Moderator, All Nippon Airways and Japan
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: TYO
Programs: NH SFC (*G), JL JGP (OWE), AS MVP, WOH E, IHG SE
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As is being discussed in the Premium Deals thread, one factor that would be critical to the success of such a forum would be the conditions of viewing. There is always much concern over deals (especially F/C deals) being killed after being posted on that thread, which tends to drive discussion underground. That is a shame, and a simple fix would be to only allow members with a certain number of posts / tenure / etc. to view such a thread/forum. If this system works for Coupon Connection, why can't it work elsewhere?
As long as this remains "broken", the Premium Deals thread won't really reach its full potential, IMO, and people will remain wary of posting anything for fear the airlines will move to correct it.