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Regular readers will know that each month the frequent flyer scheme for Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss etc – Miles & More – offers ‘Mileage Bargains’. These are heavily discounted award tickets in economy and business class to certain destinations. Because of the relatively high taxes and surcharges on economy redemptions, I will primarily look at business class options from the UK. Those in the regions will be pleased to learn that Miles & More long-haul redemptions already include your feeder leg to Frankfurt or Munich free of charge.

Miles & More Mileage Bargain Promotion August 2017

Book between 1 and 31 August 2017, travel between 1 December 2017 and 15 January 2018

Book on the dedicated offer page here

Business Class return flights for 70,000 Miles & More points (usually 135,000 miles!):

• London Heathrow to Nanjing, Seoul, Qingdao
• London City to Nanjing, Seoul
• Manchester to Nanjing, Seoul, Qingdao
• Birmingham to Nanjing, Seoul
• Edinburgh to Nanjing

Business Class return flights for 55,000 Miles & More points (usually 105,000 miles!):

• London Heathrow to Washington Dulles, Chicago
• London City to Washington Dulles
• Manchester to Washington Dulles, Chicago
• Birmingham to Washington Dulles, Chicago

Business Class return flights for 40,000 Miles & More points (usually 70,000 miles!):

• London Heathrow to Dubai, Tunis, Riyadh, Algiers, Tehran
• London City to Dubai, Tunis, Riyadh, Algiers, Tehran
• Manchester to Dubai, Tunis, Riyadh, Algiers, Tehran
• Birmingham to Dubai, Tunis, Riyadh, Algiers
• Edinburgh to Tunis
• Aberdeen to Algiers

Economy Class return flights for 40,000 Miles & More points (usually 80,000 miles!):

• London Heathrow to Tokyo Haneda
• London City to Tokyo Haneda
• Manchester to Tokyo Haneda
• Birmingham to Tokyo Haneda
• Edinburgh to Tokyo Haneda
• Aberdeen to Tokyo Haneda

Economy Class return flights for 30,000 Miles & More points (usually 60,000 miles!):

• London Heathrow to Washington Dulles, Chicago, Delhi, Mumbai/Bombay
• London City to Washington Dulles, Delhi, Mumbai/bombay
• Manchester to Washington Dulles, Chicago, Delhi, Mumbai/Bombay
• Birmingham to Washington Dulles, Chicago, Delhi, Mumbai/Bombay

Bottom Line

I encountered no availability issues whatsoever on dummy bookings!

Not all of these are great deals because of the relatively high taxes and surcharges. Given that economy class redemptions tend to attract around 300 GBP in surcharges, I would personally only book business class redemptions.

Long-haul business class redemptions tend to cost north of 500 GBP in taxes and surcharges, but you will be getting value for money on the longer routes, where cash tickets can easily cost 3000 GBP. For example, Manchester to Seoul in business is 70,000 miles plus 572.84 GBP for random dates in December; cash tickets on the same flights are currently selling for 3094.24 GBP.