by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 12, 2016 | Featured, Points/Miles, United |
Until April 25, United is offering Mileage Plus members the opportunity to top off their account balances with a fairly attractive miles sale. The sale is tiered, so the more miles you buy, the greater your discount.
Purchasing between 5000 and 9000 miles will earn you a 20% mileage bonus (3.1 Cents Per Mile including taxes).
Purchasing between 10000 and 19000 miles will earn you a 40% mileage bonus (2.8 Cents Per Mile including taxes).
Purchasing between 20000 and 80000 miles will earn you an 80% mileage bonus (2.1 Cents Per Mile including taxes).
As you can see, the best option is at the 20,000+ mile purchase level. The deal is not necessarily the best that’s ever existed but if you are short a few miles for that Lufthansa First Class ticket, this kind of a sale is an economical way to fill the gap.
You can buy up to 80,000 miles (plus the 80% bonus) with this specific sale with an annual limit of 150,000 miles that can be purchased.
Miles do not count towards status level, they are strictly award miles.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 10, 2016 | 777, Featured, Route Announcements, Swiss |
SWISS has provided a minor update to the flight plans of their 777 aircraft as they begin to enter the fleet. The update below compliments their previous update that was provided in July 2015.
Zurich -Bangkok will begin 777 service on July 8, operating daily (no change to previous plans).
Zurich – Hong Kong will begin 777 service on April 10, operating on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.
Zurich – Hong Kong between May 2 and May 19 will CHANGE TO Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Zurich – Hong Kong beginning May 20 will CHANGE to DAILY SERVICE.
Zurich – Los Angeles will begin 777 service on June 9, operating daily service (no change to previous plans).
Zurich – Montreal will begin 777 service on March 27, operating daily until August 30 (no change to previous plans).
Zurich – Sao Paulo will now ONLY OPERATE between August 1 and August 30. Previously it was to operate indefinitely.
Zurich – San Francisco will begin 777 service on August 30, operating on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays.
Zurich – Singapore will begin 777 service on September 2, operating on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.
Zurich – Tel Aviv will begin 777 service on September 2, operating on Mondays, Fridays, and Sundays.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 10, 2016 | Austrian, Business Class, Fare Sale, Featured |
Austrian has launched a deeply discounted fare for flights between Chicago or Washington and Hong Kong for only $2500! Miami – Hong Kong can be had for $2800. The fares seem to valid beginning in September and availability runs well into 2017. For those to whom it’s important, these are ‘P’ fares. Of course, these flights from the US connect through Vienna.
Not sure if these are error fares or if they will only last for a short while. So if you see something you like, book it. It may not be there tomorrow!
Austrian’s website can be quite challenging when trying to find inventory so I suggest that you use something like Google.com/flights to help you track down availability for this fare.
H/T: FlyerTalk’s NewbieRunner
