Rudi-
Very helpful and diplomatic. A cliche'd but true characteristic of the Swiss!
For those of us who haven't been around super long this post has a lot of good tips on it, all consolidated without us having to do 20 searches. Thank you so much!!
I can speak personally that I have earned thousands of ff miles I never would have if I had not found Flyertalk.
I also know of no other forum where I could go and ask a totally random travel question like "name a good place to eat in Venice" or "any ideas for hotels in Bangkok?" and get straight answers from people who get no other benefit from giving advice other than thanks from me. (there's something to be said for people who are not in the travel industry giving advice...its honest & unfettered)
So thanks to you FT'ers who paved the way and provided all this great knowledge base.
In summary: Rudi....Muchos gracias, Merci beaucoup, Danke & Arigato Gozaima****a for posting all those great tips in one place!


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Regards-
Karen