Going to be making frequent trips from London to Cologne - advise welcome
Mar 30, 2007, 4:49 am
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Going to be making frequent trips from London to Cologne - advise welcome
Hi there
I am going to be making frequent trips from London to Cologne. I am with SAS Eurobonus and they give rubbish amounts of points for flying short distances with Lufthansa/Swiss, so i am going to join Miles & More.
Id ideally like to fly from London City as i live 20mins from it and im hoping to avoid Heathrow (i hate it!) I noticed there is a direct flight from LCY to Dusseldorf, but you do not collect any points as its some regional partner
Currently looking at flying to Frankfurt then getting the train to Cologne, experiences/advise is warmly welcomed
I am going to be making frequent trips from London to Cologne. I am with SAS Eurobonus and they give rubbish amounts of points for flying short distances with Lufthansa/Swiss, so i am going to join Miles & More.
Id ideally like to fly from London City as i live 20mins from it and im hoping to avoid Heathrow (i hate it!) I noticed there is a direct flight from LCY to Dusseldorf, but you do not collect any points as its some regional partner
Currently looking at flying to Frankfurt then getting the train to Cologne, experiences/advise is warmly welcomed
Mar 30, 2007, 4:59 am
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It won`t get you international milage but it is convenient - have a look at Germanwings (Boomarang club) Gatwick to Köln / Bonn it will depend on where you need to go in Cologne though if this will help you...
Germanwings is Lufthansas low cost carrier and has LH slots in most of European airports making them really interesting for places like Barcelona where they land at the International Airport and not at some obscure regional airport.
Germanwings is Lufthansas low cost carrier and has LH slots in most of European airports making them really interesting for places like Barcelona where they land at the International Airport and not at some obscure regional airport.
Mar 30, 2007, 5:51 am
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As it is LH-Regional you should also get points for EuroBonus.
The amount of the miles depends on your fare class. It can be very good (if you fly business-class you will get 2000 miles) to very poor (125 miles in the lowest booking classes in economy).
The amount of the miles depends on your fare class. It can be very good (if you fly business-class you will get 2000 miles) to very poor (125 miles in the lowest booking classes in economy).
Mar 30, 2007, 7:15 am
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As an alternative to LH:
BA do some good I class deals (restricted business class) on LHR-DUS. This is a good way of obtaining/retaining BA status, if you can book in advance. I just booked a I class return for € 280 all in.
DUS airport is connected by a train station to the long distance rail network and trains will take you to Cologne in about 25 mins.
Of course you will have to use LHR which you don not like as mentioned...
BA do some good I class deals (restricted business class) on LHR-DUS. This is a good way of obtaining/retaining BA status, if you can book in advance. I just booked a I class return for € 280 all in.
DUS airport is connected by a train station to the long distance rail network and trains will take you to Cologne in about 25 mins.
Of course you will have to use LHR which you don not like as mentioned...
Mar 30, 2007, 12:53 pm
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Germanwings stopped LGW-CGN some time ago, now they fly only STN-CGN. Easyjet flies LGW-CGN.
Mar 30, 2007, 2:25 pm
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LCY to DUS is "my" flight. Poor miles, but what can you expect for GBP 65,00 in E-Class?? I still have 25 tickets for the current year 
Mar 31, 2007, 8:55 am
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Mar 31, 2007, 9:25 am
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After losing HON I still earn 300k status miles per year on long distance flights and I couldn't care less about some award miles (four new T-Mobile contracts just arrived) if I get quickly and safely to where I have to go to. And 65 GBP for that route and the convenience of LCY 10 minutes away from my office is heaven if you have to travel that route frequently. And in general this fare is cheaper than the Easycans and Germanwings of this world
Mar 31, 2007, 10:27 am
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What is you aim? To fly to become FTL? Or fly from A to B the most convenient way with best value for money?
After losing HON I still earn 300k status miles per year on long distance flights and I couldn't care less about some award miles (four new T-Mobile contracts just arrived) if I get quickly and safely to where I have to go to. And 65 GBP for that route and the convenience of LCY 10 minutes away from my office is heaven if you have to travel that route frequently. And in general this fare is cheaper than the Easycans and Germanwings of this world
After losing HON I still earn 300k status miles per year on long distance flights and I couldn't care less about some award miles (four new T-Mobile contracts just arrived) if I get quickly and safely to where I have to go to. And 65 GBP for that route and the convenience of LCY 10 minutes away from my office is heaven if you have to travel that route frequently. And in general this fare is cheaper than the Easycans and Germanwings of this world
Jun 17, 2007, 9:29 pm
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I have a CGN-LHR-CGN trip coming up this autumn and was considering spending some of my remaining OZ miles on a Star upgrade.
Might sound silly but as I've almost completely switched to OW now just want to enjoy the short hop in comfort. Could the experts here advice if LH shorthaul biz gets me into fast track at CGN and LHR?
Might sound silly but as I've almost completely switched to OW now just want to enjoy the short hop in comfort. Could the experts here advice if LH shorthaul biz gets me into fast track at CGN and LHR?
Jun 17, 2007, 10:03 pm
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I have a CGN-LHR-CGN trip coming up this autumn and was considering spending some of my remaining OZ miles on a Star upgrade.
Might sound silly but as I've almost completely switched to OW now just want to enjoy the short hop in comfort. Could the experts here advice if LH shorthaul biz gets me into fast track at CGN and LHR?
Might sound silly but as I've almost completely switched to OW now just want to enjoy the short hop in comfort. Could the experts here advice if LH shorthaul biz gets me into fast track at CGN and LHR?
Jun 17, 2007, 11:51 pm
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Jun 18, 2007, 1:51 am
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Definitely no fast track at LHR T2. Neither a LH business ticket nor a SEN card nor a combination of the two will change this.
SmilingBoy.
Definitely no fast track at LHR T2. Neither a LH business ticket nor a SEN card nor a combination of the two will change this.
SmilingBoy.
Jun 18, 2007, 2:28 am
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In CGN, I occasionally use the *Gold/First/Business security line, normally in a glass box to the right of the main central security facility leading to the "starwalk" between terminals B and C. Usually pretty quick, just show card/boarding pass to the "guard" on the front desk.
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Last edited by Marvin; Jun 18, 2007 at 2:31 am Reason: in CGN!