April to bring changes to Lufthansa's Miles & More

From 1st April this year, Lufthansa's Miles & More will become the new frequent flyer programme of SWISS International Airlines. Customers of SWISS will then be able to collect and redeem their miles with Miles & More. Within the context of the integration, several changes will be made to the Miles & More programme:

Miles for the attainment of status in Germany lowered: In future, Miles & More participants who are resident in Germany will be able to enjoy status advantages even faster. They will already be given Frequent Traveller status with 35,000 status miles and will qualify for Senator status with 130,000 status miles. Thus, the number of miles for the status attainment has been adjusted to the international level. Abroad, participants require 35,000 status miles for the attainment of the Frequent Traveller status and 100,000 status miles for Senator status. A qualification through the number of flights will no longer exist in future.

Introduction of flight bonus for children: Children aged between two and eleven years will fly particularly inexpensively as of April. For a bonus ticket of a child only 75% of the required miles will be charged.

Introduction of oneway flight bonus: As of 1st April, miles can also be redeemed for oneway flight bonuses - namely for 75% of the regular flight bonus.

HON Circle miles also on flights of SWISS: As of April the exclusive HON Circle miles can be collected on flights of Lufthansa, LOT, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Adria Airways, Croatia Airlines, Air One and Lufthansa Regional. Miles which are flown with United Airlines up to 31st March, will still be credited to the customer’s account as HON Circle miles.

Exclusive lounge access for Frequent Travellers: In future, Frequent Travellers will no longer be able to take any accompanying persons into the lounge. In this way the airline hopes to ensure that the frequent flying passengers can enjoy an exclusive stay in the lounge

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