Need 2700 status miles to renew Senator status
Nov 22, 2022, 11:47 am
#1
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Need 2700 status miles to renew Senator status
Folks,
Any creative ideas how to get SEN status renewed with 2700 miles still needed this year? Signed up for both H1 and H2 promotions. Based in TLV.
Thanks and Cheers,
-Gili
Any creative ideas how to get SEN status renewed with 2700 miles still needed this year? Signed up for both H1 and H2 promotions. Based in TLV.
Thanks and Cheers,
-Gili
Nov 22, 2022, 1:57 pm
#2
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If the proverbial hits the fan, exchange award miles for status miles?
Nov 22, 2022, 2:18 pm
#3
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If the OP is based in TLV I don't think that the CC option will work out in this case. IIRC it is only available for cards issued in certain countries.
I guess the OP needs to fly one more R/T...
I guess the OP needs to fly one more R/T...
Nov 22, 2022, 3:50 pm
#5
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Trading award miles for status is a great idea. Exactly what i was looking for. However, looking at the status management page at https://www.miles-and-more.com/row/d...anagement.html i don't see any available link that allows to do such Miles Exchange. Is that procedure typically done by calling the Senator Hotline?
Thanks,
Gili
Thanks,
Gili
Nov 23, 2022, 5:37 am
#6
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IIRC, you need a M&M/LH branded CC issued in certain countries to be eligible to exchange award miles that were generated using the CC to status miles at a bad 5:1 ratio.
Nov 23, 2022, 2:05 pm
#7
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I thought it was a SEN and not a CC feature. But since the SEN card is free, most SENs I know have to the card, so there could be a link I wasn’t aware of. When I go to my M&M account, I can trade 5 award miles for 1 status mile. Never had the need to do that though.
Nov 23, 2022, 4:27 pm
#8
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https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/luft...l#post33798232
and the link
https://www.miles-and-more.com/row/e...ing-miles.html
It looks like the ability to exchange award miles for status miles is only available to CC holders in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, USA, Spain and Mexico.
Nov 23, 2022, 10:22 pm
#9
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Check this thread
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/luft...l#post33798232
and the link
https://www.miles-and-more.com/row/e...ing-miles.html
It looks like the ability to exchange award miles for status miles is only available to CC holders in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, USA, Spain and Mexico.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/luft...l#post33798232
and the link
https://www.miles-and-more.com/row/e...ing-miles.html
It looks like the ability to exchange award miles for status miles is only available to CC holders in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, USA, Spain and Mexico.
And apologies to the thread starter for any confusion I may have caused. For me, it has always been a „normal“ M&M feature.
Nov 24, 2022, 2:42 am
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Didn’t it used to be a “normal” M&M feature that those very close to renewing SEN status (not sure if it applied to FTL) were offered an option to exchange award miles for status miles? It was not restricted to award miles collected through CC transactions.
Nov 24, 2022, 4:39 am
#11
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To be honest, I usually overshoot the SEN qualification miles by summer and so I never looked into the details. Just repeatedly saw the offer to trade award miles for status miles on M&M platforms and didn't have the impression that it was limited to CC-miles. But maybe it is and maybe not all countries get the offer, unfortunately I don't know.
Nov 24, 2022, 5:14 am
#12
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I remember very well that exchanging award miles to status miles was available to FTL members because I did use this option the first time I worked on my Senator status. If I remember correctly, it was an option available to FTL after collecting a certain number of select miles, and after "buying" this option with select miles, you were able to exchange 20k award miles from your account to 10k status miles. This option was available exclusively for FTL status holders, not to SEN. I don't know if it still exists, it was a few years ago.
Last edited by andywaw; Nov 24, 2022 at 11:28 pm
Nov 24, 2022, 8:10 am
#13
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Earlier posts in this thread discuss targeted invitations to FTLs and SENs who are close to but have not reached the number of status miles for requalification. As far as I can tell it was not tied to CC but used a better rate of exchange (2:1) and invitations were only sent out in December.
Nov 25, 2022, 1:39 pm
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What about booking a rail segment from Cologne or Düsseldorf to Frankfurt in C? Check in and you get the the miles. Currently it scores with Executive Bonus und the ongoing 50% promotion 2.812 Status Miles.
Nov 28, 2022, 3:29 am
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They sell DUS (QDU) - FRA on Deutsche Bahn only in Bus Flex J at the lovely price of €453 o/w.