new forums?
 

Now that FlyerTalk is a resounding success, (thanks and "well done!" to all at WebFlyer) with an exponentially growing group of contributers, I would respectfully request that we add some new forums, in order to reduce the clamour in The Buzz and to restore cohesion to the threads:

Star Alliance
oneworld
Catman's car rental forums

and possibly:
Itineraries
Trip reports
(because we do like them..)
'other' airlines
(not every ff can fly with their favourite airline all the time, and having a forum like this would allow the webmaster to consolidate all of the airlines which have each had, say, less than 20 posts during the last 100 days - this could be split into African, Asian, European and North and South American forums to keep things neat)
Aircraft info
(for those who love the 777's 'bullfrog' engines...)




[This message has been edited by baobab (edited 03-17-99).]

FOUR PAWS UP FOR ALL THESE SUGGESTIONS!!!

Or we can combine the alliances into one ALLIANCES FORUM. Because CO will proably start one and eventually Sir Richard and SouthWorst!

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:) CATMAN :)

Good luck baobab... from the ones who tried before ! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif


MMM

baobab - thank you - the realization of your proposals would be perfect - you said it all.

Agreed!!!
But, CATMAN, shouldn't it have been EIGHT paws up?
A single thread for "Alliances" might be a good idea, at least to start. If it gets too full, then there might be a spin-off to specific alliances later.
Phil

OMNI: It's four paws. Yaz is the official reviewer.

Eddie is too critical on everything to give anything mroe than a big NIP!


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:) CATMAN :)

pleeeeeeeease can we have forums for oneworld and Star Alliance... posts about the alliances are really fragmented at the moment.

Thank you!

baobab: I checked with Michael, and he said the alliance forums could be up as soon as today. Failing that, they should be up tomorrow. It's good to have someone to keep us on our toes.

Thank you Bryan - I am sure that we will all make good use of the new forums...

I have noticed that airlines like Frontier Airlines do not have their own forum.

Perhaps a grouping of "other airines" by region would be great (that is, if they don't deserve their own forum due to lack of interest)

Let me take your idea one step further Steve100: how about OTHER DOMESTIC CARRIERS and OTHER International Carriers (as well as OTHER HOTEL PROGRAMS) even those without ff programs.

This way we can keep the smaller programs and providers in ONE section instead of creating more forums and overloading the system.

Just my two cat hairs worth!

DOUBLE MESSAGE! PLEASE DELETE!!!

[This message has been edited by Catman (edited 04-16-99).]

Great idea. I would like to hear about any experiences with the new National airlines (based in Las Vegas). I don't think they will have a FF program to start.

CatMan: as this seems to be an international board, the definiton of domestic could be difficult ... (even in tiny little Switzerland we have one "domestic" airline flying only Zurich-Lugano ...).

That's an excellent point Rudi.

So May I suggest: Other U-S airlines and OTHER Overseas airlines? Maybe that will work better.

Basing this on fact Inside Flyer is based in the U-S (in Colorado.)

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Try again Catman. From my perspective YOU are the one who is overseas! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Why don't we simply combine the 38 (!) forums with fewer than 10 posts into an "Other Programs" forum?

It would make the page load much faster.

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Cheers,
HKF

That is a better suggestion H-K-F.

BUt what would be the criteria for deciding which gets OTHER Programs (it should be for airline, hotel and carrental/credit card combined.)

Is it 10 postings over a month or a year?

Aircraft forum?
 

How about the proposed aircraft forum? Where can we discuss technical aspects of aircraft?

zvezda, that pretty much happens anyway in most forums.

Randy is pretty keen to sticking to the original intent of these forums, but I would certainly love to join part in a technical forum.

I think this might be something to bring up to the TalkBoard for consideration. I'd feel more comforrtable if decisions for new forums or even old forums was based on input from members for suggestions and from the TalkBoard for decisions based on input from the members they represent.

I do see that this topic is very popular on other boards and rally have no opinion about it's inclusion here on FT. I care only about miles and points. With MyFlyerTalk we can add infinite number of boards but prefer to have active forums only. More is not better. The Content is best.