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For those that have not read the news, Randy is retiring and closing InsideFlyer’s print arm. It is hard to explain what the collection of Miles and Points used to be like. When I first started flying from the UK, we were the poor relation of most schemes. BA didn’t even have a way to…
About a week ago I wrote about a proposal doing the rounds at Flyertalk – a like button. At that point the ‘No’s’ had it – as they say in the House of Commons. However, clearly a lot of FT members have been bored with their Christmas Gifts and the ballot is now going the…
If you are a member of Flyertalk you might like to pop over and express your views about a proposal to introduce Facebook-style ‘Like’ buttons for posts. A small scale trial is underway amongst Moderators and the member-elected TalkBoard. So far the poll is not attracting much attention from their hundreds of thousands of members…
Last week I covered the proposal in Flyertalk by the elected TalkBoard, to create a new area of their board to discuss bloggers. Well the motion has passed and already the snarkiness has started. One member has already indicated that they cannot wait to start discussing a couple of bloggers who had trips sponsored by…
(Disclaimer – Let me get this out there at the start – Despite writing this blog I do also act as a Moderator at Flyertalk, and used to be a member of their elected user advisory panel, TalkBoard). Flyertalk, the original online travel community has started to bend its mind to the issue of Blogs…
Most of the visitors to the event were away at the Virgin Training Centre when I checked in on the Friday afternoon. The room was a Regency Club room on the 7th floor facing over the park. The Room (734) The room was bright, with a fairly traditional layout with the bathroom immediately behind the…
This past weekend about 50 Flyertalk members and spouses met at the Hyatt Regency Churchill London for a weekend of activities. Organised by Jenny, a Flyertalk member the event was actively sponsored by American Express, the hotel itself and Hyatt Gold Passport. Miles from Blighty stumped up for the very English Humbugs included in the…
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