Lufthansa launches a status match for SAS EuroBonus members
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Whilst we don’t have many SAS EuroBonus elite members here, there is good news if you are one.
SAS, as we have covered, is leaving Star Alliance on 31st August to join the SkyTeam airline alliance. This follows the acquisition of a stake in the airline by Air France KLM.
Lufthansa is keen to keep SAS elite members in the Star Alliance fold and will match your SAS status. The website you need is here.
SAS Silver members will get Frequent Traveller status in Miles & More. This only offers lounge access with Lufthansa, SWISS and Austrian.
SAS Gold and above will be offered Senator status. This gets you Star Alliance-wide lounge access.
Whichever level of Miles & More status you get, it will stop your existing Miles & More mileage balance from expiring as the 3 year ‘use them or lose them’ rule is suspended.
Assuming you go for Senator, you will receive status until 28th February 2025.
You can extend Senator to 28th February 2026 very easily via a status challenge. Credit six cash flights to your Miles & More account by 30th November 2024 and your Senator card will be extended by a year. There is an even easier two flight challenge to extend Frequent Traveller status.
Participating airlines for the status challenge are Air Dolomiti, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Croatia Airlines, Discover Airlines, Eurowings, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Lufthansa City, Luxair and SWISS.
The status match runs to 30th September. There is no benefit to delaying your application as your new Miles & More status will run to 28th February 2025 regardless. The quicker you apply, the more time you have to fit in the six cash flights to extend your new status.
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How to earn Star Alliance miles from UK credit cards (April 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.
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