IMO Patron generates some rather curious lockdowns. The one discussed here above I agree was warranted, and this one below yesterday was not.

The poster went from getting some potentially useful input from his post in Star Forum, to ZERO once it was curiously drop-kicked into the UA forum where it vanished:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum50/HTML/018957.html

The Star Forum is pretty quiet, and one wonders at the need to move such things that seem quite legit posts to my eyes at least.

Just because someone chooses to use UA miles to redeem an award on say TG, SQ, LH, or OS - who often cover the exact same routes, does not to me mean that asking experienced STAR ALLIANCE travellers should be precluded - quite the opposite.

The usual canned response: "The best place for discussions regarding UA MP is the United forum" is simply not relevant in many instances such as this as these awards are not on United anyway.

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[This message has been edited by ozstamps (edited 04-11-2003).]