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Miles&More
Program overview
Miles&More is the frequent flyer program of Lufthansa Group, which includes SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Eurowings, LOT Polish Airlines and Condor.
The best way to use your miles is award travel. Miles&More offers 3 types of miles: Award Miles (you can use them for award tickets), Status Miles (these miles determine your status) and HON Circle Miles (these miles help you to achieve HON highest Lufthansa status). However, the lack of credit and hotel partners makes it difficult to use Miles&More.
Alliance | |
Program website | |
Approximate miles value | 1.2 cents per mile |
Miles validity | 36 months |
Program accrual | Based on the distance flown + frequent flyer status + airline |
Limit on amount of miles you can purchase | This program does not allow you to purchase miles |
Waitlist option | Not for awards, for upgrades only |
Courtesy Hold for award reservation | Allowed for up to 5 days |
Do you need to open an account to check availability? | Yes |
Stopover option | Not allowed for one way. 1 stopover in each direction is allowed for a round trip |
Family account | Yes |
Upgrade option | Yes |
Online booking | Yes |
Airline partners | Aegean, Air Canada, Air China, Air India, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Avianca, Brussels Airlines, Copa Airlines, Croatia Airlines, Egyptair, Ethiopian Airlines, EVA Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, SWISS, TAP Portugal, Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, Air Astana, Air Malta, Cathay Pacific, LATAM |
Credit card partners | No transfer partners |
Hotel partners | Radisson Rewards (10:1, 4-6 weeks transfer) |
Co-Branded credit card in the US | Miles & More World Elite Mastercard |
Point/Miles Conversion Chart
Pros
- Mileage pooling
- First Class award space for Lufthansa
- First Class SWISS awards are only available through this program and only available for elite members (it is not available through any other program)
- Senator status (Star Alliance Gold) is valid for 2 years once earned
- Better upgrade and award availability for elite members
- Good website and highly competent customer service
Cons
- No credit transfer partners, only a co-branded credit card
- High fuel surcharges
- Miles cannot be purchased
- You need at least 7,000 miles to search for award availability
- High mileage requirements to make status
- Expensive upgrade costs
Excellent for
- Lufthansa First Class from the US to Europe for 91,000 miles one way.
- United Airlines Business Class from the US to Australia or New Zealand for 71,000 miles one way.
- Air India or United Airlines Business Class from the US to India for 96,000 miles.
Insider Tip
- Miles&More offers the best availability for Lufthansa Group operated flights, especially First Class.
- Travelers based close to Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, Vienna and Brussels airports would do very well combining this program with the Home Base Stopover Strategy combined with building status with Miles&More. Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles may be a more attractive program for Star Alliance flyers in Central, Eastern or Southern Europe who are not based close to those hubs due to its lower status thresholds, high frequency of flights and quality service.
- Given the Senator 2 year status membership, consider redeeming your miles in the first year of membership and pay for flights (or use credit card “buy travel for points” programs) in the second year of membership to ensure continuous senator status.
- If building status with Miles&More, consider buying E class Premium Economy tickets and upgrading them to business using Aeroplan miles (AmEx transfer partner) or United Mileage Plus (Chase Ultimate Rewards transfer partner) while still accruing miles for the flight into Miles&More account for the premium economy ticket purchased. Only 15,000 each way from those programs will get you an upgrade and you do not need to use the harder to get Miles&More miles.
Do you use this program? Share your experience and tips in the comments below. Your thoughts would be very valuable to us!
Choose where you are going from and to by selecting the respective zones. There are two ways to choose your origin and destination - you can either select the zones they fall into on the map or by clicking on the bars above the map and entering the city name or airport code into the search fields.
- Choose one of the three point combination options which is applicable to you. If you don't have any miles in any airline accounts you can leave those fields blank.
- Input all of the different points you have on the credit cards you are planning to use. You can enter as many as you like. If you have multiple cards on one name from the same bank you can combine and enter the total amount of points between all of your cards.
- Enter all the miles you have in airlines frequent flyer programs on the left hand side following the airlines name.
- Once you input the information, click on the analyze button at the bottom of the page.
- The analyzer will offer you the optimal transfer combinations to explore as well as pros and cons of each.
- Review analyzer recommendations. Total number of miles is not the only consideration you should take into account. Analyzer will give you additional information about each program to make the right decision. You can also download results to a pdf and even send them to others if you like.
- Proceed to check availability with respective airlines. Do not transfer any miles until you confirm the desired option is available on the airline’s website. Note the transfer time and hold the reservation if possible before transferring any miles.
- Remember all transfers are final as you would not be able to send the points back to your credit card. If your trip is cancelled your miles will go back to the respective airline account.
- Transferring points to airline's frequent flyer programs is not the only way to obtain the award ticket. You can also redeem the points through your credit card directly by using the Book Travel option. You can find out more by checking out our Credit card reward tab on Wikimiles home page.
- WikiMiles Crew is always here to answer any questions. For an additional fee we can also assist you with the bookings. Use the Contact us section to reach out to us.
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