Originally Posted by
Jaenks
The Baltic States should be removed.They are not in Russia or CIS while Turkmenistan and Ukraine are in CIS.Keep those Baltic companies(AirBaltic,Estonian Air) in Other European Frequent Flyer Programs sub-forum.
Turkmenistan and Ukraine have not ratified the CIS charter. Thats why they are specifically mentioned.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonw...pendent_States
For the Baltic its pretty much flip a coin. But I think the (transiberian) train has left. The issue has been raised for a few months.
I would say that in general carriers are better served in a specific forum than a generic. The Baltic has large Russian minorities, and more russian speaking. Its a safe bet that many travellers from this region is well into the Russia proper market and vice versa.