How anonymous am I on Flyertalk?
#16
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CC was closed for a while, IIRC for about a month in late spring to early summer of 2014, but it's been back for quite some time, although trading of AA items is now forbidden.
#17
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In the course of "exchanging" items its quite likely you'd be emailing concerning the trade. If your "exchangor" was working for the airline all they had to do was compare your email address to the email address on file for your account and bingo, they know who you are. In the event of a non-sanctioned trade (swapping miles for upgrades, selling upgrades, etc.) they'd audit and shut down your account (not necessarily in that order).
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Thayer are all over !
Yep, an " icon" on BAEC forum !
#21
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In the course of "exchanging" items its quite likely you'd be emailing concerning the trade. If your "exchangor" was working for the airline all they had to do was compare your email address to the email address on file for your account and bingo, they know who you are. In the event of a non-sanctioned trade (swapping miles for upgrades, selling upgrades, etc.) they'd audit and shut down your account (not necessarily in that order).
#22
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In the course of "exchanging" items its quite likely you'd be emailing concerning the trade. If your "exchangor" was working for the airline all they had to do was compare your email address to the email address on file for your account and bingo, they know who you are. In the event of a non-sanctioned trade (swapping miles for upgrades, selling upgrades, etc.) they'd audit and shut down your account (not necessarily in that order).
And anonymity ain't all it's hyped - post here, soon that post will be archived by the Internet and you can find yourself via Google caches, the Wayback Machine, etc.
A good rule of thumb is, don't say something online that you would not want attributed to yourself offline. The vast majority of FlyerTalkers abide by this, in my experience.
That said, we have only the information that you give us. And publicly, you control what's visible.
Paul
That said, we have only the information that you give us. And publicly, you control what's visible.
Paul
(On the other hand, FlyerTalk will help as much as possible if there were a hypothetical case of member harassment, stalking, etc.)
There's an entire thread on The Coupon Connection closure.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/techn...ed-issues.html
Read only archive: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/techn...pr-2014-a.html
#24
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The AA identification and discipline of FlyerTalk members who violated AAdvantage terms and conditions is well documented.
The BAEC forum, Air Canada, perhaps others, have an official representative, identified by their green username.
Several airline fora have participating employees, in some cases offering to answer questions, etc.
Last edited by JDiver; Jan 27, 2015 at 6:06 pm
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