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Nov 7, 2008 | 4:27 am

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Originally Posted by anandrag

Realize title is a bit unclear... but basic question is why only 2X miles for some airlines in F and 3X for others? I flew SQ in F last week and had expected 3X but only 2X. Other full *A members like NH, LH, OZ, TG, LX etc do give 3X miles. SAA only gives 1.5X for F!

Why??

I've taken the liberty of tweaking your title to make it clearer.

The answer is that different airlines are prepared to "pay" different amounts to frequent flyer programmes for the flights. SQ is quite mean, as is SA.

Also, you might notice that the same flight can earn at different rates depending on which programme you choose to place your miles in. Some of those flights do earn x3 in M&M, for example.

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