Originally Posted by
Mileometer
The issue is that the voters are being asked one question but are answering another.
They are being asked to name the "best airline loyalty scheme" but, assuming a lot of the comments on here and on HfP are correct, they're answering the question which asks "with which program do you find it easiest to earn & burn miles/points"?
The two are not the same and you cannot simply choose to ignore the status earning element of a program when deciding whether it's the best program going. "Best program" means the best program when everything is taken into consideration and if you're not considering a major part of the program when casting your vote, you're not voting for what you've been asked to vote for.
Most BAC members have no status and perhaps are not even interested in one. "Best programme" is in the eye of the beholder. People are answering the question on the basis of what constitutes the "best" for them. If status or ease of attaining it is not on their minds, then they can't possibly take it into consideration. Moreover, there may very well be people who think that BAC is the best for them even for the purpose of attaining status. Unless the question lists specific criteria of what constitutes the "best programme," I don't see why people are answering a different question to the one asked.