Originally Posted by kiam
I definitely would not understand why there is a difference on mileage bonus earend as Elite members depending on where you reside. If other SkyTeam partners treat all members the same regarding mileage bonus, it does not make much sense, does it?, for AF to give North/Central American members 100% while others 50%.
First, that conformation is great. Wonder why it is not on the AF USA site?
The industry is full of absurdities and inconsistiencies.
US base cannot join KL FF
LH sen is 130k miles for German citizens 100k for everyone else.
RTW ticket price differences are 250%, depending upon country of purchase.
Fly UA in C IAD-Europe for 5-6k with a UA ticket, or buy a US codeshare ticket for 2K.
Fly IAD-SVO(MOW) in C for 6k, or buy a CO codeshare that flys VS and ST(is that Aeroflot?) for 2k, never touches CO.
Fly IAD-LHR in C for 5k on CO codeshare on VS, or buy IAD-LHR-SVO in C for 2K.
I think many other European based airlines have requirements that are prejiduced against them.
An AMEX Centurion costs between $1000, and 2500 last time I looked, depending upon country of address.