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Sep 23, 2007 | 7:03 pm

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Originally Posted by ed1

The Google search does not have the four character minimum, so there's no need to search for anything except LAX. So what makes the Google search a lame work-around?

Have you read Sticky: Using the Search Feature on FlyerTalk: The Definitive Thread?

Have you tried using the wild card search (LAX* in this case)?

Bingo to all these suggestions. ^

Plus, as an additional suggestion, if one is truly searching for "Los Angeles," most of the time simply "Angeles" will do the trick, as this string tends not to occur on FT in contexts other than "Los Angeles." The point being, always try to boil the search terms down to the essential. @:-)

Also, perhaps the moderators could merge all these repetitive threads into one? The same complaints and responses seem to be posted all over the place. (People seem to be quick to post complaints, but slow to search for, or acknowledge, solutions.

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