On my way out of the C class lounge in Zurich today (31 December) I noticed a pile of leaflets about the new Swiss Travel Club.

The reason they kept quiet about it was that the points required for many flights has gone up considerably.

Below are the points for a free ticket from Europe in Y/C/F (all thousand points)

Europe/ North Africa 20/30/NA
Near East 50/75/100
North America 70/105/140
Middle East 80/120/160
Africa 90/135/180
South Asia 90/135/180
Rest of Asia 100/150/200
South America 110/165/220
Australia 160/240/320

The increases seem to be for C class travel although the cost of F to North America seems to have gone down.

The cost of upgrades has risen too (eg internal European has gone from 5K to 10K one way). Essentially now two one way upgrades are the same cost as an economy return.

No mention of the old RTW award and there is no information on other routings (eg travel other than from Europe or local travel on partner airlines).

Stephen