Originally Posted by tricopulos
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- example of miles accrual (someone knows distances in miles to check?) for a flight CDG/JFK: PE's now earn 8190 miles or 11900 in business; should go down to 7280 and 9100
- miles needed between Europe and Asia will be 80k/120k/160 in the 3 classes; upgrade 40k
- Europe-Tahiti: same as to Asia
- Europe/Australia and New Zeeland: 100/150/200, no upgrades possible
I feel my secrets sources inside FD have run out of other bad news, but the whole lot is bad enough.
We will then see what happens......
According the the Great Circle Mapper, CGD-JFK is 3635 miles. So your new accrual number of 9100 for business is consistent with a 100% PE bonus, and a 50% cabin bonus. This change is the one that would affect me most, as the vast bulk of my flights in is business. Still hoping it'll turn out to be incorrect...
There does seem to be a bit of good news here if your Europe to Asia redemption numbers are correct and are quoted for a return flight. Right now a C redemption to Asia (or Far East as KLM calls it) runs at 150,000 miles, so if it goes down to 120,000 we come out ahead. It would mean a revaluation of already accrued miles (and would make me feel marginally bad for just having spent 150,000 miles on a AMS-SIN-AMS award).
Comparing it to the accrual rules, you would need now 13 CDG-JFK segments to earn 150,000 miles. Under the alleged new rules, you'd need 14 segments for 120,000 miles, so it's not all that bad. Hopefully. It also depends on how award milage changes for other regions, of course. But 200,000 miles in F to Oz isn't all that bad considering you now need 180,000 miles in C.
Hm. Let's wait and see.
Edited to add: If the 40k upgrade is for a return trip, then we're much better off, since it currently costs 40k one-way. But that'd be far too good to be true of course.