Ah, my special attention is of attention! Thanks for the honor.

Yes, it had some special attention from me and I think at least a few were very surprised at the high number of concerned members regarding the over commercial attempts in the forum .. all who had supported that brief time out to get the attention the forum so well deserves -- when respected, it can be a huge and very beneficial resource for our members.

I'm not sure there is any need here for my comment. This somewhat showcases my decision to allow comment from other member in the body and process of the trades. Granted, there were some who thought I should disallow anything other than comments directed toward the exchange. But, while I respect that view, and frankly did hold it for some of the time of my examination, I did decide to continue to honor the age old premise that input from our members is exactly what can make most of the information valuable to our members. If an exchange or gift is not up to a value that can benefit the member, especially from someone who might be relatively new to FlyerTalk, then respectful input from other members can provide something to consider, just as it does in analyzing a bonus offer from any of the many programs featured on FlyerTalk. What I don't like is any uncivil sniping and I hope that any active member of FlyerTalk knows that. Anyway, I found the exchange of the comments above to be educational for me and admire the reasoning that was given to the value of this post by boar and hope that any ensuing comments are done with the respect that can still be part of any disagreeing comment.

The things we learn on FlyerTalk. I love us all!