Originally Posted by
tourist
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.
To get 70k could be hard, but I might think about trying it out for a year.
EB's site also says, "Nyhet! Du blir även uppgraderad till Silvernivå om du under din kvalificeringsperiod gör 20 enkelresor, gör du 40 enkelresor når du Guldstatus. Gäller när du flyger med SAS, Blue1 och Widerøe, oavsett vilken biljettyp du reser med (gäller ej inrikes i Norge)."
Thanks to my Swedish lessons, that basically says that you can get Gold status if you have 40 one-way trips with tickets from SAS, Blue1, or Widerøe, regardless of fare class (with the exception of domestic flights within Norway, which is not a problem for me). I saw this promotion a few months ago which is what got me thinking about switching in the first place. Then I started thinking about LH's M&M program...