There is a sticky at the top of this forum in huge letters advising what should and shouldn't be posted here. We are quite welcoming to the people the site is designed for, which is not you. Unfortunately, more and more people come to this board for personal gain or in response to media articles that mislead people as to what Flyer talk is and is not. It is extremely frustrating to have your community overrun by people seeking easy answers with no desire to actually contribute. If you respected this community enough to take 30 seconds and read the introductions as to what does and does not belong here, perhaps you would have felt more "welcomed" in your attempt to have Flyertalk members do your job for you.

If you really want to ask people (although what traveler would be able to provide you the verbatim text of the announcement, and I doubt Slate would publish it without confirming with the airline), you should ask in the specific airline forums, which is where airlines most loyal members reside on Flyertalk. This is the area of the site where people post questions about award travel. Hence your reference to "you folks" shows you are in error. Most people posting in this section of Flyertalk do not "fly all the time."