your first time....
Jan 30, 2002 | 6:18 pm
#16
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Sunny Switzerland
Programs: BD / BA / AF
Posts: 4,388
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by fly co to see the yanks:
please don't title the topic so vague as "your first time..." that topic title is worthless. pls. be descriptive.</font>
please don't title the topic so vague as "your first time..." that topic title is worthless. pls. be descriptive.</font>
I discovered Flyertalk when I did a Google search for "United upgrade certificates". Oddly enough, that's also how I discovered eBay!
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Jan 30, 2002 | 6:49 pm
#17
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2001
Posts: 363
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by fly co to see the yanks:
please don't title the topic so vague as "your first time..." that topic title is worthless. pls. be descriptive.</font>
please don't title the topic so vague as "your first time..." that topic title is worthless. pls. be descriptive.</font>
i think slpflyer got it
Jan 30, 2002 | 7:06 pm
#18
Join Date: May 2000
Location: IAD/DCA/BWI
Programs: SQ, LH, AMEX, Citi, Cap1
Posts: 4,113
I used google or yahoo, searching for ff flier portals. So, I stumbled upon Webflyer.com. I lurked on FT for about 5 months before I joined.
I still wonder why we do lurk, rather than just register and start posting away.
- Pat
I still wonder why we do lurk, rather than just register and start posting away.
- Pat
Jan 30, 2002 | 7:08 pm
#19
Original Member, Moderator: Hotel Deals and MilesBuzz
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 14,291
I've been visiting Flyertalk and WebFlyer for many years now. I remember when there were so few people visiting the discussion boards that it was only necessary to check for activity once a month or so....really!
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Jan 30, 2002 | 7:36 pm
#20
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Chicago
Programs: United 1K, American EXP & 3 Million Miler, Hyatt Globalist & Marriott Ambassador Elite
Posts: 2,387
Perhaps I am of the older school, and used to lurk for some time before posting. I came in based on an article in InsideFlyer..... nowadays its like anew InsideFlyer hitting our mailboxes every day.
Jan 30, 2002 | 7:41 pm
#21
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Bahamas
Programs: Hertz Gold Member ,Avis Preferred, DL SKYCLUB
Posts: 190
i honestly can say this site has made me a brilliant traveller, maximising my travel to the fullest in grand style.
i first learn of this site reading the usa today special on destination an extended version and from that day to this i logged on every day since march of 2000 with the exception when im reeping one of my rewards (in a five star hotel or 36000 ft in the clouds and a computer is not adt my exposal.
it is truly amazing how travel smart you become when logging on.
keep the info coming every one at FT
i first learn of this site reading the usa today special on destination an extended version and from that day to this i logged on every day since march of 2000 with the exception when im reeping one of my rewards (in a five star hotel or 36000 ft in the clouds and a computer is not adt my exposal.
it is truly amazing how travel smart you become when logging on.
keep the info coming every one at FT
Jan 30, 2002 | 8:15 pm
#22
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: May 1999
Posts: 46,817
I was looking for some badly needed help with some ongoing NWA problems my family and I had been having. When a VERY industrious, kind, helpful, and seemingly tireless rep, MJW, began posting, I just could not resist the urge to register and begin posting - to the chagrin of many!
Jan 30, 2002 | 8:31 pm
#23
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Tucson, Southern Arizona, North America, Western Hemisphere, The Earth, a small planet in the solar system. Previously OnePass Infinite Platinum Elite, now over entitled 1K
Posts: 2,293
I can't remember how I found flyerTalk the first time, seems like I've been here a long time Can anybody help me?
Jan 30, 2002 | 8:41 pm
#24
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Brussels, EU
Posts: 279
I was in the middle of doing research for my thesis and so bored that I read every word of the WSJ one day - FT was mentioned. Once I read Vulcan's thread, I was hooked for life and barely managed to get the paper finished!
Jan 30, 2002 | 10:34 pm
#26
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: BOS
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold, SPG Gold
Posts: 109
Count me in as another one who found out about FT via a WSJ article. I have/will have at least 65K more miles thanks to FT (AA 20/20 promo, GoldPoints once they post... :-P) Thanks FT!
Jan 30, 2002 | 11:16 pm
#27
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: I am usually found in YYC or GIG
Programs: UAL Premex
Posts: 1,858
After my third intercontinental long haul in as many months, I realized I had something like 35,000 miles plus bonuses and didn't know what to do with them, or how to manage my traveling for the maximum benefit in my program. Frankly I was scared of going on my next trip and not making the most of it points wise...etc.
So I typed in "frequent flyer" into Google and up popped Webflyer.
[This message has been edited by Carioca Canuck (edited 01-30-2002).]
So I typed in "frequent flyer" into Google and up popped Webflyer.
[This message has been edited by Carioca Canuck (edited 01-30-2002).]
Jan 31, 2002 | 12:12 am
#28
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: PDX
Programs: On a collision course with Kettledom
Posts: 25,550
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by MileageAddict:
I've been visiting Flyertalk and WebFlyer for many years now. I remember when there were so few people visiting the discussion boards that it was only necessary to check for activity once a month or so....really!
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I've been visiting Flyertalk and WebFlyer for many years now. I remember when there were so few people visiting the discussion boards that it was only necessary to check for activity once a month or so....really!
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Jan 31, 2002 | 2:25 am
#29
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Sweden
Posts: 5,645
How did I find this page? I think I was searching either yahoo or altavista about frequent flyer miles and suddenly I was at flyertalk.com That was in May 2000 and I have been here ever since, almost visit every day(except when I have been out travelling or the page have been down).