Last edit by: oliver2002
M&M Qualifying Points Runs
#271




Join Date: Nov 2025
Location: ZRH
Programs: LH SEN
Posts: 5
I did a few quotes and I identified the possibility of flying back First within budget. Plus the Marriott 40 points, I could get 700 points total:
ZRH-SIN J 200
SIN-CGK J 40
CGK-SIN Y 20
SIN-ZRH F 400
Marriott 40
ZRH-SIN J 200
SIN-CGK J 40
CGK-SIN Y 20
SIN-ZRH F 400
Marriott 40
#278
FlyerTalk Evangelist




Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Stoke on Trent, UK (MAN ), BUE, BKK, DBV
Programs: LH HON***,UA,BA.EK Gold,AV.
Posts: 16,588
#279
FlyerTalk Evangelist




Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Capetown
Programs: Marriott LT Plat, IHG and Hilton Diamond, LH LT SEN, QR Platinum. BA Silver (going down further)
Posts: 10,235
JNB-ZRH-DBX in F is pretty good pricewise and QPwise. 800 QP for around 4000 EUR in luxury. And from DBX it is easy to add an DBX-CAI-AMM in C for another 800 points and another 1000 EUR
#280




Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: ZRH
Programs: LX SEN & WoH Globalist
Posts: 426
Any recent experiences with cheap rates? ZRH-TLV-ZRH seems to be CHF >1.5k almost all the time
#281



Join Date: Jul 2025
Location: EU
Programs: AFKL Flying Blue Gold, Accor All Limitless Platinum
Posts: 19
Similarly, Beirut pops up from time to time with a decent fare when it is being run (mind the visa on arrival if you do enter the country, it is very cheap however)
Finally, slightly more expensive but safer is Amman - mind the visa on arrival for Jordan compared to Israel's ETA, this one is a little pricey - with Split and Athens the best starting points here and consistently able to show fares with 2 connections in the 6xx € range.
Another option for you is to go during the Winter Schedule or in the Spring (only for UAE) to the Middle East with Eurowings from either Berlin, Hamburg, Dsseldorf, Cologne, Hanover, Nuremberg, Prague, Stockholm or in your case Stuttgart.
If you can find a cheap way to position yourself to any of these airports, there are fares for even direct turnarounds in the high 4xx to 6xx range for 400 P/QP/HON depending on the dates and how far ahead you are booking, they are great to start the year or garner the final remaining points necessary.
As a Swiss citizen, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Jordan are all Visa on Arrival or eVisa, ETA for Israel and visa free for UAE, same as Germany.
Keep that in mind for added costs.
Israel and Lebanon are cheap while Jordan is decently pricey and Saudi is very expensive for a visa.
As long as the spend doesn't exceed 3 € / CHF per QP/HON it is an okay deal usually but anything intercontinental you can keep under 2 is fantastic.
Edit: Pretty much in all sweetspot destinations in the Middle East a direct turnaround can be done though not without some stress.
#282




Join Date: Jul 2022
Location: Inside the (ITA) Matrix
Programs: A plethora of Platinum
Posts: 1,107
True, but depends on what your after. You can directly renew your SEN by simply paying for it, and that'll be less than 4000 EUR. HON is, of course, another story.
#283


Join Date: Jan 2024
Location: MUC
Programs: LH SEN, BA Gold
Posts: 6
but I'm unable to find any availability for that price, only for about ~4100 and ZRH/FRA - DXB is in C instead of F, so less QP
#284


Join Date: Jan 2025
Location: ZRH
Programs: LX Sen
Posts: 26
TLV QP Bargain
I remember seeing some nice bargains some time ago for ZHT-ZRH-TLV-ATH-TLV-ZRH-ZHT in C for about €600 at the time, which would have gave you 880 QP‘s.
Of course with the new war this is maybe not the best time to check/ask, but I had noticed that in the last months first the additional train ride from ZHT was not offered anymore, and then the return leg via TLV also not anymore.
Does anyone have insight on this?
Of course with the new war this is maybe not the best time to check/ask, but I had noticed that in the last months first the additional train ride from ZHT was not offered anymore, and then the return leg via TLV also not anymore.
Does anyone have insight on this?
#285


Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: BCN/SIN/ZRH
Programs: SEN*** (LT FTL) , Ex (TK Elite+, OW Sapphire, Meli Platimun), Hyatt Gold, Bonvoy.
Posts: 956
Those living near or in a hub will usually be worse off in Miles and More and for pricing but your best bet is going to the Balkans (Ljubljana, Split, Dubrovnik, Tirana etc.) or Athens and then connecting once or twice via Munich, Geneva or Vienna and then onwards to Frankfurt, Zurich or Brussels then further on to Tel Aviv for around 5xx to 6xx ..
Regarding your proposal for LJU/SPU/DBV/TIA those cities are all quite expensive to fly to, so is TRS, speaking of LH Group and other *A carriers, ZAG has sometimes decent fares, but is codeshare with OS, which is not appealing on thei DHC prop airplanes. Besides To/from LJU/TRS and KLU is quite difficult to get the cheapest fares, and those are limited from W onwards, and Z in business.





which *A carrier is flying that?

