Well, I've been a Asiana Club member for many, many years now. I never had problems with getting miles for all my trips but it seems for the past 2 years that there are all these different fare codes for star alliance members that don't give miles anymore. I took a RT from LAX to ORD to MUC to BCN, taking UA and LH, bought my ticket on Expedia, I got miles for half of the trip, because of the different fare codes. I never had this problem 2 years ago. I just bought my ticket and had no worries about getting miles. Now I have to triple check every little booking code to make sure it quaifies and sometimes, the mileage earning booking code is so much more expensive that it is not worth it.

There are 2 saving graces for Asiana Club, it is the Asiana BofA AMEX, 2 miles per dollar. Even with it's high redemtion rates for Star Alliance awards, it still comes out ahead of other cards. And the fact that you can keep Star Gold of 2 years at a time and can qualify for only 40K. Without these 2 features this program would be craptastic.

Alex