I think I have been around long enough, like my good friend MileageAddict, to qualify as one of the originals, along with other good friends such as Rudi and Catman. I regret that the level of static is getting too high for some, and prompting them to leave. However, the bottom line is, I am here for the miles. The miles are still here. Hence, I am still here. Simple as that. If and when I were to reach a point when I felt that the additional miles, points and bonuses I get by "frequenting" (bad pun, I know!) FT were outweighed by something, I might do something about it. But, I just ignore what needs to be ignored, and mine the board for great tips.

These include, in the last year:
1) Latin Pass--my family earned 1,000,000 miles.
2) Delta SkyMiles credit card bonus--should reap at least 75,000 miles from this.
3) 10,000 NW bonus miles, just recently.
4) 4 Delta free tickets at reduced 20,000 award level, instead of 25,000.

These are just some of the highlights. A very valuable board for me, which makes a lot of great travel possible.

So, like David, I will be around.

Djlawman