In New York City, and still no October issue as of today (10/7)...

The one drawback of receiving the issues so late is that a good portion of the news is old news to me, especially after frequenting FT.

Just got the latest issue yesterday in Boston, MA.

Received my gifted copy of the September issue here in Toronto on Tuesday of last week, the 3rd of October. I thank the FTer who is providing this subscription as part of their "Starquest".

This is one of the problems with INSIDE FLYER and the reason after subscribing for many, many years, I let my subscription lapse. As much as I want(ed) to help Randy's business thrive, this delivery issue -- and instant availability of much of each issue on the web -- made me become a lapsed IFer.

Issues consistently arrived more than a month from the cover date, and even when the Colorado Springs office sent me a specially handled, first class issue, these took two weeks to get from Colorado to Edmonton, Alberta where I was living at the time.

IF has tried all sorts of delivery methods to get the magazine to us in Canada. They used to use a mailing service which posted the mags from Windsor, Ontario. I noticed this issue which arrived last week came from a Jamaica NY postal outlet.

I don't know if it is the US or Canadian post office that delays these copies?

All I do know is this is nothing new, and I am not sure it is Randy's fault the problem persists.

[This message has been edited by Shareholder (edited 10-08-2002).]

The TSA is probably searching and wanding each issue by hand!

I did speak to someone in Customer Service yesterday. They said they recently went to DHL to distribute the issues outside of the US. She felt that most of the delay was in Customs (Canada customs in particular). I don't know if the recent "work to rule" by Canada Customs may affect this also, but it is possible.

MSP got my October IF yesterday the 7th. It is early this month.

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Sorry mama i gots to get all the miles i can

Brian

Gotten my copy of the book just before I left, sept 30th I think, not sure if a magazine came since then, Mailbox kindoff far away to check (but boy..that would be one of a kind milage run, 5000 miles one way just to see if I have a magazine).

Then Canadian Customs has been working to rule for the past eight years because nothing has changed since I first subscribed. The mags are posted through US post individually, why would Customs be involved? Every other US magazine I subscribe to arrives quickly.

I received my October issue today (October 17) by way of Canada Post

I haven't received anything! Signed up last summer.

October issue also received yesterday, the 17th, in Toronto. Getting better. BTW, loved Randy's editorial. Spot on. Change fees are necessary if the airlines we so cherish for our FF benefits are to survive. And not enough people recognized serious impact US's removal of status miles from discount fares might have wrought.

Got my October issue yesterday in the mail.

I haven't received anything yet. Seeing that I live in Oz, I don't know whether it should be taking this long. The only problem is I've misplaced the email address of the FTer who gave me the sub. So I don't have anyone to follow up on this .

goodo

I received my October edition on the 17th as well. This is an improvement over previous months where the lag time was nearly an entire month.

One question though, what is with the "dotty" shading of the cartoon people's faces. It looks like they have measles or something!

FewMiles..

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I guess I spoke too soon. My FF guidebook arrived today .

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