under the old system...they were more generous in giving out "bonus miles", because those were not actual miles per se...only used for determining status in The Marco Polo Club and not really award miles...now that they have Asia Miles..."miles" represent some kind of a real cost to them, so I can see why they'll be more careful in giving us bonus miles in the future...

and, in the old system, only miles were used to determine status (and F/C sectors, but not Y sectors)...so the system was much more favorable to long-haul travelers (even discounted economy) and, on the other hand, very disadvantageous to short-haul business travelers...even when they paid full-fare economy, they might find it hard to meet the mileage requirements, even for the lowest Green level...so I think the 1,600 km bonus for every 6 sectors traveled was meant to adjust for this bias...and now that they do count sectors as part of the membership qualification requirements, probably they think it's no longer necessary...

but, I agree...lounge access, OAG flight guide, etc...in these aspects the program was really much better before...

does anyone know why DragonAir flights do not count towards anything starting from February ?? is there a reason ??