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Info Tech Traveler May 16, 2001 3:53 pm

Please sign me up.

You have email.

Thank you.


Info Tech Traveler May 16, 2001 3:55 pm

Please sign me up.

You have email.

Thank you.


Info Tech Traveler May 16, 2001 3:58 pm

Please sign me up.

You have email.

Thank you.


DomesticTraveler May 17, 2001 8:39 am

You've got more mail!

lorra May 17, 2001 8:53 am

Put me on the list, but where do I find members email addresses?

dlthorn May 17, 2001 11:49 am

Please include me if possible. Thank you!

dlthorn May 17, 2001 11:50 am

Please include me if possible. Thank you!

tigertiger May 17, 2001 12:09 pm


Put me on the list, but where do I find members email addresses?
lorra,

Click on the "info" button at the top a post, that will take you to a page which will show the email addy & other info about a member.

FewMiles May 17, 2001 12:15 pm

Goldlust,

I was bored and decided to do a little counting. Of all the people who have responded with "Please sign me up" on this or the other thread in the Hilton board, I count about 25 "newer" FTers. These are people who have typically less than 50 posts and have been here less than three months or so. If I were paranoid about who I could or could not "trust", I'd be wondering about these people. So many seem like complete newcomers to FT and one of their first few posts is to ask to be put on a mailing list devoted to exploiting things like "fare and rate mistakes". There are others who registered on FT a long time ago, but have very few posts. Do you trust these people?

I believe you stated that the criteria for being added to the list were: interest, being a known FTer, and being trustworthy. Well, interest is the easy one. What do you define being a known or well known FTer as? What about trustworthy? I know you don't want to publish your exact selection criteria, but I think you're in a catch-22. Who are you going to trust? What are the people you reject going to think? There's always a danger of someone doing the emmissary thing.

Sorry, I have to agree with cactuspete... I'm not sure this is such a good idea.

FewMiles..

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Roger May 17, 2001 1:02 pm

This is NOT the most interesting or informative thread in the history of Flyertalk.

If you e-mail, why not just leave it at that without adding a message here. And Info Tech Traveler, will you get 14 invitations for your 14 posts?

Honestly ...

[Excuse me while I yawn.]

Roger May 17, 2001 1:05 pm

This is NOT the most interesting or informative thread in the history of Flyertalk.

If you e-mail, why not just leave it at that without adding a message here. And Info Tech Traveler, will you get 14 invitations for your 14 posts?

Honestly ...

[Excuse me while I yawn.]

dilly May 17, 2001 1:26 pm

Fewmiles: I hear what you're saying and I understand, but I am a new member (recently came across this site) and I think the site is great! But if you restrict it to members at least 90 days old, then I have to miss out for 90 days. If that's the guidelines, I can live with that. You're right though, catch-22 big time! I don't know what the answer is.
Dilly
Goldlust,

I was bored and decided to do a little counting. Of all the people who have responded with "Please sign me up" on this or the other thread in the Hilton board, I count about 25 "newer" FTers. These are people who have typically less than 50 posts and have been here less than three months or so. If I were paranoid about who I could or could not "trust", I'd be wondering about these people. So many seem like complete newcomers to FT and one of their first few posts is to ask to be put on a mailing list devoted to exploiting things like "fare and rate mistakes". There are others who registered on FT a long time ago, but have very few posts. Do you trust these people?

I believe you stated that the criteria for being added to the list were: interest, being a known FTer, and being trustworthy. Well, interest is the easy one. What do you define being a known or well known FTer as? What about trustworthy? I know you don't want to publish your exact selection criteria, but I think you're in a catch-22. Who are you going to trust? What are the people you reject going to think? There's always a danger of someone doing the emmissary thing.

Sorry, I have to agree with cactuspete... I'm not sure this is such a good idea.

FewMiles..

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dilly May 17, 2001 1:29 pm

Dear FewMiles: I hear what you're saying and I understand, but I am a new member (recently came across this site) and I think the site is great! But if you restrict it to members at least 90 days old, then I have to miss out for 90 days. If that's the guidelines, I can live with that. You're right though, catch-22 big time! I don't know what the answer is.
Dilly


I was bored and decided to do a little counting. Of all the people who have responded with "Please sign me up" on this or the other thread in the Hilton board, I count about 25 "newer" FTers. These are people who have typically less than 50 posts and have been here less than three months or so. If I were paranoid about who I could or could not "trust", I'd be wondering about these people. So many seem like complete newcomers to FT and one of their first few posts is to ask to be put on a mailing list devoted to exploiting things like "fare and rate mistakes". There are others who registered on FT a long time ago, but have very few posts. Do you trust these people?

I believe you stated that the criteria for being added to the list were: interest, being a known FTer, and being trustworthy. Well, interest is the easy one. What do you define being a known or well known FTer as? What about trustworthy? I know you don't want to publish your exact selection criteria, but I think you're in a catch-22. Who are you going to trust? What are the people you reject going to think? There's always a danger of someone doing the emmissary thing.

Sorry, I have to agree with cactuspete... I'm not sure this is such a good idea.

FewMiles..

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tigertiger May 17, 2001 1:41 pm

Maybe it's not such a good idea. As a new member, I've gotten some wonderful advice here, have tried to give back a little where I could (often hard to find anything worthwhile to add to a discussion, tho, with all these super-seasoned pro's here), have officially done a milage run, and bought my 'Official FF Guidebook' to support Randy and his efforts.

And maybe that's what bothers me. Secret email lists seem rather contrary to the spirit of this board and what Randy has tried to create here. I wonder if we will hear from him on this idea?

Roger May 17, 2001 1:52 pm

Well, my single post was duplicated. Maybe there's a problem on the site?

Did that happen to you, Info Tech Traveler? (But still, 14 times, that must have been some problem!)

eschwarz May 17, 2001 2:23 pm

I'd love to be included on this list as well. I'm not a frequent poster but I read a lot of these groups and I find everyone's comments and stories very helpful. I'm sure I'm not alone in this regard. Goldlust, I understand if you'd like to restrict membership to those who you've gotten to "know" by virtue of frequent postings. It also seems fair that those people should be included first since they're obviously contributing the most. But I figured I'd ask anyway. Either way, I think it's a great idea, I wish you all the best, and I look forward to reading more interesting (and often amusing) posts!

Caractacus May 17, 2001 3:08 pm

Well, having been reading Kokonutz' soapbox forum since it started I have to say I'm having second thoughts about The List. Please have fun without me.

andy2812 May 18, 2001 8:59 am

Please add me to the list

Thank you

MaryAO May 18, 2001 9:24 am

I'm a new member with a few posts. The
information I have gained is tremendous.
I am trustworthy, honest (just ask my Mom!) http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gifand would like to be included. Email address is on it's way.

GYK May 18, 2001 9:50 am

please add me to the list!

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LI DEBBIE May 18, 2001 10:12 am

More mail

Please add me to the list

lorra May 18, 2001 11:08 am

Thank you TigerTiger. I have been a FT member since Oct. 2000 and lurking for months before. Strange that I've never had to email someone before.

Greeneyes May 18, 2001 11:22 am

You have mail,,,,,,Thanks!

certils May 18, 2001 12:51 pm

Thanks again. You've got more mail!

certils May 18, 2001 12:52 pm

Thanks again. You've got more mail!

certils May 18, 2001 12:52 pm

Thanks again. You've got more mail!

v3 May 18, 2001 1:18 pm

Great initiative, Goldlust. You've got mail.

Village Idiot May 18, 2001 2:33 pm

Maybe I'm just an Idiot, but, why do I get the feeling the wolves are already at the door...

Oh, wait, I just checked, Yup, I'm an Idiot... But I still hear howling in the distance...

abdog May 18, 2001 2:49 pm

Please add me to your list. Thanks.

SF Flier May 18, 2001 3:19 pm

sounds good, sign me up.

NancyD May 18, 2001 10:19 pm

okay, I am dying to be on this list! You've got mail from me, too!

datageek May 18, 2001 11:20 pm

Yet another mail!

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Datageek

blairvanhorn May 19, 2001 12:49 am


Originally posted by Village Idiot:
Maybe I'm just an Idiot, but, why do I get the feeling the wolves are already at the door...

Oh, wait, I just checked, Yup, I'm an Idiot... But I still hear howling in the distance...

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Have you seen three little pigs anywhere?

Here-I-Go May 19, 2001 6:11 am

Suggestion: at some point perhaps an announced "test e-mail" could be sent so each member could be sure s/he was receiving the mail . . .

sawsmanfc May 19, 2001 7:54 am

You have e-mail, and thanks for providing this to us. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

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DL 500K

PStreet1 May 19, 2001 8:57 am

I feel sorry for you Goldlust--tons of mail must be coming in. At any rate, I'd like to be a part of the list.

Pat

benjie May 19, 2001 9:55 am

I think a lot of the paranoia on the part of FT'ers re this list thing is from watching too many episodes of the X files http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

Seriously, if the hotels or airlines are so dense and disorganized that they don't realize mistakes like posting $0 rates...

... what makes anyone think they would be smart enough to have someone read every post here to get their way onto a list so that they could read yet more emails ...

... especially when they could just use the same amount of effort to check their own rates on travelocity or some other service?!?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/confused.gif

Makes MORE sense that there are a lot of people who work for hotels and airlines because they like to travel, and that those that DO read these boards are just looking for bargains for THEMSELVES.

My guess would be that the only way the hotels or airlines get any info from FT would be when one of their employees reads something here and then tells the wrong person about the great deals they found at work... but that's poor judgement, not spying. I think anyone putting the effort into reading this and prior threads and submitting their email has probably gotten the point that "mum" is the word.

Just my 2 cents.

dcraigen May 19, 2001 12:59 pm

Greetings- Please add me to your list & thank you very much for this undertaking.

eastbayflier May 19, 2001 4:51 pm

you have mail!

NoStressHere May 19, 2001 5:31 pm


Somebody help me!

Why does everyone keep posting emails saying "You got mail" or "add me to the list"???????


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