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Lufthansa’s Miles & More frequent flyer program allows travellers worldwide to maximize their travel experience by using miles. These can be used as currency to obtain various benefits, such as Reward tickets, upgrades and hotel stays.
Miles & More Miles can be earned in France with just one bank card. The Miles & More Gold Mastercard. There are many advantages, including
The first six months are free, after which the monthly fee is 12 euros. The monthly fee is pretty low for a premium card that comes with a wide range of insurances.
Here is a list of the various fees, including cash withdrawal fees and commissions charged on purchases in and outside the euro zone:
You can earn Miles & More by flying with Lufthansa Group member airlines:
When you book a flight with one of these airlines, the following rules apply:
Ticket prices do not include upgrades and other complementary services, such as seat selection or excess baggage.
You can also earn Miles & More on partner airlines outside the Lufthansa Group.
Here is the list of Lufthansa’s partner airlines:
If you book with a partner airline that is not a member of the Lufthansa Group, the number of Miles earned depends on the contract between Lufthansa and the partner.
The scale is generally calculated according to :
In addition to airlines, Miles & More partners with hotels, car rental agencies and more.
Miles & More has many hotel partners. Depending on the contract, a traveller can earn up to :
Here is the list of all Miles & More hotel partners:
You can also earn Miles & More when you rent a car from one of these agencies:
Lufthansa offers a shopping portal with Miles & More for every purchase from partners such as Apple, FALKE, JBL, Samsonite, travelite and WMF.
It works in a similar way to other online shopping portals: you log in to the portal, choose the merchant you’re interested in and click on the corresponding link. Here, one euro spent equals 1 Mile.
Having explored the Miles & More collection process, let’s now turn our attention to the redemption phase. There are many possibilities, from Reward tickets to upgrades, from stays at partner hotels to items offered in the Worldshop. However, redeeming Miles in the Worldshop is rarely the best use of your points.
Unlike Air France‘s Flying Blue program, which has no fixed price scale, the Miles & More program follows a specific scale to establish the prices of the various Reward tickets. This is valid for Lufthansa Group airlines, Star Alliance member airlines and Miles & More partner airlines.
Here is the scale for flights departing from Europe:
For a flight from Paris to Montreal with Air Canada (a Star Alliance member), for example, a round-trip Reward ticket in Economy costs 40,000 Miles & More. To fly in the Business cabin, you must board a Lufthansa aircraft, with a stopover in Munich or Frankfurt.
Miles & More offers three types of Reward tickets at discount prices:
With these Reward tickets, you can book flights with reduced mileage amounts, whether you’re searching at the last minute or planning well in advance.
Early Bird Reward tickets entitle you to a discount of up to 65% on the number of miles required when you book your Economy Class tickets with Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines or SWISS more than 30 days in advance.
Bonnes Affaires Reward tickets are the equivalent of Promo Reward tickets in Air France‘s Flying Blue program.
Every month, Miles & More publishes monthly offers enabling you to save up to 50% on the miles required for travel to certain destinations in Economy, Premium Economy and Business Class cabins.
Prime Fly Smart tickets allow you to save up to 50% Miles when you travel at the last minute, up to two weeks after purchase and no later than two days.
However, certain restrictive conditions apply. A minimum stay of 7 days is required for all Prime Fly Smart tickets exchanged for long-haul flights and, for intra-European Prime Fly Smart flights, the return flight cannot be made before the first Sunday following the outbound flight.
Since 2024, the Miles & More program has had four status levels:
To move up in the Miles & More program, it is essential to accumulate Points, Qualifying Points and HON Circle Points, particularly by flying on an eligible flight with Lufthansa and partner airlines.
The number of Points earned depends on two factors:
For a flight from Geneva to Bangkok in the Business cabin with SWISS, for example, you’ll receive 200 Points, 200 Qualifying Points and 200 HON Circle Points.
To become a status holder, you need to accumulate a certain number of points and Qualifying Points during the qualification period.
The qualification period is one calendar year for all status levels. So, if you obtain or renew your status, it will be valid immediately and will expire at the end of February of the following year. For example, if you reach a new status level in August 2024, it will be valid until the end of February 2026.
Of course, as with all loyalty programs, the higher the status, the greater the benefits.
Frequent Travellers are entitled to the following benefits:
In addition to all the benefits listed above, Senators are entitled to :
In addition to all the benefits listed above, HON Circle members are entitled to :
Savings this way:
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