http://www.scandic-hotels.com/Scandi...oEarnMiles.jsp

So now Hilton HHonors will no longer be able to claim they're the only program where you can earn both points and miles for the same stay.

However, the details are again a let-down. Only airline programs based in Scandinavia participate so far: FinnAir and SAS.

So yet another way how (at least so far) this program is of little use to those neither based in nor frequently traveling to the region, no matter how much they liked Scandic while it was part of HHonors.

Also, it's now 5 January and I still haven't gotten the promised new membership number and PIN (I signed up in December). All I got so far was an email that stated: "A confirmation including your new membership number and PIN code will be sent to the following e-mail address". (It also said I'd get a card in the mail, but I wouldn't expect that quickly.)