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Lufthansa M&M - no more.
Jan. 19th, 2016 11:13 amIstanbul-Munich, 125 status miles (100 miles + 25 silver status bonus). That is a line from my recent LH M&M status statement. My mileage traveled by LH & Star Alliance is ~constant since 2006 when I got a job that requires some travel. I got ~40-50k status miles each year (except the year when Jacob was born so I traveled less).
This allowed me to keep LH silver status and enjoy several perks, sorted by importance: 1. Having breakfast/lunch/dinner in a business lounge in Munich before departure. 2. Board early on flights from US to Munich, so I can put my stuff to the overhead bins. 3. Very rare upgrades to business class, usually that was special offers to spend award miles.
Not any more, I think 2016 is the last year I keep my silver card. In 2006-2012 it took just 2 flights 2 US per year and couple of local flights to keep silver status. Now LH gives much less miles for that (I think for my flight to Portland I planned in March I will only get ~2k miles).
This allowed me to keep LH silver status and enjoy several perks, sorted by importance: 1. Having breakfast/lunch/dinner in a business lounge in Munich before departure. 2. Board early on flights from US to Munich, so I can put my stuff to the overhead bins. 3. Very rare upgrades to business class, usually that was special offers to spend award miles.
Not any more, I think 2016 is the last year I keep my silver card. In 2006-2012 it took just 2 flights 2 US per year and couple of local flights to keep silver status. Now LH gives much less miles for that (I think for my flight to Portland I planned in March I will only get ~2k miles).
