M&M Flight Award Booking - FAQ and Help Thread
Jun 18, 2014, 4:11 am
#77
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: WAW
Programs: SPG Plat, M&M SEN
Posts: 109
For a while now I've been looking into using my miles for a C award on WAW-FRA-EZE route. I've been reading couple of threads + M&M site but I'm still left with couple of unanswered questions:
1. Is there any difference in availability between what phone agents can see (and offer) and what does the M&M site displays?
2. When do airlines (especially LH) add award seat availability (I know that this might be a tricky question but from what I've been able to find so far - LH adds mileage bargains at the beginning of every month and these usually are for travel within the following month, also I've read somewhere that LH gives some availability to partners 14 days before departure) - are there any other observations like this?
3. What would be the recommended strategy if I want to book a ticket on the route mentioned above, sometime in the November-January period (including X-mas if necessary)? Right now it seems that there is virtually no availability at all. :/
1. Is there any difference in availability between what phone agents can see (and offer) and what does the M&M site displays?
2. When do airlines (especially LH) add award seat availability (I know that this might be a tricky question but from what I've been able to find so far - LH adds mileage bargains at the beginning of every month and these usually are for travel within the following month, also I've read somewhere that LH gives some availability to partners 14 days before departure) - are there any other observations like this?
3. What would be the recommended strategy if I want to book a ticket on the route mentioned above, sometime in the November-January period (including X-mas if necessary)? Right now it seems that there is virtually no availability at all. :/
Jun 18, 2014, 4:27 am
#78
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 2,188
2. When do airlines (especially LH) add award seat availability (I know that this might be a tricky question but from what I've been able to find so far - LH adds mileage bargains at the beginning of every month and these usually are for travel within the following month, also I've read somewhere that LH gives some availability to partners 14 days before departure) - are there any other observations like this?
If you plan to book many awards, your best strategy is probably to subscribe to EF and receive alerts as soon as airlines release award space on the flights you want to take.
Jun 18, 2014, 12:47 pm
#79
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: SFO/SJC
Programs: whatever comes with CCs
Posts: 1,082
http://millionmilesecrets.com/2013/0...ansa-stopover/
Jun 18, 2014, 1:06 pm
#80
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Between AMS and BRU
Posts: 8,852
I was a bit too quick with that.... there's nothing about this in the T&C's. And I'm so used to some of the other programs that one stopover sounded logical. But for M&M that's different, depending on the regions the award covers.
Jun 24, 2014, 7:49 am
#81
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: ZRH
Programs: M&M SEN (*G), HH Diamond
Posts: 2,418
Sadly, EF award search and alerts for most *A airlines (all those that they used UA to search for) have been eliminated in November last year, so don't expect too much from EF anymore in this regard.
Jul 8, 2014, 3:23 am
#83
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Between AMS and BRU
Posts: 8,852
Who can receive a mileage advance?
Senators and HON Circle Members may overdraw their Miles & More account temporarily:
- Senators can receive an advance of up to 50,000 miles.
- HON Circle Members can receive an advance of up to 100,000 miles.
Senators and HON Circle Members may overdraw their Miles & More account temporarily:
- Senators can receive an advance of up to 50,000 miles.
- HON Circle Members can receive an advance of up to 100,000 miles.
Jul 10, 2014, 3:40 am
#84
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: VCE
Posts: 14,165
Yes it is a great benefit. Be aware though of one caveat- you must pay back the overdraft before your status changes as otherwise you will be sent a bill for the mileage and it is quiet expensive apparently. So if you are HON and are dropping to SEN or if you are SEN and dropping to FTL do not be in a position where your mileage balance is negative at the time of the drop or expect an invoice for collection which could be an expensive surprise.
Jul 10, 2014, 5:31 am
#85
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 2,188
Yes it is a great benefit. Be aware though of one caveat- you must pay back the overdraft before your status changes as otherwise you will be sent a bill for the mileage and it is quiet expensive apparently. So if you are HON and are dropping to SEN or if you are SEN and dropping to FTL do not be in a position where your mileage balance is negative at the time of the drop or expect an invoice for collection which could be an expensive surprise.
Jul 10, 2014, 7:09 am
#86
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: VCE
Posts: 14,165
I do believe the charges were quite high- if you dig back in Flyertalk you can probably find someone on this forum who got hit with the charges and was surprised how high they were.
