Originally Posted by
cltucci
Hello! After lurking here for many years, I have finally decided to ask my first question in the forum.
I am working in Switzerland and fly fairly frequently between GVA and NYC. I am in UA's PE but most of my flights are on Swiss, which are often in business class (fare class C). I think I flew about 70k miles on Swiss between GVA and JFK and another 24k or so on UA inside the US.
The problem is, as far as I can tell (UA is not very good at telling you how many EQ miles you have earned), it seems as if UA is not giving any kind of EQM bonus for the LX flights. Once my flight was re-routed because of weather and I went on LH and got an EQM bonus, a pretty hefty one.
So, that brings me to my questions. Should I switch programs? To LX or LH? Would either of these airlines match status? Thank you for any insights you may have!
Hi !
LH & LX are in the same programm called Miles & More aka "Miles&Less"
If you fly frequently on LX/LH it would certainly make sense to switch since the treatment is better as a M&M elite. Also if you fly Business Class your miles count double for status and bonus miles !
There is nothing like a status match but you reach Frequent Traveller/FTL/*S from 35K and Senator/SEN/*G with 100K miles.
As soon as 2008 starts I would credit to M&M and use your UA *G card for lounge access and the affiliated benefits.
Cheers,