Miles & More credit card sign-up bonus increased to 6,500 (possibly 16,500) miles

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• daniel says:

  17 Mar17 March 09:20

  hi,

  i am not too familiar with miles and more, what would 16,500 be worth i.e where would that take me?
  and if i apply with the link will i get the 16,500?

  thanks

  • daniel says:

    17 Mar17 March 14:14

    hi
    thanks
    one more thing, how can i see how much the taxes are? as i do not have enough miles, it wont take me throught to the page that shows that information?

    • Rob says:

      17 Mar17 March 14:31

      Do a dummy booking on Expedia for a cash ticket on the same route. Choose a fully flexible (cancellable) ticket and see what the taxes show as when you click through to the payment page.

      • daniel says:

        17 Mar17 March 18:39

        Can that also be done for a one way booking? Isn’t it always much more expensive then a return?

        • Rob says:

          17 Mar17 March 20:31

          Cheers James. I have heard about this before but never got hold of the details. I will write it up separately.

        • Rob says:

          17 Mar17 March 20:33

          Yes. It doesn’t matter if the total fare is crazy when you price up a cash ticket on Expedia for a one-way. The taxes number will still be accurate.

• tom says:

  18 Mar18 March 01:59

  I have a VIRGIN ATLANTIC card , but got declined today on the LUFTHANSA one . Should I call up MBNA ? and will I still get the 16500 bonus?

  • Rob says:

    18 Mar18 March 09:04

    Yes, call them. Say you will transfer £x,000 from your Virgin credit limit to the LH card. They are OK with this, usually, and you will still get the bonus.

    • tom says:

      19 Mar19 March 15:47

      They didn’t want to do this. He said that as I’ve been declined online they can’t approve me over the phone , and I should write to their reconsideration team . When I asked to speak to a supervisor, he simply refused to put me threw. Is there anything else to do ?
      ( as I probably won’t be bothered to write them a letter for this few thousand miles..)

      Thanks

• Andrew says:

  21 Mar21 March 16:39

  How exactly does having the card prevent miles from expiring. I find the wording on the Miles & More website quite confusing. Without the card miles expire after 36 months and with it you must make one purchase every month to stop them expiring. Does that mean that if one month is missed all miles earned up to that point are doomed? Or if you started using the card again the next month would the expiry clock be suspended? Could you effectively not make any purchases for 35 months but then still hang on to your miles forever if you never missed a month again?

  • Rob says:

    21 Mar21 March 17:14

    I genuinely have no idea, and this is despite having had the card for a couple of years at one point when I lost my M&M status. Sorry! Logically, you could get to month 35 and then start using the card and your miles would be protected.

    Easiest thing to do may be a £1 charitable donation automatically charged to your card each month, assuming you don’t want to carry it around, or perhaps some other recurring transaction.

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