Gotta say I'd not be in favor or subdividing any airline forum on this basis never mind one of the busiest as not only would it not be harder for newer members to distinguish between the two but it forces members to read both halves to gauge how or if the fact is to them a good or not so good thing which is IMHO an unnecessary duplication.

Just MHO and YMMV.

I have submitted the TB proposal to one of the UA MP moderators per your suggestion.

My sentiments are echoed in the post above...trying not to sound like a whiny 5 year old threatening to pick up my marbles and go home....

To bring some youth (in terms of post count :p) into the discussion, I agree that the forum names, as they currently are, are misleading. The large number of threads that are moved by mods from TravelBuzz or wherever into the appropriate airline forum is a testament to the fact that not everyone (especially newer members) immediately figures out that the general topics about a particular airline go in that airline's FFP forum. Renaming these fora to make that more obvious seems like an easy fix that will not really change anything from how it is already being done. :)

Personally, I like goalie's idea for the new names: "Airline Name (and all things <FFP Name>)" ^

-S

Welcome to FT & thanks for the input.

My guess is we'll be getting to this either before end or month or in September when everyone's back from summer vacations.

Cheers.

Bumping this up for public input as we're discussing the topic in the private forum.

The reason for the possible renaming (or editing) of airline/hotel forum names is that FT has evolved & the forums, besides discussing the FF programs, also discuss many other things such as property reviews, calibre (or lack thereof!) of drinks in airline lounges, etc, etc, so this would be a better reflection.

Also, for those checking in on mobile devices, tablets, it wouldn't take up as much real estate.

So, pros/cons fellow FTers?

Cheers.

I think this is a realignment whose time has come but think it couldn't hurt to consider other organizational adjustments at the same time. For example I'd like to see all hotel topics under one heading including "Luxury Hotels" and "Hotel Deals" as it just seems intuitive to me to group them together instead of having them separate as at present. Just MHO.

One serious thing to note is that changing the forum name completely destroys any search engine record it has, ie anyone searching a term in google will not be getting a valid link. Re-indexing FT would take months.

Actually we're checking w/ IB on this right now. One thought is that it's an edit vs. a whole renaming. Since some forums have had name changes & it hasn't seemed to cause a break so far, it may or may not be an issue.

If it is, then we're stuck w/ it the way it is. If it isn't, then odds are we would move forward. For one thing, it would make it easier for those who access FT on mobile devices & tablets; for the other, it would more accurately reflect how the forums operate.

Cheers.

It did cause dead links. Thus, we have a new system that IB trialed on the last name change that appears to have been satisfactory.

Cool - thanks for the update!

Cheers.

This is very encouraging. Thanks.

While I can understand grouping luxury hotels with other hotels, I like having hotel deals and mileage run deals together.

Wouldn't having hotel deals within a larger hotel heading make more sense and be more intuitive? It would to me but that's MHO and was just a thought I had if we are indeed moving toward a site wide renaming of the airline forums.

It would make more sense to me to have all of the deal forums lumped together.

Agree.

The sitewide renaming of airline & hotel forums is more along the lines of

United Airlines Mileage Plus becoming United Airlines
Marriott/Ritz Carlton Rewards becoming Marriott/Ritz Carlton

that type of thing, rather than re-arranging where they appear.

Cheers.