500 points = 500 miles ?? (I dont know the details of ROP, but this looks rather stingy for a bonus promotion, or?)

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Royal Orchid Plus Offers Special Bonus Mileage. Thai Airways International Public Company Limited offers special Bonus Mileage for THAI Royal Orchid Plus (ROP) members that reserve THAI flights via THAI’s web-site, www.thaiairways.com, during 1 October - 31 December 2000.

To gain “Bonus Mileage”, THAI passengers who hold ROP membership are required to provide frequent flyer membership number whenever they reserve flights on THAI’s Flight Reservations web-site. “Bonus Mileage” will be allocated to passengers only when they have completed their travel as reserved on-line, within 2 weeks after flying each sector.

The conditions for “Bonus Mileage” are as follows:

1. Domestic passengers will gain “Bonus Mileage” at 200 points for travel in Royal Executive Class and 100 points for travel in Economy Class.
2. Passengers travelling within the same continent will gain “Bonus Mileage” at 500, 300, or 200 points for travel on Royal First Class, Royal Executive Class, or Economy Class, respectively.
3. For travel conducted on inter-continental routes, 500, 400, and 300 accumulated mileage points will be allocated to Royal First Class, Royal Executive Class and Economy Class passengers, respectively.
4. Passengers travelling within European routes or routes to and from Australia and New Zealand will gain accumulated mileage of 500, 300 and 200 points for Royal First Class, Royal Executive Class and Economy Class, respectively.

THAI Flight Reservations, made via www.thaiairways.com is an option which allows
greater convenience and comfort to passengers. This is an additional service that Thai Airways International offers as part of THAI’s Royal Orchid Plus frequent flyer programme. Members please stay tuned as
THAI’s Flight Reservations offers special promotions on a regular basis. For more information, please contact the Royal Orchid Plus Center at telephone number 513-9911 or at facsimile 513-0222.

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Gaucho100K


[This message has been edited by Gaucho100K (edited 10-10-2000).]