Since people have been putting questions about that topic i'm copying here the message I've posted on United forum.
I hope it introduces some clarification to the subject.

Here it goes:
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Originally posted by Rudi:
Haing found the same queiston already in the KLM and LH-Forum today:
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And you will find it also at AA, BA and Continental forums.

I have a good reason to do that: since i'm flying almost on Qualiflyer airlines and Air France I've chosen their ffp's because they are the best way to get elite status (and the benefits associated).

All the others ffp's I'll be using them to get free flights or upgrades. Since i will not put so many miles into these accounts it is very important to know how many miles I'll need for awards.

These destinations are just examples:
Europe-Europe (same zone),
Europe-Europe (different zone),
Europe-North America,
Europe-South America,
Europe-Far Asia and
Europe-Oceania.

It will help me decide between AA and BA, between UA and Lufthansa, between Continental and KLM.

This is and hold question, i am aware of that but, since i live far away from major hubs, sometimes, it's hard to understand what award do i need when crossing award zones. When redeeming an award do airlines supply return flight between my country and there European hubs? and ow that affects the number of allowed segments on a free ticket? and ...

One thing i know, from Portugal to some other place: on a British Airways flight I'll have to connect in London, on a Lufthansa flight I'll have to probably connect in Frankfurt and on a KLM flight I'll have to connect in Amsterdam.

Since i intend to post the results here, i think this would be a great help for people living in countries like Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Norway, Greece, ...


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you really want to do us your home-work (for updating your otherwise often outdated web-site?), do you?:
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Don't call it web site, instead call it experiment.

In the beginning it was intended to be a repository of links to bonus, offers, and informations about airlines and hotels.
I tried to make it interactive so anyone could come and add their own links. These way we all could enjoy a database with lots of nice and useful links.
But i was wrong, people haven't add their links and it's impossible for just one person to track and add links for so many ffp's. The same problem to track the validity of links already added.

I thought i had found the solution in excluding links about offers and links about information and just consider links about bonus miles but i quickly found that i still didn't have enough time to do it. So, i'm doing what my schedule permits.


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Here you find the link for downloading the Global Mileage Plus guide
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Anyway, i must thank you the link.

Don't be upset but you will probably read this text another five times.>>


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