Originally Posted by
Concerto
Is this a sign of things to come, the end? But before Air Berlin went bankrupt it was the opposite, endless miles earning offers and promotions.
No.
Millemiglia has always been like this. It “reboots” every few years, and you may not be able to carry forward miles from the old programme to the new one.
Some countries have unusual restrictions on frequent flyer or loyalty programmes based in their territory. Norway banned the awarding of frequent flyer miles on domestic flights until 2013, for example. It appears that Millemiglia’s need to “reboot” every few years is as a result of Italian law.
Here was the most recent “reboot”, in 2018 - the first explains the mechanism for carrying over miles used at that time:
Are all miles going to expire on Jan 2018?
New edition of the Millemiglia Program 2018
Here’s another “reboot”, from 2008:
New AZ Millemiglia program
And here are some previous “extensions”:
Validity of MilleMiglia program extended until 31 December 2017
Millemiglia, the program continues
Note that “restart”, as used in the context of the current thread title, is misleading. Rather than “restarting”, the programme is merely “continuing”.