Have Miles&More points? here's how to redeem a ticket to go around the world
The round-the-world tour is the holy grail of award tickets, the most complicated to book and the one that can [...]
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Around the world is the holy grail of prize tickets, the most complicated one to book and the one that can give the most in terms of emotions and memories to a traveler.
Using Miles&More points for an RTW
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The rules for drawing a Round The World card are simple, although the few loyalty programs that allow you to redeem this ticket are fewer and fewer. During 2024 to the list Of those who allow such a ticket to be booked with the points KrsiFlyer, or Singapore Airlines' loyalty program, is out..
In the case of Miles&More, Lufthansa's loyalty program, the stakes are only 3:
- A round-the-world award ticket includes an Atlantic crossing and a Pacific crossing
- Includes up to 10 flight segments
- Up to seven stopovers are possible
Then there is the rule that applies to everyone i.e. you choose one direction and never go back.
This is the itinerary of my first world tour, made right with Star Alliance companies, ticket I had paid cash a stupid And an experience that unfortunately I did when I didn't have a YT channel yet..
As you can see, my "anti-clockwise" journey began in London and, after a quick stopover in Frankfurt, I went to Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii. I was then supposed to visit San Francisco, but was eventually diverted to Vancouver before returning to London.
How to book an RTW ticket with Miles&More
This flight award can only be booked by phone. The minimum duration must be 10 days, i.e., there must be at least 10 nights between the departure of the first and last flight, and it must be completed within 12 months of the first take-off.
Many people take advantage of this possibility by breaking the trip into two, basically you buy an RTW ticket and in the middle of the route you leave a window of months, buy an a/r ticket from the point where you break the journey to return home and then return to the same point when you plan to resume the broken route.
How many Miles&More points does a round-the-world ticket cost
The cost of this award ticket is different from the classic Lufthansa award ticket. While normally the cost of a single intercontinental round trip is 110k M&M points, an RTW ticket has a fixed cost:
- All-economy itinerary requires 180,000 M&Ms
- All in Business itinerary requires 335,000 M&Ms
- All-first-class itinerary requires 500,000 M&Ms
Don't have enough points? here's how to do it
One solution is to use for everyday expenses the Miles&More Gold Mastercard also essential because the holders can take advantage of the fact that Those who use this card will never have to worry about their points expiring.
Lufthansa Group's loyalty program launches, several times a year, its Bundles, a package that includes not only points but also other benefits "insignificant," but in this way the company can legally sell points from its program.
The difference between M&M and other programs is that it only allows you to buy a fixed package and not a free amount as is the case with other programs. Every user can buy, net of bonuses, Up to 500k Miles&More each calendar year..
In conclusion
Of course it's not a few points, but considering that such an itinerary allows you to fly with all Star Alliance airlines. and over very large distances at a much lower cost than
