M&M going revenue based [for award miles on LH group tickets] 12MAR2018
Dec 11, 2017, 2:10 am
#16
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Dec 11, 2017, 2:13 am
#17
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This is an excellent deal for anyone who uses cheap K and L tickets which currently yield only 125 miles per sector in Europe. The earning rate will typically at least double.
Dec 11, 2017, 2:29 am
#18
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Interesting that UA and AC get 6 as a multiplier for FTL/SEN/HON while SN only gets 5.
Am I right in thinking that the system for status miles stays the same?
Am I right in thinking that the system for status miles stays the same?
Dec 11, 2017, 2:33 am
#19
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Dec 11, 2017, 5:30 am
#25
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AF-KL gave the green light signal for doing this and LH decided to jump on board the bandwagon. Expect BA/IAG to jump in on the action too. And then watch the EU3 airline industry cartel kingpins exercise discipline to try to get the rest of the market to follow the cartel kingpins..
Dec 11, 2017, 5:32 am
#26
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There was some strange lawsuit a while ago that now LH would release any changes 3 months in advance. Note this is for tickets purchased post March 12 (AF and all the US carriers’ change have been by travel date and sometimes in the case of Delta with zero notice).
Presumely any award cost increase would be only effective for tickets purchased 3 months after announcement date. For my purpose I probably could find ways to liquidate 200k should that happen on a massive scale.
Presumely any award cost increase would be only effective for tickets purchased 3 months after announcement date. For my purpose I probably could find ways to liquidate 200k should that happen on a massive scale.
Dec 11, 2017, 6:44 am
#28
Join Date: May 2009
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Some of the surcharges probably count so you're probably looking at about €40-ish for the calculation of miles, or, at 4 miles per €1, about 160-ish miles for a return.
Last edited by CyBeR; Dec 11, 2017 at 6:49 am Reason: accidentally a letter
Dec 11, 2017, 7:48 am
#29
Join Date: Nov 2016
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So a 5.000€ F ticket that awarded 36.000 miles will now award less than 30.000 miles. Better start looking for another mileage program, this one is a disappointment at every turn.
Edit: they should rename "Miles & More" to "Pay & Less".
Edit: they should rename "Miles & More" to "Pay & Less".