If you are bowled over by the mere thought of a steaming hot bowl of delicious soup — especially with the cold winter approaching in the northern Hemisphere — then you will enjoy being spoon-fed different soup favorites and ideas in the thread simply titled I Love Soup!

Then again, if you are located in the Southern Hemisphere with summer approaching, a bowl of cold soup might do the trick as well.

Why not use your noodle and consommé-t your passion by posting about how much you take stock in eating your favorite soup? Don’t be a chowder-head — post in that thread!

The news is still developing at the time of this posting, but American Airlines flight 331, which originated in Miami, Florida, reportedly crash-landed in Kingston, Jamaica.

For additional details, as well as discussion amongst FlyerTalk members, please follow the AA 331 MIA-KIN crash landing (Dec 22, 2009) thread, as well as this thread.

Did you know that Asking For Orange Juice On American Airlines May Violate Federal Law? Find out what happened on American Airlines flight 614 from Sacramento to Dallas on Sunday, December 6th, 2009, as well as what has transpired since, including all of the details that has caused this story to attract widespread media attention.

This bizarre topic is also being discussed here: OJgate: Asking For Orange Juice On AA May Violate Federal Law / AA Investigating FA.

Orange you glad The Gate brought this story to you?

FlyerTalk member show_me_the_points says “I hate tipping, how can we end it?”

Should the practice of giving a gratuity to a server in a dining establishment — or, perhaps, to anyone — be abolished?

Those who argue against the practice of tipping say that it is false advertising when it comes to pricing and complicates the paying procedure — amongst other arguments — while those who defend it say tipping ensures good service and keeps food prices lower.

FlyerTalk members have witnessed and confirmed Costco selling Hyatt Check Certificates in the United States for a limited time until supplies last. They report at which Hyatt Hotels properties these Hyatt gift certificates are accepted. They also refer to the specific rules and conditions of this promotion and how to maximize using the Hyatt gift certificates.

In what appears to be a computer glitch some FTers report AAdvantage has gifted them bonuses of millions of miles.

When liquids are confiscated at an airport security checkpoint, it is usually assumed that they are confiscated to minimize security threats, such as suspected terrorists disguising potential liquid components for explosives or bombs as harmless drinks or lotions. It also can be assumed that if those liquids are indeed deemed potential threats to security that authorities would dispose of them in a proper manner.

Apparently, the rules regarding liquids at airport security checkpoints are allegedly rather fluid regarding compliance. For example, how would you feel if you found Your Confiscated Liquids For Sale instead of them being disposed properly?

Phở is typically a Vietnamese beef broth with beef, noodles and assorted types of garnish, although it could also contain such items as tendon, tripe or chicken organs.

Whatever you do, do not pronounce Phở like fo, as in rhymes with grow or go. Find out why you should not order a steaming hot Phở with that pronunciation and what could happen if you did — as well as what is the proper pronunciation of Phở and a list of the best places where one is recommended to order it — in The consolidated “Pho” thread.

A new and improved feature has been added to private messages in FlyerTalk: there is now a Change to “Reply to All” in PMs where a new Reply to All button has been added.

At first glance, this may not seem like such a big deal. However, if you wanted to reply to two FlyerTalk members simultaneously in a private message, the only way to do this until now was to reply to one FlyerTalk member and manually add the name of the other FlyerTalk member in the Recipient Username(s) field.

With the improvement of the Reply to All feature, the private messaging function in the vBulletin bulletin board software that powers FlyerTalk just became a little more convenient and efficient.

If you are looking to stay at a Hyatt Hotels resort in the United States and Caribbean regions sometime between now and May 31, 2010, act now!

See the Hyatt Resort 40% off Deal TOMORROW thread for additional details and information, but hurry — this sale ends at 11:59 in the evening tonight!