Flyertalk is the leading Internet forum for discussion of frequent flyer programs. Owned by Randy Petersen, a widely-quoted expert on frequent flyer programs, Flyertalk has grown extensively throughout the years, and now includes hotel reviews, forums for discussion of travel bargains, and a general topics forum called Omni. Like many other Internet forums, Flyertalk has a dedicated group of regular posters and its own particular conventions and lingo. For example, taking a mileage run means booking a cheap airplane ticket solely to accrue miles. At its most extreme, this may involve a cumulative thirty or more hour flight across the world, stopping at the destination city for perhaps only a matter of hours.

Other widely discussed topics include the so-called [http://www.flyertalk.com/pudding.htm Pudding Guy,] who bought 12,150 cups of pudding in order to earn lifetime elite status on American Airlines.

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