well Jake --yes, maybe I came out too strong at the gate here, and I appreciate that you may be trying to create a product that could service fellow flyers, but I have one more question...

HOW is it that someone can post something that clearly promotes another business on FT?

I once mentioned a realty/rental company friend of mine in the Bahamas by pasting in part of her email on my own (without her asking me to) in a relevant thread on the region and nearly got kicked off this forum! (later it was realized there was a much more innocent misunderstanding going on and that worked out for me safely)

I realize Jake's Cardit advertizes here and all, and that the product does answer one of the things many FTers have always wondered about in terms of getting miles (but my friend's company arguably could answer many questions people who go to the Bahamas would wish to know too if people heard of her) but someone please tell me how this is different?? Perhaps a MOD is able to inform us all here?...

As well, I know there are several different mortgages or other payment situations out there and ok, it's not a 'scam' if it reveals so clearly how the fees are set up, but this does play off the desperation of people (perhaps all too eager newbies who jump too quickly) who may not so quickly see that the cost of doing it is rather prohibitive if one is trying to save money while flying. In that sense, it certainly does, in my opinion, lean toward the sad conversion rate thought process of companies like Points.com and the like./

MM