Originally Posted by
Spiff
Irrelevant. They have no FFP. The core mission of this IBB is the discussion of miles and points. Regardless of how many passengers they carry or how much money they make, they have very little that bears discussion on this IBB. That's why any such discussion belongs in Budget Travel. There is no "brokenness", only perhaps a need for more attentive housekeeping.
This hasn't been the core mission of FT or the focus of those forums for years. The core mission is what the users of the IBB make it, after all.
For example: If you go to the SPG forum (one that I frequent), there are at least 15 threads on page 1 that are property-specific master threads. These have little to do with earning or spending points, but nobody would argue that these belong in Travel/Dining.
If anything, I would prefer to see all airline/hotel/car rental forums be named for the entity itself. From there, I wouldn't be opposed (in the hotel forums), if we had a subforum for property master threads. Wading through the forum to look for program advice among a sea of property master threads can be somewhat tedious.