Originally Posted by bensyd
I am not familiar with AY's program but I would assume if there are so few it has some disadvantage to it that makes people move over to BA/AA
I moved to AA due to 100% PLT/EXP bonus and easier to reach tier levels. The fact that cheap AY tickets get 50% points at AY but 100% miles at AA helped as well.
When Finnair joined 1W there was in the news reports of first people reaching Emerald already a few months after the big change. My boss said he would have reached AY Platinum if not for the unfortunate timing of membership year change and reset of all counters. And he was very far from "high level management".
I very much doubt that AY's Platinum is in the range of 100.