdays. iDine could easily still overwhelm a more general forum.
Even with the current iDine forum being expanded in scope, IMO discussion of the eating programs associated with hotel chains (such as SPG), should stay in the respective hotel fora.
Last edited by MSPeconomist; Nov 5, 2012 at 4:36 am
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2013 numbers
The 2013 forum activity statistics can be found in a Google docs spreadsheet at
https://drive.google.com/a/mail.flye...it?usp=sharing
Please let me know if this link works or not. If it doesn't work I won't be able to fix it until tonight.
https://drive.google.com/a/mail.flye...it?usp=sharing
Please let me know if this link works or not. If it doesn't work I won't be able to fix it until tonight.
Last edited by oliver2002; Dec 20, 2013 at 1:04 am Reason: added attachment
#42
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Im prompted to log in with my [email protected] and my pw but when I login in, I'm presented with the following:
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#43
Moderator: Southwest Airlines, Capital One
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Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: California
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Posts: 21,589
Apparently google docs is restricting access to people who have a mail.flyertalk.com email address. If true, that's lame. Email me and I will email you the spreadsheet. I'll email it to Sharon now.
#44
Moderator: Southwest Airlines, Capital One
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Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: California
Programs: WN Companion Pass, A-list preferred, Hyatt Globalist; United Club Lietime (sic) Member
Posts: 21,589
Here's the best I can do pasting the Excel file as ASCII. You'll have to imagine the column lining up correctly!
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FT Activity Summary 413 <-days 12/18/2013 new forum 10/31/2012 new forum 10/4/2011 posts/day thrds/day threads posts creation threads posts creation threads posts date date Information Desk new 199 3764 11/11/2013 Miles and Points Miles Buzz -82.6 1.67 17633 298889 16945 333011 15887 282504 Hotel Deals 19.3 0.94 1965 62626 1576 54662 1378 48120 Mileage Run Deals 156.9 8.45 32989 478195 29501 413397 26901 350424 SPAM 18.5 0.48 8371 121855 8173 114196 7953 106389 Airline Programs Aegean Airlines | Miles&Bonus 10.3 0.63 520 9056 258 4801 Aer Lingus | Gold Circle Club 17.4 2.04 844 7198 1/23/2013 airberlin | topbonus 7.8 0.45 387 3393 200 155 1/19/2012 Air Canada | Aeroplan 206.4 10.15 52487 801392 48294 716167 43961 632193 Air New Zealand | Air Points 22.2 1.69 6001 75585 5303 66432 4641 56657 AirTran Airways | A+ Rewards 3.8 0.46 2230 17676 2038 16107 1791 13496 Alaska Airlines | Mileage Plan 53.7 2.52 12121 171574 11082 149384 9992 129727 Alitalia | MilleMiglia 4.3 0.52 1645 15297 1429 13502 895 9103 All Nippon Airways Mileage Club 8.9 0.83 3066 23721 2723 20029 2402 17174 American AAdvantage (consolidated) 401.2 14.85 96897 1654467 66143 1047549 American AAdvantage (pre-Merger) 329.7 10.51 75039 1331206 70699 1195058 US Airways Dividend Miles (Pre-Merger) 67.5 4.25 21817 321592 20063 293702 17918 248145 Asiana Club 17.5 0.73 1923 22373 1621 15150 1325 12292 Avianca/Taca LifeMiles 12.5 0.51 388 7677 178 2522 bmi diamond club 7.8 0.36 12495 188297 12347 185070 11229 158025 British Airways Executive Club 565.7 24.08 73544 1370746 63600 1137111 53458 900132 Cathay Pacific Asia 64.3 3.85 13442 160144 11852 133584 10174 106810 Delta Sky Miles 436.1 19.30 105244 1699954 97272 1519846 90085 1332033 Delta Sky Miles (Pre-WorldPerks Merger) 38815 508495 39030 511163 Northwest WorldPerks (Discontinued Program) 29027 346060 29029 346058 El Al Matmid 11.7 0.78 2108 25363 1786 20542 1540 17516 Emirates Airlines Skywards 48.5 3.27 7499 81104 6150 61092 4952 44754 Etihad Airways Etihad Guest 7.3 1.05 1179 7688 746 4677 Finnair Plus 10.5 0.70 1570 18523 1281 14185 840 9364 Flying Blue (Air France, KLM, and Other Partners) 51.6 3.41 20066 207998 18658 186676 16883 162424 Air France Frequence Plus 17.0 1.13 6647 67990 6179 60987 KLM Flying Dutchman 15.1 1.04 7655 73996 7227 67775 Frontier Airlines EarlyReturns 3.2 0.39 973 10345 813 9030 543 5708 Hawaii-based Airlines 6.9 0.46 2117 19551 1926 16709 1758 14628 Iberia Airlines Iberia Plus 4.2 0.58 1019 7190 781 5474 453 3167 India-bases Airlines 21.0 0.83 2543 42539 2202 33846 1687 20624 JAL Mileage Bank 7.3 0.71 2720 23792 2426 20789 2026 18291 JetBlue TrueBlue 5.8 0.74 3685 38164 3381 35753 3073 32806 Korean Air Skypass 2.8 0.46 1203 8302 1014 7127 792 5410 LAN LANPASS 6.5 0.79 1403 11681 1078 8992 635 4856 Miles & More (Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss, and other partners) 94.4 4.08 25539 375803 23854 336812 21564 294475 Swiss International 10.4 0.60 4147 46813 3901 42498 Qantas Frequent Flyer 30.8 2.23 14066 185448 13144 172742 12255 159289 Qatar Airways Privilege Club 13.7 1.31 1966 15766 1425 10093 968 6219 Russia/CIS-based Airlines 1.4 0.21 364 2868 278 2277 SAS EuroBonus 12.1 0.87 7585 81219 7225 76224 6797 71092 Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer 22.9 1.92 10435 121541 9643 112080 8858 103637 Southwest Rapid Rewards 54.5 3.17 12015 168251 10704 145746 9443 126859 Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus 23.7 1.35 6828 73801 6269 64001 5609 53749 Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles 16.4 1.15 1817 18514 1342 11735 888 7396 United Mileage Plus (Consolidated) 568.0 15.18 159840 2968749 153572 2734151 141768 2456356 Continental OnePass (Pre-Merger) 45085 895932 45099 896941 United Mileage Plus (Pre-Merger) 97454 1518637 97523 1530581 Virgin America Elevate -15.8 0.53 1376 14927 1159 21472 985 10662 Virgin Atlantic Flying Club 10.0 1.11 5236 33069 4779 28921 4314 24869 Virgin Australia Velocity 4.0 0.42 612 5222 440 3553 154 1180 WestJet Rewards 3.0 0.25 1075 11838 971 10603 848 9215 Other Asian, Australian, and South Pacific Airlines 17.1 1.70 5932 45724 5228 38658 4660 32735 Other European Airlines -12.0 -1.51 1934 10784 2557 15728 3276 20778 Other Middle East and Africa Airlines 4.2 0.60 2703 16976 2454 15223 2587 15572 Other North and South America Airlines -2.4 -0.29 2649 16362 2769 17357 2589 15887 Budget Asian, Australian, and South Pacific Airlines new 49 384 10/15/2013 Budget European Airlines new 795 9297 10/15/2013 Budget Middle East and Africa Airlines new 3 13 10/15/2013 Budget North and South America Airlines new 658 4614 10/15/2013 Global Airline Alliances oneworld 12.8 0.78 7843 79417 7519 74130 7176 68826 SkyTeam 3.3 0.38 2280 18542 2122 17184 1896 14933 Star Alliance 19.8 2.16 10822 93158 9931 84998 8993 76871 Hotel Programs Best Western Rewards 1.5 0.19 674 4118 596 3514 505 2807 Choice Privileges 3.2 0.27 865 7985 752 6682 610 5066 Club Carlson 12.5 0.87 1656 17618 1295 12444 848 5312 Fairmont President's Club 6.0 0.30 905 15017 780 12551 650 9711 Hilton Hhonors 105.9 4.22 18078 381849 16337 338097 14755 298170 Hyatt Gold Passport 60.7 1.59 8523 163496 7866 138437 7141 117368 InterContinental Hotels: IHG Rewards Club & Inter-Continental Ambassador 59.6 2.30 12461 215137 11513 190538 10294 161674 InterContinental Hotels Group Stay Forum 0.2 0.04 283 1571 265 1482 Le Club Accorhotels 8.5 0.52 1079 11943 865 8415 643 5553 Marriott Rewards 87.1 -2.13 16744 253384 17622 217393 16022 182769 Starwood Preferred Guest 119.0 3.50 27013 503421 25568 454262 23747 402589 Wyndham Rewards 1.9 0.22 634 5785 544 5014 453 3312 Other Hotel Programs 2.8 0.32 1259 6428 1127 5291 1033 4734 Credit Card Programs/Partners Credit Card Programs 114.6 1.09 6736 139576 6284 92239 4469 61847 American Express Membership Rewards 60.1 2.16 11377 151508 10485 126673 9374 105609 Chase Ultimate Rewards new 1166 32522 3/21/2013 Diners Club Club Rewards 0.9 0.08 1491 12622 1456 12260 1402 11563 Manufactured Spending new 551 86121 2/1/2013 Car Rental Programs/Partners Avis 10.0 0.77 3566 31003 3247 26870 2898 23394 Budget 1.1 0.21 864 4215 776 3763 694 3338 Dollar 0.6 0.09 454 2396 417 2159 375 1881 Hertz 27.8 2.30 7297 68056 6348 56562 5532 47133 National 19.8 1.24 3252 37460 2738 29276 2303 22278 Sixt 3.3 0.21 336 4476 250 3107 Thrifty 0.5 0.08 459 2574 424 2370 384 2132 Other Car Rental Programs 2.8 0.55 1723 8602 1495 7456 1446 8241 Other Loyalty Programs/Partners Amtrak Guest Rewards 9.5 0.79 3447 35783 3122 31872 2786 27211 iDine/Rewards Network 0.7 0.05 759 9115 740 8840 703 8321 Gaming Loyalty Programs 1.1 0.08 252 2429 218 1955 169 1434 Discontinued Programs/Partners entire section not applicable Travel & Dining TravelBuzz! 129.5 5.46 41191 579936 38936 526455 36512 478680 DiningBuzz! 21.5 0.29 2531 83616 2410 74755 2195 63789 Travel Technology 44.2 2.43 14205 188203 13203 169941 12136 152596 Travel Photography 7.3 0.36 1295 23172 1148 20137 962 16426 Travel Products 20.4 1.69 3351 39911 2652 31499 1986 23275 Travel Tools 9.2 0.70 645 16724 354 12907 3/12/2012 Travel News 1.6 0.07 22308 131219 22278 130567 21957 127372 External Miles and Points Resources new 106 6131 4/11/2013 Free Travel Contests and Sweepstakes 5.1 3.57 16897 27022 15422 24911 14490 23184 Travel Safety/Security 102.1 3.52 20107 519980 18652 477819 16692 434010 Online Travel Booking and Bidding Agencies 5.2 0.75 3140 29864 2829 27706 2433 24486 Luxury Hotels 32.2 1.18 6368 100809 5881 87497 5323 74688 Cruises -76.3 0.38 1457 15171 1300 46672 1144 11331 Budget Travel -3.7 -0.30 2756 23562 2879 25093 2547 22374 Special Interest Travel Disability Travel 1.4 0.13 655 5878 603 5299 528 4572 GLBT Travelers 5.5 0.38 3651 60153 3493 57892 3334 55183 Group&Event Travel Planning 0.0 0.01 26 497 22 482 2/11/2012 Religious Travelers 1.2 0.10 435 5574 393 5074 337 4392 Travel Health and Fitness 3.3 0.11 220 10150 176 8787 114 7081 Travel with Children 6.1 0.41 1821 23944 1650 21407 1453 18373 Travel with Pets 1.2 0.17 484 3904 412 3421 342 2937 Women Travelers 2.1 0.11 1484 29631 1438 28781 1381 27575 Travel&Dining: Destination >> Africa Africa 4.7 0.49 1446 11251 1243 9319 1103 7710 Travel&Dining: Destination >> Americas Canada 7.5 0.71 2571 25291 2276 22201 1961 18922 Caribbean 2.0 0.28 1122 6623 1007 5783 868 4891 Central America 1.1 0.16 526 3141 461 2700 381 2151 Cuba 0.7 0.07 105 943 78 649 66 541 Mexico 1.6 0.15 734 4961 670 4297 585 3778 South America 14.3 1.08 3300 41738 2853 35816 1058 7485 Argentina 6.5 0.33 1075 22914 937 20237 797 17355 Brazil 4.1 0.31 748 7711 621 6029 496 4655 Peru 280 2217 212 1674 4/17/2012 Travel&Dining: Destination >> America - USA New England 2.6 0.25 1030 9075 927 8004 813 6705 Mid-Atlantic 17.8 1.32 6063 68730 5519 61389 4968 53016 New York City 13.3 0.89 3880 48775 3512 43279 3145 37012 Washington D.C. (including Baltimore) 3.2 0.27 1164 13182 1053 11840 939 10384 South 2.1 0.22 878 5104 789 4251 1102 7108 Florida 3.9 0.44 1549 11870 1367 10262 1184 8866 Orlando 1.6 0.11 496 5354 450 4690 383 3941 Midwest 6.7 0.46 2870 23858 2682 21087 2487 19214 Chicago 4.1 0.30 1965 18101 1840 16396 1708 14970 Texas 2.3 0.22 560 4902 470 3959 12/26/2011 West 8.6 0.50 4230 51300 4025 47731 3737 44162 Las Vegas 4.3 0.16 2353 36295 2286 34511 2141 32438 California 12.3 0.79 4441 45585 4113 40519 3781 35403 Los Angeles 4.4 0.23 1218 16845 1121 15043 1016 12681 San Francisco 5.2 0.38 1863 18687 1705 16533 1570 14711 Hawaii 5.6 0.07 2506 34580 2476 32270 2335 29665 Alaska 1.1 0.15 510 4132 448 3693 403 3292 Travel&Dining: Destination >> Antarctica Antarctica 0.0 0.01 57 620 54 604 51 580 Travel&Dining: Destination >> Asia Asia 11.4 0.93 3418 31017 3034 26311 2985 24537 China 19.6 0.92 2509 42224 2129 34139 1776 25903 Hong Kong and Macau 7.6 0.50 1927 22940 1719 19802 1480 16530 India 5.6 0.50 1449 14945 1243 12643 1060 10354 Japan 24.0 1.23 3602 57851 3092 47919 2739 41699 Korea 2.3 0.20 422 3790 340 2860 8/9/2012 Singapore 4.7 0.37 1128 11472 977 9529 854 7979 Thailand 9.7 0.62 1863 28314 1606 24317 1291 19178 Travel&Dining: Destination >> Europe including Turkey Europe 12.6 1.21 5543 43897 5043 38678 5096 37827 European Rail Travel 4.1 0.36 1016 10360 866 8655 696 6893 France 6.9 0.57 2327 23984 2091 21117 1840 18625 Germany 5.7 0.44 1439 17201 1258 14862 1064 12726 Italy 5.5 0.59 1548 14122 1304 11837 1072 9846 Nordic Countries 2.4 0.24 679 6233 580 5226 447 4113 Russia 2.0 0.22 662 6370 571 5561 4/3/2012 469 4562 Spain/Portugal/Gibraltar 2.3 0.31 736 5576 609 4638 7/24/2102 U.K. and Ireland 16.8 1.25 5571 66962 5055 60017 4311 47941 Travel&Dining: Destination >> Middle East Including Egypt Middle East 5.6 0.68 1749 14271 1470 11957 1205 9578 Travel&Dining: Destination >> Oceania Australia, New Zealand 8.6 0.71 3115 29392 2820 25854 2566 23378 Community CommunityBuzz! 38.1 0.60 9914 710085 9668 694370 9318 674185 FT Cares 1.4 0.07 103 3370 75 2778 45 2073 FlyerTalk Live! (chat) Itineraries Trip Reports 57.2 1.02 11316 152404 10894 128774 9321 109808 Blogs@FlyerTalk The Coupon Connection -411.7 -162.30 1487 47741 68516 217768 65190 208251 TalkBoard Topics -37.6 4.87 3416 28633 1404 44182 1253 36071 Support&Services Technical Issues and Feedback 4.8 0.43 3416 28633 3239 26649 3072 24560 Suggestions (deleted in 2013) 1512 8020 1485 7824 New Features (deleted in 2013) 14 378 8 281 OMNI OMNI 196.3 4.16 83037 1889706 81317 1808647 79612 2003910 OMNI/PR 357.2 5.54 18778 855691 16489 708161 13333 550655 OMNI/Games 141.5 0.03 46 372757 35 314326 1/19/2012
#45
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