Originally Posted by
orbitmic
AF-KL has now launched the 'Platinum Ultimate' status. It misses the formal perks of GGL but is actually quite a lot more thorough on the 'soft perks' with facilitated transfers and escorting in terminals, dedicated personal referent, reserved areas within lounges, top priority for empty rows onboard, etc.
The trouble with the AFKL Ultimate program is that it has a major consistency problem. Perks aren't clear or there is contradicting information on what exactly they are and in which situation they are provided, and then there is a *major* consistency problem where perks aren't delivered at all despite claims to their existence. If you read through the last 10 or so pages of the thread on the AFKL forum
by clicking here you'll see that members are ultimately frustrated and actually start jumping ship.
As far as I know, the AA, DL and UA programs deliver similar benefits to GGL and partly even to HONCircle.