@aqua Thanks for reading. The M M website is the best place to look for M M airlines availability. F

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I could not find much information on the program, so I've spent lots of time studying how to avoid the high fuel surcharges, discounted award flights, stopover rules, extra award seats and other quirks lowes hotel miami of the Lufthansa frequent flyer program.  This will be the most comprehensive guide to using Lufthansa miles in English.
If you're  new to miles and points ,  like my mother-in-law , there are  better  cards for you to apply for like the  Chase Sapphire Preferred lowes hotel miami ,  American Express Starwood card ,  Chase Ink Plus , or the other cards on the  Hot Deals tab .  But if you've been doing this for a while, lowes hotel miami the Barclays Lufthansa lowes hotel miami  card could make sense for you – especially if you can use their miles for travel within the US and save your more valuable miles.  But make sure you know the quirks of the program  BEFORE  you apply.
You can use the  Star Alliance route map  to see what routes are available on Star Alliance.  Remember, that you can  use Lufthansa miles to redeem for any Star Alliance flight.   The Star Alliance is the largest airline alliance and has many partners such as Lufthansa, United, and Singapore Airlines.
For example, if you go to the Star Alliance route map and click on Auckland (in New Zealand) you ll see flights on Air New Zealand in green color.  You can also select the airline from the options in the left side of the screen.
If you want to search for just US Airways routes, lowes hotel miami you just use the US Air route map .  This will be particularly lowes hotel miami helpful because US Air has no fuel surcharges and has many flights lowes hotel miami to Europe.  US Air has its major international hubs in Charlotte (CLT), Philadelphia (PHL), lowes hotel miami and Phoenix  (PHX).
lowes hotel miami You can select either of those cities Charlotte (CLT), Philadelphia (PHL), and Phoenix  (PHX) in the Leaving from box and then click on Destinations under the Search for tab to see all the cities to which US Air flies.
In fact, you have to call in even if you want different connections than what you find online.  The online booking tool only shows certain routes, usually with short connections, but you are allowed connections (or layovers) less than 24 hours.  But you will have to call in to get these longer connections
If you are booking flights with Adria Airways, Austrian Airlines Group, Brussels Airlines, Condor (Economy only), Croatia Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa and SWISS , the Miles and More website is the best place to search.
However, you need a certain minimum amount of miles to see the calendar.  I could see the calendar when I used Lufthansa accounts with ~90,000 miles and 16,000 miles, but not when I used an account with 500 miles.
Sometimes, you may get a very short layover or some flights may not be available.  And you could get better connecting flights by searching segment-by-segment.  But I don t think it is necessary to do that because the Miles and More website usually has good availability.
Tip 2:  Taxes and fees for Business Class and First Class are MUCH lower when you book a 1-way from Europe to the US compared to a one-way lowes hotel miami from the US to Europe.  See the screenshots above for more details!
United.com has one of the best award search websites.  It shows all the Star Alliance lowes hotel miami partners, is simple to use ,and will shows different cabins classes (first, business and coach).  You don t even need to have a United account to search for awards.
Note that you should NOT use the United website to search for awards on Lufthansa or other Miles and More airlines because you will get much more availability if you search on the Lufthansa  Miles and More website.
You should also not use the United website lowes hotel miami to search for awards on  Singapore  or  South African airlines  (use the  Avianca website  instead), because Lufthansa seems to have access to  MORE  award seats on  Singapore South African  Airlines than United does.
Write down the flight information for the flight.  For example, Air New Zealand flight #1 from Los Angeles to Auckland on November 7, 2013.  Call the L ufthansa (NOT United) service center and ask them to book that award for you.
Air Canada s Aeroplan website also searches lowes hotel miami for award availability on Star Alliance airlines.  In addition, Air Canada passes on  most fuel surcharges and will usually give you a better impression of what the fuel taxes and fees are.
Note that you should  NOT  use the Aeroplan website  to search for awards on Lufthansa or other Miles and More airlines because you will get much more availability if you search on the Lufthansa Miles and More website.
You should also not use the Aeroplan website to search for awards on  Singapore  or  South African airlines  (use the  Avianca website  instead), because Lufthansa seems to have access to  MORE  award seats on  Singapore South African  Airlines than United does.
You can use the ANA website to search for awards.  But you need to have a few ANA miles in your account.  You can transfer them from AMEX Membership Rewards points and Starwood hotels if you have them, but using the United or Aeroplan website could be easier!
Note that you should  NOT  use the ANA website  to search for awards on Lufthansa or other Miles and More airlines because you will get much more availability if you search on the  Lufthansa Miles and More website.
You should also not use the ANA website to search for awards on Singapore  or South African airlines (use the  Avianca website  instead), because Lufthansa seems to have access to  MORE  award seats on Singapore South African Airlines than United does.
I found the Avianca website to be pretty accurate in finding lowes hotel miami Singapore Airlines award availability which could be booked using Lufthansa miles because Avianca also has access to more Singapore Airlines award seats than other Star Alliance airlines.  But it wasn t a 100% match all the time.
It is best to search for flights on Lufthansa or other Miles More airlines on the Lufthansa website because lowes hotel miami you get extra award availability.  But you can use the United and Air Canada website to find availability on other partner airlines.
Lufthansa also has access to extra award seats on Singapore Airlines and South African airlines , so use the Avianca website to search for flights on those airlines, write down the flight information, and then call Lufthansa lowes hotel miami to book those flights!
I appreciate all the work done in this series, which I will use for reference as I look to use my Miles and More miles. It certainly proves that bloggers don t just regurgitate information found elsewhere, but sometimes, at least, do great creative research to help the frequent flyer community. Well done.
Well done. I m learning about Expert Flyer and was wondering, would it be a good tool for searching lowes hotel miami for uses of Lufthansa miles? Have you reviewed Expert Flyer? I find the site a little confusing. Thanks!
@DaveS - You re welcome! Interestingly enough, even though this series will end up taking over 100+ hours to put together after all 10 parts are posted, the most popular posts are usually posts on Chase or American Express credit cards which can be completed in just a few hours or less!
@Rob I haven t posted on ExpertFlyer as yet, but ExpertFlyer doesn t show you true Lufthansa award availability. It only shows Lufthansa flights available from the United website, and Lufthansa has access to more seats.
lowes hotel miami Your series lowes hotel miami has convinced me Miles More can be useful, especially for folks who want non-stop flights between Europe and the West Coast (i.e., FRA-LAX or FRA-SFO). I just hope Barclays renews its current 50,000 lowes hotel miami mile card offer in the months ahead. I can t see applying for this card if Barclays drops the offer to 40,000 miles, given their fuel surcharges
I searched like 10 different times and it never came up. If you figure out the voodoo to get the calendar (in addition to doing a round trip search, lowes hotel miami which I was already doing) I would be so glad to know. Thanks!
@Goker - I dig some digging, and you need a certain minimum amount of miles to see the calendar. I could see the calendar when I used accounts with ~90,000 miles and 16,000 miles, but not when I used an account lowes hotel miami with 500 miles.
@Rachel That should lowes hotel miami be enough to search for flights. Emily has 500 miles and can search for flights from her account and see availability, but can t see the final page where the taxes and fees are displayed.
Yeah, that s where I m at to. I can select flights, lowes hotel miami but it won t show me the total mileage and total in fees. That s frustrating, since I have enough SPG points lowes hotel miami to transfer, but I want to see the fees to determine if its worth it.
Hi, great information! So if I want to book a flight to Europe on United using my Lufthansa miles, I would have to call the Lufthansa service center, and have them select the flights, and you re saying to use the United website to see what s available beforehand? I m a little confused as to how to find out how many miles I would need for this. I only have 34,000 Lufthansa lowes hotel miami miles, and from their website it looks like they re now charging 50,000 miles for a RT economy flight as opposed to the previous 30,000. Would this be the same when booking a United lowes hotel miami flight? Thanks in advance!
lowes hotel miami @Susan lowes hotel miami It is 50,000 miles for a return coach ticket from the US to Europe. But I wouldn t fly on United unless you re willing to pay the high fuel surcharges. You can search for low level flights on United and then call Lufthansa and have them book the same flights.
@aqua Thanks for reading. The M M website is the best place to look for M M airlines availability. For US Air or United awards, check United.com (search for award flights at the saver level). Then write down the flight information and call M M.
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