dabee69, that's a very informative post, I appreciate that.
I doubt I'll do MR or book W if lower classes are available (cant justify ~ 10 eurocents/mile, as I'm paying for the tickets myself
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If you have to or decide to connect, give a preference to Stockholm over Copenhagen where possible. You will then earn much more points from Stockholm for the Western Europe. Russia would be exactly the opposite.
OK, AirBaltic gives 600 miles for both CPH and ARN, and SAS gives more miles for all further flights from ARN than from CPH, except to Russia, where the mile amount is equal. So I'd say it's a wash in this case, or have I overlooked something?