Originally Posted by
2l84t
In order to attain Silver or Gold level you need to earn your qualifying points (which differ by your country of residence)
this is due to SAS being based in Scandinavia and therefore subject to the rather perticular laws... the points needed to obtain gold in Norway is lower because by Norwegian law, SAS is not allowed to award points on domestic flights... it's like we say; there's the right way and theres Norway...
and if i'm not mistaken, some routes in Sweden, they're not allowed to award you points either...