The latest set of Miles & More Mileage Bargains (Meilenschnaeppchen) discounted mileage awards are here for this month. In this set we see discounted offers on Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa out of Montreal.
That brings us to the offers and they are as follows. The award flights must be booked by September 30, 2023.
Austrian Airlines
Travel between Montreal and Austria in Premium Economy Class. Valid for travel Dec 15, 23 – Jan 31, 24
Lufthansa
Travel between Montreal and Europe in Business Class. Valid for travel Dec 15, 23 – Jan 31, 24
Here’s are some examples of the offers for this month:
You can redeem Miles & More miles for round trip flights on these routes as follows
- Premium Economy Class: 40,000 miles (50% discount from the 80,000)
- 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 are several ways 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)
The first option, which is the cheapest option, is to jump on this month’s Bundle&Go bonus (Miles & More’s way to sell miles without selling just miles) With it you can purchase 100,000 miles for 2,660 CAD and they’ll give you a 60% bonus if you buy them by September 30 for 160,000 miles in total. With this bonus you would be buying the miles for 2.66 cents each. Click here to check out the Bundle&Go Bonus
The second option is by purchasing a ASMALLWORLD Prestige Membership which awards Miles & More miles as part of their welcome bonus. This is a paid social networking membership that includes a lot of benefits and it is a way to buy 250,000 Miles & More miles at relatively good price.
The cost for the membership is 5,490 EUR which works out to 2.19 EUR Cents each or about C$8,100. That is a huge outlay but the reward, if you can afford to buy a membership, can be worth double that if not more!
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.
With 250,000 miles you would have enough miles to redeem for four round trip business class tickets from the offer above and have 30,000 miles left over.
I quickly looked at what Lufthansa was charging for round trip business class in October and it was in the C$6,000 to C$7,000 range so either of these ‘buy miles’ options could provide a significant savings over the market price.
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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