There's no problem with the B fare. 30 points each direction. if you have even a 100-mile flight on a codeshare partner, you will not get it as I found out in January. I was going to Budapest through AMS on a B fare. All the BUD service is on a KLM/NW Codeshare with Malev. All of it. Not even 1 real KLM flight. So Platinum points appeared (60 total), then disappeared after I had already seen them! Tacky, tacky. NW said it was because of the codeshare on Malev and that the rules are clear, etc. etc.! Customer service took care of me, but not under the asinine Platinum Points program.