Miles & More

Miles & More is the frequent flyer program of 12 European airlines. It was launched by Lufthansa (LH) in 1993. The program enables its 13 million members[1] to earn and redeem frequent flyer miles on all of the fully integrated airlines as well as all the Star Alliance members. Furthermore, all customers are able to build status, which gives them access to certain privileges. Miles & More is free of charge and everybody can sign up.

Partnership History


1993 - Lufthansa introduces Miles & More on January 1, 1993
1997 - Star Alliance is founded by Air Canada, United Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Thai Airways International[2]
2000 - Austrian Airlines (AUA) joined Miles & More
2003 - LOT Polish Airlines becomes a fully integrated partner
2006 - Swiss International Air Lines is bought by Lufthansa and its frequent flyer program, the Swiss TravelClub, is converted to Miles & More on April 1, 2006

Airline Partners of Miles & More

Fully Integrated Airline Partners
Lufthansa
Air Dolomiti (partner-airline of Lufthansa Regional)
Augsburg Airways (partner-airline of Lufthansa Regional)
Contact Air (partner-airline of Lufthansa Regional)
Eurowings (partner-airline of Lufthansa Regional)
Lufthansa CityLine (partner-airline of Lufthansa Regional)
Austrian Airlines (since 2000)
LOT Polish Airlines (since 2003)
Swiss International Air Lines (since 2006)
Air One
Adria Airways
Croatia Airlines
Luxair

Star Alliance Partner Airlines
Air Canada
Air New Zealand
All Nippon Airways (ANA)
Asiana Airlines
Bmi
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS)
Singapore Airlines
South African Airways
Spanair
TAP Portugal
Thai Airways International
United Airlines
US Airways

Star Alliance Regional Partners
Blue1

Other Partners
Aegean Airlines
Air China
Air India
Air Malta
Cimber Air
Cirrus Airlines
Condor Airlines
Jat Airways
Jet Airways
Mexicana
Qatar Airways
Shanghai Airlines
Turkish Airlines

The Miles
On Miles & More there are 3 different sorts of miles that all have different applications within the program:

Award Miles
These are the miles that can be collected in the account of a member and later on be used to buy flights, upgrades, merchandise from the Lufthansa WorldShop and other Miles & More partners. For standard Miles & More members they retain validity for 36 months, after which they expire. For Miles & More Visa Credit Card holders issued in Germany, Frequent Travellers, Senators and Hon-Circle Card holders the miles have no expiration date. However, as soon as a customer does not hold any of these cards anymore, the expiration date of all miles is set to 36 months counting from loss of frequent flyer status or credit card expiration date.

Status Miles
Status miles can only be earned when flying on the fully integrated partner airlines or on Star Alliance members. There is no other way to earn these miles. In addition, status miles expire at the end of each calendar year. They are used to identify the frequent flyers and members are able to qualify for a higher status on the basis of the status miles that they have collected in one year.

HON Circle Miles
HON Circle miles can only be earned when flying on the fully integrated partner airlines and Air-Rail trains in Germany (up to a total of 100.000 Miles within 2 calendar years). They are necessary to attain the top-tier status on Miles & More - HON Circle. Until April 1, 2006 it was possible to also collect this type of miles on United Airlines. This option does no longer exist.[4] HON-miles are valid for 2 years. Furthermore, only Senators (with an account balance of more than 300.000 status miles over 2 years) and existing HON Circle members can see these miles on their account statement.

Earning Miles
Award miles can be earned in various ways. Status miles can only be earned when flying on either the fully integrated partner airlines of Miles & More or the Star Alliance partners. The number of status miles earned is always equivalent to the number of award miles earned on these flights (excluding promotions).