I don't think it is just people choosing to display all the badges, I think flyertalk seems to be putting them there automatically for some reason. I'm not sure what logic is being used to determine the number of countries visited. I haven't selected any badges at all, nor do I wish to, yet it is displaying 10, 20 and 30 countries for me. I certainly haven't been to 30 countries and I doubt I have been to 20.




I know there are mixed views on the badges, but I personally think they are very large and obtrusive particularly on mobile view,. I hope in future they introduce an option to switch them off completely so that those that don't want to see any of these badges don't have to, and those that like them can.