yurtripper

Perhaps there should be a separate thread for all those who find they earned more miles under the new system than the old?

It could be a very short thread.

more4less

Most of the ones that earn more miles with the new system do not know what is FT

chris63

Dschaimz

So far I have eared mostly between 2 - 4 times the miles on each of my 6 segments since the change. All of my upcoming 12 flights in May/June will be the same. They are all domestic flights in Germany where, so far, I see the most benefit from the new system.

So I would be at least one person who could post something on that thread...

oliver2002

My frequent 500€ MUC-BRU rt and 700+€ MUC-Norway flights that usually book into W,V or Q most certainly earn more award miles in the new regime. Which was probably the main motivation of the change: appease those who have to spend more on LH & co because of the demise of competition.

N1003U

Interesting musing. Never mind the lousy bahn.bonus redemption options, the allure of reaching the coveted bahn.comfort status isn't much motivation, either. One only need to visit the FRA DB Lounge (better the toilet there), or try to find a reserved bahn.comfort seat on a Friday evening ex-FRA to see first hand that the program is hollow.

At some point along the decay curve, loyalty/frequent user programs simply become too much effort relative to the benefit, and it is easy enough to just abandon them. If there is no competition, it doesn't matter anyway, at least not from the service provider point of view. I think M&M is still a long way from abandonment, at least for me and my travel/spending habits.

Ex-Freiburg I can occasionally find an SBB or SNCF train as an alternative to DB if I happen to be going in a particular direction at a specific time of day (not that those are great choices, either), but I agree avoiding DB as a general rule is not much of an option if you want to travel by train to/from/in Germany.

1flyer

The DB bahn.bonus program is highly interesting to me. But yeah, the bahn.comfort status is s**t.

But that's not the point. The point is the program has some very nice sweetspots for points conversion followed by points redemption followed by selling the awards.

It's also a no-brainer to collect points on DB train tickets. A point is worth 3.5 to 4 euro cents if you ask me. (By redeeming points for awards you can sell on platforms such as ebay.)

Lewis42

LHSEN

Took an European International and a Germany domestic flight this week both on P class LH flights and ticket issued by LH Last month - miles posted for both flights still based on old system .

synd

just taking into account the long haul segments of my next booking I will be at 34K status miles and less than 10K award miles if I were to collect on LH

vantage03

I took my first flights yesterday under the new system.

LHR-FRA in P gave me approx 31% more award miles than status miles (old system)
FRA-MIA in F gave me approx 27% more award miles than status miles (old system)

No news here but definitely favours premium travel.

Because it’s so difficult to book a specific fare class without dealing with a real person, I actually think it kinda makes sense for them to reward based on yield (as unpopular a view as that may be..!)

chris63

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vantage03

On the way home I misconnected due to a delay leaving MIA, I was rebooked into J (from P) on another flight to LHR and was given award miles based on the old system.

Wtravel

Can‘t quite follow some of the posts here. I fly mostly Europe and long haul in business P, Z and D. I find without exception that under the new system I have been earning less award miles (in the -10 to -30% range) than previously. The only time I earned slightly more award miles was when I was stuck with a ridiculously expensive Europe economy ticket. As far as I can see you practically only earn the same or more award miles under the new system when booking the highest fare classes (F, J, Y) ex high-fare countries like Switzerland.

chris63