Originally Posted by
lunardream
I sat down and thought about their whole status upgrading thing and thought it was one of the most unusual practices for miles crediting. I mean most of the GCC airlines (except Qatar Airways and GF) even if the distance is less than 500 miles (Kuwait to bahrain is 262 miles I think), they would still credit you with the minimum of 500 miles. As for GF, having such different business and economy classes such as promo/restricted/flex, the credit varies and isn't not consistent! I mean it says 25% to 50% of the trip, Ok, so how much truly am I getting? how can I challenge that if there's any mistake in it if I don't know the accurate crediting percentage you're using? I think with the new privatization of GF, things would change around a bit, I hope! I don't really like this crediting system and hope they stick to the regular sector/miles genre.
The GF program was alway complicated. Add on top of that, dirty planes, a tempremental website and a hard to reach help desk. Much better as well as easier and straight forward to get staus on EY, KE or even QR, even if you live in BAH or the EP.
Now, its