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Old Feb 20, 2012, 10:28 am
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mkgrip
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Programs: SK Eurobonus Silver, DL, AA, AY, US
Posts: 600
Originally Posted by another_shot
Let me see what has changed...
Probably, now the lounges will be more crowded. Congratulations, SAS!
Most probably not. For those flying within Scandinavia&Finland or to/from Europe 1 it is actually now harder to earn Gold, so there should be fewer Golds from those.
Who it is easier to earn Gold now is those flying a few long haul flights a year in low economy, but then again by definition they only fly a few flights a year and therefore do not crowd the lounges so much.

Of course it is not so black&white as some pax are a mix between the two, but as this makes getting gold harder for the most frequent flyers (that is the most frequent out of those that don't easily qualify anyway) and therefore the most frequent lounge users, I think that should even out the effect the additional gold members from low economy long- and medium haul will bring.
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