by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 8, 2015 | Austrian, Featured, Miles & More |
Late last week, Austrian unveiled a new ticketing concept for travel within Austria and Europe. The program is set to roll out in the Fall of 2015 and will substantially expand on their current structure. According to Austrian it is designed to attract a wide ‘audience’ of passenger.
The biggest enhancement with this new program is the addition of the ‘LIGHT’ fare option. This is designed to be a lower cost category than OS’ popular ‘red-ticket’ fare which has until now been the lowest fare ‘bucket’.
Ultimately, the new structure will be comprised of 4 categories: LIGHT, CLASSIC, FLEX, and BUSINESS:
LIGHT will offer the lowest fare but with fees for checked baggage and seat assignment. It will not be eligible for BUSINESS Class upgrades
CLASSIC will include seat assignment and a checked bag, but will charge a fee for lounge access and is upgradeable through the bid process.
FLEX will everything that CLASSIC offers with the addition of fee-free rebooking and will also allow you to purchase enhanced DO&CO catered meals.
BUSINESS will include the DO&CO dining, free rebooking and all the other features of FLEX.
All 4 structures will allow for the earning of miles towards ‘Miles & More’ balances.
As far as other Star Alliance frequent flyer programs are concerned, expect to earn little to no miles for LIGHT or CLASSIC. FLEX and BUSINESS should book into fare classes that earn at least 50-100% mileage credit. Please check with your FF programs as each program may have different policies for earning miles.
The well designed chart below from Austrian provides a nice side-by-side comparison of these new classes:
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jan 4, 2015 | Featured, Miles & More |
With 2015 underway, it marks my switch from United’s MileagePlus to Lufthansa’s Miles & More and to that end I’ll be covering Miles & More much more closely and will share any opportunities that I think may be worthwhile.
For January, Miles & More members will benefit from a promo with Hertz that will award double miles and up to 25% off rental reservations made throughout January. Normally, you would earn 500 award miles per rental but with the promo the miles double to 1000.
The terms of the promo are that you have to reserve your vehicle by January 31 and the rental must be completed by March 31, 2015. The minimum rental period is only one day and there appear to be no limits as to how many rentals you can make to take advantage of the promo.
To benefit from the promo you MUST use Promo Code (PC): 300565 and Discount Code (CDP): 646999 when booking your car. You’ll also need to provide your Miles & More number when placing the reservation. According to the fine print, the amount of the discount may vary based on country/city of rental but the amount of miles earned will not be impacted.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Nov 11, 2014 | Featured, Miles & More, Travel |
A very nice and simple contest has been launched by CAT (City Airport Train) of Vienna/Austria for the month of November and December. The contest will award 3 lucky winners with 10,000 miles each for their Miles & More accounts simply for just booking their ticket online.
The contest is open only to the CAT’s C-Club members which is free to join and open to anyone. If you are not yet a member but your plans include taking the non-stop CAT service between Vienna and the Airport (or vice versa) during the next 2 months, use this link to visit the CAT website and sign-up. No obligation or restrictions exist beyond needing to be a C-Club member.
Good Luck!
