You have them in your possession already??

Thanks to FT:
I got the Latin Pass million mile bonus
I am HHonors Gold
I have 90,000 NW miles and have never been on a NW plane
I have so many miles and points I donated a week at the Hilton Key West to my ex-wife so she could take our children away for Presidents week

Thank you FT

1- I've met interesting people, looking forward to meet more FT members
2- Changed to AA from CO
3- For introducing me to mileage runs
4- Knowing about all mileage earning opportunities.
and lots more..

What a great community !!

Hey, I'm one of "those people who do travel for work". Guess what?? I'm so burned out from business travel I couldn't give a rat's a$$ about any opportunities. I envy those who don't travel and look forward to those occassions...

I found FT in late 2000...in time to register for a DL promotion and vault from barely Silver Medallion to Gold Medallion by the end of the year. This year I'm almost Platinum, thanks to numerous things I've read on FT.

I also owe the FT community for:

1) Providing me with many hours of reading enjoyment in the Trip Reports forum.

2) Demystifying the secret world of airline travel rules, including purchase requirements, change fees, upgradable fares, Rule 240, getting bumped.....and others.

3) Saving my company and me the hundreds (probably thousands) of dollars I no longer spend on travel agent fees and the change fees to fix tickets that don't meet my needs.

4) The time I won a free round-trip because of a contest I read about on the DL board.

5) Being able able to provide my brother with an educated opinion about his choice of airline and hotel for his honeymoon in Bali (CX, by the way).

I could go on....but I have to get back to work. I guess my employer could post on 'What FT owes me....'

Thanx to FT I have

Met some interesting people(been to FT party in NYC, met other people in STO,CPH,VIE etc).

Learnt what a mileage run was and have completed my first one(The-Longhauler was on one of them).

Earned Star Gold at Air Canada

Have almost 200.000miles in my AC account

Have almost 60.000miles in my NH account

Have over 80.000miles in my UA account.

Thanx once again FT community! I also hop I have helped a few people during these years.

My thanks to FT:

(1) 100,000 DL miles thanks to the Skymiles Amex card I read about here (60,000 in bonuses for applying at the right time!).

(2) 300,000+ HH points for about 10 Hilton stays per year done under the promotion codes I read about here. (One great ALON complete, looking forward to a couple of GLONs next year.)

(3) Key advice on Marriott Rewards, the hotel program I always participated in (when not on a Hilton run) but never knew exactly how to properly enjoy.

(4) Key advice on elite status in hotel/air programs, something I previously knew little about. (For example: I learned about my AA Gold Challenge, HH Fast Track to Gold, good vs. bad status comps, etc. here.)

(5) Key advice on AAdvantage - trading back upgrades for miles, when to upgrade vs. when to not upgrade, the Challenges, the quirks of the "miles-towards-upgrades" counter, etc.

(6) Countless other smaller bonus opportunities - I'll read an FT thread, then go off and earn a quick 100, 500, etc. miles through a quick survey, profile update, partner promo, etc. Those little chunks of miles add up over time...

(7) Strangely enough, this board always has more candid and thorough hotel reviews than websites that are SUPPOSED to have candid and thorough hotel reviews. No matter what city you want to visit, somebody on the HH/MR/HY/SPG boards has been there, done that, and has an opinion about where to stay.

(8) ...and finally and most importantly a, high degree of quality content from the community here. So different from 95% of the noise found in Cyberspace.

Afang,

I have the cert to get the two FC tkts.

I got them for 100,000 instead on the higher price 120,000 per warning from FT.



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TANSTAAFL - but if you work it right, FF miles comes pretty close.

Thanks to FT -

I made 1MM with AA yesterday!!!!!!

Successfully challenged for platinum and now have earned it

Took hubby and kids (4 tix) RT on FC with AA to Hawaii in June

44 consecutive segments with upgrades (paid, so what?) to FC <very spoiled>

made platinum with SPG because I travel for miles

encouraged many others to travel again after 911 through my experiences and travel tips

we created a "buying atmosphere" here on FT and this is what free enterprise dreams of!!!!

Thanks to you FT, I know others feel my pain (e.g., cramped Y, intrusive pointless security, surly FAs, and bad service all the way around wherein the PAX is made to feel he/she is a problem not a paycheck)

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Thanks to FT, I will be flying on the Concorde next year, for a fraction of what it would usually cost.

I also 'met' some great people over on the AC forum who have generously provided their time to answer my questions.

Thanks FT

- the MHD
- the really great reviews on Hampton Inns

I have learned so much about travel, earning points and miles and most importantly meeting a wonderful group of people. Plus:
1. The first class frequent flyer tickets to Hawaii on AA
2. Free week with 2 rooms at HHV
3. Regular upgrades at hotels due to frequency of stays and status
4. Many free hotel stays
5. Reduced rates at hotels and savings at resturants
6. Wonderful suggestions on resturants, activites and transportation at new destinations

Thanks to FT, I now have a place to vent my gripes. This helps immensely with the stress and frustration that builds up, since fellow FT'ers understand where I'm coming from. A great, free, psychological beneft http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

Earned enough miles for 14 domestic tickets at a average cost of $109 per rt ticket. Thats a bargain from my home base of Traverse City. And in addition enough points for a week long Hilton stay. Thanks FT.