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Old Sep 13, 2012 | 8:16 am
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Originally Posted by FlyingOnceMore
It is an LH flight, just as if it was LH metal, and that question gets asked.... uhhh.... a lot! It has been for nearly 10 months. As ever, the fare class dictates the miles but, posted to M&M, there's no fare class that doesn't earn something on a fixed mileage basis; 125 in cheapo (or not so cheapo) Y to 2000 in C plus any status bonus each way.
But on checking the mileage calculator on lufthansa.com for that flight, I get:

Originally Posted by lufthansa.com
The miles for one or more of the airlines you specified could not be used. You can only use the mileage accrued for flights serviced by Adria Airways, Austrian Airlines Group, Brussels Airlines, Condor, Croatia Airlines, Germanwings, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Luxair or SWISS. To learn more about earning miles with our airline partners, visit Earn miles > Flights at www.miles-and-more.com.

You will receive the following miles for the trip you specified:

Mileage accrual 0
Status miles 0
And looking on miles-and-more, I see:
Originally Posted by miles-and-more
Earn miles when you fly
You can earn miles on all scheduled flights operated by Lufthansa.
So is that wrong? If I'd bought the LH code, would I get M&M miles? Do I get them on the BD coded flight?

and bonus question - why do I care, anyway?
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