Originally Posted by
HansGolden
Subtitle != title.
Something is clearly badly broken given the low number of LCC threads compared to the high number of LCC passengers....I believe the miscategorization and subtitle-ization (LCC is not included in title) of the the LCC forum under Travel & Dining is the key driver of that brokenness.
At this stage, I would support the creation of a "Low Cost Carrier (Ryanair, Spirit, Air Asia, et. al.)" forum under the "Airline Programs" category. I'd love to see some discussion on what such a forum would be named.
As a separate discussion, I'd support moving ahead with renaming all the airline forums to match the airline name rather than the FFP and changing the "Airline Programs" category to "Airlines".
The more I read this thread the more I agree with the above (both of the aboves).
FWIW my initial reaction is against a generic LCC forum because each of the fee-happy airlines screws its customers in idiosyncratic ways. Most RyanAir tips will not apply to Spirit and vice versa.
Although I was against a stand-alone LCC forum previously I'm leaning more towards it now.
I agree. Retasking the Airline FF Programs category to be "Airlines and their FF Programs" would create an option to move LCC discussion into a new forum or an existing forum (e.g. Other European FF Programs, renamed "Other European Airlines, including EasyJet and RyanAir").
I'm open to either a new forum or possibly keeping them in existing airline forums such as OEFFP, but I'm against saying something like 'including EJ & RY' because there are more LCCs that just a couple.
Originally Posted by
RichMSN
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.
Agree w/ the first part. I think that travel is the core focus, but to focus only on FF programs is not acknowledging that the forums themselves, whether airlines or hotels, have evolved to include threads beyond just the FF programs over the years.
Re: sub-forum for master threads re: hotel properties. I'd be against that as I prefer to stay in a main forum, but it doesn't matter to an extent as I think master threads & the idea of putting them into a sub-forum falls more under moderation than TB.
Originally Posted by
RichMSN
And I agree, as well. Looks like we're moving closer to some much-needed reorganization. @:-)
Agree.
Cheers.