Originally Posted by
pilotboy1985YYC
when I do my booking I noticed a neet thing down there that says "Calculate the miles you will accrue for this journey. " So I clicked it and it says
"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 Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines Group and LOT Polish Airlines. To learn more about earning miles with our airline partners, visit Earn > Miles & Fly at www.miles-and-more.com."
So is it telling me I cannot earn miles on Air Canada? That's not right. I thought they were Star Alliance, no?
LH is part of Star Alliance, however when you clicked the mileage tabulation, it is calculating potential mile accrual for Miles & More members, which is the FFP of LH, OS, LX [Swiss] and LO. Obviously you can use (and get credit in) AP when flying with LH, but M&M has different mileage promotions and "standards" when awarding mileage for flown flights (ie. classes of travel flown vs. awarded mileage). Don't worry, you will still get your AP miles.
And QSG is right in saying that a RTW in C will be much cheaper than a simple return flight, however I do not think it will be as cheap as the Y flight you posted. Why not try calling AC? They can tell you the specifics. (of course, you could also call LH, I just assumed being an AC/AP customer you would want to talk to them
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