New mileage earning levels: TK 25% Status Miles [2014-23]
Oct 30, 2013, 5:34 am
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New mileage earning levels: TK 25% Status Miles [2014-23]
Just saw this:
https://www.miles-and-more.com/onlin...l=en&cid=18002
Does anybody know what the reason behind this is?
https://www.miles-and-more.com/onlin...l=en&cid=18002
Please note the following changes to the award of status miles for flights from 1 January 2014:
from the flight date 01.01.2014 you will receive 25% of the award miles you earn as status miles.
from the flight date 01.01.2014 you will receive 25% of the award miles you earn as status miles.
Oct 30, 2013, 5:44 am
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Just saw this:
https://www.miles-and-more.com/onlin...l=en&cid=18002
Does anybody know what the reason behind this is?
https://www.miles-and-more.com/onlin...l=en&cid=18002
Does anybody know what the reason behind this is?
Oct 30, 2013, 6:08 am
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In one of the Y class mileage enhancement thread a couple of weeks ago I mentioned to "watch this space" as more would be coming ... here it is.
I guess there is still more to come.
I guess there is still more to come.
Oct 30, 2013, 6:14 am
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Very very weird. Why give status miles at all? Works fine with AI and 9W, and QR before they left had the same rule: just award miles, no status.
Oct 30, 2013, 6:28 am
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Oct 30, 2013, 6:30 am
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There's also a long list of changes regarding earning levels for both *A and M&M partners. I didn't bother to go through the entire list, I just checked UA and SQ. Starting 1/1/14 the lower mileage earning levels apply to at least these carriers.
Oct 30, 2013, 7:06 am
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Instead of making it more attractive to fly on the M&M integrated airlines, it looks like they are making it less attractive to fly on non-M&M airlines. 
Only some airlines are mentioned on the M&M website at present but I bet it will apply to other airlines in due course.
The announcement re TK is definitely new since I only looked at the very page last night when the announcement wasn't there.
Only some airlines are mentioned on the M&M website at present but I bet it will apply to other airlines in due course.
The announcement re TK is definitely new since I only looked at the very page last night when the announcement wasn't there.
and this is one of the ways that LH is retaliating at TK.
Oct 30, 2013, 7:47 am
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Oct 30, 2013, 8:07 am
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How sweet. The number of SENs in 2017 is going to plummet nicely. Now the question is whether to move to other *A and keep the benefits for two years or fly cheapo next year and start building status with OW in 2016 
Oct 30, 2013, 8:32 am
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Well the merger/joint venture talks went down the gutter, so I guess this is the way LH is dealing with not losing their customers to TK. In fact the earnings on TK are quite good in relation to what you pay for your ticket. K fare that earns 200% to M&M cost around the same as a P(unishment) fare on LH.
Oct 30, 2013, 8:57 am
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I don't understand, would it really be possible to provide no status miles on a *A carrier? Surely that's part and parcel of any alliance. I don't think any carrier does that?
Oct 30, 2013, 9:49 am
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So there are ways to 'punish' or discourage your core audience from flying cheap C fares on a competing alliance partner: just exclude the cheap C booking classes from earning anything. @:-)
Oct 30, 2013, 9:51 am
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