Status STARS [2013-2023]
Jun 22, 2019, 6:16 am
#902
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Not one single member of LH Staff I have come into contact with has ever mentioned Status Stars & that’s a lot, so I highly doubt is has any bearing on operations.
Jun 22, 2019, 9:07 am
#903
Join Date: Feb 2013
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Would very much doubt that it has any effect, as there are so many other factors to be taken into account such as booking class, status, PCV, the legendary CAF, etc.
Jun 22, 2019, 10:23 am
#904
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Jun 24, 2019, 3:19 am
#905
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BE
Programs: SN SEN*, Bonvoy Platinum Elite, IHG Spire Elite
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Status Stars: I'll receive my first in October. Dissapointed to read it will just give access to much overpriced (miled) events. I.e. I'm SEN with Brussels Airlines and I got invited to spend 100K miles on a VIP Tomorrowland access. I've been trying for several year to get tickets through the normal sale but never succeeded. I almost fell for spending 100K miles for it. But after thinking it through it would be indeed a waste of money. 100K miles can be better spent on award flights. Guess the miles are a debt that the airlines carry on their books and they try anything to get miles off their books and your account 
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Requalification: 90% of my travel is inside EU. It is indeed very hard to requalify with domestic flights. I am now in a 2 year requalify windows. I hope to re-qualify this year, at 62K status miles and we're half way in the year. If I succeed then next year will be a 'dead' year and I will sure travel less. I've also read once, if you do not requalify you get an offer to pay 2000 Euro to extend 1 year of SEN. That sounds like a bargain! I decided to keep track to see what flights give me the most miles for the price paid. So for my 62K status miles i have YTD, I've spent already 10K Euro on flights!
If you don't fly internationally, it's very though.
I always find it incredible how packed the Senator lounges are. Like there are more SENs then Silver card holders.
.Requalification: 90% of my travel is inside EU. It is indeed very hard to requalify with domestic flights. I am now in a 2 year requalify windows. I hope to re-qualify this year, at 62K status miles and we're half way in the year. If I succeed then next year will be a 'dead' year and I will sure travel less. I've also read once, if you do not requalify you get an offer to pay 2000 Euro to extend 1 year of SEN. That sounds like a bargain! I decided to keep track to see what flights give me the most miles for the price paid. So for my 62K status miles i have YTD, I've spent already 10K Euro on flights!
If you don't fly internationally, it's very though.
I always find it incredible how packed the Senator lounges are. Like there are more SENs then Silver card holders.
Jun 24, 2019, 4:19 am
#906
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: AY Plat Lumo, LX SEN, Marriott Titanium
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Jun 24, 2019, 4:36 am
#907
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: SJJ/AMS
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In my last few visits (H, all around the same time so I may indeed be ‘picking’ the wrong time), I had to ‘switch’ and head to the other side as the Senator was nearly overcrowded. No wheat beer on tap in the Business Lounge but some lovely tuna wraps (and I was happy anyway with a few bottles of Franziskaner 
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Jul 11, 2019, 3:41 am
#908
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Apparently I can take my Status Stars to the Salzburg festival on 30th/31st July, for the incredibly low price of 220,000 miles..... now if only my diary was free
Seriously, it’s in a couple of weeks, did M&M bag some cheap last minute tickets .....
Seriously, it’s in a couple of weeks, did M&M bag some cheap last minute tickets .....
Jul 11, 2019, 4:21 am
#909
Join Date: Jul 2010
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One could suspect that once the new "dynamic pricing" for flight tickets reaches full bloom, 220,000 miles for something like a Salzburg festival may seem like a bargain.
Jul 11, 2019, 5:20 am
#910
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Jul 12, 2019, 6:05 am
#911
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But where to? Other carriers are doing exactly the same. Look at Flying Blue. It's crazy how expensive award tickets are now.
BA have increased prices a lot and plan to do it again. Basically the whole award mileage thing is not worth it anymore.
BA have increased prices a lot and plan to do it again. Basically the whole award mileage thing is not worth it anymore.
Jul 12, 2019, 6:28 am
#912
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Jul 12, 2019, 8:10 am
#913
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Yes, fair enough, if the benefits no longer stack up I will just buy the cheapest J or F ticket depending on length of route.
Jul 12, 2019, 8:46 am
#914
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Jul 12, 2019, 8:55 am
#915
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