Lufthansa Mastercard superbonus: how to use Miles&More miles to fly with Star Alliance airlines
Lufthansa's new Mastercad credit card, how to make the most of the bonus
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Star Alliance
In recent days we have talked about the Never-before-seen welcome bonus of Lufthansa's new Miles&More credit card, one thing, however, that few people not too familiar with the world of dot-com travel understand is theIssuing award tickets using points from one company to fly with a different carrier.
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The loyalty program of Lufthansa Group airlines. has the special feature, like that of British Airways, of Charge very high fees and surcharges to their award tickets, discouraging the issuance of economy tickets over upper class.
So here's how to use M&M points to travel around the world while spending a few euros on taxes and surcharges. And remember that the 30k M&M bonus expires in November.
Coast to Coast with Air Canada
Canada's national carrier is one of two Star Alliance members in North America. It is possible to book all of this carrier's flights through Lufthansa miles and, for example a ticket to fly from Vancouver to Toronto, or vice versa, costs 15k M&M in economy and 20k in business. Often these routes are flown in wide-body aircraft equipped with the classic business class seats used for intercontinental flights. Here, then, with 50€ tax and a handful of points you can fly from one coast to the other of the American continent Using the points obtained from the LH Mastercard.
Coast to coast in the U.S. with United
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Taxes and surcharges in the U.S. don't know what they are, an award ticket has on average less than 10€ of various levies, so for example you can Flying from Newark to Los Angeles aboard United with just 15k M&M points each way in economy, a super cheap way to get from the Atlantic to the Pacific while spending nothing.
North South America with Copa
Panama Airport, Copa Airlines
Staying on the other side of the Atlantic, it is possible to book a ticket to fly aboard CopaAirlines planes on the South/North America route. Flying from Chicago to Buenos Aires, stopping in Panama has a cost in business class of 30k M&M plus about 70$ in taxes, we are talking about almost 7 hours of flying on a seat that becomes a bed not on a European business class.
How to use 35k M&M points
The beauty of using points is that they can take you anywhere in the world and help you save money on important itineraries, such as a World Tour. For just 35k M&M + taxes, you can redeem an award ticket in business class to fly Asiana from Honolulu to Seoul, sure the fees here are high (about 230$) but the reward could be to fly aboard the Asian company's A380.
Staying in Asia, it is possible to book business class on board ANA, Japan's largest airline, to fly from Tokyo to mid-range destinations such as Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur or Bali just to name some of the destinations reachable with only 35k M&M points + tax.
It is possible to book a ticket from Malpensa or Fiumicino aboard Etihopian to fly to Addis Ababa and possibly other destinations in the African carrier's network always with only 35k M&M points plus taxes.
In conclusion
There are many other award tickets that can be booked using M&M miles, points that can be accumulated by flying, shopping or by car rentals and hotel stays, but most importantly by using daily LUfthansa's M&M credit card starting, however, instead of the "usual" 6k points that are given to new customers by a 5 times bonus i.e. 30k M&M.
