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With my actual bookings I was going to reach Silver by Jan 06. Will that still be possible?
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One more thought: What about my first (and probably last?) STC Gold upgrade voucher, which I will earn in a week's time? Will I still be able to use it next year?
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Originally Posted by cruising
With my actual bookings I was going to reach Silver by Jan 06. Will that still be possible?
Originally Posted by airoli
What about my first (and probably last?) STC Gold upgrade voucher, which I will earn in a week's time? Will I still be able to use it next year?
A topic you did not asked until now: At the time when a qualification is reached or renewed, SENs will receive two eVouchers, good for one intercontinental upgrade. Do STC Gold card holders also receive these two eVouchers when their status will be matched to SEN? M&M credited these goodies for customers whose status was matched during the *A promotion in GB. I am positive that this will also happen here. I hold a SEN and a STC Gold card as well. Is it possible that I will be left out? Yes this is possible (you stay where you are). But please don’t complain right now! ;) BTW: Some readers called already and asked Call Centre Agents for confirmation what they read here. Please be advised that the official announcements will be launched next week. Until then, agents should not talk about these topics. Please be patient and wait a short while! |
You asked me, here are my answers!
I was asked privately some questions they might be interested for a broader audience. I take the liberty to sum these up here. But please bear in mind that my comments are still informal and a lot of details are still not decided.
A lot of smaller airlines than LX have their own FFP. Why did LX turn down such an enormous advantage? The owners of LX decided in March 2005 to sell their stocks to LH. My guess is that they saw a brighter future than staying independent. As LX is part of LH, it does not make sense to run two FFPs independently (think of costs of call centres, IT resources, arbitrage possibilities as the structure of M&M and STC is differently). You mention status match will be done upon request - does that mean if one is Silver they will not match if one just assumes it will be converted to FTL automatically? Excellent question! Next week, STC will invite you to transfer your STC miles into M&M account. Invitation is valid until Nov 15th 2005. If you do not react, neither your STC miles will be transferred into M&M miles, nor your current STC silver status will be matched. To which extent is LX in power in further developing M&M? LX can make suggestions, will be part of discussions, should participate in work groups, but the final decision will be done in FRA. Until now, I can earn miles in non-*A FFPs when flying on LX metal. How long does this work? Again, LX has contracts and these contracts have to dissolve. This takes some time, but don’t expect forever. What is the relationship between LX and M&M First of all, LX will be responsible for all M&M members residing in Switzerland (better: are linked with a Swiss address to M&M). M&M membership card will shown SWISS logo. Talking about M&M we have to differ between the Airline and other activities. LX negotiated a – very favourable – rate for M&M miles (if you fly on LX and like to earn M&M miles LX has to pay, if you redeem M&M miles on LX, LX earns some money). Independently from them, STC has contracts with some partners, which are not linked to M&M right now. Together with MMI, they will try to negotiate similar contracts with these partners. STC and M&M have different CC partners in Switzerland. Since STC is going to terminate by end of 1Q 2006, what is going to happen w/ the STC credit cards? There was a similar situation in Austria as OS migrated from QG to M&M. OS partnered with DC, LH with VISA. No members in Austria have the possibility to earn M&M miles on DC/MC/VISA co-branded CCs. A similar situation occurs in Switzerland. M&M partners with MC/VISA, STC with AMEX/MC/VISA. As it is business for MMI, my guess is, that every partner will stay. Do you have any info what will happen to Coop superpoints and similar programs where one can currently transfer points into STC? Do you think this will remain the same, but then just gets transferred into ones new M&M account? STC partner are paying for the STC miles they bought. This is the reason, why STC – or any other FFP – is more than happy, if their partners buy a lot of miles. They earn money! I feel confident that MMI will negotiate similar contracts with current STC partner. |
thank you very much for all your competent answers! now I will start to encourage all my friends who are holding a STC card to subscribe for m&m..
chee, let's see: 20 friends of mine are going to subscribe means 40'000 miles for me ^ ^ ^ |
Originally Posted by Kerstin Ruf
Please be patient with me, as I do not get your point. As you have no opportunity to earn STC miles in 01/06, how could you qualify for STC Silver in 01/06. If you hold STC Silver in 12/05 you will be matched to M&M FTL.
I have to ask the question differently then: how long can you earn STC miles? |
31/12/2005
cruising,
according to Kerstin Ruf: In either way you are able to collect STC miles until the end of 2005 |
Originally Posted by airoli
cruising,
according to Kerstin Ruf: |
Originally Posted by rorschi
Hello Kerstin,
may I ask you for the source where you have this "facts" from? LH is very generous, goes the extra mile and let you transfer your STC miles in M&M miles 1:1. Indeed very generous. Now I need 50K for an upgrade to the far east, then 65 K miles. Or 40K for a European same-day-roundtrip instead of 20K... Once again, if this becomes true, I will no more care for the FFP when I book my flights, and hope that Helvetic or Air Berlin will soon fly ZRH-MUC... Patrick |
Oops Rudi,
is there any addition to my quoted statement, which is four weeks old? Of course I'm very thankful to Kerstin for all her accurate information here (but have to say that M&M does still not really arrange me for my travel-habits as a "short-haul-commuter"... ;) ) Patrick |
Originally Posted by rorschi
Oops Rudi,
is there any addition to my quoted statement, which is four weeks old? Here it goes: I learned that informing about sources will often close that source (when delicate informations are not supposed to go public ...). It seems, from otherwise reliable LH sources, that the informations in this thread are correct (to the best of my current knowledge). Thank you Kerstin Ruf. |
Dear Kerstin
How does it look after Jan/Feb 2006 - is it possible to combine LX with TG,SQ, NZ ect... for free tickets, as at the moment its only possible LX with LH many thanks! hot_stars
Originally Posted by Kerstin Ruf
I was asked privately some questions they might be interested for a broader audience. I take the liberty to sum these up here. But please bear in mind that my comments are still informal and a lot of details are still not decided.
A lot of smaller airlines than LX have their own FFP. Why did LX turn down such an enormous advantage? The owners of LX decided in March 2005 to sell their stocks to LH. My guess is that they saw a brighter future than staying independent. As LX is part of LH, it does not make sense to run two FFPs independently (think of costs of call centres, IT resources, arbitrage possibilities as the structure of M&M and STC is differently). You mention status match will be done upon request - does that mean if one is Silver they will not match if one just assumes it will be converted to FTL automatically? Excellent question! Next week, STC will invite you to transfer your STC miles into M&M account. Invitation is valid until Nov 15th 2005. If you do not react, neither your STC miles will be transferred into M&M miles, nor your current STC silver status will be matched. To which extent is LX in power in further developing M&M? LX can make suggestions, will be part of discussions, should participate in work groups, but the final decision will be done in FRA. Until now, I can earn miles in non-*A FFPs when flying on LX metal. How long does this work? Again, LX has contracts and these contracts have to dissolve. This takes some time, but don’t expect forever. What is the relationship between LX and M&M First of all, LX will be responsible for all M&M members residing in Switzerland (better: are linked with a Swiss address to M&M). M&M membership card will shown SWISS logo. Talking about M&M we have to differ between the Airline and other activities. LX negotiated a – very favourable – rate for M&M miles (if you fly on LX and like to earn M&M miles LX has to pay, if you redeem M&M miles on LX, LX earns some money). Independently from them, STC has contracts with some partners, which are not linked to M&M right now. Together with MMI, they will try to negotiate similar contracts with these partners. STC and M&M have different CC partners in Switzerland. Since STC is going to terminate by end of 1Q 2006, what is going to happen w/ the STC credit cards? There was a similar situation in Austria as OS migrated from QG to M&M. OS partnered with DC, LH with VISA. No members in Austria have the possibility to earn M&M miles on DC/MC/VISA co-branded CCs. A similar situation occurs in Switzerland. M&M partners with MC/VISA, STC with AMEX/MC/VISA. As it is business for MMI, my guess is, that every partner will stay. Do you have any info what will happen to Coop superpoints and similar programs where one can currently transfer points into STC? Do you think this will remain the same, but then just gets transferred into ones new M&M account? STC partner are paying for the STC miles they bought. This is the reason, why STC – or any other FFP – is more than happy, if their partners buy a lot of miles. They earn money! I feel confident that MMI will negotiate similar contracts with current STC partner. |
Originally Posted by hot_stars
How does it look after Jan/Feb 2006 - is it possible to combine LX with TG,SQ, NZ ect... for free tickets, as at the moment its only possible LX with LH
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