Lufthansa selling miles with a 60% bonus via its ‘bundles’ – as low as 0.98p

As we’ve covered on HfP in the past, Lufthansa has spent many years trying to claim that its miles have no value.

This isn’t because they are hard to redeem (although premium availability is tighter post covid) but because it has been hit by various legal claims under German law.

Lufthansa had a problem. It could hardly claim that its miles had no fixed value if it was selling them at a fixed price, so it pulled the sale of miles.

It actually went further. It stopped the transfer of points from other schemes into Miles & More if those points could be purchased.

For example, because Marriott sells Bonvoy points to the public, you can no longer transfer Bonvoy points into Miles & More. This is because – de facto – you could claim it puts a fixed value on the Lufthansa miles.

The revenue stream from selling miles is hard to resist, however. I’ve heard points.com employees (the company which runs most mileage purchase schemes) speak at conferences and the sums they quote for the total volume of miles sold are mind boggling.

Lufthansa has found a way around the rules

What Lufthansa has started doing is selling ‘bundles’. You are buying a pile of miles, but you’re getting some extra ‘benefits’ thrown in.

The fact that these extra ‘benefits’ are worthless is besides the point.

The price paid for the miles is in theory obscured and so it sees the legal threat as reduced.

Here are the extra ‘benefits’ that come if you buy Miles & More miles:

• bonus miles when you next book a hotel or car via the Lufthansa website
• bonus miles on your next five Avis rentals credited to Miles & More
• with some bundles, mid level Avis status
• a discount on a Priority Pass membership (identical or worse than the discount code you can buy from Groupon for £7)

Yes, it’s exciting stuff!

Get a bonus of 60% when you buy a bundle

Lufthansa is currently offering bonus miles when you buy a bundle.

This is strongest offer we have seen since September 2024, although the two largest bundles have seen a 2%-3% price rise this week.

The offer runs to 30th September.

As you can see from the website here, you receive:

• 4,800 Miles & More miles with the £80 ‘Extra Small Bundle’ (1.7p per mile)

• 16,000 Miles & More miles with the £220 ‘Small Bundle’ (1.4p per mile)

• 80,000 Miles & More miles with the £890 ‘Medium Bundle’ (1.1p per mile)

• 160,000 Miles & More miles with the £1,560 ‘Large Bundle’ (1.0p per mile) – this bundle is only available to Miles & More status members

You can buy up to 250,000 miles, pre any bonuses, in 2025.

Is it worth buying Miles & More miles at this price?

If you have no existing Miles & More balance then you shouldn’t jump in without looking carefully at how you would redeem.

Lufthansa moved to a very modest version of dynamic redemption pricing earlier this year. There is, oddly, no additional reward availability compared to what was there before, but the availability you do see may be cheaper or more expensive than it was before.

There are other new oddities, such as return tickets often being cheaper than 2 x one-ways.

The key thing to remember is that Miles & More miles expire after three years and you can’t do anything to save them, unless you earn Miles & More elite status.

There are upsides, with several sweet spots including flights to the Middle East (75,000 miles return on partners in business class from the UK).

If you do have a balance in the programme and want to top it up before a big redemption, this new ‘bundle’ promotion is a good chance to do so.

You can look at details of the bundles, and buy, here.