by Lufthansa Flyer | May 2, 2014 | Fare Sale, Featured, Swiss |
SWISS is running an attractive BUSINESS CLASS Fare Sale to several major European destinations for summer travel.
The best fares are found for NYC departures, where you can find deals in the mid to upper $2000 range. Otherwise, departures from other East Coast gateways (Boston and Miami) run in the low $3000 range. The best bargains are for travel to Barcelona, Rome, Zurich or Geneva.
From the Midwest (Chicago) and West Coast (Los Angeles, San Francisco), fares start in the low to mid $3000 range and work their way up into the low $4000 range.
SWISS is consistently rated as having one of the best International Business Class products, so when fares are discounted by up to 50% from their regular rates it’s a good time to experience their hospitality!
Please note that these fares are booking as deep discount ‘P’ fares which will affect how many miles you’ll earn for your respective Frequent Flyer Programs.
As far as Terms and Conditions are concerned:
Departures must take place between June 30 and August 24.
Return travel must be completed by August 31.
A 7 day minimum stay is required.
Please visit SWISS.COM for more details on the fare sale.
by Lufthansa Flyer | May 2, 2014 | Featured, Miles & More |
Each month, Miles & More creates a large inventory of deeply discounted award travel for members and consolidates them on their Meilenschnäppchen website. Being that this is May 2, the new deals for this month are now available for booking. Typically these offers run on a first come, first serve basis and as award inventory is booked up throughout the month, it becomes harder to find redemption opportunities through is promo. The best opportunities are usually available during the first 2 weeks or so of each month’s promotion.
The great thing about this promo is the fact that award travel is discounted up to 50%. For example a Roundtrip Economy Ticket between the USA and Europe is usually 60,000 miles, but during the promo, its only 30,000 miles roundtrip.
For Business Class the numbers are even more appealing. What is normally 105,000 miles for a round trip award ticket, becomes 55,000 miles during the promo. Consider it a 2 for 1 deal!
The May offers are valid until May 31 and appears to cover travel during September although there are several pockets of May & June availability as well. With hundreds of different combinations, you should have little trouble putting together a great trip at half the normal redemption rate!
If you find yourself short of miles, you may want to consider applying for the Barclay Premier Miles & More World MasterCard. Currently there is a special promo taking place until the end of June that will award new accounts up to 50,000 miles (20,000 after first use, and 30,000 more after spending $5,000 on the card during the account’s first 90 days). With this current deal, you would have enough miles for a Business Class ticket fairly quickly!
by Lufthansa Flyer | May 2, 2014 | Featured, Plane Spotting |
Here is the final installment covering my Plane Spotting trip to Anchorage. These photos for the most part were taken on April 28 and for a good portion of the day a handy cold front over the mountains provided a nice dark back drop for aircraft arriving from the north. At the same time, skies were clear and bright south of the airport, which allowed the mountains to act as a fantastic back drop to departing flights.
Please CLICK HERE to be taken to Part I and CLICK HERE to see Part II. I’ve also added a Plane Spotting Index to the website’s main menu bar that contains links to my most recent Plane Spotting posts.
Oh, if you’re wondering about the Moose photo, it was yet another wildlife companion that spent quite a bit of time keeping an eye on me……
