I received an email from Radiocycle, a moderator for NW:
I deleted it because of the following:
1) It was misinformation and not factual.
2) Northwest forum topics should be about earning frequent flyer points or the Worldperks program, this topic did not belong here.
3) There was a subsequent inappropiate post to this topic that further indicated this topic did not belong on FT.
I would contact him (via the NW forum) for any additional questions about that.