The Lufthansa to Germanwings migration gathers pace

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• Lady London says:

  3 Jun3 June 12:32

  Given Lufthansa’s domination of the European shorthaul market overall, this is really bad news for those seeking to accrue Star Alliance miles in Europe. Does anyone remember when so many of us were trying to use our remaining Diamond Club miles after LH sold BD and took access to LH award seats away immediately? That was when I noticed how important it is to have access to LH for intra-European connections. If it’s all going to Germanwings then how few airlines and routes can you still get Star Alliance miles on within Europe? I’m struggling… any ideas?

  • Rob says:

    3 Jun3 June 13:12

    You will now earn miles on all Germanwings routes, it seems. This is a change to the original plan. However, how many is unclear – it may just be, for example, 25% of miles flown on the cheapest fares.

    • signol says:

      3 Jun3 June 13:17

      I recently earned 125 miles on a CGN-STN one way Basic fare.

      • Rob says:

        3 Jun3 June 13:25

        Sounds about right, unfortunately. Only another 1,359 of those flights and you’ll be able to go First Class to New York, return.

• Lady London says:

  3 Jun3 June 14:59

  wow. 125 miles on the cheapest fares. Sounds like back to the bad old days with BA. I’ll pass, thanks.

  • Rob says:

    3 Jun3 June 15:23

    Yes, the good old days when your earned more miles on the credit card spend to buy the ticket than you got from flying it!

    • Alan says:

      3 Jun3 June 18:50

      Indeed at this rate they’ll be giving AF/KL a run for their money on rubbish earnings!

      Thankfully they still fly to Frankfurt from Edinburgh, so that’s on LH – however for any other routes I’d just view them the same as any other LCC and there’s little reason I’d choose them over and above someone like EasyJet. Glad I’m not still looking to make lots of *A redemptions as this has gutted things for Europe.

• Dave says:

  4 Jun4 June 01:10

  So this would mean A3 cardholders won’t get any miles (as it’s not Star Alliance) so when the change takes place there would be no incentive for me to consider them on the LHR-BER route over BA.

  A lot of BD*G’s matched with A3 or TK as LH seemingly didn’t want them (perhaps it was part of the agreement with BA). Switching all the non-core routes to a non *A subsidiary to deprive Star Alliance status holders benefits isn’t a good business decision in my mind.

  Also as the lounge in LHR is Star Alliance, not Lufthansa, that could mean even M&M Senators won’t have lounge access. After the sale of bmi they already meant LH*S (FTL) couldn’t access any lounge at LHR (they used to use the bmi lounge).

  • Rob says:

    4 Jun4 June 06:46

    I agree, it seems unlikely you’d get access to the LHR lounge. LHR – Stuttgart went to Germanwings separately about 18 months ago and I don’t think SEN’s have had lounge access.

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