The latest set of Miles & More Mileage Bargains (Meilenschnaeppchen) discounted mileage awards are here for this month. For August we see discounted offers on Austrian Airlines out of Montreal.
Austrian Airlines Mileage Bargains:
Travel between Montreal and Austria in Business Class. Book by August 31 for travel Nov 15 – Dec 31, 2023
Here are the six offers for this month:
You can redeem Miles & More miles for round trip flights on these routes as follows
- Business Class: 55,000 miles (~51% discount from the 112,000)
Click here for more details on this offer.
Earning and redeeming Miles & More miles
There are only a few options for Canadians to earn Miles & More miles that can be used to redeem for these discounted reward flights:
Organically
The best option is if you are already a Miles & More member who has been collecting miles (via flights, hotels, car rentals etc.) and have enough in your account to take advantage of them.
Converting points to miles
Another option is to convert points from Radisson Rewards with a conversion rate that is terrible, at 10 points to 1 mile.
Buying Miles
There is also a way to buy Miles & More miles so that you are essentially receiving discounted flights (just as you would with any other airline’s buy miles options) To buy Miles & More Miles you actually don’t buy them directly through Miles & More but rather you do so by purchasing a ASMALLWORLD Prestige Membership which awards Miles & More miles as part of their welcome bonus. In fact, until August 15, 2023 they are offering 50,000 extra miles for a total of 300,000 miles with a Prestige Membership.
The cost for the membership is 5,200 EUR which works out to 1.73 EUR Cents each or about C$7,500. That is a huge outlay but the reward, if you can afford to buy a membership, can be worth double that if not more!
With 300,000 miles you could buy five round trip business class tickets from the offer above and have 25,000 miles left over. I quickly looked at what Austrian was charging for round trip business class in December and it was over C$4,800. Five flights at $4,800 each is $24,000 in value from those miles!
Personally I would not pay that amount in any regard but I am a buyer of business class fares when they are lower such as when KLM offers them for around $3,000. This makes an ASMALLWORLD Membership potentially worth it as each ticket would be around $1,500 plus Miles & More’s hefty fees which can push to price to around $2,500 per ticket. It is definitely something to consider!
Finally, it’s not just the miles you receive with ASMALLWORLD membership – you’ll also receive the top level DragonPass membership which provides unlimited access to over 1,300 airport lounges worldwide, GHA Discovery Titanium status, Jumeirah One Gold status and Sixt Platinum Status.
Click here to learn more about ASMALLWORLD and to purchase a membership
(Rewards Canada has partnered with ASMALLWORLD and we do receive a commission when you purchase a membership using our link. We thank you in advance for your support if choose to do so!)
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