Is it a bad thing to create a synthesis and analysis of the information here? If it is intentionally a good plan to obfuscate it to protect it-- hey, I'm new, I don't want to mess the game up.

The way I see it though there is a lot of information on different topics that gets posted in milesbuzz that is useful, but for large quantity mile users it is not the most effective (how to pickup 2k miles here, 3k miles there, etc.) While the miles game is fun and I enjoy reading all the stuff- in the ultimate analysis the intelligence of the contributors here could be best used to focus on big issue items-- and it is (ergo trackitback, etc.)

If the goal is to share the information, collecting it into a useful master overview could be quite useful.

One question is whether airlines are reading this site, and if they're modifying their programs as a result. I doubt it. I've run a lot of businesses and I have typically encountered great sloth on the part of large institutions-- and we don't represent much to them, the profits from the promotions far outweigh their downside from us.

Anyway, these are philosophical ideas. If anyone thinks it is a good idea to evaluate the best big-ticket ways to buy miles, I'd love to talk about it. If my OP is nogoodidea-- just let me know.

On a related note, somebody pm'd me with cashyourmiles.com as a solution and it was not-- it's just another miles broker.