Crediting flights post-status match
Mar 2, 2011, 3:12 am
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Crediting flights post-status match
Was just status matched to Gold on BD, wanted to credit a few LH Z flights to my account that I took before the match went through. I was told via e-mail that I would neither receive status miles nor elite bonus for these flights. Should I trust this? Do others have experience with this? If this is, in fact, the case, should I just credit the flights to LH online (I'm FTL) before my boarding passes make their way through the mail to get the 25%? Is it worth it?
Mar 2, 2011, 3:45 am
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with NZ flights you don't get an bonus on Lufthansa...
So check where you will earn more miles. Some Eco classes have 1,5 with M&M and only 1,0 with DC
So check where you will earn more miles. Some Eco classes have 1,5 with M&M and only 1,0 with DC
Mar 2, 2011, 8:12 am
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That's not what OP wanted to know.... please do read before answering...
Back to OP's question - yes, mileage is credited according to status at the time of flight flown. So if you were BD Blue at the time of your flight dates, then you will earn mileage as BD Blue. So in this case, it may be more worthwhile to just credit to M&M.
Mar 2, 2011, 9:17 am
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Thanks, Guy Betsy, for the information, and I appreciate the attempt, Ventus2.
How about the practical value of the miles? Are BD miles worth more than 115% of the value of an LH mile?
And status miles: will I really not get any status miles for retro-credited flights?
How about the practical value of the miles? Are BD miles worth more than 115% of the value of an LH mile?
And status miles: will I really not get any status miles for retro-credited flights?
Mar 2, 2011, 11:15 am
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You can get say, oneway from LHR-FRA on BD award for 2250 miles under the miles plus cash scheme whereas on M&M, its more than double that.
Status miles.. ? I already answered your question , and from personal experience no.
Mar 2, 2011, 11:18 am
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Its not about the 'value' but rather the usage of miles.
You can get say, oneway from LHR-FRA on BD award for 2250 miles under the miles plus cash scheme whereas on M&M, its more than double that.
Status miles.. ? I already answered your question , and from personal experience no.
You can get say, oneway from LHR-FRA on BD award for 2250 miles under the miles plus cash scheme whereas on M&M, its more than double that.
Status miles.. ? I already answered your question , and from personal experience no.
Mar 2, 2011, 11:33 am
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When you move up from one tier to another your status miles are reset (with excess miles carried). In the case of your status match, you are essentially moving up the tier structure after you would have earned those status miles.
Mar 2, 2011, 11:46 am
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The issue isn't really that you won't get the status miles, it's more that they will credit them as though you were blue and would then wiped them out because you became Gold.
When you move up from one tier to another your status miles are reset (with excess miles carried). In the case of your status match, you are essentially moving up the tier structure after you would have earned those status miles.
When you move up from one tier to another your status miles are reset (with excess miles carried). In the case of your status match, you are essentially moving up the tier structure after you would have earned those status miles.
Mar 2, 2011, 11:53 am
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True, although the flights will probably be back-dated to before you are seen on the system as being Gold. If you are Gold now, you should be able check by logging into you account and it'll show the dates that you are considered Gold.
If the flights are before this then they are unlikily to count, but if they are after this then you are right, they may well count.
YMMV.
If the flights are before this then they are unlikily to count, but if they are after this then you are right, they may well count.
YMMV.
Mar 2, 2011, 11:56 am
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True, although the flights will probably be back-dated to before you are seen on the system as being Gold. If you are Gold now, you should be able check by logging into you account and it'll show the dates that you are considered Gold.
If the flights are before this then they are unlikily to count, but if they are after this then you are right, they may well count.
YMMV.
If the flights are before this then they are unlikily to count, but if they are after this then you are right, they may well count.
YMMV.
Mar 2, 2011, 12:09 pm
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