Referring to the girl that was posting? Because she was actually relatively nice & non-condescending and polite, unlike some of us "old-timer" FT'ers who weren't so nice.

Referring to the person that told her to try her luck in the Coupon Connection, probably not - if they told her to outright solicit here without implying that she could trade here - but it very well could have been an FT'er who told her that.

Either way, the girl was notified by several FT'er (myself & you included) that her posts were not going to going to get a warm welcome & she actually did change and create a new post that offers2 Alaska Upgrades available for trade for one companion ticket and some other items - which, to some, is a reasonable offer. If you've got an a Companion Cert that you're not planning on using & she's got 2 Alaska upgrades that you could use, it seems worthwhile to me.

I have definitely referred a person or two to the Coupon Connection and told them about the Flyertalk Community while travelling - it's one of the neatest aspects of FT in my opinion.

Not that it's any of my business and I'm not asking you to reply here or even to me, but I did notice that you offered a non-travel related Lands End coupon to the first 2 long-standing FT'ers that e-mailed you, and the first two that posted didn't even have 100 posts as of today, although they had each been around for over a year - would they have met the qualifications of the XXX post count that you're asking for?

Please do not take any offense by the latter part of this post, I am just using it as an example & I do not feel that this is inappropriate or that I am "mud-slinging" - if you'd like me to edit that part out, e-mail me to let me know and I will.