Originally Posted by
Dthorne1918
... I thought this was the forum for new user questions. ...
It is, in a sense. There's a permanent announcement at the top titled "
Welcome to the Information Desk! Please READ THIS BEFORE POSTING in this forum!" It explains the purpose and use of this forum. Among other things, it says (in a box right at the top)
... do not post about
One Specific Airline or Program
where the bold text is in that announcement.
The point isn't to be a hard-a$$, but with several hundred thousand members and millions of posts, FlyerTalk would degenerate into total anarchy if we didn't try to keep things in the right places. Yes, sometimes we get over-zealous about that, and sometimes it can be a bit off-putting to new members. Our intentions are good, though. I'm sure the folks who frequent the AA forum, who are the ones most likely to know the answers to AA-specific questions, will try to help.