Originally Posted by
mre5765
You'll find when redeeming miles on M&M and Eurobonus that the surcharges, fees, and taxes will make the miles useless (i.e. you could buy tickets for less, even on something other than Ryan or ValueJet) except for long haul.
Actually, SK EuroBonus is pretty good for redeeming on SK, since you don't have to pay fuel surcharges. But you need 70k miles (or points in EB-speak) for Gold status with a Swedish address. You can find some discussions about Star Alliance alternatives to EB for Scandinavians over at the EB forum. The previous darling BMI DC will be eaten by LH soon, and LH M&M has just annonuced an increase in long-haul biz redemption rates.