by Lufthansa Flyer | Aug 22, 2014 | Featured, Lufthansa, Miles & More |
This offer caught my eye as I was reading my Miles & More Newsletter email today. Normally I pass by these types of offers but this one caught my attention. For one thing, I thoroughly enjoy reading The Economist (almost ‘required’ reading in my ‘real job’) and also the offer to subscribe to The Economist at 61% off the newsstand rate is a great deal as well. Top all of this off with 10,000 miles and it is a no brainer!
At a 61% discount, the subscription amounts to $160 a year or a bit over $3.00 a week which includes access to their online content as well. Factor in the 10,000 miles into the mix and you wind up paying only 1.6 cents per mile while getting a great magazine delivered each week!
Miles & More is also offering an alternative package where you will earn 7,500 miles if you subscribe to the print only version of The Economist. The print only subscription is $127 a year and is 69% off the newsstand price. This package would equate to getting the miles for 1.7 cents. Not a significant difference as far as CPM (cost per mile) is concerned.
If you are interested in taking advantage of this offer to bolster your mileage balance, here is the link that was provided in the email that I received. Even if you don’t read the economist, this promo is still quite attractive simply for the miles!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 6, 2014 | Featured, Lufthansa, Miles & More |
Each month, Miles & More creates a large inventory of deeply discounted award travel for members and consolidates them on their Meilenschnäppchen website. For those of you with a bit of flexibility and not picky about destinations, you can find some great deals with this program.
The attractive part of the Meilenschnäppchen program is the fact that you can save upwards of 50% of your valuable miles. For example, a typical Business Class award booking between the USA and Europe will cost 105,000 miles. Under a Meilenschnäppchen offer, the rate comes down to 55,000 miles. For an economy ticket that normal takes 60,000 miles, you can book a ticket for only 30,000 miles.
Most of the June offers require that you book travel by June 30 and that travel takes place in October. Just remember that as the month goes on, the deals will start to disappear as Lufthansa limits the amount of these deeply discounted deals. However, there are literally 100’s of possibilities still available!
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 | Jun 3, 2014 | Featured, Miles & More, Points/Miles |
Normally you don’t see me writing much about credit card offers and how to manipulate or maximize every little feature that they offer. I leave that to the blogosphere at large to take care of these things.
However there is one offer that I wanted to remind you of since it expires soon. For those of you who have been sitting on the fence regarding Barclay’s Premier Miles & More World MasterCard, please be aware that the deal to earn up to 50,000 miles for your ‘M&M’ account will come to an end at the end of June.
If you missed Barclay’s initial announcement regarding the limited time offer, here are the details:
This deal actually dovetails perfectly into Lufthansa’s Meilenschnaeppchen program where each month new deals are offered where you can book travel through your Miles & More account for only 50% of the required miles. For example, a Business Class ticket redemption between the USA and Europe generally ‘costs’ 105,000 miles. Via Meilenschnaeppchen, you can find specials for Business Class tickets for only 55,000 miles (plus taxes, etc).
When you consider how easy it is to earn the 50,000 miles via the Premier Miles & More World MasterCard, you automatically will earn enough miles for a Business Class ticket through Meilenschnaeppchen:
20,000 miles after first use of card + 30,000 miles after spending $5000 + 1 mile per dollar on the $5000 you put on the card to reach the spending threshold = 55,000 miles (aka Business Class Ticket!).
To me this is an absolute no-brainer!
As far as other redemption options from Miles & More, there are other attractive ways to use your miles. For example, roundtrip economy class tickets for travel originating in the USA have the following redemption schedule:
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Within the USA: 25,000 Miles.
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Within North American: 30,000 Miles.
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To Europe: 50,000 Miles.
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To South America: 60,000 Miles.
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To Asia or Australia: 80,000 Miles.
As I stated earlier, I typically do not write much about credit card offers as a normal part of LufthansaFlyer’s content but when I see a deal that I think is GENUINELY a good one, and one that I take advantage of myself, I will let you know about it. This is one of them!
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