There was a time when I had to travel a lot for work.
I had saved up lots of miles with Lufthansa. When I tried to use them for flights for my wife, my daughter and me to travel together it was almost impossible to book us together onto the same flight. In the end there were so many fees and charges that I ended up paying almost as much as the regular fare and we were not able to get the flight of our choice, even though there were plenty of seats available on it. Decided to avoid Lufthansa whenever possible after that and never did collected any more miles with their Miles & More program. It was just a scam. I read somewhere that it was one of their most profitable parts of their business. No wonder.
On the other hand, I also had plenty of miles with Emirates. I could use those for any flight at any time and did not have to pay any extra fees or charges. I could even book a flight last minute and could combine them to reduce the cost of a flight.
There was a time when I had to travel a lot for work.
I had saved up lots of miles with Lufthansa. When I tried to use them for flights for my wife, my daughter and me to travel together it was almost impossible to book us together onto the same flight. In the end there were so many fees and charges that I ended up paying almost as much as the regular fare and we were not able to get the flight of our choice, even though there were plenty of seats available on it. Decided to avoid Lufthansa whenever possible after that and never did collected any more miles with their Miles & More program. It was just a scam. I read somewhere that it was one of their most profitable parts of their business. No wonder.
On the other hand, I also had plenty of miles with Emirates. I could use those for any flight at any time and did not have to pay any extra fees or charges. I could even book a flight last minute and could combine them to reduce the cost of a flight.