New to this. SAS offering me 5k miles on any *A program for a mistake the made - keep using M&M or start a new one?
Since I recently moved from Europe to San Francisco for a job, I'm traveling more on long-haul flights, or about 3-4 round-trips a year. I currently have 16k award miles, and 1370 status miles in Lufthansa's Miles & More.
Last time I flew with SAS, several things went wrong, and they are offering me 5k miles as redemption. I just have tell them any Star Alliance program for them to deposit them into.
Would I be better off starting over with some other program, or stick to Miles & More?
Online research is confusing, esp. with recent changes to many programs. Upgrades and discounts would be of most value to me, rather than lounge access or priority boarding.
Posted Feb 15, 2015, 4:29 AM UTC
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If you are going to be US based, united may be the way to go. Both United and Lufthansa have shitty earning ratios now though, and 5k miles won't get you anything. Upgrades for a US-Europe flight are like 20k miles + a copay (for many ticket fare classes).
Earning status is now a lot easier than earning miles. If you just want the miles, go for a co-branded credit card.