Lufthansa and Germanwings plan extensive cooperation with numerous benefits for customers

31.08.10

From 1 September, Miles & More members will also be able to collect miles on Germanwings flights and use Lufthansa lounges / Combinable airfares and collaboration in corporate sales from 2011

Closer cooperation between Lufthansa and Germanwings and a comprehensive package of measures will provide additional travel benefits for the customers of both airlines. 

Starting on 1 September 2010, Miles & More members will be able not only to exchange miles on all Germanwings flights but also to collect award miles. From then on, the same fixed mileage amounts for individual booking classes that currently apply to Miles & More members on all Lufthansa flights will also apply on Germanwings flights. For a domestic flight, for example, Miles & More members will receive up to 1,000 miles and for a flight to a Germanwings destination in Europe up to 1,250 miles, depending on the booking class. Since December 2009, Miles & More members have been able to redeem their miles for flights across the entire Germanwings route network. For 30,000 miles they can take off to a destination within Europe, and for 25,000 miles they can book a domestic flight with the air-line. In addition, frequent flyers with a Miles & More HON Circle or Senator status who are travelling on a Germanwings ticket can now use Lufthansa’s Business and Senator lounges in Germany. 

The Germanwings frequent flyer programme, the Boomerang Club, will continue to exist independently of the Miles & More partnership. Before each flight, passengers who have both a Miles & More and a Boomerang Club card will be able to select the frequent flyer pro-gramme in which they wish to collect miles. Further information can be downloaded from www.miles-and-more.com or www.germanwings.com.

“Thanks to the closer collaboration with Germanwings, our Miles & More members will have even more opportunities to collect and redeem award miles,” says Thierry Antinori, member of the Lufthansa German Airlines Board with responsibility for Marketing and Sales. “We will continue to pursue our strategic approach so that both airlines can develop their product and their flight schedules independently. At the same time, however, we will be able to offer our joint customers significant added value.”

In the next phase of the cooperation, starting from the beginning of 2011, interline (i.e. com-binable) fares will be available for Lufthansa and Germanwings flights. This means that travel agencies and Lufthansa sales points (call centres and ticket counters at the airports) will be able to book and sell an outbound or return flight with both airlines in a single transaction and from a single source. Customers of both airlines will profit from greater flexibility with regard to travel and booking options and will save time and effort when making their travel arrangements. 

Lufthansa and Germanwings are planning to cooperate in the corporate travel segment from the beginning of 2011 so that they can extend the benefits of their partnership to their corporate customers.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Corporate Communication

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