Miles & More: 20 million members
Feb 11, 2011, 8:20 am
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Miles & More: 20 million members
According to http://presse.lufthansa.com/en/news-...icle/1875.html M&M has now 20 Million members
"Lufthansa frequent flyers worldwide in 234 countries – 5,000 newcomers, daily
Europe’s leading frequent flyer programme Miles & More has set a new record. On Friday (11 February), the 20 millionth Miles & More member was fęted at a special ceremony at the Brussels headquarters of Brussels Airlines. During the ceremony, Brussels Airlines CEO Bernard Gustin and Hubert Frach, Marketing Manager of Lufthansa Passenger Airlines presented Laurent Schmidt, CEO of a Belgian company, with a valuable digital camera from the attractive range of brand products offered by the Lufthansa Worldshop and a mileage voucher for 50,000 award miles.
Miles & More’s 20 million members come from 234 countries, worldwide, about a third of them from Germany. On average, 5,000 new members sign up for the programme, daily. A Miles & More card is used an average of 150,000 times, daily, across the globe. About 1,7 million awards are redeemed yearly. Miles & More has more than 250 partners, with which members can accrue or redeem mile credits."
"Lufthansa frequent flyers worldwide in 234 countries – 5,000 newcomers, daily
Europe’s leading frequent flyer programme Miles & More has set a new record. On Friday (11 February), the 20 millionth Miles & More member was fęted at a special ceremony at the Brussels headquarters of Brussels Airlines. During the ceremony, Brussels Airlines CEO Bernard Gustin and Hubert Frach, Marketing Manager of Lufthansa Passenger Airlines presented Laurent Schmidt, CEO of a Belgian company, with a valuable digital camera from the attractive range of brand products offered by the Lufthansa Worldshop and a mileage voucher for 50,000 award miles.
Miles & More’s 20 million members come from 234 countries, worldwide, about a third of them from Germany. On average, 5,000 new members sign up for the programme, daily. A Miles & More card is used an average of 150,000 times, daily, across the globe. About 1,7 million awards are redeemed yearly. Miles & More has more than 250 partners, with which members can accrue or redeem mile credits."
Feb 11, 2011, 1:11 pm
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Feb 11, 2011, 3:12 pm
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Feb 11, 2011, 3:18 pm
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The third possibility is - given the track record - that it is the usual lie / gross exaggeration M&M always tries to feed its (perceived) idiot customers.
Feb 11, 2011, 4:52 pm
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Sadly, IME, your assessment if pretty accurate, weero. Just looking at the latest award increases and the timeline that came along with.
Feb 11, 2011, 7:36 pm
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Feb 12, 2011, 2:32 am
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