Originally Posted by connex2me
Yes, there mere fact of just transfering makes it a 3-region award. Welcome to LH's wonderfull logic. So, if you fly Europe to Mexico just connecting in the US, that would be a 3-region too.
That's why many of us collect miles with more than just one loyalty program. In this forum, the only reason why many of us stay members of the illogical, rapidly devaluating and nerve-wrecking MM program is because we fly a lot of LH metal and because we occasionally travel on F and A (and to a lesser degree C,D and Z) fares. We offset our grieve against MM with a more logical and more generous program such as DC, DM or, as in my case, MP. And many of our Asia bound flyers also seem to hold SQ PPS status.