by Lufthansa Flyer | Jul 6, 2014 | Austrian, Featured, Lufthansa, Swiss |
Last week, the Business Traveller Awards were announced in Germany for a variety of travel related categories. Among them, SWISS, Lufthansa and Austrian took 1st, 2nd & 3rd respectively in the category that awarded best ‘Business Airline for Business Travellers in Germany and Europe’. The win for SWISS was its 2nd consecutive for the category.
SWISS was also recognized by readers for ‘Best Airline For International Business Travellers‘ and was awarded a respectable 3rd place for the category.
Additionally, Lufthansa took home 1st place for “Best Website For Business Travellers“.
The Business Traveller Awards are awarded on an annual basis and are determined by reader balloting.
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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by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 30, 2014 | Featured, Miles & More |
Barclays has temporarily improved its Premier Miles & More World MasterCard to now offer a total package of 50,000 miles once 2 simple criteria are met.
ONE, receive 20,000 miles after your first use or balance transfer and TWO, receive an additional 30,000 miles if you spend $5000 on the card during the first 90 days of the account being opened.
Here are additional benefits to the card:
* Earn 20,000 award miles after your first purchase or balance transfer.
* Earn an additional 30,000 award miles when you spend $5,000 in purchases within the first 90 days of account opening.
* Earn 2 award miles per $1 on ticket purchases directly from Miles & More integrated airline partners and 1 mile per $1 on all other purchases.
* Cardholders receive a companion ticket after first use of the account and annually after each account anniversary.
*No foreign transaction fees on purchases made outside the U.S.
*Redeem miles for flight awards and upgrades on Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, SWISS, Star Alliance member airlines and other partners.
*$79 Annual Fee. Please see Terms and Conditions for complete details. Waived for Miles & More HON Circle and Senator members.
In my opinion this is a very strong opportunity to leverage miles for travel on Lufthansa or one of the other Miles & More member airlines. With 50,000 miles it’s nearly enough for a one way Business Class ticket between the US and Europe (55,000 miles).
However, each month Miles & More offers it’s Meilenschnaeppchen deals where you can book roundtrip Business Class tickets for only 55,000 miles ROUNDTRIP!
Additionally, miles can be used to book economy class tickets at the following rates (round trip):
Within the USA: 25,000 Miles.
Within North American: 30,000 Miles.
To Europe: 50,000 Miles.
To South America: 60,000 Miles.
To Asia or Australia: 80,000 Miles.
I normally don’t tout the various credit offers very often, and only do so when I would personally take advantage of an offer. In this case I think it is a fairly good idea to take advantage of this opportunity. They typically do not happen often. This particular offer is set to expire on June 30.
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