On some of these threads that cover multiple years, they really need to be split off into an entirely new thread. Does anyone really care who cleared UA upgrades in 2007? One of their master threads on upgrades starts with that year.

I'd much rather see a new thread at the start of each new year. If someone wants to go back and see who cleared upgrades back in 2007, does that really need to be on the front page of an airline forum? Would make more sense to have separate threads, which would not be as unwieldly, for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and a new one in two weeks for 2011.

Here's the one that goes all the way back to 2007:
Upgrades becoming harder? [Merged Threads]