Originally Posted by
speed.skater
When in doubt, wheretocredit seems to report the number of redeemable/award miles (RDM) one can earn when crediting a flight to a particular program. Back when wheretocredit started in 2015, most programs granted the same number of RDM and status/elite-qualifying miles (EQM) in most scenarios.
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That is a very USA centric view. USA based (and some other) frequent flyer programs unfortunately often use the word
“miles” as a measure of status earning. Non USA based frequent flyer programs often/usually use a different word/phrase like
tier points,
status credits,
qpoints,
Experience Points or another word/phrase for status measurement. That lessens the confusion between status and redeemable frequent flyer miles.
So 1 status earning unit = 1 redeemable ff mile was never the way it was for many ffps. With some being revenue based ffp's is now even harder to determine redeemable ff miles/avios/points or status earning