So, AZ has a promotion where if you buy tickets between Nov 15 and 30, and fly by Mar 31, 2016 on specific routes, you get up to 4 times the miles for the first 6 segments (exact wording is a bit unclear).

Here's the link: http://www.alitalia.com/en_en/millem...la-miglia.html

I am new to AZ program, but this promotion (there was also a triple miles promotion earlier for business class tickets) is intriguing, especially because it includes dates in 1Q of 2016. So, with one flight, I can almost renew my Freccia Alata Plus (FAP) status for another year... and massively earn miles.

Before I decide on anything, what is the correct way of calculating the bonus miles earned? In the terms and conditions, they say that "The basic miles, earned according to the Alitalia miles table available on the website alitalia.com, are multiplied as follows:" So, here, the basic miles are actual flown miles or miles inclusive of class of service bonus?

For example, if I fly ICN-FCO-EZE-FCO-ICN and FCO-MXP-FCO, that's six segments that would qualify for maximum 4 times miles for these flights. In addition, if I fly in business in ICN-EZE flights, those 4 segments would earn 3 x 25K miles as basic miles earned according to the earning table, totaling 75K basic miles.

With 4x bonus miles applied to these basic miles, then I would earn a total of whopping 300K miles, plus 100% bonus as FAP (325K miles)? This is based on the calculating criteria applied for the earlier promotion for business class fare 3x bonus. This means if flying in business (long haul), you'd actually earn 12x the actual flown miles.

If 4x bonus is based on the miles flown (25K miles), that's still 7x the actual flown miles... totaling 175K if no status, 200K with FAP (if flying ICN-FCO-EZE RT in business).

Not bad either way... but the way things are written in AZ terms and conditions is so vague... in my case, 125K miles vague.