Well it's time for a two-year lurker to finally get his say in 2001. I've talked personally with Randy (yes, I wore the flyertalk hat you sent me on the LatinPass run, but no one was on any of my flights!), did the Latin Pass million mile run (it actually posted--after some mailing back and forth work!), got an extra 15,000 mile bonus for transferring miles from AMEX to DL, got 20,000 miles with MCI, used a code to get an extra 10,000 miles signing up for the DL Optima card, got specials with Sheraton and Hilton, etc. All of these bonus miles and upgrade opportunities I discovered on flyertalk. I also emailed back and forth with several members about the LatinPass run and I used Randy's itinerary and travel agency--I wouldn't have been able to do it without all that help. So a big THANKS to all those who have posted over the last year or two. There are a lot more people who read the information than those who actually post. I do have a suggestion now that I'm making my first "statement": please, please stop replying to posts for the sake of replying. (Yes, I'm speaking to you: just replying to say "I agree" wastes my time and yours). Now that I have that off my chest, it's time to take down the Christmas lights.

I have to respectfully disagree, F_H. I am glad that you made your first post, and it sounds like you are a travel veteran I hope you continue to post when the mood strikes you.

That said, this is a community. I feel like I actually have a couple of friends here (even though I have never met any of them) and when they say something I agree with, I like to "reply with an 'i agree!'" This board is certainly about travel talk but it's also a place to joke and laugh and agree or disagree.

I am sorry if my "I agree" posts waste your time, but I will continue to reply in this manner occasionally, and hope that others on this board will too!

Best wishes to all this new year . . .

-levi aka eastwest
(edited for a typo)


[This message has been edited by eastwest (edited 01-02-2001).]

I will join the chorus of thanks for what I have picked up here. The whole mood is very supportive and not "one-upsmany" as many of the boards are. Happy New Year to all.