boss315

Bully on all the complainers! I am glad to see this, and THANK YOU!

SkiAdcock

Realizing that this post will get deleted when you do your clean-up on aisle 5 editing.

In fairness to you I didn't think the CommunityDirector would get the sub-forum started that quickly. I totally realize that mods, like TB members, are volunteers and have utmost respect for the job you all do, especially on such a busy forum.

BTW - there was a suggestion made in the off-topic thank you thread that some would like to see incorporated in your wiki/sticky/FAQ/whatever you call it. Didn't know if you were checking that thread since it's basically a thank you thread.

I now return you to your premium fare posts & discussions while I return to my economy seat (at least it's economy plus, about the only good thing left on United).

Cheers.

seacarl

Did anyone want member input? I didn't see any discussion or solicitation for input in this thread, which was the Premium fare thread, about shifting it to a forum instead. Seems like you might have wanted input from the people in the thread rather than a vote from a board that didn't know what goes on in the thread.

18sas

Many people from the thread contributed their input. There were a couple of discussion threads about it active in the last several weeks. Feedback has been very supportive of the new subforum.

MSPeconomist

Yes, that is correct. This new subforum includes good deal fares for suites (implicitly, for those airlines that consider suites to be a class above FC), FC, (implicitly business first which is usually considered to be categorized as business class), business class, and genuine premium economy (but not UA's Y+ or DL's EC, which are just special coach seats with greater pitch for which the passenger might be required to pay a special fee to reserve these seats).

CDKing

Bring on the premium economy deals as those are the ones i'm more likely to afford.

seacarl

I get the email notifications and generally check this thread 1 to 3 times/day off the notifications, but don't go to the parent forum. I never saw the discussion in this thread nor a pointer to it. It's possible I overlooked it. It's still rather different function since as far as I know there is no (real-time) mechanism to be informed if a new thread has been started in a forum.

Which is to say that the bones of Flyertalk are on some pretty dated technology...

Thunderroad

While I personally am satisfied with being notified of updates to this new forum once per day, might there be a workaround for you and others who would prefer instant notifications of new deals? What I have in mind is a "master thread" that would comprise posts that do nothing but mention other new threads (with new deals) being posted in the forum. (Subsequent discussion of the new deal would be confined to the thread dedicated to it.) Those posts in that one master thread would be contributed either by the persons posting the new deals or, if they can't be bothered, by volunteers who are checking the forum anyway and see the need for the new deal to be posted. Far from a perfect substitute, in that it is kind of cumbersome and in effect relies on a new deal being posted twice. But generally quicker notifications than once every twenty-four hours.

CokeandTaco

I know I am in the minority on this issue, but I am disappointed with this change. Talkboard members frequently talk about not changing what is not broke. tcook052 did his best to voice his concerns/ideas/thoughts and was largely ignored. Thanks tcook052 for all your efforts.^ That said, I hope the new forum is a success for all (posters/readers,and the mods).

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And to stay relevant to this thread, DL has up fares out there....

Sample:
DL: Jan 13 BOS-LAX-BOS ~$653ai (G)

in2it54

Why do you/they need this ?
For personal travel over a year, with the daily subscription notifications, you are bound to come across premium deal/s that works for you. If MR'ing is your diet, you stll have the other threads running.

I now see this forum as, FT'ers helping and sharing with other Ft'ers in the Premium Market.

If this format now doesn't work for middlemen, on-sellers and blogging sources, I see it as a good thing.

in2it54

Also, +1 here. Good job - happy with this new forum.

timid_trnchcoat

this is awesome!

EmailKid

+1

TheBOSman

+2

jmw

+1 happy

Sometimes, I want economy deals without irrelevant crap from premium fares.
Other times, I want premium deals without irrelevant crap from economy fares.

Win.