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Oct 13, 2024 | 10:36 pm

#196

dhuey

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Quote:

Originally Posted by eng3

The FT population is not representative of the developed world.

To put it mildly.

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Oct 14, 2024 | 6:49 am

#197

Stez

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When is the 100 country badge coming?

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Oct 14, 2024 | 10:30 am

#198

tcook052

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Quote:

Originally Posted by eng3

The FT population is not representative of the developed world. It would be interesting to see the stats on countries visited in the FT population, I would think it is much higher than average considering it's an air travel forum.

Exactly! Wouldn't one expect given the long association between IB & FT that they would've recognized & appreciated that fact in preparing this feature? That it isn't clearly seen & understood is frankly disappointing.

FWIW I'm far from the most well traveled amongst us yet if I had to could probably list 50-countries I've visited so 100 countries badge should've been foreseen.

I ended up however disabling all badges save for my 20-year badge as it's the only one that means something to me. As the FT saying goes YMMV.

Oct 14, 2024 | 3:39 pm

#199

eng3

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tcook052

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I ended up however disabling all badges save for my 20-year badge as it's the only one that means something to me. As the FT saying goes YMMV.

I would think post count would matter alot more than years since signing up. I'm sure there are lots of forums out there where I've had accounts even long but now no longer visit.
Countries visited, miles flown means something to me as a frequent FLYER.

Oct 14, 2024 | 7:42 pm

#200

TalkingPoint

Join Date: Aug 2012

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On the badges page the third row is titled "Yearly Hotel Reward Nights". However, when you click the (i) icon on any of the options, it says "This badge denotes your lifetime hotel reward nights."

Oct 14, 2024 | 7:44 pm

#201

tcook052

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Originally Posted by eng3

I'm at a loss to understand how you inferred from what I wrote that post counts don't matter as I never said that given post counts and FT titles such as mine were completely unaffected by this update. Members cannot opt to enable or disable their post count.

I'll say it again, I chose to disable all the badges as the 20-year badge is the only one that means anything to me. That's merely MHO and YMMV, meaning your opinion may vary and you're entitle to it as I am mine.

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Oct 15, 2024 | 6:03 am

#202

flyau98

Join Date: Aug 2008

Posts: 5

Apparently I need to post to activate…

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Oct 15, 2024 | 12:45 pm

#203

GrayAnderson

Join Date: Jan 2014

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Posts: 3,642

How does the badge for number of countries work?

I'm curious as to where this came from - I don't think I've been to anywhere near that many countries (I just did a mental tally and I think my lifetime total is closer to 20, and that's including "my train went through Monaco in the middle of the night").

Oct 15, 2024 | 1:36 pm

#204

rbbjhb

Join Date: Feb 2020

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

Posts: 47

Ditto.

Oct 15, 2024 | 2:23 pm

#205

samplat

Join Date: Nov 2004

Location: SEA

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Posts: 722

Presumably via your profile settings but sounds like you didn’t change your settings?

I didn’t have any badges previously and went into profile settings to select the one that made sense for me.

Oct 15, 2024 | 3:17 pm

#206

ChubbyPanda123

Join Date: Dec 2017

Posts: 44

Badges were just released this month, I just noticed them today... I have just gone to my 30th country in September... I have not assigned myself any badges, in fact, I haven't logged on for a few months, yet the 30 countries badges is on my profile... How did FlyerTalk know???

Very spooky! Just in time for halloween lol!

Oct 15, 2024 | 3:57 pm

#207

SkiAdcock

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What's with the random now you see it, now you don't "Original Poster" label. When this badge stuff first started I had OP (I'm not; I joined in 2002), then it disappeared. I've seen others have it under their handles but they're not OP's either. Ironically, one who I know IS a OP doesn't have it under his handle. Just noticed someone who joined in 2015 has OP under his handle.

Cheers.