I wonder if this forum is even needed any longer. From the little I've read, most of the good information has gone off FT and into private groups. I think the forum is now a recruiting tool for those groups
I've even seen a few people get reprimanded for posting a question about how to do some of the more creative deals.
As I said, I don't really read it much, but I've now read about this on other forums, usually by people who only care about traveling for free, and really don't, and sometimes can't, figure out how to do it properly.
In other words, the MS train is going to derail soon. Again, that's just MHO.