Originally Posted by
hfly
Nick, the thing is that generally when you are talking about this level of flying, you have to be cognizant of what happens outside of just Europe as almost by definition many of those customers that we are talking about here could just as easily qualify for any program (within reason) should they choose.
But would they? What proportions of LH Hons are not based in EMEA? Ditto for BA GGLs? And vice-versa for US airlines outside the Americas? If you are based in Paris and your travel radiates throughout the whole world, AA CK is going to be of relatively limited use to you even if you could theoretically attain it as only a fraction of your travels are going to be on AA anyway.On balance, I suspect that you would prefer something that makes your flying with AF more pleasant/bearable even if it has fewer bells and whistles than a super-duper programme on a US airline. If your traffic is mostly tatl, then clearly that is a different story, of course. Ditto with Gulf airlines,
mutatis mutandis.