Originally Posted by
lewinr
I think the real devaluation here is not the loss of using SWUs on AF/KLM (which is something the vast majority of SM members never used), but the loss of (or reduced) availability of AF/KLM Business awards which is something far more SM members have used.
+1
awards for AF biz class are the best value you can (could ?) get for your skymiles. This could explain, why I had much more difficulty recently to get J availability on AF for award flights than last year.
btw, it makes sense from an AF perspective given the fact that on certain routes you could even get J class for less skymiles than FB miles.