Originally Posted by
BlueNordicSky
50 points in intercontinental business class.
This is the outlier. The one that opens the floodgates to all sorts of gaming of the system. Compared to all the others, this one is disproportionate. Fly just a little bit outside of Europe, and your points are multiplied by 5. Something like FRA-LIS is 3 hours and gets you 10 points. By comparison there are a few flights such as FRA-TUN which are actually shorter and get you 50 points. Flying in First gets you 70 points which is rather low in comparison.
As far I can tell, this is virtually identical to the BA system. 140 tier points for a long-haul one-way in J (any fare class) with 1500 needed for BA Gold (oneworld Emerald), so 10 legs give or take. Virtually identical to BA. And BA seems happy enough with it.