that must be why! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

seriously, it's the original poster's prerogative; we should honour it & just start a new thread.

What a faux pas, keeping a thread on topic here at QF!

From reading the follow up to a similar request a while ago on TravelBuzz, I think that the reason may be that the OP signed up for an e-mail alert for every new reply added to this thread. On FT's software, you can't cencel the request. I can understand how the alerts can get annoying if your question has been answered and a more general discussion has developed around other FT'ers' contributions.

But I suppose I have now just contributed to his problem. Sorry.

My hunch is I-flybynight chose to receive email notifications and is growing tired of all the emails when their query has been answered.

Personally I am against the policy of closing threads unless there is a legitimate reason such as duplicates, abuse or way-way-way off topic in which case it is moved. Leaving a thread open allows it to be continued down the track if someone does a search and wants to check that the info is still valid or generally people have an experience that they wish to post against a topic that was mentioned in a thread.