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I think all Star Alliance partner awards are now standardised across programs, aren't they? (excepting the occasional special arrangement, like UA upgrades on LH)
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A quick look on how many flown and paid miles required to reach Gold Status on Star Alliance Loyalty Programs.
It takes 70k on SAS,
It takes 50,000 on United
It takes 50,000 also on SIA
50k on Thai
Lufthansa is difficult to work out but i think its 50k,
BUT only 38k miles on BMI.
So my one Business class trip to the UK will qualify me for Gold Status.
And as there is no requirement to fly on BMI to remain a member then I don't feel that I'm being loyal to them. In fact, I'm probably costing them a fortune as they'll have to fund the redemptions that I make on non-BMI airlines.