Originally Posted by
arnie.
1/ After achieving FTL, and requiring 75k more for SEN, is that number actually reduced to 56.25k given the 25% enhancement / if so, would that only be applicable on LH/LX flights?
Yes, assuming you are on a fare that accrues 100% of the miles butt-in-seat. A list of airlines that award the executive bonus is on the M&M website, and it basically includes the LH group at large, AC, and UA.
2/ Presumably, in the case of above, that would mean, in actual terms, only 75k status miles would be required to re-qualify over the 2 year period?
Again yes, assuming you fly in a fare class that accrues 100% of the butt-in-seat miles.
3/ Is it at all likely M&M would change their lifetime status to award those under 60 w/ the required miles?
Lifetime SEN status is an unpublished benefit. It is more likely to disappear than to be extended. If you are after lifetime status (and are ready to take the gamble), look at OZ.
4/ In the case of re-qualifying in the first year, having read this forum a bit I presume the second is simply a 'dead' year in terms of status miles? i.e. If I earned the required 100k, and then the next year did again, my membership would not simply get lengthened, but I would have to earn 100k in the third(+fourth) year?
Yes, if you accumulate the 100k status miles within the first year of your status, you can use the second to cultivate status somewhere else. Say that your SEN status starts on 1/1/17 and it expires on 28/02/19. You have to earn 100k before 31/12/17, in order to extend your status to 28/02/21. If you fail to earn the 100k before 31/12/17, you have to collect the 100k between 1/1/18 and 31/12/18.
5/ Do airlines within the alliance tend to award a smaller % on status miles (I think I read TK offer only 25% of the miles flown?).
That's just a spat between LH and TK. In general award miles and status miles earnings are the same.