The "Sneaking into First Class" thread and a "Carlson CID" thread in the National Car Rental forum prompted me to ask. At what point does using the information gleaned on FT to improve your travel experience become stealing from the airline/rental agency/hotel/etc? Look at the various forums listing discount codes and coupon IDs. If you use them when you aren't really qualified to do so, is that stealing or just smart travelling? Is it really us against them?

I'm no ethics expert, for sure, but the older I get the more dishonest it seems. Maybe I'm finally just an old fogey...