Few airlines offer monthly promotions wherein you can book an award flight and travel to select destinations at a discount. Air France-KLM Flying Blue Promo Rewards and Singapore Airlines Spontaneous Escapes are popular promotions. Another frequent flyer program from Star Alliance, Miles & More, has monthly promo awards for mileage bargains. Here are the October 2024 Miles & More Mileage Bargains Promo Awards.
Miles & More Mileage Bargains Basics
- Select routes (In Europe) are eligible for a 50% Mileage Discount.
- Mileage Bargains Costs (Roundtrip):
- 30K in Economy Cabin
- 40K in Premium Economy
- 55K in Business Class
- Promo Awards are available every month.
- Travel dates should be within a fixed period. For example, in October 2024, travel should be between 15 January 2025 and 28 February 2025.
- Eligible Cabins:
- Economy Cabins, Premium Economy & Business Class
- Business Class flights within Europe are more like premium economy.
- Premium Economy Flights within Europe would mostly be in Economy Cabin.
- Awards are non-cancellable or changeable.
- The return flight should be after a gap of at least one day.
- Stopovers are not allowed.
- Bookable online.
- Taxes are applicable
- You will need a minimum of 7K miles in the account to search for an award.
- Taxes and surcharges, as applicable, are payable.
Which Miles & More Airlines flies from India?
At present, only three Miles & More Airlines fly from India, so Mileage Bargains would be made available on these airlines:
- Lufthansa: From Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai & Hyderabad
- LOT Polish: From Delhi & Mumbai
- Swiss Airlines: From Delhi & Mumbai
Transit Visa
Indians may need to apply for a transit Visa when transiting via Germany; certain exceptions apply. However, the same is not applicable for Poland & Switzerland.
Specific routes, such as flights to the United Kingdom, Turkey, Georgia etc, may be outside the Schengen Area.
Current Miles & More Mileage Bargains from India
This month, there are 278 possible offers in Mileage Bargains. However, this also includes multiple cabins on discounts for the same routes. This month, only Lufthansa Airlines offers Mileage Bargains from India in Economy and Premium Economy Cabins; no Business Class is offered.
Of the 278 possible bargains, 115 are offered from Bangalore in Economy Cabin.
And 278 mileage bargains are available from Hyderabad both in economy & premium economy cabins.
Bangalore has all flights in economy cabins, Hyderabad is eligible for both Economy and Premium Economy, and Delhi only has premium economy mileage bargains.
Good Routes
Here are some of the good routes in this month’s Mileage & More Mileage Bargains:
Fly to the UK
You can fly between India & UK in just 30K Miles.
Fly to Schengen Countries
There are several Schengen Countries options in Miles & More Mileage Bargains:
How much Taxes would you pay?
Miles & Miles have significant tax & fuel surcharges.
Let’s take an example of an economy flight between Bangalore (BLR) & Munich, which costs 38.5K. This 38.5K includes a carrier-imposed surcharge (YQ) of 14827, which is charged for all economy flights from India by Miles & More. This will be increased by other charges, excluding YR.
The good thing is that business Class carrier-imposed charges (YQ) are not significant compared to Economy flights.
Even though surcharges are significant, the best bargains are mostly found on Premium Economy and Business Class flights.
How to earn Miles & More Mileage in India?
Miles & More program miles are one of the toughest to earn; however, it is not impossible. Here are ways to earn Miles & More Mileage in India:
- Earn with Hotel Programs
- Hotel Loyalty Points can’t be transferred to Miles & More; miles can only be earned with stays at Marriott, Hyatt & IHG.
- Marriott Bonvoy:
- Earn up to 2 Miles for every $ for stays.
- Promotion: Earn up to 10 Miles per $ spent for stays booked between 1st October 2024 & 30th November 2024 for stays between 1st October 2024 & 1st Jan 2025.
- New Members also earn 250 Bonus Miles on Signup
- IHG:
- Earn up to 2 Miles for every $ for stays.
- Promotion: Earn up to 5 Miles for every $ for stays booked between 2nd September 2024 & 30th November 2024 for stays completed by 31st Dec 2024.
- Hyatt:
- 500 Miles at Hyatt per stay.
- Buy Miles & More Miles with Bundle&Go:
- 3K XS Bundle (No Bonus)
- 10K S Bundle with 25% Bonus
- 50K M Bundle with 50% Bonus
- 100K L Bundle with 100% Bonus
- Get an Axis Bank Credit Card:
- Miles & More Axis Bank World Select Card:
- 15K Welcome Bonus
- 10K Joining Fees
- 4K Annual Miles with 4.5K Fees
- Apply Here
- Miles & More Axis Bank World Card:
- 5K Welcome Bonus
- 3.5K Joining Fees
- 3K Annual Miles with 3.5K Fees
- Apply Here
- Miles & More Axis Bank World Select Card:
- Subscribe to ASMALLWORLD membership:
- 250K Miles on subscription to a Prestige membership at $5790.
Miles & More has a hard expiry of miles after three years. However, if you have an Axis Bank Miles & More Card, there is no expiry.
Bottomline
Miles & More Mileage Bargains are a great way to fly to Europe, specifically in Business Class. However, Miles & More is among the toughest miles to earn worldwide.
