by Lufthansa Flyer | May 25, 2016 | Featured, Industry News, Lufthansa, Miles & More |
Miles & More has begun to unveil what some of the changes will be to the program beginning later this year. So far, it’s nothing to panic about and actually may be acceptable to most.
In the first phase, M&M is focusing on Intra-Europe award travel. Specifically, it appears that ticket surcharges will decrease substantially and the amount of miles required to redeem a ticket will go up modestly.
Beginning with bookings made on September 15, 2016 or later, ‘Intra-Europe’ redemption surcharges will decrease from €40 to only €5 for Economy Class and for Business Class the fee will go down from €43 to €20. This will apply to flights operated by LH Group Airlines. As far as miles are concerned, Economy and Business Class ticket redemptions will increase by 5000 miles (roundtrip booking).
In reality this is a fairly ‘passenger friendly’ deal. I’m sure most of us would be willing to spend 5k more miles instead of €20 to €35 more in fees. For you dissenters, keep in mind it could have been much worse!
Expect changes to be announced for Intercontinental travel in the near future.
H/T: VFT’s Miles & More Forum
by Lufthansa Flyer | May 25, 2016 | Featured, First Class, Points/Miles, United |
Need those extra few miles for a Lufthansa First Class Ticket?
Until May 27, United’s Mileage Plus is offering a bonus of up to 100% of award miles purchased for your account. The sale is tiered whereby you will get a 25% bonus for buying between 5000 and 19000 miles, a 50% bonus for buying between 20,000 and 39,000 miles and a fantastic 100% bonus for buying 40,000 or more miles. Keep in mind you can buy up to 150,000 miles per year per account.
At the most lucrative level, the 100% bonus tier, you’ll wind up only paying 1.88 cents per mile (including taxes). Well below the threshold for what is considered a good deal.
by Lufthansa Flyer | May 25, 2016 | Featured, Frankfurt, Lufthansa, Route Announcements |
Beginning December 2, Lufthansa will resume service between Frankfurt and Cape Town, South Africa. Flights will operate 3 times a week aboard a 3-class A340-300 aircraft (Business / Prem Eco / Economy). Departures will take place from Frankfurt on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays while return flights from Cape Town will operate on Thursdays, Saturdays, and Mondays. Here are the flight details:
Lufthansa LH576 will depart Frankfurt at 10:10p and arrive in Cape Town the following morning at 11:00a. Flight time is scheduled for 11 hours 50 minutes.
Lufthansa LH577 will depart Cape Town at 6:30p and arrive in Frankfurt the following morning at 5:30a. Flight time is scheduled for 12 hours.
Be mindful that when searching or booking for flights, it appears that First Class is available, but when you dig deeper, those fares book in ‘J’ fares which are Business Class seats. Not sure why LH has that error in the booking system. I blame the millennial hipsters in IT for that one.
Booking is now available on Lufthansa.com
H/T: FlyerTalk and confirmed via Lufthansa.
