It is not because of the now-infamous “enhancements” that have been implemented by Delta Air Lines in recent years.

Actually, it is because the Atlanta area is suffering from the worst drought in years. In fact, if the Atlanta area does not get a few additional inches of rain by December 31, 2007 will be the driest year ever recorded in Atlanta history.

If the Crown Room Clubs in Atlanta do not have to wash glasses, then that is that much less water that the Crown Room Clubs need to use.

Read all about it in the Kudos to DL for Conservation…

…and if you find yourself in the Atlanta area anytime soon, please conserve water as much as you can. It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

It is that time of year and GSP flyer has stepped up to the plate with a generous offer to help FTers (re)qualify for status for those last few (thousand) miles.

Tomorrow is the first anniversary of the launch of The Gate. Since I am in the clouds all day tomorrow (flying before canarsie pipes in with a punny wise-crack), I’m posting this today. Here is the first blog entry after launch.

This blog is for you, so please feel free to suggest how we can improve it or ideas for entries.

Click here to send me a PM, and click here to send canarsie a PM.

Another day, another mini-coup, an FTer on the spot. Read about it here.

The IB Search Beta Update thread has received little fanfare as it quietly sits virtually unnoticed in the Technical Issues forum.

However, the news is huge: searches for three-letter terms on FlyerTalk has improved tremendously!

I tested out the beta search feature in the Hilton forum, using HHV as a search term. For those of you who are unfamiliar, HHV is the Hilton Hawaiian Village hotel property, which is one of the most popular properties discussed in the Hilton forum. The search using the beta search engine was fast and the results were accurate!

Please read the thread for additional benefits to testing and using the new beta search engine and then try it for yourself.

Of course, the traditional search engine is still available for those of you who prefer to use it.

Yes - and no…

…I am not asking you if you are under pressure to celebrate a special anniversary. Rather, FlyerTalk member underpressure is celebrating a special anniversary.

Can you guess what anniversary he is celebrating that is so special that it has caused the eyes of some FlyerTalk members to well up with tears?

I can promise you that the A very special anniversary today thread is “on the up and UP”.

Advisory: Please ensure that you have a box of tissues handy before you read that thread. It just may very well touch your heart…

If you had 48 hours to go anywhere, where would you go and what would you do there?

Apparently it is rather complicated to bring a cat into UK. Find out more on this thread.

FlyerTalk member and former moderator zrs70 laments: “When I joined FT, the topics seemed to focus on how to get the best bang for the buck. Today, many of the posts seem to be about how the airline owes us all the time (extra miles put into the account, compensation issues, etc.) Have others noticed this gradual shift?”

Is there indeed a gradual shift in the tone of the topics discussed on FlyerTalk?

Find out what other FlyerTalk members, both “newbies” and “old-timers”, have to say. Better yet, post your experience and what you believe in the Has FT shifted from advocating FF programs to “shtupping” then? thread.

While you’re there, you get to learn what the term “shtup” means…

Check out this tale of a professor … before he was saved by a FTer.