Originally Posted by emviflyer

When booking award tickets for family and friends the passengers used to travel with the FB level of the sponsor. Thus if a platinum member gives his son an award ticket, the son would enjoy, extra baggage, free seat choice, SKY PRIORITY etc.
NO MORE !
Without communicating to its members FB has removed this perk per 17 July 2019 and that works retrospectively.

So your beneficiary, unaware of the changes, will be in for a surprise at the airport. The extra suitcase has suddenly to be paid for, the reserved seat has gone, no SKY PRIORITY and denied access to the lounge.

Where AF/KL can of course take back any perk they give to their elite passengers, I fail to understand why this is not communicated in a timely manner and worse, why it also applies to tickets booked before 17 July, the holders of which having no idea which unpleasant surprises they will get flying KL/AF.

I have asked FB and in an email, they confirmed the situation described above, but fortunately they do understand how disappointed this must be for us....