I can answer that and am in the middle of posting an announcement to this effect. What we value most on FlyerTalk is dialog about the topic of miles and points. It's in our history and in our souls. OMNI grows out of the familiarity of Community, which is actually a good thing. However lately we've found that new members are becoming members of FlyerTalk to take part in the dialog that is OMNI. I have strong feelings that is not the best direction for FlyerTalk. As a result, we've instituted a feature of FlyerTalk that will limit access to both OMNI and The Coupon Connection to those members we feel have contributed enough to FlyerTalk to enjoy the benefits of posting on those forums. The idea that by posting in the miles and points forums, new members will better familiarize themselves with the other members they may exchange opinions with later and have developed a bot more sensitivity to them and as well, a sense of respect for the Community we call FlyerTalk. As for The Coupon Connection, again, we feel that it's better to give first into the Community of FlyerTalk by way of content, advice and information than it is to be lined up at the goodie wagon. Right or wrong, I feel that becoming part of the Community of FlyerTalk will go a long way toward enjoying the other benefits of this wonderful group of people.

The entrance level to enjoy posting in OMNI or The Coupon Connection will be contributing 100 posts to the topic of miles, points or travel. It's what we started with and what we still require today. I am sorry if there will be any inconvenience, but certainly we have not taken away your ability to read and enjoy the content in those two forums, only the ability to post.

Questions?
Cheers,
Randy