Hi,

I am based in Munich and I have chosen Finnair Plus as my major FTL programme. Why? Because I get miles ( or in case of AY: kilometres) for practically every flight even the discounted ones. The only exeption is, that BA generally gives you miles only for full fare economy. This idiotic policy ruins much of the OW benefits, I know. But for BA flights I still have the BA EC account because since January you get half of the miles also on discounted flights. This is good for BA, AY and LA flights oly, though, so I will still use Finnair as the preferred programme. Their awards are about the best value in Europe (40000 kms for any flight within Europe, 30000 within Northern Europe, 20000 within Finland or Germany). That's the good news. The bad is that you can forget the long haul awards since they're too expensive (starting at 120000 kms for north America). The points are valid for five years. This is the major benefit over LH, which by the way is the propably the unfriendliest airline in Europe. Dealing with Finnair is always so much easier than with Lufthansa.