In the Avis forum, UpgradesMan, a member since last month, is really agressive in getting an AWD number out. Take a look at this thread, for instance:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum77/HTML/000394.html

He posts it 5/16, then bumps it 5/17 and 5/21.

Meanwhile, he's also posted this same AWD number here:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum77/HTML/000398.html

This time it was posted 5/19 and bumped 5/21.

Want more? Sure, he posted it here, on 5/20, as well: (it was edited out later that day, for some reason)

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum77/HTML/000401.html

Did you forget that AWD number? Here it is again:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum77/HTML/000401.html

This time, he posts it 5/20, 5/21, and 5/22. Each post contains identical text on the same page of the thread!

And posted twice on 5/11 in this thread:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum77/HTML/000386.html

How about 5/14? Yes, it was posted on 5/14:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum77/HTML/000392.html

5/16:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum77/HTML/000393.html

April got some action as well, 4/29:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum77/HTML/000369.html

Am I crazy, or what's the story here?

I think I'm counting 15 times that AWD was posted in about 23 days. Close to 30% of UpgradesMan's 54 posts as a member have been promoting this AWD number.

I think something should be done about this.

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I tried that number on a rental and it jacked up the price by $10. Maybe he gets a commission.

No kidding whyyzman.
Seems the likely case to me at least.

The FT TOS seems to cover such instances:

http://www.flyertalk.com/faqstext.shtml

Direct posting of COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENTS is NOT permitted.

Could this be the reason he got so snotty with me when I questioned him on the legal implications of lying about your residence on a rental contract? Pretty aggressive for someone so new, and under 25 as he outlined this morning in the same thread

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum...000061-11.html

I'm not sure what's going on here and I don't want to start a flame war. He has bumped it twice in the last 10 days.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum77/HTML/000398.html