Can I exchange award miles for status miles?
You have several options for exchanging award miles for status miles (excluding HON Circle miles). These options are available to all Miles & More members without status or with Senator status in connection with several Miles & More Credit Cards; Frequent Travellers can benefit from a mileage exchange as part of Miles & More Selections.
The following general conditions for credit card holders apply to exchanging award miles for status miles:
- You can exchange between 5,000 and 25,000 award miles once per calendar year.
- This applies to award miles that you have received for credit card purchases in the current and previous calendar year
- Welcome, multiple and promotional miles, etc. are excluded from the mileage exchange.
- The ratio for exchanging award miles for status miles is 5:1.
- Your exchanged miles will be credited to your mileage account as status miles for the current calendar year, and the corresponding award miles will be deducted.
- An exchange which has been validated cannot be reversed.
Please also note the respective country-specific rules:
- Germany:
For holders of Lufthansa Miles & More Credit Cards issued by Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB):
Award miles can only be exchanged by holders of a Miles & More Gold Credit Card, Lufthansa Frequent Traveller Credit Card or a Lufthansa Senator Credit Card.
- Italy:
For holders of the UniCreditCard Miles & More issued by UniCredit:
Award miles can only be exchanged by holders of the UniCreditCard Flexia Gold Miles & More and the UniCreditCard Business Miles & More.
- Switzerland:
For holders of the SWISS Miles & More Credit Cards issued by Swisscard AECS GmbH:
Award miles can only be exchanged by holders of the following products: a SWISS Miles & More Classic Credit Card Duo, a SWISS Miles & More Gold Credit Card Duo or a SWISS Miles & More Platinum Credit Card Duo. Only one mileage exchange is possible per Miles & More member per calendar year.
- USA:
For holders of the Miles & More® World Elite Mastercard® issued by Barclaycard®:
Award miles can only be exchanged by holders of the Miles & More® World Elite Mastercard®.
- Spain:
For holders of the Miles & More Visa Gold Card issued by CaixaBank Payments, E.F.C., E.P., S.A.U.: Award miles can only be exchanged by holders of a Miles & More Visa Gold Card.
- Mexico:
For holders of the Miles & More Mastercard World Elite issued by BANCA MIFEL, S.A., INSTITUCION DE BANCA MULTIPLE, GRUPO FINANCIERO MIFEL: Award miles can only be exchanged by holders of the Miles & More Mastercard World Elite.