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New list of discounted Miles & More redemptions published

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Thanks to Miles from Blighty for pointing me towards a new list of discounted Lufthansa Miles & More rewards from the UK.

The official website is here.

Even at a massive discount, the short haul redemptions are a poor deal.

Lufthansa A340

Next week, for example, I am off to Hamburg.  Club Europe on BA is 18,000 Avios + £35 taxes.  Even with a 50%+ discount, LH wants 20,000 M&M miles + £143 per person!

Some of the long-haul deals may be more useful.  Given the taxes and the fact that it is low season, don’t book an Economy reward before checking the cash price first.

Some of the Business Class redemptions are more interesting, eg Atlanta at 55,000 Miles & More miles return compared to 100,000 Avios.

You need to book by February 28th, for travel by March 16th.

Note that Miles & More is NOT an Amex Membership Rewards partner.  You could transfer Amex to Starwood to Miles & More, but even with the Starwood bonus you only get 40,000 Amex MR to 20,000 Starwood SPG to 25,000 Miles & More.  This is an underwhelming 0.625 Lufthansa miles per Amex point.

Miles & More is a BAA WorldPoints partner, but its unlikely that you have enough of those for a major redemption.


How to earn American Airlines miles from UK credit cards

How to earn Star Alliance miles from UK credit cards (February 2025)

None of the Star Alliance airlines currently have a UK credit card.

There is, however, still a way to earn Star Alliance miles from a UK credit card

The route is via Marriott Bonvoy. Marriott Bonvoy hotel loyalty points convert to over 40 airlines at the rate of 3:1.

The best way to earn Marriott Bonvoy points is via the official Marriott Bonvoy American Express card. It comes with 20,000 points for signing up and 2 points for every £1 you spend. At 2 Bonvoy points per £1, you are earning (at 3:1) 0.66 airline miles per £1 spent on the card.

There is a preferential conversion rate to United Airlines – which is a Star Alliance member – of 2 : 1 if you convert 60,000 Bonvoy points at once.

The Star Alliance members which are Marriott Bonvoy transfer partners are: Aegean, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Avianca, Copa Airlines, Singapore Airlines, TAP Air Portugal, Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines and United Airlines.

You can apply here.

Marriott Bonvoy American Express

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Comments (2)

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  • pianoamit says:

    Is it not still so that you can pay ~12k miles instead of the taxes on European flights?

    • Raffles says:

      Yes you can – but it has gone up sharply. It now costs 18,000 miles to cover £136 of taxes on a Heathrow to Berlin economy ticket. Even with the ticket reduced to 5,000 miles return (which it is!), it still compares badly to Avios – ie Lufty wants EITHER 5k + £136, or 23k + £0. BA wants 9k + £25.

      And, of course, ALL Lufthansa flights except those to/from Frankfurt and Munich will be transferred to Germanwings by June. This means you get an easyJet experience instead of a BA one.

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