Abbreviations are driving me crazy
 

OK, I've got to believe I'm not the only one on here that doesn't know what all the abbreviations stand for. I've been a Gold Elite flyer for years, but just recently found this forum. I like it! Except I am frustrated by all the abbreviations. Bravo, it's a great way to save time and look brilliant in the process, but somewhere is there a list of the commonly used abbreviations? I tried "search" but didn't come up with anything except more of the same.

I've figured out EQMs and SWUs, but more of those little devils keep rolling at me in quick succession.......

Check out the Glossary
 

at http://www.flyertalk.com/glossary/

and Welcome to Flyertalk, YDJanet

The Glossary is somewhat basic albeit helpful. There are still some that aren't there.

Bobette

why don't y'all post some that aren't in the glossary?

Offhand, here's one - EEO (Elite Exclusive Offer from Marriott).

Bobette

IMHO - WTH?

Some, like these, are not specific to FlyerTalk and are used more or less universally across all matter of Internet communications media (chatrooms, IMing, other bulletin boards, etc.). I'd suspect that the good folks who have contributed to the FT Glossary were focusing more on the acronyms unique to FT and may have assumed folks were already familiar with typical Internet acronyms (e.g. BRB, AFAIK, TTFN, ROFL, FYI, etc.).

There are numerous sources online for such acronyms--here's one I just found on Google.

That said, it might not be a bad idea for the FT Glossary to put in some of the ones most commonly used here.

Many forums also have specific abbreviations - and a glossary thread defining them. Check the stickies at the top of the forum for a link to the glossary. If you still don't understand an abbreviation, feel free to ask - in the thread where it is used, here, or send a PM to the person who posted it. And airport codes can be found here: http://www.flyertalk.com/acl/ (Under "Help" at the top of the screen.)

Just to confuse what you already found, some programs (from those listed in your profile) use EQMs, but DL (Delta) uses MQMs (Medallian Qualifying Miles) and instead of SWU, AA (American) uses eVIPs.

In my humble opinion - What the heck?

(That's what those mean, not what I'm saying. ;)

If not for the abbreviations, how could the veterans constantly attack people for perfectly innocent posts? :eek:

Thanks for the link to the glossary! I spent some time trying to decipher some of them.. I searched for "glossary" and didn't find it before; maybe there should be a more accessible link somewhere? (I also thought it'd be cool to have the definition of an abbreviation hover on top of it when you put your mouse over it or something, but that may require some work with little rewards..

Anyway, what does A/I mean? It's not in the glossary. Often used in the form of "$234 a/i" I don't really need to understand what this means, but just curious.

Thanks!

A/I is all in. Usually used to show the difference between the price of the ticket and all the taxes/fees that are added. Can be important when you are deciding how many stops you might want to build into a trip.

All in. Meaning it includes taxes and fees.

Means "all inclusive" or we could simply say "total", but we like to keep NI's confused. Oh, NI means non-insider. :)

The link is under the "Help" menu at the top of every page, but it isn't included in the search since it isn't part of the forum content.

There is actually a FireFox GreaseMonkey plug-in that will do this for airport codes. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...de-lookup.html

Worst case scenario, just ask. You might get some obnoxious replies but just ignore the haters. Someone will come along and give you the answer you're looking for and point you in the right direction.