I've seen many quite personal comments and other references to aspects of people that seem to know each other quite well. Do most of you FTers out there know others? If so, was this before joining FT or after joining FT? From business? At "Do's" and get togethers, how do you know who's from FT? Do you purposely go just to meet someone you've never met?

Just wondering...

Do most of you FTers out there know others?

Can't speak for everyone, but I've met about 300 FTers over time.

If so, was this before joining FT or after joining FT?

Both... I've found out that people I knew in my "offline" life were on here... and friends of mine have joined.

From business?

A couple, yes.

At "Do's" and get togethers, how do you know who's from FT?

Don't know of too many non-FTers who come to our DOs unless the are brought by someone who found out about it on FT. It doesn't really matter though... frequent flyers tend to be friendly people and non-FTers often get brought over to the dark side.

Do you purposely go just to meet someone you've never met?

Not exactly. I go to DO's because I'm already planning on being in that city, because I've always wanted to visit that city, because FTers I already know are going to be there, because FTers I've always wanted to meet will be there, because FTers I didn't know I wanted to meet will be there, etc.

I met a few over the last years. Most at DOs, some when I was travelling to a certain town and just happened to meet up with them.
Flyertalkers as a group are some of the most amazing people I have ever met, as it is a very diverse group, yet we all have the love for miles and travel in common. Nearly every Flyertalker I met was very respectful, friendly and helpful and I am very honored to be part of this crowd here. Nevermind that I now can find a drinking buddy in nearly every town on this globe

Some I've met in person via attending Dos. Others I've met 'virtually'. Great group of people, even if they are all nuts about the miles & points thing

Cheers. Sharon

You mean what you told me was not true?

Marty, rest assured, I only went to AMS last January because you were going to be on my flight from ORD

On the original subject, I've met three of the four posters who responded to the original question just from Flyertalk - and I've hung out will all three of them in multiple cities in the world in the last two years.

What is it with flying with iluv2fly Oh wait I've done it on one occasion too and IIRC I012609 was on that same flight. Why I opted for a connection in ORD vs. the non-stop to LHR is beyond me

I have met about 40-50 F/Ters in person.

A few of them don't regret it.

Considering that there are WELL OVER 40,000 REGISTERED USERS on FlyerTalk.... There are some of us who know each other, certainly, but I highly doubt that "most" (i.e., tens of thousands) of registered FlyerTalkers have met each other. @:-)
After.
Never.
Virtually everyone at a FlyerTalk Do is a FlyerTalk member. The main exceptions are significant others, family members, or friends who have been brought along.
Of course. I have met some 250 to 300 FTers (have made a list that contains over 200 handles, and I've forgotten some of the handles of others I have met). I never knew any of them before FT.

Well, let's see bursa.....At this writing there have been 8 responses from different FT'ers to your original post.....

I have met 6 of them personally (and am dissapointed not to have met all 8!) - either in my home town or in other places around the globe...

Best wishes, Dave

Bursa,

Wanna meet Flyertalkers? Come to the Freddie Awards in New York City on April 28, 2005. If you want to 'be' with Flyertalkers in cramped quarters, join us on the 5th annual dhammer53 Brooklyn Reality Tour the day after the Freddies (look for a thread in Community soon).

My very first meeting was at the CO Presidents Club in Newark NJ. I read that a few of them wre getting together. I just had to meet some of these people that sounded just like me. They loved miles and points.
My next meeting was at dinner in NYC. I felt like I was a student listening to all these teachers discussing miles and points. The great thing about meeting a Flyertalker is that you will always learn a thing or 2. Even us old dogs can learn new tricks.

I've met my share of people since 2000. And there's only one that I don't like. Thats a stat that's even better than real life.

After you're here a while, you'll get to know some posters better than others. Some you'll meet; and some you won't.

I might add that 2 Flyertalkers recently got married.

Looking forward to meeting up with you.

Dan

BTW, I've met all of the above except Dov.

Met a few....

(glad I did for each instance too)

It is not nice to brag about your good luck!

Of course, you can turn it sour by joining us at our Tel Aviv Meet next November.

As of this post, I've met five of the posters above and one right below. I think that most FTers who take the time to specifically meet with others tend to hang out in the Community Forum.

FT IS a microcosm of the world, so even though we share a love of travel & gaming the system, there may still be experiences you won't want twice.

Fortunately for me, these have been few in number (2?) and definitely not with the aforementioned group above & below (and you know who you are....).

See ya around the airport!

There are a lot of posters who never meet other FT'ers in person but get to know each other via the boards themselves. You can tell a lot about people based on what they post after awhile. There are some posters I'd go out of my way to meet and others that I could pass on meeting without hesitation.

There is a good sized contingent of FT'ers, that is always growing, that do meet with each other in person in different cities around the world. The attendees for each Do are not the same and that keeps it interesting to attend a Do you haven't been to before, or visit a new country. There is almost always someone around to meet up with for a drink or dinner with a common interest in travel, miles & points

Someone I work with showed me FlyerTalk, but I've taken it from there so to speak. While I have met some people at industry conferences who know or post to FlyerTalk, I don't think of this as business related at all.

I enjoy meeting new people and the diversity and experience of the FT group is truly amazing. That said, now that I know many FT'ers personally, sometimes I'll select a Do to attend for the company and at other times it's for the location and usually the combination of the two.

To add to the stats above, I have met everyone on the thread with the exception of the OP and two posters.