<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">3. Come on! Lots of posts offer something for trade. Isn't that against the rules (both the airlines' and per the forum's description) since it's "bartering"? Technically, probably yes. But in practice if you a) give as well as take, b) do not try to run a "business" on this forum (a la Ebay or getting items "on spec" hoping to make a "profit" -- see number 11, below), the notion of "community spirit" has seemed to trump the bartering language in the understanding of many (although to be fair, certainly not all!) consistent participants in this forum and on FlyerTalk. (There are also, no doubt, lots and lots of off-line trades that folks do -- but they are able to do so and have trust in their trading partners because of folks' good histories in this public forum).

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