The search function whilst a bit slow, does seem to work IF you know what Forum to look in, and to use the key words that answer your query.

I yesterday needed to find a thread from a few months back where someone had mentioned Falkland Islands, and inward flight details, as I want to go there for Christmas. Vaguely remembering it was in General Travel Talk was the key - otherwise search could have taken an hour.

The ones who generally of course do NOT know how the SEARCH function here works are the newcomers to the board.

I guess we often see on the Starwood board a question like "can I check out late" or on UA/AA/Delta etc "is there any trick to upgrading" or whatever. Doing a searh for "check out" or "upgrade" in message body in either forum will bring 1000 thread matches I suspect, most having no bearing on the question. To search in headings only often is not the way to get the answer as we all know.

So to Doc and MrLimo et al, helping other new visitors with applicable links is a great service IMHO.

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~ Glen ~

[This message has been edited by ozstamps (edited 10-17-2000).]