Couldn't have said it better myself. I always laugh when people proclaim certain alliance is better than the other. Besides MA and IB, RJ is not a very good airline either and it is in OW.
But on the otherhand... for people who don't fly very much and just want to earn Destination miles, ST is one of the worst players in there... I'm trying to look at which program to join, I'm flying for the first time Long Haul (BRU-JNB-CPT) with ST, and I want those miles to count! But with FlyingBlue, you get very poor mileage accrual in discounted fares, and you can't stop hearing around these forum that Delta's program is called SkyPesos!!
My question really is what to join. I think i will fly quite a few time in the future with ST so that it's worth joining a program, but not enough if I start earning 25% or nothing everytime I fly.
Apart from DL, FB there isn't much other choice I think to me than CSA's OK, which people recommend, but they're accrual is a bit worse than that of DL. It seems the good deal with them is to earn tiers with very few flight segments, but then what do I do with a czech tier if I don't fly CSA?
Can someone help me out here... which program do you reckon I should join? How bad is Delta in all fairness? - won't they be tempted to Join *A?
Thanks a lot