New transfer and stopover rules for Star Alliance awards on LH
Oct 2, 2004, 7:03 pm
#1
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New transfer and stopover rules for Star Alliance awards on LH
While trying to book my last award, I tried to research the new mileage thresholds which determine how many connecting flights or stopovers you can have on a given award.
The Miles and More website only said
Stopovers
Please ask your Miles & More Service Team for the current Terms & Conditions.
Connecting Flights
Please ask your Miles & More Service Team for the current Terms & Conditions.
.
Thus, I did exactly this and the CSR gave me these numbers:
Connecting flights allowed on a Star Alliance award:
Y
up to 35: 1
40-80: 2
more than 100: 3
C
up to 50: 1
60-120: 2
more than 150: 3
F
up to 70: 1
100-180: 2
from 200: 3
Stopovers:
One stopover, either on the outbound or the return flight, allowed if the amount of miles spent is in...
Y: 60 or more
C: 90 or more
F: 140 or more
Thought this info might be useful to some.
The Miles and More website only said
Stopovers
Please ask your Miles & More Service Team for the current Terms & Conditions.
Connecting Flights
Please ask your Miles & More Service Team for the current Terms & Conditions.
.
Thus, I did exactly this and the CSR gave me these numbers:
Connecting flights allowed on a Star Alliance award:
Y
up to 35: 1
40-80: 2
more than 100: 3
C
up to 50: 1
60-120: 2
more than 150: 3
F
up to 70: 1
100-180: 2
from 200: 3
Stopovers:
One stopover, either on the outbound or the return flight, allowed if the amount of miles spent is in...
Y: 60 or more
C: 90 or more
F: 140 or more
Thought this info might be useful to some.
Oct 2, 2004, 7:28 pm
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Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
I hope those connections are each way and not return.
Oct 3, 2004, 1:37 pm
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Originally Posted by Norway_Asia
Does it mean that I would be allowed to have a stop-over in BKK on a OSL-FRA-HKG-BKK-FRA-OSL F-award?
Oct 3, 2004, 2:00 pm
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Originally Posted by PEM
Yes and you have to pay 240 mls.
But if you did
OSL-FRA-SIN-BKK-FRA-OSL,
you could have a stopover both at your point of turnaround (either SIN or BKK) and the other stop in SE Asia as well, for 180,000 miles, I believe.
Oct 5, 2004, 2:21 am
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Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
I hope those connections are each way and not return.
Oct 5, 2004, 2:35 am
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Originally Posted by Olip
I am a bit confused. Regarding to that what attorney28 wrote earlier, it is 1 stopover for the whole trip (>90k in C) and not per each way. This is also that what I was told from M+M reservations. If someone has different info or something has really changed I would be glad to hear this.
The connecting flights are each way, the stopover is 1 for the whole trip.
Oct 5, 2004, 6:49 am
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Originally Posted by attorney28
Sorry, I think I created the confusion by not wording it completely clearly in my first post.
The connecting flights are each way, the stopover is 1 for the whole trip.
The connecting flights are each way, the stopover is 1 for the whole trip.
Oct 5, 2004, 9:17 am
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Originally Posted by peter42
But it is >=90k miles not > 90k miles!
Nov 20, 2004, 1:25 pm
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Does anybody know how Lufthansa defines the point of turnaround? I will be travelling to Auckland and Fij, and if AKL is the point of turnaround I will have 3 transfers outbound and 3 transfers inbound (which is by the rules), but if Fiji is the p.o.t. then I would have 4 transfers outbound and 2 transfers return (which is not allowed).
Any advice?
Any advice?
