It would take a whole lot of points -- and/or being a very ignorant fool -- to bribe or be bribed that way. And when the airline is giving all customers the same number of points on the very same basis that is publicly available to all flying? Then it's harder to have it considered as an unlawful bribe in a criminal case here and elsewhere -- especially when there is no evidence of there being any sort of facially unprincipled quid pro quo arrangement involved in the retail commercial transaction that remains available to all.

There is bribing that has gone on with people in important positions in Sweden, but it's way bigger -- and way bigger material value -- than what an airline gives via published charts to its FFP customers. Immovable property sales and art and antique sales are a richer goldmine for hunting down corruption in Sweden than going after airline program miles earned from flying.