Top bonus suspended accurals and redemptions
Sep 11, 2017, 8:23 pm
#121
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: AA EXP >3 Million miles,HH Lifetime Diamond
Posts: 2,887
Sep 11, 2017, 11:59 pm
#122
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Netherlands
Programs: KL Platinum; A3 Gold
Posts: 28,722
Originally Posted by oneworld
Frequent flyer accrual and redemption on airberlin suspended
airberlin has advised that accrual and redemption of miles/points by members of all oneworld® member airlines’ (and other partners’) frequent flyer programmes for flights on airberlin has been suspended, following the filing for insolvency by topbonus, the company operating airberlin’s own loyalty scheme, and by the airline itself.
Sep 30, 2017, 7:00 am
#123
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: TXL, ROC
Programs: AB Plat (OWE), AY Silver (OWR)
Posts: 472
Future of topbonus / Pop-up Shop
For now, the only option to redeem miles is the "pop-up shop" for a cent to mile ratio of 0.2.
The only offer for a status match came from AY so far and lasted for about a week.
And EY hasn't made any offers for tb members at all.
Does anyone still see a chance of survival or an afterlife for tb? Or is it still too early to call?
The only offer for a status match came from AY so far and lasted for about a week.
And EY hasn't made any offers for tb members at all.
Does anyone still see a chance of survival or an afterlife for tb? Or is it still too early to call?
Sep 30, 2017, 7:13 am
#124
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: ZRH
Programs: M&M SEN (*G), HH Diamond
Posts: 2,418
All those vouchers have either almost zero value or can be found for free online, they are valid only for first time customers, have other restrictions etc....
The items you can buy for a EUR amount + miles can be found for cheaper online to outright buy with cash.
Oct 16, 2017, 3:33 am
#125
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Ukraine/Germany
Posts: 294
When I login at topbonus.airberlin.com in German language I get the option "Prämienflug buchen", thus book an award ticket. (This option, however, is not available when logging in in English.)
When continuing it looks that at least some Finnair and S7 flights can be booked online, e.g. DUS-Helsinki, DUS-Moscow for 10.000 miles one-way...
Is that real? Did I miss something? Or can I still get *something*, I mean a flight, for my miles?!
When continuing it looks that at least some Finnair and S7 flights can be booked online, e.g. DUS-Helsinki, DUS-Moscow for 10.000 miles one-way...
Is that real? Did I miss something? Or can I still get *something*, I mean a flight, for my miles?!
Oct 20, 2017, 1:51 pm
#127
formerly Goflyer100
Join Date: Jul 2015
Programs: DL Platinum Medallion - Hilton Diamond
Posts: 161
I wanted to book CPH-HEL-AMS for 10K miles and EUR 29 tax. However when I clicked on redeem miles and start flight booking I got the error [CAB:E0D300]. So if I undertand correctly it is not possible to redeem miles on flights except Etihad?
Nov 1, 2017, 8:03 am
#129
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Montreux CH
Programs: FB Platinum, M&M FTL, BA Blue
Posts: 11,620
I know these are meager offers, but here they are for general completeness. You can now exchange TopBonus miles for Zalando gift cards and Etihad Holidays vouchers.
https://shop.topbonus.de/loyrewards/home
https://shop.topbonus.de/loyrewards/home
Nov 1, 2017, 1:58 pm
#130
Join Date: Dec 2013
Programs: AC, A3*G AB-G
Posts: 155
I know these are meager offers, but here they are for general completeness. You can now exchange TopBonus miles for Zalando gift cards and Etihad Holidays vouchers.
https://shop.topbonus.de/loyrewards/home
https://shop.topbonus.de/loyrewards/home
The Bringmeister "reward" you can often find for free as a promotion.
Nov 3, 2017, 9:27 am
#133
Suspended
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: DCA
Programs: UA US CO AA DL FL
Posts: 50,262
Problem is that TB has no value. Thus, anything you are offered is simply to attract you to that other business. No different than offering free coffee to people with blue hair on Thursdays or somesuch.
I would print out everything that supports your current balance and save that somewhere. It is unlikely to ever be useful, but there is no way to tell.
I would print out everything that supports your current balance and save that somewhere. It is unlikely to ever be useful, but there is no way to tell.
Nov 12, 2017, 7:13 am
#134
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Montreux CH
Programs: FB Platinum, M&M FTL, BA Blue
Posts: 11,620
Topbonus is now offering shoop.de which it was a partner of previously. The latter is a shopping cashback portal in Germany. It was previously possible to convert cashback into Topbonus miles and this appears to be the case again. This is good, because I have 66,000 miles and would like to redeem for a ticket to Asia, which would be 70,000 RT. So, bad deal or not, this would get rid of my Topbonus miles for once and for all and I can simply shut the whole nightmare down and forget about it.
Nov 12, 2017, 7:18 am
#135
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: ZRH
Programs: M&M SEN (*G), HH Diamond
Posts: 2,418
If you go over to VFT, you will find many people are giving away their miles for free during the "free family transfer" period. I would look there first before paying cash for those 4k miles.