Syntax on thread titles for MRs?
Mar 15, 2016 | 10:21 am
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Syntax on thread titles for MRs?
Hi!
A question that I've been having since I joined FT... Why don't we set a guideline for titles on new threads? I was thinking something like
Where
XX is a two-letter airline code, or two-character alliance code
AAA/BBB/CCC/DDD is the airport IATA code minus the country letter
- (dash) separates origin/layover/stopover/destinations
/ (slash) separates city pairs
(space) separates open jaws
$YYY is the price in USD as an integer
Do you guys think this would be useful?
A question that I've been having since I joined FT... Why don't we set a guideline for titles on new threads? I was thinking something like
Code:
XX: AAA-BBB-CCC-DDD $YYY
XX is a two-letter airline code, or two-character alliance code
AAA/BBB/CCC/DDD is the airport IATA code minus the country letter
- (dash) separates origin/layover/stopover/destinations
/ (slash) separates city pairs
(space) separates open jaws
$YYY is the price in USD as an integer
Do you guys think this would be useful?
Mar 15, 2016 | 12:16 pm
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Mar 15, 2016 | 1:14 pm
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Don't get me wrong, if this happened it would greatly satisfy my OCD, but good luck with it
Mar 15, 2016 | 1:44 pm
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Take a look at this tiny-tool I've created (work in progress): --deleted for the sake of our future trips--
So far the "hardest" problem seems to be when a thread includes an airline promotion, because that's likely to be a many airports to many airports relationship.
So far the "hardest" problem seems to be when a thread includes an airline promotion, because that's likely to be a many airports to many airports relationship.
Mar 15, 2016 | 1:46 pm
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You've built a bot/script to read the MR Deals forum? Haven't you seen Terminator? This is where your AI is headed!!
But seriously, keeping it informal actually makes it a liiiittle better for the frequent visitor as great deals disappear very quickly and it pays to be checking back. Think blogs pick things up quickly now? Just wait til OP sells them all his script! (Extreme case obviously)
Mar 15, 2016 | 1:51 pm
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Is it a good idea? Sure.. but try and find the thread we had regarding formalizing the REQUEST/HELP section in here.. it's been lost in the MR Discussion.
You've built a bot/script to read the MR Deals forum? Haven't you seen Terminator? This is where your AI is headed!!
But seriously, keeping it informal actually makes it a liiiittle better for the frequent visitor as great deals disappear very quickly and it pays to be checking back. Think blogs pick things up quickly now? Just wait til OP sells them all his script! (Extreme case obviously)
You've built a bot/script to read the MR Deals forum? Haven't you seen Terminator? This is where your AI is headed!!
But seriously, keeping it informal actually makes it a liiiittle better for the frequent visitor as great deals disappear very quickly and it pays to be checking back. Think blogs pick things up quickly now? Just wait til OP sells them all his script! (Extreme case obviously)