WARNING: Do NOT, under any circumstance, book any form of travel where you are asked or required to transfer money to someone’s personal account…

…otherwise, what allegedly happened to the friend of FlyerTalk member hoyoto could very well happen to you…

The Saint had an unfortunate experience with PA safety announcements made during the night red-eye flight and wonders if that is normal.

It is interesting to read about mileage runs from decades ago. What is your story?

Apologies for missing a couple of weeks of Five FT Finds (thanks to dodgy internet in some far-flung places I’ve been travelling). So this week I bring a special bumper edition.

An FTer birthday this week - wish stut a happy birthday on 23rd April.

Also birthday greetings to blondebomber today (20th April), and belated greetings to Kennewick Guy on Friday the 13th April.

Jenbel and chrissxb have set up a fantastic consolidated do thread. So I am looking for 1 more new find to showcase each week. Any suggestions please by PM (click here)?

New news - Southwest is looking at adding inflight wi-fi.

Something from the talking heads, err Talk Board - Talk Board voted against the motion to not include OMNI posts in post count and, in case you missed it, the Swiss airline forum was moved to be a subforum of Miles & More, that forum being renamed from Lufthansa. Voting is underway on a new travel photography forum.

There are also current discussions on the Talk Board forum on a new BAA Worldpoints forum, how to find out who is on Talk Board, whether there should be a sticky or announcement when Talk Board is voting on motions, a request to review the recent changes to the Mileage Run forum, FT “status”, and finally (phew) whether OMNI should be changed.

Something random - United FTers are excited that Las Vegas now has a small number of mainline UA flights as alternatives to Ted. LapLap is no longer scared of beetroot.

Some interesting tales of FTers who have stayed next to a president, vice-president or royalty in this thread.

It’s amazing what you can find out on FT. Dave8481 asks what is the most elitist city and the discussion evolves to prisoner escorts (not that kind of escort!). Do you know the answer?

While browsing the technical issues forum I came across this thread and learnt that new date options have been added to FT’s advanced search. Thanks Tim.

Don’t be fooled by the title of the An $8000 “entry fee” for LH Gold lounge thread. FlyerTalk member kevinsac ultimately gained complimentary access to one of the Senator lounges in Frankfurt by purchasing a fully-refundable first-class international ticket, to which kevinsac received a full refund after using the lounge for a few hours to wait for a friend.

As a result of posting his story, controversy and debate has erupted in the thread. Was using the Senator lounge for a few hours a smart way to use the system? After all, kevinsac is a Star Alliance Gold member and is usually entitled to perks, and kevinsac did technically follow the rules.

Or, did kevinsac beat the system in an illegal manner?

What do you think?

flugstatistik has launched an english language version to complement the original german version. How many times around the world have you flown?

Other than FT that is. (What, FT isn’t the internet?) Where else do you go for travel information?