I would have a difficult time criticizing the moderators for keeping the IC certs out of this forum during the "DL rush".

The last thing I would have wanted was for the IC Forum to turn into a circus, attracting only those coming to this forum for the wrong reasons--in search of getting something for little or nothing--and with no inclination to constructively add to this forum. Better to have kept all that in CC.

In that sense maybe I'm a little protective, but I like being part of a small and cozy forum as this, and consider this my "home base." I do sometimes post in several other forums, and do check the CC (but this is more idle curiosity to see if there are any IC/PC items, than anything else.)

That being said, now that the IC cert rush is ending with this month (June), I have no disagreement with allowing IC certs and such to be traded/gifted either (not both) in this forum or in the CC (up to the poster). Considering that IC Second Night Free certs can only be used by Ambassadors (and RAs) anyway, it does make sense to allow one the chance to offer it in this (the IC) forum. Again, it is up to the poster wishing to trade/gift the cert.

Another possibility, and a compromise of sorts, would be to allow those wishing to gift a cert, to do so in this forum, while those wishing to trade could use the CC, where they might have a better chance of getting that Hilton stay or lounge pass they want.