Originally Posted by
Tyrolean
When you fly in cheap tickets it is even worse. I thought that 125 miles is low enough. But yes, it can be beaten!
The lowest I could find in my booking history is a return flight to LCY. Overall cost 82€. Flight: 14€. No YQ/YR. Taxes: 68€. That flight would get you 250 miles. Under the new system that would be 56 miles for blue members. I'm not necessarily against revenue-based earning, but it should IMO apply to the paid fare. The worst off are those booking discount fares (whether in Y/Y+/C/F) far in advance. Moreover I would add higher multiple for Senators and HONs and for C and F.
The current F offer CDG-HKG on LX would earn a basic M&M member only 9,088 miles (1956€ BF + 316€ YQ/YR). That's 0.75 of the distance. Ouuchh. Under the current system it's 38,600 miles. That's a minus of of nearly 80%.