I standbehind my decision but am happyo to give more detail

With so many newbies on the UAL board, AND the search function on the UAL board now working, it has become more imperative to close threads when there are ample threads on a give topic. Otherwise there would 100+ threads omn the Great Offer etc all giving the same info. For a time the search fx on UAL was not working properly so we let a number of posts slide that duplicated info - now there is no reason to do so, and to close dupes keeps the forum a lttle more manageable.

Specifically re Richard's post, both Kathy and I answered his questions and I made sure to do so before I closed the post. Richard thanked me in a private email....so I don't see an issue here.

I see my role as moderator helping keep the boards easy to read which in UAL is no mean feat.