To the Moderators,

This is a serious question, without any accusations or ulterior motives. Why is it that some MilesBuzz threads are quickly moved to specific forums and other MilesBuzz threads, with almost identical subjects, remain on the MilesBuzz forum?

For example, at this time there are several threads that have been recently moved from MilesBuzz, including: Old vs New AmEx Biz Gold Rewards, Earning Points w/ Travelocity Packages?, Targeted Offers, I'm Considering Trying to Fly 3 Million Miles on UA/CO in a Short Period of Time, 83K AA Miles Update from Customer Relations!.

At this same time, there are many threads, some very longstanding, that seem to fit the exact same mold as the threads named in the paragraph above, including: American Airlines Citi / Citibank Card, 75K sign up bonus [read post #2 first], SPG Amex - 30,000 bonus Starpoints [Open to all], 2000 Delta Miles For Bose (150 Instant + 350 Easy + 1500 W/Purchase), [extra 50K expired]Chase Sapphire Preferred card 50K points.

It would seem that each of the threads named in the paragraph immediately above could easily have been moved to the appropriate airline or hotel or credit card program forum. There doesn’t seem to be much difference between the topics of the threads named in the 2 paragraphs above yet some have stayed on MilesBuzz and some have been moved.

I mention this as it seems that the MilesBuzz forum gets the most attention. A thread that’s moved from MilesBuzz seems to have a much shorter lifespan than if it had remained on MilesBuzz. A perfect example is the “Churn question” thread which was moved from the MilesBuzz forum to the Credit Card Programs forum where it quickly ended after 34 posts. Had it remained on MilesBuzz it would have remained active for a much longer period of time probably with hundreds of posts.

The nature of the topics for discussion for each specific forum are stated along with the Forum titles. The “Welcome to MilesBuzz! Read me first!” thread is noted but it doesn’t have many comments from moderators and it's quite dated. It’s also understandable that all threads cannot be on MilesBuzz yet decisions to move or not move a thread from MilesBuzz seem arbitrary. Is this just the way FY works or is there something else that is not so readily apparent?

Inquiring minds want to know…
Thank you.
Respectfully,