i doubt we'll see another promotion until they get some new members. this is to encourage people to take new carriers they may not have sampled before. the first promotion was flawed because you could fly up to five carriers within the boundaries of europe. so qf and cx feel as if they got burned. this time, by making us go aroung the world, cx and qf definitely got their fare share, but i wonder about ay, ib, and ie due to their limited coverage. la probably got some benefit, as if you truly wanted south america and not central america, you had to use them at some point.

if i had my druthers, i would like to go back to the last promotion. i would do a rtw again and have no problem hitting all the different continents to max mileage, as well as the different airlines. dl had a promotion like this two years ago when they had about 13 partner airlines. i flew seven of them to get 115k in bonuses. just make sure the promo is not during the aussie winter. it has been raining and windy in perth, and now in mel. get me down here during mardi gras again if you please.