r/milesandmore

Getting to Senator is not just about collecting points. You need Qualifying Points on top, continental and intercontinental flights are weighted differently, and if you buy CO₂ SAF packages on Lufthansa flights those give you bonus status points and QP too but the calculation per flight is annoying to do manually.

I tracked everything in a spreadsheet for a while. It worked until it did not.

So I built MileHunter. You log your flights, it calculates your status points and QP in real time and shows you exactly where you stand toward Frequent Traveller, Senator or HON Circle. You can also toggle flights on and off to model different scenarios, and play around with CO₂ compensation packages to see the exact impact per flight including the HON Circle cap at 20%.

A few friends have been using it since the start of the year and their feedback has directly shaped a lot of what is in there.

Free to start. No credit card needed. There is a Pro plan for cloud sync and the M&M portal import feature but the core tracker covers most use cases.

Not affiliated with Miles & More or Lufthansa. Just built it because I needed it.

Happy for any feedback: https://www.milehunter.ch/

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For those of us with the US Miles and More credit card- one of the benefits is supposed to be not having your miles expire. I just had some expire and am trying to figure it out. Here it says you have to use the card every month…does anyone know if it’s just the three months prior to mileage expiration? Or if it’s every month since getting the card? https://www.miles-and-more.com/row/en/general-information/terms-and-conditions/no-mileage-expiration-credit-cards.html

Had two stays and got the 40 points + miles within 1 day after checking out.
It does work on Luminous/Stars bookings if anyone was wondering.

Hallo Leute,

Ich versuche es mal als Schwarmwissen hier. Ich bin derzeit FTL und bin dieses Jahr wiederum viel unterwegs. Ich habe es nun mal ausgerechnet und könnte bis zum Ende des Jahres auf ca 1.750-1.800 Points kommen. Qualifying Points (1.000 benötigte), erreiche ich problemlos.
Aktuell habe ich auch dreimal durch die Bonvoy Marriott Aktion profitieren können, um da dreimal 40 Points zu kassieren.

Im Sommer in die USA fliege ich auch schon in Premium Economy, wo es aktuell ja die Aktion gibt mit 50% mehr Meilen. Allerdings ganz auf die 2.000 Punkte komme ich nicht.

Wie realistisch seht Ihr das, dass ich das schaffen kann? Notfalls kann ich natürlich mal noch einen Gabelflug über MUC/FRA buchen. Ist derzeit ein Gedanke. Die nachträgliche Co2 Kompensation kommt mir da auch in den Kopf. Die aktuell noch nicht verfügbar ist.

Vielleicht könnt Ihr mit eurer Erfahrung helfen. So eine Aktion wie mit Marriott jetzt hat mir zB natürlich extrem geholfen. Über Uptrip habe ich auch ein paar Extra Points sammeln können.

Danke schon mal im Voraus für eure Hilfe!

Beste Grüße
Alex

Hi! I am looking at getting one of Lufthansa's Aluminum cabin suitcases. The business class one in particular, to accompany my frequent travels. Does anyone have some pros and/or cons? Please let me know! Also, Is there any other way to save some money on the suitcase, other than spending miles?

Thanks a lot! Cheers!

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I was checking my mileage balance and found out my miles can't expire?

I don't have status with LH, nor do I have their credit card. Is this a glitch? How long do I get mileage protection and if I ever lose that protection do the miles expire 36 months from the end of the protection or 36 months from the time I earned it?

Moin zusammen,
Ich habe vor ein paar Tagen Awardflüge für mich und meine bessere Hälfte nach Sansibar gebucht. (56k Meilen und 300€ sind wirklich top für Business hin und zurück mit Ethiopian)
Hin geht es über London, da wir da noch einen kurzen Zwischenstopp mit einem Besuch bei Freunden einlegen.
Nun zur Frage, ist die LH Sen Lounge die beste Wahl?
Ich bin Senator und wir dürften somit entweder in die LH Business, Maple Leaf, United Club oder die SilverKris Lounge.

Once again the M&M and LHG team just saved not only my day but my weekend.

1. extremely nice contact via the hotline
2. just amazing gate agent
3. exceptional transfer desk agent

Situation:
Flight was delayed, did not catch my connection, could not get to my „point of departure“ - so my whole trip would have been f***ed.

Hotline, gate agent & transfer desk to the rescue: all nice, proactive, highly competent and simply solution oriented.

Linked my 2 separate bookings, diverted me via Zurich and now I am where I wanted to go.

THANK YOU! Just exceptional service!

I understand there are people that seem to have a bad experience and they share it. In my experience every time I need help, I get it quickly, without burocracy and always with a smile. So in my experience and opinion lhg is simply fantastic.

Is Deutsche Bank decent enough to deal with? Can I auto-pay my credit card and/or can I pay in advance? For example, my cards from outside Europe allow me to pay them off as soon as the charge is posted. Does DB allow the same?

Or should I avoid DB cos they are bad?

I know my question is dry and not really great but I don’t want to go through the hassle of cancelling my card. I would much rather gather as much info as I can beforehand. Thanks.

I tried retroactively requesting miles for my latest flights through a partner company (LATAM), which weren’t credited automatically.

Most of them were accepted, but in four cases the requests were denied with the justification that “passenger was not on board”. I checked and my Miles and More number is correct on the reservation. All flights went according to plan and I boarded all of them without exception. For clarification, 2 of them were domestic (within Brazil) and 2 international (Brazil to Chile). Flights within the same reservation were accepted.

I’ve tried submitting the flight data manually or by scanning the boarding pass, multiple times. Nothing seems to work.

How can I dispute this decision? With whom can I speak? Besides boarding passes, what else can I submit as proof? I was unable to find specific instructions on the Miles and More website. I really don’t wanna lose the miles, especifically for the international flights, which were a bit more expensive.

I have an ECO Flight booked on LH with LH flight number. However operated by EN. I have ⭐️Alliance Gold Status with TK M&S. “QUESTION: Do I get LH Lounge Access in FRA?”

I had a big chunk of my miles expire. Do you know if Miles and More would reinstate it? I called the helpline but they told me to fill the contact form online.