Almost -- it's actually 80,000 (which the 25% "executive bonus" then increases to the required 100,000). Remember too that the bonus only applies to the base miles, not to any class of service multiplier.
Duh
, of course.
Doubling the number of flights needed means that M&M is not a remotely attractive option for the overwhelming majority of readers here.
Agreed. I have also pretty much written off M&M as a result of this.
That said, to be fair, even with a doubling of flights, *G status for 6 long-haul deep discount business class tickets, while not particularly interesting for quite a few of us including me, is not a ridiculously high level especially, as you say, for 2 years of *G (and 4 years of access to LH lounges given the soft landing to FTL) and compares honourably to many programmes, although obviously not the BDs or A3s of this world which are unusually generous with granting status.