Originally Posted by
tcook052
Careful or this will set an FT-wide precedent which would mean more off topic threads on the airline FFP forums, which were, after all, created to discuss the airline and/or it's FFP, not capsule hotels near LHR.
I don't mind wandering through the Europe forums to check out OTP hotel or general tourism info threads. I rarely if ever went there before but I have started using these destination forums to get feedback more lately, which others may be doing also.
Just my two Canadian cents.
I agree. We are already getting posts in the airline forums asking questions about hotels, public transportation, weather, museums, entertainment, etc. in every city that is served by that particular airline. Our moderators politely move these posts to the correct forum.
What the OP doesn't realize is that the reason why more people visit the AA forum than the London or Florida forum is that this is primarily a website dedicated to the interests of Frequent Flyers. It therefore attracts people whose primary interest is in flying, so that necessarily more people visit the airline forums. All that is necessary to get them to stop visiting the airline forums is to fill them up with miscellaneous non-airline posts.
If your questions on non-airline topics are not getting sufficiently answered in the correct forums, well, this is not the only website on the internet. The other forums are there for your convenience, but if you aren't happy with the experience, try googling your question on dolphins and you will get your answers.