As we do each month we bring you the latest set Miles & More “Meilenschnaeppchen”
discounted
mileage awards! This month we see both Economy
Class and Business Class options for flying out of Toronto from Lufthansa, Economy Class also on LH out of Montreal and a 50% discount
on economy class travel on Austrian
Airlines between Toronto and Austria. The Lufthansa offers are for
travel between Jun 1 and Jul 15, 16 (must be booked by Feb 29) while the
Austrian offers are good for booking and travel until Mar 31, 16
You can redeem Miles & More miles for round trip tickets on
Lufthansa from Montreal to Europe for only 30,000
miles. This is a 50% discount off the
normal Economy Class award ticket price of 60,000 miles. The
Austrian Airlines option out of Toronto is also a full 50% discount on
economy
class. Granted
all
these tickets will also have fuel surcharges but this is still a pretty
good deal when you look at it as a whole in terms of miles+cash outlay.
For business class between Toronto and Europe on Lufthansa, the discount is a bit below 50% as you need to redeem 55,000 miles for round trip flights that normally cost 105,000 miles.
The crazy thing is that you can actually get the round trip economy class tickets for
only $5,000 in credit card spend (and a $120 annual fee). How so? As we
usually mention in this post you can boost your Miles & More account
with the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express. Currently the card
comes with a 20,000 Starpoint sign up bonus. When you convert those
20,000 Starpoints to Miles & More SPG will award you an additional
5,000 miles. Which gives you 25,000 miles but if you spend $5,000 on the
card you’ll have 25,000 Starpoints and the 5,000 Miles bonus giving you
the 30,000 miles required for this flight. Of course fuel surcharges
and taxes are extra.
Simply book the offers seen here by February 29 (Lufthansa) or March 31st (Austrian).