While it may not be illogical for for FT miles to be about miles, in my observation, that's not the way it is in practice (to this point in time, anyhow).

Think about the individual airline forums- they cover a range of topics outside of discussion of the FF program, and are, once again in my observation, the center of discussion about a range of issues surrounding each airline _and_ its affiliated FF program.

If FT Miles really were solely about miles, then there'd be an AAdvantage section in FT Miles ("how do I waitlist for an AAdvantage mileage upgrade?") and and American section in, say, FTtravel ("how is AA J service?"). Repeat as necessary for divorcing each airline from it's loyalty program.

Milesbuzz, for instance, is tightly moderated to be about miles, IMHO, and I believed that most of the overflow ends up at Travelbuzz. If every forum were moderated that tightly, a _lot_ of threads in the individual airline forums would end up elsewhere, but where?

Given the current situation as described above, moderation is, in most cases, a subjective issue, (IMHO).