Jun 4, 2014, 5:46 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
MODERATOR GUIDEPOST (moderators can edit this wikipost):
The Coupon Connection forum has gone offline due to issues with American Airlines closing accounts based on certain transactions. It is expected to reopen soon, with new Rules.
The announcement about the closure:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/techn...fline-657.html
The Coupon Connection is expected to open soon, as the Forum Moderators, Admin and the Community Director have this issue under advisement and will soon notify the community of any major changes. We apologize for the inconvenience.
As there will be new guidelines and conditions when it is reopened, posts prior to the date of closure, 15 April 2014, have been archived to this thread.
The current, active thread can be found here: The Coupon Connection and related issues
Meantime, following are the guidelines and information pertinent prior to the time of closure.
Q. What is The Coupon Connection?
A. The Coupon Connection
The exchange forum for legally transferable coupons issued by various frequent traveler programs. This is N-O-T a forum for anything related to the buying, selling or barter of awards.
Q. What are the requirements for admittance?
A. The current requirements for admission privileges to The Coupon Connection Forum are: a member must have 180 days of tenure on FlyerTalk and 180 (constructive) posts on FlyerTalk.
The Coupon Connection is intended for active participants and contributors to the airline/hotel/miles/points boards, granted as a privilege and for personal use - it is not an automatic right or perquisite of membership.
Q. How can I find The Coupon Connection?
A. If you qualify for admission, when you are signed in and look at the FlyerTalk Forums listing, toward the end of the listings you will find the Community group of fora listed, including CommunityBuzz! FlyerTalk Cares! and second from the end in this section, The Coupon Connection. (Or see the link above.)
Q. I do not / no longer see The Coupon Connection on my Forum listing!
A. If you do not see The Coupon Connection as a Forum display in your lists, you have not been granted admission, or admission may have been withdrawn (the most common reasons might include post padding - rapid or contentless posting - spending much of your time / posting in Coupon Connection attempting to trade, offering to sell or buy, etc.
Q. How can I learn more about The Coupon Connection?
A. When you are granted access, familiarize yourself with The Coupon Connection TOS in the "Welcome" message and in the stickies. Until then, enjoy and benefit from the amazing knowledge of FlyerTalk members.
The following is a note updated in March, 2005 by Randy Petersen regarding access to the forum:
When The Coupon Connection is reopened and you have access, this link will take you there; if you do not, it will not work and you will get the following message: (it will not work during the closure.)
The Coupon Connection forum has gone offline due to issues with American Airlines closing accounts based on certain transactions. It is expected to reopen soon, with new Rules.
The announcement about the closure:
Coupon Connection will be going offline
After serious discussions between the Coupon Connection moderators and me about the issues that have come to the forefront in the past 24 hours, the decision has been taken to take the Coupon Connection Forum offline for the time being. I anticipate that this will happen yet today.
The moderators will be doing some forum cleanup and developing new guidelines before we re-open the forum.
At this time, we cannot predict when the forum will be reopened.
After serious discussions between the Coupon Connection moderators and me about the issues that have come to the forefront in the past 24 hours, the decision has been taken to take the Coupon Connection Forum offline for the time being. I anticipate that this will happen yet today.
The moderators will be doing some forum cleanup and developing new guidelines before we re-open the forum.
At this time, we cannot predict when the forum will be reopened.
The Coupon Connection is expected to open soon, as the Forum Moderators, Admin and the Community Director have this issue under advisement and will soon notify the community of any major changes. We apologize for the inconvenience.
As there will be new guidelines and conditions when it is reopened, posts prior to the date of closure, 15 April 2014, have been archived to this thread.
The current, active thread can be found here: The Coupon Connection and related issues
Meantime, following are the guidelines and information pertinent prior to the time of closure.
Q. What is The Coupon Connection?
A. The Coupon Connection
The exchange forum for legally transferable coupons issued by various frequent traveler programs. This is N-O-T a forum for anything related to the buying, selling or barter of awards.
Q. What are the requirements for admittance?
A. The current requirements for admission privileges to The Coupon Connection Forum are: a member must have 180 days of tenure on FlyerTalk and 180 (constructive) posts on FlyerTalk.
The Coupon Connection is intended for active participants and contributors to the airline/hotel/miles/points boards, granted as a privilege and for personal use - it is not an automatic right or perquisite of membership.
Q. How can I find The Coupon Connection?
A. If you qualify for admission, when you are signed in and look at the FlyerTalk Forums listing, toward the end of the listings you will find the Community group of fora listed, including CommunityBuzz! FlyerTalk Cares! and second from the end in this section, The Coupon Connection. (Or see the link above.)
Q. I do not / no longer see The Coupon Connection on my Forum listing!
A. If you do not see The Coupon Connection as a Forum display in your lists, you have not been granted admission, or admission may have been withdrawn (the most common reasons might include post padding - rapid or contentless posting - spending much of your time / posting in Coupon Connection attempting to trade, offering to sell or buy, etc.
Q. How can I learn more about The Coupon Connection?
A. When you are granted access, familiarize yourself with The Coupon Connection TOS in the "Welcome" message and in the stickies. Until then, enjoy and benefit from the amazing knowledge of FlyerTalk members.
The following is a note updated in March, 2005 by Randy Petersen regarding access to the forum:
"What we value most on FlyerTalk is dialog about the topic of miles and points. It's in our history and in our souls. The Coupon Connection grows out of the familiarity of Community, which is actually a good thing. However lately we've found that new members have become members of FlyerTalk to take advantage of the generosity of The Coupon Connection. I have strong feelings that this is not the best direction for FlyerTalk. As a result, we've instituted a feature of FlyerTalk that will limit access to The Coupon Connection to those members we feel have contributed enough to FlyerTalk to enjoy the benefits of posting on this forum. The idea that by posting in the miles, points and travel forums, members will better familiarize themselves with the other members they may exchange with later and have developed a sense of respect for the Community we call FlyerTalk. We feel that it's better to give first into the Community of FlyerTalk by way of content, advice and information than it is to be lined up at the goodie wagon. I feel that becoming part of the Community of FlyerTalk will go a long way toward enjoying the other benefits of this wonderful group of people. "
Cheers,
Randy.
The Coupon Connection should be viewed as a 'small secret’ for those who have contributed over time to the content that helps our many members. Coupon Connection access requires 180 days of FlyerTalk membership and 180 posts. Attempting to obtain access through post-padding or rapid-posting will result in the loss of Coupon Connection privileges, regardless of the content of such posts.
Cheers,
Randy.
The Coupon Connection should be viewed as a 'small secret’ for those who have contributed over time to the content that helps our many members. Coupon Connection access requires 180 days of FlyerTalk membership and 180 posts. Attempting to obtain access through post-padding or rapid-posting will result in the loss of Coupon Connection privileges, regardless of the content of such posts.
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ARCHIVE: Coupon Connection related issues (prior to 15 Apr 2014)
Oct 26, 2006, 11:45 am
#31
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Since the question isn't about Midwest Miles I'm going to move it to Technical Issues and then merge it with the ongoing thread on this subject that's already there.
Oct 26, 2006, 12:06 pm
#32
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Originally Posted by Nexus888
Yes and how long ago was your 90 to 11K?
Oct 26, 2006, 6:25 pm
#33
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: ORD
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Posts: 749
Originally Posted by tom911
I started posting in 2000 on FT as a UA flyer, and probably had my 90 in 3-4 months there. I find plenty of questions that I can easily answer as a frequent flyer.
Oct 30, 2006, 1:46 am
#34
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Originally Posted by buck3y3nut
I guess I will have to wait a while as well. Oh well. No real rush
Why bother waiting for a stupid (and no practical meaning of a persons status) post limit, when you can do it else where legit, I'm sure UA would like to know the hidden deals done behind doors.
Oct 30, 2006, 1:59 am
#35
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Originally Posted by Nexus888
eBay seems a simple solution to the post limit.
Oct 30, 2006, 1:23 pm
#36
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Originally Posted by Nexus888
eBay seems a simple solution to the post limit.
Why bother waiting for a stupid (and no practical meaning of a persons status) post limit, when you can do it else where legit, I'm sure UA would like to know the hidden deals done behind doors.
Why bother waiting for a stupid (and no practical meaning of a persons status) post limit, when you can do it else where legit, I'm sure UA would like to know the hidden deals done behind doors.
Oct 30, 2006, 3:32 pm
#37
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Originally Posted by Nexus888
Why bother waiting for a stupid (and no practical meaning of a persons status) post limit, when you can do it else where legit...
In case you've not seen it in the archives, Randy Petersen, the owner of this site, did share his thoughts on why there are restrictions on who has access to Coupon Connection. I can't find the post right now, but it's quoted here.
Sadly, with the number of members in this community, FlyerTalk cannot be all things to everyone. It sounds like this is the case here. I hope you'll find other value in being a member of the community outside of Coupon Connection for the time being.
Dec 22, 2006, 6:53 am
#38
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Location: SEA
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Coupon Connection was moved to the Community section recently. Have you been looking for it there, or in its long time location higher in the forum order?
SanDiego1K
Coupon Connection Moderator
SanDiego1K
Coupon Connection Moderator
Dec 22, 2006, 6:58 am
#39
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wow, and you've had some posting party today trying to get in there 
Jan 5, 2007, 1:06 pm
#40
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: DC
Programs: Airline Programs
Posts: 443
90 or 100?
Mar 29, 2007, 1:05 pm
#41
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 38
Coupon Connection
What is posted in this forum?? Trades and swaps of coupons, pnts, miles, and vouchers ??
Mar 29, 2007, 1:40 pm
#42
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The forum header reads as follows:
"The exchange forum for legally transferable coupons issued by various frequent traveler programs. This is N-O-T a forum for anything related to the buying, selling or barter of awards"
Mar 29, 2007, 4:51 pm
#43
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I'd like to point out that just reading the previous page from this thread highlights how well the CC limitations work. There are quite a few posters clamouring for CC access back in sept/oct timeframe and have still (today) yet to reach 90 posts. Obviously FT in and of itself failed to hold their attention or interest or they might never of had any real interest in the FT community at all, just what they might be able to get from it. CC is not meant as a replacement for ebay type players, rather as a resource for participating FT members. ^ to the rules surrounding CC access.
Apr 3, 2007, 8:48 am
#44
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Programs: BA Silver, Priority Club Platinum Ambassador, Amex Plat, BA Amex Black, Pri. Pass, Marriott Silver
Posts: 50
Totally agree, I'm not there with posts yet, but I see the reasoning behind it and think that it's the right way to go.
Apr 3, 2007, 9:09 am
#45
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My hero. Thanks for a nice non-bias assessment of what The Coupon Connection is all about. Great observations.
I'd like to point out that just reading the previous page from this thread highlights how well the CC limitations work. There are quite a few posters clamouring for CC access back in sept/oct timeframe and have still (today) yet to reach 90 posts. Obviously FT in and of itself failed to hold their attention or interest or they might never of had any real interest in the FT community at all, just what they might be able to get from it. CC is not meant as a replacement for ebay type players, rather as a resource for participating FT members. ^ to the rules surrounding CC access.