Originally Posted by Randy Petersen

Not sure that the exchange here requires such constant negativity but you might be looking at this from an incomplete view. A few things. While you seem to refer to the "guys behind ..." for several things, actually the guys behind are only involved in Milepoint. FlyerTalk, BoardingArea, etc. I founded on my own with no partners (the others are not shareholders, investors or founders in any manner in BoardingArea). As for Milepoint, the complete view is that it was never founded on the principle of replicating FT ... FlyerTalk is an original and with the help of many fine members on FT, we're very proud of the usefulness of that effort. Milepoint on the other hand is much different. Milepoint is but a single node on a global footprint (certainly not what FT is). For instance, these are all part of Milepoint:
http://bonusfeber.no/
http://bonusfeber.dk/
http://bonusfeber.se/
http://ikvliegveel.com/

and coming soon:
http://voyageurpremium.fr/
http://bonuskuume.fi/

And with several more to be announced shortly we are aiming to have a network of 10 nodes by years end all connected by SSO and other new technologies coming soon. You might consider that Milepoint actually is quite different and that many of the conversations will be taking place in local languages all around the globe, but still very much a part of what Milepoint is. That is not at all a replication of FT. I've never repeated a project twice nor do i have plans for such.

As I have tried to pass along in other threads that seem to have no purpose, FlyerTalk was founded upon the principle of playing nice with others and to focus on the topics of miles, points and travel. Why not leave off this thread and support the mission of FlyerTalk in any of the wonderful threads devoted toward the topics we were founded for.

Thank you.