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Currently, there is no paid Premium subscription to eliminate advertising from the FlyerTalk viewing experience, and at this moment (18 Nov 2014) there is no plan for a Premium subscription in the works.
HISTORY: A few years ago, Randy Petersen, owned a number of travel-related products and websites under Frequent Flyer Services (est. 1986), including FlyerTalk, WebFlyer, FlyerGuide (wiki) and Inside Flyer magazine (more recently, MilePoint and Boarding Area).
When the FlyerTalk Premium subscription was instituted, one could subscribe to Inside Flyer magazine and through it, to an advert-free version of FlyerTalk that also included an expanded message box for Private Messaging.
Randy Petersen sold FlyerTalk to Internet Brands March 2007 and Randy Petersen and FlyerTalk went their separate ways in November of 2010.
When Premium subscriptions came up for renewal, for a period of time the Premium subscription could appear to be renewed by paying once again via the Inside Flyer webform. Unfortunately, due to the separation of ownership, this did not extend the Premium FlyerTalk subscription, and previous Premium members were presented with advertising and saw a sudden diminution of their PM message box.
CURRENT STATUS: Admin has been working on a Premium, ad-free membership solution for over two years, but at this moment there is no Premium membership, nor is there any intent for such a product in the near future.
On a case-by-case basis, Administration has extended an ads-free experience with expanded PM message box to those (relatively few) members with a recent Premium subscription due date gratis. If you feel you have cause to request that interim free service because your Premium service expired recently, please post your request here. These should not be expected to be renewed in perpetuity.
Other posts relating to the future of Premium subscriptions and related issues may be posted here as well.
When (and if) the Tech and Admin departments have a Premium subscription solution at hand, it will undoubtedly be advertised or broadcast to all FT members. For now, there's no comprehensive solution.
Thank you for your understanding.
(lower right wiki corner)Currently, there is no paid Premium subscription to eliminate advertising from the FlyerTalk viewing experience, and at this moment (18 Nov 2014) there is no plan for a Premium subscription in the works.
Hi everyone,
As of now, we do not have a solution regarding Premium. What this means is that there is currently no plan for a Premium, ads-free product. It doesn't mean there won't ever be one, but the fact that it's not on the radar means it probably won't be happening any time soon.
Regarding ads, please *do not promote ad-blocking software on FlyerTalk*. I don't know that anyone particularly enjoys seeing advertising. But the fact remains that FlyerTalk is *free* to use, and that's because of advertising revenue. In addition, the use of adblockers causes us (me) no end of headaches, because it interferes with site functionality in such a way as to make it very difficult to determine if there is an issue with flyertalk.com, or with a single user's computer. The complaint comes in and must be researched either way.
Thank you all for your help,
Paul
As of now, we do not have a solution regarding Premium. What this means is that there is currently no plan for a Premium, ads-free product. It doesn't mean there won't ever be one, but the fact that it's not on the radar means it probably won't be happening any time soon.
Regarding ads, please *do not promote ad-blocking software on FlyerTalk*. I don't know that anyone particularly enjoys seeing advertising. But the fact remains that FlyerTalk is *free* to use, and that's because of advertising revenue. In addition, the use of adblockers causes us (me) no end of headaches, because it interferes with site functionality in such a way as to make it very difficult to determine if there is an issue with flyertalk.com, or with a single user's computer. The complaint comes in and must be researched either way.
Thank you all for your help,
Paul
When the FlyerTalk Premium subscription was instituted, one could subscribe to Inside Flyer magazine and through it, to an advert-free version of FlyerTalk that also included an expanded message box for Private Messaging.
Randy Petersen sold FlyerTalk to Internet Brands March 2007 and Randy Petersen and FlyerTalk went their separate ways in November of 2010.
When Premium subscriptions came up for renewal, for a period of time the Premium subscription could appear to be renewed by paying once again via the Inside Flyer webform. Unfortunately, due to the separation of ownership, this did not extend the Premium FlyerTalk subscription, and previous Premium members were presented with advertising and saw a sudden diminution of their PM message box.
CURRENT STATUS: Admin has been working on a Premium, ad-free membership solution for over two years, but at this moment there is no Premium membership, nor is there any intent for such a product in the near future.
On a case-by-case basis, Administration has extended an ads-free experience with expanded PM message box to those (relatively few) members with a recent Premium subscription due date gratis. If you feel you have cause to request that interim free service because your Premium service expired recently, please post your request here. These should not be expected to be renewed in perpetuity.
Other posts relating to the future of Premium subscriptions and related issues may be posted here as well.
When (and if) the Tech and Admin departments have a Premium subscription solution at hand, it will undoubtedly be advertised or broadcast to all FT members. For now, there's no comprehensive solution.
Thank you for your understanding.
No ad / Ads - Premium subscription (master thread)
Jan 2, 2012 | 12:29 pm
#46
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Upstate NY
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Jan 3, 2012 | 6:14 pm
#47
No longer with Internet Brands
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Working on an equitable solution to this; I'll get back to you when I have a process in place, hopefully by next week. Pinging tech now.
Thanks for your patience and suggestions
Paul
Thanks for your patience and suggestions
Paul
Jan 7, 2012 | 11:05 am
#48
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SAN
Programs: UA 1MM/1K, HH Diamond
Posts: 7,294
Renewed InsideFlyer Subscription but still Seeing Ads on FT
Has something happened? Yesterday I had no ads. Today I see my InsideFlyer subscription lapsed. So I went to re-up, but when I go to link the accounts, I get this message:
Did I do something incorrectly? 
Is this new?
Enjoy a Premium FlyerTalk Experience and Help Support the Community!
Frequent flyers are nothing if not addicted to upgrades. So, we are in the process of building out a new elite status program. We are still working with the bean counters to build out the strongest package we can. But expect an announcement about the details in TalkMail in the coming months. If you are not already subscribed to TalkMail, you may do so here.
Always,
FT Mgmt
Frequent flyers are nothing if not addicted to upgrades. So, we are in the process of building out a new elite status program. We are still working with the bean counters to build out the strongest package we can. But expect an announcement about the details in TalkMail in the coming months. If you are not already subscribed to TalkMail, you may do so here.
Always,
FT Mgmt
Is this new?
Jan 7, 2012 | 12:16 pm
#49
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Home
Programs: AA, Delta, UA & thanks to FTers for my PC Gold!
Posts: 7,674
Please define "new."
If you had followed this thread, you would have known magazine subscription doesn't get you ad-free FT no more since early 2011 or something. Here are words from the owner of FT:
If you had followed this thread, you would have known magazine subscription doesn't get you ad-free FT no more since early 2011 or something. Here are words from the owner of FT:
Jan 9, 2012 | 8:55 am
#51
FlyerTalk Evangelist
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Jan 9, 2012 | 11:28 am
#52
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Either at the shooting range or anywhere good beer can be found...
Posts: 52,783
Jan 9, 2012 | 3:06 pm
#53
No longer with Internet Brands
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Programs: DL DM 1.6MM, Marriott LT Plat
Posts: 5,343
Already started
Over the next couple of weeks -- maybe sooner, depending on the scope of this project -- we will implement a solution that will make everyone happy.
Thank you for your continued patience; I'll get back to you very soon.
Paul
Over the next couple of weeks -- maybe sooner, depending on the scope of this project -- we will implement a solution that will make everyone happy.
Thank you for your continued patience; I'll get back to you very soon.
Paul
Jan 10, 2012 | 1:02 am
#54
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All you had to do was arrange for payment -- and you could simply have said "Send us $15 by PayPal".
Why has this taken so long?
Jan 11, 2012 | 11:19 am
#55
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Location: Los Angeles, CA
Programs: DL DM 1.6MM, Marriott LT Plat
Posts: 5,343
I am truly confused by this. You already had the technology available (as demonstrated by the fact that many of us had the ad-free version for years).
All you had to do was arrange for payment -- and you could simply have said "Send us $15 by PayPal".
Why has this taken so long?
All you had to do was arrange for payment -- and you could simply have said "Send us $15 by PayPal".
Why has this taken so long?
The facility for linking payments to services simply does not exist at present, since FlyerTalk is a free website.
The previous arrangement was through a subscription to InsideFlyer, which as you know is not affiliated with FlyerTalk.
I hope you'll find the temporary solution more elegant and to your liking anyway -- even though it is taking some time.
Paul
Jan 11, 2012 | 5:55 pm
#56
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Northeast Kansas | Colorado Native
Programs: Amex Gold/Plat, UA *G, Hyatt Globalist, IHG Plat Marriott LT Gold, NEXUS, TSA Disparager Unobtanium
Posts: 22,644
I understand your confusion.
The facility for linking payments to services simply does not exist at present, since FlyerTalk is a free website.
The previous arrangement was through a subscription to InsideFlyer, which as you know is not affiliated with FlyerTalk.
I hope you'll find the temporary solution more elegant and to your liking anyway -- even though it is taking some time.
Paul
The facility for linking payments to services simply does not exist at present, since FlyerTalk is a free website.
The previous arrangement was through a subscription to InsideFlyer, which as you know is not affiliated with FlyerTalk.
I hope you'll find the temporary solution more elegant and to your liking anyway -- even though it is taking some time.
Paul
Jan 11, 2012 | 9:14 pm
#57
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Either at the shooting range or anywhere good beer can be found...
Posts: 52,783
Jan 12, 2012 | 4:32 pm
#59
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: SEA/YVR/BLI
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Posts: 9,583
I can hardly wait.
Jan 14, 2012 | 7:29 pm
#60
Suspended
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I have used it for years under Windows, just works.