That seems right. It's a read-only google document.

We don't have permission to view...

So only people with google accounts can see it? I can see the previous one you posted without logging in.

However, it's not a public document, so only those to whom you give access to view it (by email) can see it.

Thanks. Please check that it is now public. The new link is

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...kE&output=html

I have corrected one transposition error and added creation dates for the new forums. However one cannot run statistics on a new forum because a large number of threads were moved there on Day 1 from other forums. The current counts therefore span several years.

Just tried it and received:

If I try it when I'm not signed in, it takes me to a log-in screen.

Thanks for your patience, kipper. It seems that my flyertalk email address is incompatible with publishing a Google doc to the web. So I did an end run. Try this link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...kE&output=html

:) This link works! Thanks for the effort in getting the stats in a format we can all access. :)

Your impression is correct, and the steadily diminishing activity as delineated in nsx' most helpful statistics show. iDine, now actually a specific discount programme of Rewards Network as well as its miles programmes is becoming significantly less attractive for members:
As there are numbers of other dining schemes, TalkBoard may want to look at renaming the Forum and broadening its scope, e.g. "Dining programs earning points and miles" (including OpenTable, which offers its own booking incentives as point redeemable for money in North America including US, Canada, Mexico, as well as the UK, and could enlarge scope to include frequent diner schemes such as McCormick & Schmicks, etc.)

That's my opinion as that Forum's moderator since the old, active days, and is merely expressed as fodder for TalkBoard's considerations of this discussion.

IIRC The Palm has a frequent diner program too, in addition to M&S (which IMO isn't very attractive as a program since it takes a lot of eating there to get more than a free dessert). I suspect that there must be programs for some of the other upscale chains such as RuthChris, Oceanaire, etc. although M&S seems to prominently display the brochures for their program in restaurants.

I'm not sure how much there is to discuss about the M&S program as it seems pretty straightforward with AFAIK no promos other than for birthdays. iDine could easily still overwhelm a more general forum.

Even with the current iDine forum being expanded in scope, IMO discussion of the eating programs associated with hotel chains (such as SPG), should stay in the respective hotel fora.

2013 numbers
 

The 2013 forum activity statistics can be found in a Google docs spreadsheet at

https://drive.google.com/a/mail.flye...it?usp=sharing

Please let me know if this link works or not. If it doesn't work I won't be able to fix it until tonight.

Im prompted to log in with my [email protected] and my pw but when I login in, I'm presented with the following:

"These characters are not allowed: @"

Apparently google docs is restricting access to people who have a mail.flyertalk.com email address. If true, that's lame. Email me and I will email you the spreadsheet. I'll email it to Sharon now.

Here's the best I can do pasting the Excel file as ASCII. You'll have to imagine the column lining up correctly!

This is something IB can change in the Google Apps control panel.