Originally Posted by
Fabo.sk
Of course, if you get a cheap, high mileage J ticket, than it's golden in mileage-earning schemes, but the same was true of FB (and is until Mar 2018), though it would require a fair bit more exotic routing than AMS-FCO-SCL.
the difference, though, is that AZ give you a higher earning percentage than AFKL does for J, and the target in level miles is lower.
And that's already comparing the "current" FB to MM. When the "new" FB launches, those starting from nothing have to earn Silver first, before then earning Gold. Given that Silver requires 100XP, whereas Gold requires an additional 180XP (rather than, in the current programme, allowing you to perhaps add just 80 on top of your existing 100 - though of course XPs don't apply, but you understand what I mean, I hope!), that means that achieving Gold from Ivory requires 55% more XPs than the person requiring Gold. How you piece together those XPs can be done in many different ways, some cheaply perhaps, some more cheaply. But the fact remains that - after April 2019, FB changes in that zero to Gold must be earned zero to Silver, then starting from scratch Silver to Gold.
roughly a 55% increase in the effort as compared to today's FB. Which already compares poorly with other Skyteam programmes in that regard, if only considering "mileage running". (FB still marginally wins as regards segment running [AZ requires 60 sectors, whereas FB requires 56 short international sectors] - unless, of course, you are doing domestic sectors [for which you would need 50 (to get 100XP for Silver) followed by another 90 (to get 180XP for Gold)]).