by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 24, 2015 | Featured, Hotel, Miles & More, Points/Miles |
Most of you have probably come across this opportunity, but for those of you who have not, here is a way to add 100 miles to you Miles & More balance for each of your Hotel stays.
I’m referring to the relationship that Miles & More has with HolidayCheck.de, a German-based hotel and travel review website. By simply visiting their website and spending no more than 5 minutes reviewing a hotel, you’ll earn 100 miles.
The website lets you add your review for any stay that you have had in the past 25 months and is based on the honor system in that there is no verification made regarding your stay. The website simple reviews your review to make sure that it meets their criteria for being informative and complete.
The process is fairly easy. Once you set up your online profile with HolidayCheck, all you need to do is go to their Hotel Review page, search for your hotel, and provide your ratings and comments. You’ll have the option to provide either a brief review or one with more details. Once complete, you enter your Miles & More number and once approved, your miles are credited within 2 weeks.
Considering most hotel stays offer only miles based on dollars spent or flat rate per stay, using this program can increase your actual miles earned from hotel stays by upwards of 30-100%.
A word of advice: I would not attempt to create a bunch of fictitious stays just to run up your miles balances. If they catch on to a pattern that suggests fraud, it can result in your account being closed and it could ruin the program for everyone.
A few caveats about the program:
You are limited to 10 hotel reviews a month, so basically if you have 120 hotel stays to review, you’ll earn 12,000 miles each year. When I do the miles per minute calculation (assuming 5 minutes per review), you will earn about 20 miles per minute spent providing your feedback. I’m not sure there are many of us that could claim 120 hotel stays in a year, but this the limitation of the program.
You’ll notice that the website is in German so you may want to enable your browser to automatically translate the webpage for you if German is not your forte.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 21, 2015 | Featured, Miles & More, Payback, Plane Spotting |
A H/T to FlyerTalk’s Oliver2002 for putting this on my radar…..
For those of you participating in the PAYBACK loyalty/points program, an E-Coupon is available for the BodyShop that awards 1,000 points for your first purchase. Of course if you are a PAYBACK member, you know that the points automatically convert to Miles & More miles at a 1:1 ratio if you linked your MM account to your PAYBACK account thus making this coupon worth 1000 miles.
There is no minimum purchase required and there is even a coupon code that provides for free shipping (a €5 savings!).
As Oliver2002 suggested, the most economical way to earn the 1000 points (miles) is to purchase the 60ml size of the Moringa Shower Gel for €2 and then use a coupon code at check out to waive the shipping. The code that needs to be entered for the free shipping is AOGV011515.
Remember that your order needs to be shipped to an address in Germany. Also, if you are going to try and pay with a credit card that does not have a German billing address, you will not succeed. However, there is a Paypal option available which will carry a surcharge of .22 cents so at the end of the day, you’ll earn 1000 miles for only €2.22 or 1/5 cent per mile!
Keep in mind that the coupon expires on April 26…..
by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 21, 2015 | Featured, Route Announcements, Star Alliance |
ADRIA:
Maribor – London (SEN) effective June 1 will BEGIN 3x/week service (Seasonal until September 29).
AIR CHINA:
Beijing – Jeju effective June 12 will BEGIN 4x/week service. Increases to 1x/day on July 11.
Beijing – Vancouver effective August 11 will increase from 11x/week to 12x/week. Increases to 14x/week on August 17.
Beijing – Yangon effective July 1 will be reduced from 4x/week to 2x/week.
ASIANA:
Seoul (ICN) – Hiroshima effective immediately is CANCELLED until April 30.
Seoul (ICN) – Hiroshima effective April 30 will RESUME 1x/day service.
BRUSSELS:
Brussels – Tenerife South effective October 25 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
Brussels – Las Palmas effective October 28 will BEGIN 2x/week service.
SHENZHEN:
Xi’An – Seoul (ICN) effective between May 4 and July 5 is reduced from 5x/week to 3x/week.
TURKISH:
Istanbul (IST) – Osaka effective November 15 is reduced from 7x/week to 5x/week.
Istanbul (IST) – Tokyo (NRT) effective October 25 is reduced from 14x/week to 11x/week.
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