You don't have access because the forum is off-line and not visible to anyone. Read the posts above yours.

The entire Coupon Connection forum has been taken offline due to issues with American Airlines closing accounts based on certain transactions and there's an announcement about the closing at the top of each forum

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/techn...fline-657.html

Hello: has there been any update or talk when will CC come back? Just curious.. Thanks and Safe Travels

Yes, there has been talk... but not publicly. An update will provided on whether CC will be reopened and under what conditions once final decisions have been taken by the CC moderators and the Community Director.

Can you share with us more on the detail of the AA issues? I asked this since I have pending trades for AA miles with others in CC and want to avoid such things to happen to my trading partner.

I hope Coupon Connection returns with new guidelines. I have used it successfully before and have never sold or bought anything there.

What is sad is that the guidelines were VERY clear about not selling. And it seems like numerous people got caught violating the rules, particularly with AA.

+1
i have used cc only very occasionally (rarely more than once a year) for over a decade & always within the stated guidelines (+ an extra dose of caution!)
but it was a great service to have!

i'm also very puzzled that the explanatory links posted above are not accessible to me and generate the following error message:

"You do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
This forum may require additional account pre-requisites that you don't current have. Check the Announcements for this forum to see if you're required to have a minimum number of posts already, etc.
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation."

Not sure why that might be. The Account audit / fraud issues - Busted selling miles / SWU / VIP, etc (consolidated) thread is active, and I have been able to access it - maybe clear your cache, and maybe cookies?

The problem with those effectuating trades who were AAdvantage members is AA has been enforcing their AAdvantage Terms and Conditions avidly this year. In part:

They AA Corporate Security people consider any trading or quid pro quo bartering.

thanks for the extra info jdiver!
should have clarified that i was able to get to the "busted selling miles" thread (*******idiot!) but this was the link that generated the error message:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/techn...fline-657.html

Ah! The link was to the announcement, which I replicated in the wikipost before it was taken off line:

Coupon Connection will reopen today or tomorrow. When you first enter the forum, you will need to agree to abide by the updated rules in order to see the forum. It is our desire to stay within program rules. What can and cannot be traded has been limited.

NO exchanges of AA instruments will be allowed.

No third party trades will be allowed. This can be a sign of a broker finding miles for a client.

The forum is really returning to its roots where it is intended to be for members to give and trade small items for which they have no use.

I could have made the decision to never again reopen Coupon Connection. There were some advocates for it. But there were many of us who had used it as intended over the years who found it very beneficial. I have decided that it is a benefit for those who actively participate here over an extended period of time.

Should you learn of airlines or hotels who take offense to any of their instruments being gifted or traded, please advise the mods, Spiff and wharvey. Please direct any questions to them, rather than in this thread.

Thanks Boss ^ and glad to see it, as you put it, "returning to its roots" :)

Edited to add: It's back up as of 4:40pm PDT and nice job on the acceptance screen ^

I, for one, am very happy to see that CC will reopen. I've made several genuine friendships through CC mostly because there is a level of personal interaction in CC that doesn't happen in a lot of the other forums. We just have to be very careful. Most of us belong to so many programs that it is difficult to keep track of what is permitted and what is not permitted. Hopefully, we will all make a commitment to know and follow the rules and to avoid the temptation to try to find ways around them because, if we don't make that commitment, the fraud departments will feel a need to keep a close eye on CC and that's not in anyone's interest.