Thank you, Randy. Excellent decision. ^

The reason I came back to this forum for the first time since the "Reputation" contretemps is that I was wondering why my post count seemed to be "stuck" over the past two days. What can I say, it was the Feast of the Assumption (15 August), and I had a few things I wanted to get off my chest about a putative denial of Communion.

It is the nature of Flyer Talkers to "game" the system, whether as to Points, Miles, reputation points, or post counts. It is human nature, and particularly attention-to-detail frequent-flyer nature.

Your fix "solves" one part of that loophole, a loophole taken advantage of, actually, by some of our best participants and most helpful members.

The remaining question is whether to allow the intellectual elite (or creative ones, computer experts, or simply obsessed) among us -- I plead guilty to the latter as to reputation (!) -- to keep their ill-gotten gains.

I'm sure adjusting our point totals to exclude OMNI retroactively would not be a major, costly project, but could be done simply with relatively few programming keystrokes.

To promote the essential mission and focus of Flyer Talk, namely Points and Miles, and to further fundamental fairness amongst all participants, I recommend -- even at the possible loss of 20% or more of my own posts -- that prior OMNI posts be eliminated from the postcount.
Whatever you decide, Randy, thanks for listening, and thanks for all the blessings you provide to so many of us.

Peace.