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The 50k mile bonus offer is back on the Lufthansa card mentioned in this post until 6/30/14. Get it now!
- Earn 20,000 award miles after your first purchases or balance transfer
- Earn an additional 30,000 award miles when you spend $5,000 in purchases within the first 90 days of account opening
- Earn 2 award miles per $1 on ticket purchases directly from Miles & More integrated airline partners and 1 mile per $1 on all other purchases
- Cardholders receive a companion ticket after first use of the account and annually after each account anniversary
- No Foreign transaction fees on purchases made outside the U.S.
- Redeem miles for flight awards and upgrades on Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, SWISS, Star Alliance member airlines and on other partners
- $79 Annual Fee. Please see Terms and Conditions for complete details
Application Link: The Lufthansa Premier Miles & More World MasterCard
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The Lufthansa Premier Miles & More World MasterCard®‘s incredible 50,000 bonus mile sign up bonus ends June 30, 2014.
See my Miles & More Program Primer for more information on the Lufthansa frequent flyer program and six great uses for the mega sign up bonus.
The cliff notes? Lufthansa is a major member of the Star Alliance, which also includes United, US Airways, and Air Canada. Lufthansa Miles & More miles can be used on any Star Alliance partner.
55,000 Lufthansa miles–the sign up bonus plus normal spending needed to unlock it–will get you:
- Two domestic roundtrips on US Airways or United
- One roundtrip to Hawaii with one direction in a flat bed in First Class
- A roundtrip to Europe
- One way to Europe in flat bed Business Class
- Transfer in Starpoints to get to 85,000 Lufthansa miles to book one way from the US to Europe in First Class on Lufthansa or Swiss
How can you use your Lufthansa miles? When does the 50,000 mile offer end? Who is this offer right for?
Key Links
- Application Link: 50,000 Mile Bonus Offer on the Lufthansa Premier Miles & More World MasterCard®
- Link: Miles & More Program Primer & Six Great Uses (and Two Bad Uses) for 55,000 Lufthansa Miles
Card Details
The Lufthansa Premier Miles & More World MasterCard® comes with 20,000 bonus miles on first purchase and 30,000 more after spending $5k in the first three months. Including bonus miles and miles for spending, you will have 55,000 total miles after spending $5k on the card.
The card has a $79 annual fee that is not waived for the first year unless you have top tier status with Lufthansa. That’s a price I willingly pay to get access to 55,000 Lufthansa miles!
This is the second time we’ve seen the Lufthansa card’s bonus go to 50,000 miles. The first time was in May, and I got the card then for myself. When this 50,000 mile offer ends, the offer will likely revert to the standard 20k mile offer.
The offer’s landing page states: “This offer ends December 15, 2013 and may be canceled at any time without notice.” December 15 is this Sunday. I’ve also heard from a knowledgeable source that the offer will end “on or around December 13,” which is Friday.
All of the language hedges a bit, so we do not know the ending date for this offer. My takeaway is that if you want the card, apply sooner rather than later. Whenever you apply, you are applying for whatever sign up bonus the application page states.
Miles Details
My post on the Lufthansa Miles & More program is the ultimate guide to the miles: Miles & More Program Primer & Six Great Uses (and Two Bad Uses) for 55,000 Lufthansa Miles
My Anatomy of an Award posts on redeeming the miles are the only posts of their kind anywhere that go step-by-step through actual bookings:
- Using Lufthansa Miles for a Hawaii Award in a Flat Bed
- Booking Incredible Singapore Business Class to Europe with Lufthansa Miles
The most important thing to know about Lufthansa miles is that, in addition to government taxes, fuel surcharges are imposed on many awards. You want to redeem your Lufthansa miles for awards with no fuel surcharges.
Those include:
- Flights within the US and Canada including Hawaii
- Flights to Central America
- Flights to South America
- Flights to the Caribbean
- US Airways flights to Europe
- Some United flights to Asia
Most anywhere you want to go, you can find a way to get there with Lufthansa miles, so getting 50k bonus miles is an incredible offer!
Recap
This is the final week of the 50k bonus mile offer on The Lufthansa Premier Miles & More World MasterCard®. If you dream of flat beds to Hawaii, domestic trips to visit family, or a dream European vacation in First Class, this is an offer you need to consider.
Send me an email–scott@milevalue.com–or leave a comment if you have questions about whether Lufthansa miles would be useful for a trip you have in mind.
Offer Details
The Lufthansa Premier Miles & More World MasterCard with 50,000 bonus Miles & More miles after spending $5k in the first three months
Application Link: The Lufthansa Premier Miles & More World MasterCard®
Just getting started in the world of points and miles? The Chase Sapphire Preferred is the best card for you to start with.
With a bonus of 60,000 points after $4,000 spend in the first 3 months, 5x points on travel booked through the Chase Travel Portal and 3x points on restaurants, streaming services, and online groceries (excluding Target, Walmart, and wholesale clubs), this card truly cannot be beat for getting started!
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Any reports of churning this card?
I wonder what this T&C item means: “No mileage expiration with monthly qualifying purchases”
Does it indicate that your miles expire if you don’t make a purchase every month?
No, not at all. Lufthansa’s expiration policy is that miles expire after 36 months. If you use your card every month, you keep pushing that back. Otherwise, you are on the 36 month clock.