Originally Posted by
vbroucek
I agree with you that the legal definition of "friend" is very broad. However, it is important to realise that by making post similar to OP's post, can legally be interpreted as a solicitation.
Maybe I did not make my original post clear enough. IMHO, it is fraud publicly solicit for F&F rate and offering the same favour in exchange. Yes, if you become friend with someone on FT and that someone then offers you F&F deal (ideally privately, not publicly for everyone to see) it is OK, but this way it is not.
Take it this way - FT is being monitored by employees of involved companies. For example on Miles & More, there even is official Lufthansa employee "lurker". What do you think will be result of OP's post? They will harden the rules for F&F and as a consequence, each of us here will be losing...
I only pray that FT is monitored by the employees of involved companies. They might actually learn something about their consumers, and attempt to improve or modify their travel products.
Unfortunately, the reality is that most are so focused on short-term profitability, that they have become detached from their customers and sites like FT.