Originally Posted by
Austinrunner
You guys are confusing me. Should this almost 2-year old thread be transferred to the AA forum? And should future threads about oneworld awards instead be in the forum of the airline whose miles are being used for the award?
Yes, and yes (there is no such thing as a
oneworld "oneworld" award, the sticky in question discusses "AA oneworld awards"). Having one sticky per airline's FFP here in the OW forum is just silly - they all belong in the airline forum.
Originally Posted by
Traveloguy
Originally Posted by
Dave Noble
Also, should someone manage to get the hang of the search function, would someone be more likely to search the forum of the scheme or not?
Personally I think that the OW forum is perfect for dealing with OW products since they are standard regardless of who isssues them, but that the own carrier forum is the best place for FF scheme specific questions
Dave
Here here! ^
Whilst I love reading the OW forum, the biggest problem is that sometimes people seem to assume that it is an extension of AAnother forum, despite the fact that OW is a partnership of 8 airlines (soon to be 10).
^ ^ Indeed, there is likely to be ample discussion of the new entrants.
To me, it's quite simple. As the AA-"oneworld" sticky contains information only of interest to AAdvantage members, it does not belong here. Keeping it here dilutes the purpose of the OW board; posts here should be related to
oneworld issues, not people who are confused about one particular type of AA award. Redeeming AA miles on OW partners isn't the point of this board - if that were used as a proposal for a new board, I trust it would be rejected. Yet we have a sticky endorsing that position
We shouldn't be changing the purpose of this forum to fit the assumption (by confused members of another forum) of what it's for.
(Now I've discovered the "recent discussion" mentioned in
this thread, obviously referring to the thread I'm posting in now. Seems like lots some opposition to the sticky remaining, and some neutral-ish acceptance but not much endorsement - on balance it seems the "average" opinion is that the sticky belongs in the AA forum).
In case it's not obvious, I dislike excessive stickies (even on-topic ones). They just clutter the place up
