Originally Posted by
Concerto
Talking about calculating XPs, I flew from Moscow to Bangkok the other day and I see I have been credited 10XPs. I expected 12XPs on this route! Is it so short that it falls into a lower bracket? For me, it felt like a very long flight to Bangkok. I was down the back of Aeroflot Economy and it is extremely cramped. I highly recommend avoiding long haul SU economy.
Yes, as another poster indicated it is shorter so only 10 XP. But then if you do say AMS-BKK via MOW, you earn in total 15 XP due to the AMS-MOW leg, which is more than the 12 XP direct flight. So often building in a stop with change of aircraft is a good strategy to enhance XP - e.g. fly AMS-KUL on KL, 12 XP, and use a ticket that connects to a Garuda flight that gives you another 5 XP, slightly later as the same number KL KUL-JKT flight (the KL flight AMS-KUL-JKT also just gives 12 XP since one flight number).