by Lufthansa Flyer | May 5, 2015 | Austrian, Featured, Miles & More, Points/Miles |
For those of you enrolled in Miles & More (MM), I assume that you are familiar with the monthly ‘Mileage Bargains’ that are published by the program. These bargains usually provide a 50% discount on the amount of miles needed to book Economy or Business class tickets to a select group of destinations.
For the month of May, MM members can book Business Class seats on Austrian from certain to US gateways. The eligible destinations are all in Austria including Graz, Vienna, Klagenfurt, Linz, Innsbruck and Salzburg. Departures can take place from JFK, Newark and Washington DC and travel must be completed by June 30, 2015.
The deal is also available for travel to the US that originates in Austria, with several US destinations qualifying under the deal.
Typically, an MM Business Class redemption will set you back 105,000 miles (round trip). However, with the Mileage Bargain promo, you’ll be asked to part with only 55,000 miles (plus taxes/fees).
When given an unusual opportunity where you can fly one of the best Business Class products between the US and Europe for the ‘cost’ of an Economy Ticket as far as miles are concerned, you’d be foolish not to take advantage of the deal!
The promo ends on May 30th or when inventory is depleted.
H/T: Flyertalk’s Oliver2002
by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 29, 2015 | Featured, Lufthansa, Miles & More |
For those of you early adopters who simply had to get an early copy of the Apple Watch, you can leverage your new toy with the Lufthansa App.
Various screen shots depicting the Lufthansa App on the Apple Watch (Courtesy: Lufthansa)
The Watch app automatically installs when you sync your watch with your iTunes as long as you already have the Lufthansa App installed on either your iPhone or iPad.
Once installed, the app provides a dynamic interface that provides travelers with the right information at the right time. For example, your watch will begin to remind you of your flight up to a day in advance. Additionally the Watch app provides real time updates to your flight schedule and even keeps track of how long before your flight begins boarding.
The app also provides gate and flight status information as well as your seat assignment. Another great feature is that your Boarding Pass will available on your watch so you can simply scan your watch at the gate.
For now, this functionality is ONLY available to Miles & More members. You also have to be logged into your account in order for the App to function as designed on the watch. It will also work if you have already checked in for your flight.
The App will be expanded to work with non Miles & More members in a future update.
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.
