EVA has an awful FF program and it is one of the reasons why I no longer fly as much as I want on the airline. I saw 40000 miles expire for lack of opportunity to use. Considering that EVA has a 20-40% premium cost over the *A carriers I typically use, there is no incentive to fly as much as I once did. I made Gold over successive years with EVA but there was no benefit for me to do so since I am not in Taiwan. If EVA initiated a more reasonable non expiry of miles for foreign residents, it would encourage FFers to choose EVA. Considering the fact that EVA is battling it out on some North American routes with Air Canada and the pending introduction of a new Air Canada FF program, perhaps EVA may juice up its FF program soon. AC selected Cathay for its route connections to MNL, SIN, and BKK, not BR, which should have been a wake up call.