Status STARS [2013-2023]
Nov 6, 2013, 1:01 pm
#166
Senior Moderator, Moderator: Community Buzz and Ambassador: Miles & More (Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss, and other partners)
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: 150km from MAN
Programs: LH SEN** HH Diamond
Posts: 29,517
When asked if there would be any tangible benefits he didn't say that an intern or their head of marketing (ex-FB) had come up with the idea. He said something like 'customers have asked for them'. When he saw a room full of
he added that he'd seen HON and SEN luggage tags sold on eBay and even old HON cards and that people were apparently prepared to pay good money.
Nov 6, 2013, 1:55 pm
#167
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 4,859
They could sell the option of card customization with carrier logo - pay up or you end up with LH/LX/OS/SN/LO/Whaterver did loose your bagagge the most times.
Nov 6, 2013, 4:43 pm
#168
Join Date: Aug 2005
Programs: UA*G(1K), PC Diamond Amb, Marriott Titanium, Accor Platinum
Posts: 4,672
Nov 6, 2013, 4:47 pm
#169
Join Date: Aug 2005
Programs: UA*G(1K), PC Diamond Amb, Marriott Titanium, Accor Platinum
Posts: 4,672
HTB.
Nov 6, 2013, 6:43 pm
#171
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: OSL/IAH/ZRH (time, not preference)
Programs: UA1K, LH GM, AA EXP->GM
Posts: 38,265
Since the stars are not linked to material benefits and privileges would it violated and terms and conditions to add stars ad lib to your Blue or FTL M&M card?
I'd like to decorate mine like the chest of a Soviet war hero - maybe even making every 5th star red with a golden rim. Just to have the check in staff wonder how such a prestigious customer could have been demoted to FTL or GM ....
I'd like to decorate mine like the chest of a Soviet war hero - maybe even making every 5th star red with a golden rim. Just to have the check in staff wonder how such a prestigious customer could have been demoted to FTL or GM ....
Nov 6, 2013, 11:46 pm
#173
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: ORD
Programs: BA, AA, SQ, UA, AC, WS, MR TIT
Posts: 8,659
+1. Let Spohr keep these silly stars for himself and give me instead some upgrade vouchers or a joker like the one of BA ^
Nov 7, 2013, 1:36 am
#174
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: GVA,OPO
Programs: BD the last decent FFP
Posts: 1,856
+1. Let Spohr keep these silly stars for himself and give me instead some upgrade vouchers or a joker like the one of BA ^
Nov 7, 2013, 3:01 am
#175
Join Date: Apr 2005
Programs: Hyatt Lifetime Globalist, SQ PPS Solitaire
Posts: 3,600
I returned my HON Circle birthday present (where LH painted lines on a blank canvas representing your flights; mine had two lines: TXL-MUC and LHR-SIN) to Huber himself but I didn't get vouchers or jokers in return... So don't hold your breath...
Nov 7, 2013, 6:30 am
#176
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: hamburg
Posts: 1,390
omg....
i refused to believe this nonsense, until now:
https://www.miles-and-more.com/onlin...l=de&cid=18002
shame on you, LH, for insulting my intelligence !
https://www.miles-and-more.com/onlin...l=de&cid=18002
shame on you, LH, for insulting my intelligence !
Nov 7, 2013, 6:52 am
#177
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: KEL (1 Km) or HAM (85 Km)
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 1,129
I'm sure it's been mentioned, but you need to be 6.8 years as SEN to get the first star, which (allowing for FTL), means two renewals on top of the original qualification... I wonder if the program will still be around when I get my first star in 2018...
Nov 7, 2013, 7:04 am
#178
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: BSL/FRA or PHL
Programs: LH Miles and More, DL SkyMiles, Bonvoy, Hilton
Posts: 2,335
i refused to believe this nonsense, until now:
https://www.miles-and-more.com/onlin...l=de&cid=18002
shame on you, LH, for insulting my intelligence !
https://www.miles-and-more.com/onlin...l=de&cid=18002
shame on you, LH, for insulting my intelligence !
If you lose your status, apparently you also lose your stars, too (no stars for blue card holders). So, if you lose status, you will have to buy card with stars on eBay, or create your own stars...
The story about the intern is really starting to become more believable all the time...
Nov 7, 2013, 8:43 am
#180
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 636
From the miles and more webpage (German):
" Die Sterne verfallen nicht, sondern werden nach erneutem Erreichen eines Status wieder angezeigt."
-> Stars will not become derelict and will be displayed again once you have reached status levels again.
Hmmm. I quite like that the next potential enhancement has already been built in:
"In order to help us appreciate your travel activity with us even more we have decided to only keep awarding stars to members who continuously have earned stars in our miles-and-more programme."
" Die Sterne verfallen nicht, sondern werden nach erneutem Erreichen eines Status wieder angezeigt."
-> Stars will not become derelict and will be displayed again once you have reached status levels again.
Hmmm. I quite like that the next potential enhancement has already been built in:
"In order to help us appreciate your travel activity with us even more we have decided to only keep awarding stars to members who continuously have earned stars in our miles-and-more programme."