I'm glad I held my tongue while I was there.... I half expected something like this.

Edited to keep peace.

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That's why I insisted that any of my quotes had to be screened. He wanted to quote me on something that was seriously out of context by itself, so I said no. I am glad that he honored that request.

Also, the comment about not using miles for award tickets was my personal position or strategy. As far as the FT community is concerened I think most people readily use award tickets.

What I thought was interesting was that none of the handles he used as examples were people who were actually there that night.

Boy, I drop out of FT life for a little while to get some work done (okay, for a few months) and next thing ya know I'm reading about you guys over my morning coffee!

Did you guys contact Keith or did he contact you somehow?

Nevertheless, it seems like there's something going on for March 12, but I haven't seen anyone mention where and what time. I'm coming back from the UK with Mrs. Syzygy that evening and we could possibly be interested in participating if we're not thoroughly exhausted.

Keith showed up at the last happy hour after finding out about it from this thread.

He saw the time and place listed on this thread and showed up.

It'll be interesting to see who shows up at the next get-together.

I guess at the very least, he identified himself as a reporter, instead of doing some kind of undercover story.

Hi everyone. Read the story in the W. Post and had no idea there was such a group here in D.C.--and to think i only work 1 block from themeeting quoted int he article! I'd love to stop by for drinks and meet some other folks when yu have the next get-together. Does someone maintain an email data base, or are we just supposed to check back here for when something is scheduled? Weekends not good here, but after work during the week is a good thing. Me: UA 1K/Million; Hyatt Diamond; Starwood Gold; National Emerald (the old--and soon to be canceled--Program).

SteveDCA

You check back here.

Good for him. Even if you guys think there were some mistaken quotes or something, he really is a tremendous ally for us.

So has a location been decided for March 12?

Edited to keep peace.



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Welcome SteveDCA. At least the article was good for helping you find us!

**** DLNewbie, Alysia, Viajero. Can one of you start a new board for the monthly meeting, as we disussed it last time. We could include this thread as a link and start with the March meeting.

I read the article in question last night and although I can not tell who was and wasn't misquoted, NONE of it in my opinion made any of you look bad; I don't know what you are talking about; I read it for what it was; an article on FF'ers who meet and discuss things. The comment about not talking to a middle seat person b/c they couldn't get a better seat was identified as "said jokingly" which I understood to mean it was said as a joke. No one looked bad in this article. Again I can't comment on the misquotes and if that is why some are upset, so be it.. but to be upset that you look bad.. that is wrong, NONE of you were made to look bad in the article. As for the emphasis on being single, I didn't take it that way, although not getting the single people listed correctly was kind of a bonehead move; yet still the error on that account was using FT names so other than a few on here, no one else will know who Mileage Addict is.

It seems that some of the complaints appear from a readers perspective to be quite overblown

Keith emailed me and asked me to post this:

To DC Flyertalkers:
I just wanted to thank each of you for allowing me to intrude on your
evening and profile you for our readers. It was a very interesting and
entertaining evening. I know that you could have asked me to leave when I
just showed up. But you chose not to and instead welcomed me and allowed me
to ask numerous questions of you over and over again.
While I understand that there are times when subjects of stories will
disagree with how they're portrayed by an outside observer such as the
media, I appreciate the favorable response I received regarding the column
from most of you who were there that evening.
I wish each of you flyer talkers all the best and continue
keeping the travel industry honest and accountable. Again, thank you for
your time.

Keith L. Alexander


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Edited to remove section directed to davrodrg.

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A pretty good article from general media really. Sounds like a pretty nice journalist to me. And a great plug for FLYERTALK overall.

We really REALLY must make it to another one of these Washington gatherings. I know our last visit to Washington saw one very neat party of 14 FT'ers thanks to mdtony ....... and the case of Fosters.

We are 10,000 miles away [literally!] so only pass thru a few times a year. Next time will be late July, coming back from the FT weekend in Dusseldorf.

Is there any chance LATTER July might be possible to lock-in [unless some other date has ben chosen] - like Friday the 25th July? Very early to be asking I know but we already have a Marriott downtown in Penn Ave for 3 nights booked.


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