ACCOR is currently holding a promotion in conjunction with Mile & More that awards program members with 1500 miles for qualified stays between now and February 28.

To qualify for this promotion you must be a Miles & More member as well as an Accor Le Club member. To register your Miles & More account with your LeClub account, please use this link. Additionally, you need to make sure that Miles & More is your preferred award partner on you Le Club account profile.

If you are not a Le Club member, you can sign up here.

As I mentioned earlier, the promotion applies to qualified stays and a “qualified” stay is defined differently based on what type of ACCOR property you stay at:

Sofitel, Pullman and MGallery Hotels: A qualified stay is one night.

Novotel, Suite Novotel, Mercure and Adagio: A qualified stay is two nights.

ibis and ibis Styles: A qualified stay is four nights.

Based on the terms and conditions, there do not seem to be limitations as to the amount of stays that are eligible for the bonus miles. Miles will post automatically to your Miles & More account approximately 2 weeks after each qualifying stay.

If you need to top off your Miles & More account, you can get 20% more miles between now and December 31 when you buy miles.

You can purchase up to 12,000 miles for your account or give them as a gift to other Miles & More account holders. These kind of sales come in handy when you need to add miles to your account in order to have enough miles to redeem for tickets or upgrades.

With this sale, the more miles you buy the lower the “Cost Per Mile” (CPM). CPM for this sale range from 3.5 cents(€) to 2.01 cents(€) depending on how many miles you buy. On a CPM basis, this is actually quite a good deal!

Here is the bonus and pricing matrix:

Please remember that these miles do not apply towards elite status and are for award travel redemption only. The offer is open to anyone regardless of country of residence.

To take advantage of this offer, please visit the Miles & More Mile Sale webpage.

In case you have missed this, Austrian Miles & More Mastercard is offering a great contest for November and December that will award 20 winners 12,000 miles each.

The way the contest works is as follows:

Spend €1500 on your Mastercard in November AND December (€1500 each month) and you will automatically be entered into a drawing that will award 20 lucky winners 12,000 miles for their Miles & More accounts.

With the Holiday Season in full swing, reaching the spending requirements may be easier than you think. For 12,000 miles, it’s worth the effort to try!

Winners will be notified by writing in January, at which point the miles will be credited to the winning accounts.

For more information on the contest please visit the Austrian Miles & More website.

Between September 1 and October 31, you’ll enjoy 1000 Bonus Miles in addition to the normal 500 miles that you earn for each qualifying stay with an Accor Hotel Property. (Remember that the usual 500 miles comes after 1 night’s stay in a Sofitel, MGallery or Pullman property and after 2 consecutive night’s stay in a Novotel, Suite Novotel, Mercure or Adagio property. Additionally, you would get your 500 miles after a 4 consecutive night stay in an ibis property.)

To qualify for the 1000 Bonus Miles, you must first have a qualifying stay to earn you the base 500 miles (which will vary on the property as mentioned above). You must be a member of Accor’s Le Club loyalty program and need to link your Miles & More account to it in order to have the miles automatically credit your Miles & More account. Use this LINK to connect your Le Club and Miles & More Accounts.

If you are not a Le Club member, you can enroll by using this LINK. As a new member, if you have a qualifying stay with an Accor property before October 31 you will get an additional 1000 miles as a Welcome Bonus.

After the first 2 weeks of my contest celebrating LufthansaFlyer’s first year, I’m thrilled at the “turn out”. Thanks to everyone for entering for a chance to win 10,000 “Miles&More” miles!

This post officially kicks off Round 3 which will run until next Friday, September 14. The final round will begin next Friday and the contest will come to a close on September 21.

All you need to do to enter is to leave a comment to this post. Since I will be posting 4 CONTEST ENTRY POSTS you will be able to enter each time, giving you 4 chances to win the miles. You can enter at any time on any of the CONTEST ENTRY POSTS during the contest period, just remember it’s 1 entry per person, per post. You can find links to the previous CONTEST ENTRY POSTS below.

Once the contest closes I will assign each entry a number and use Random.org to pick the winner. For example, if the first Contest Entry Post gets 50 entries, those will become entries #1-50, the entries for the second post will start with #51, and so on for Contest Entry Posts #3 and #4.

Once the winner has been chosen, I’ll arrange to have the 10,000 miles deposited to their Miles & More account within 2 weeks.

If you are not a ‘Miles & More’ member, you can sign up here.

Thanks again to everyone for making LufthansaFlyer’s first year a fantastic one! I’ve had an absolutely great time getting to know you and helping many of you with your Lufthansa related travel!

If you have not entered in either one of the previous CONTEST ENTRY POSTS you can use these links to go back and enter:

ROUND 1 CONTEST ENTRY POST

ROUND 2 CONTEST ENTRY POST

Important Contest Details:

The Lufthansa Group in no way is affiliated with this contest.
Contest deadline is Friday September 21, 2012 (Midnight US Eastern Time).
Winner will be selected via Random.org by Wednesday September 26, 2012.
You can enter 1 time per Contest Entry Post.
Miles will be deposited approximately 2 weeks after Winner is selected and successfully contacted.
If winner does not reply within 7 days of being selected, another entry will be selected using Random.org.
The contest is open to everyone, regardless of country of residence.

All I can say is WOW! What a great response to the contest so far! Thank You All!!

As I stated in my previous post that launched this contest, I’m doing this as a token of my appreciation to all of you who have made LufthansaFlyer’s first year such a great one!

This post marks the beginning of the 2nd round of the contest in which one lucky winner will win 10,000 Lufthansa “Miles & More” Miles for their account.

Each friday for the next 4 weeks (this is WEEK 2), I will post a Contest Entry “story” on my site. All you need to do to enter is to leave a comment to that post. Since I will be posting 4 Contest Entry “stories” you will be able to enter each time, giving you 4 chances to win the miles. You can enter at any time on any of the Contest Entry “stories” during the contest period, just remember it’s 1 entry per person, per post. IF YOU MISSED “ROUND 1″ YOU CAN VISIT THAT POST HERE AND ENTER.

Once the contest closes I will assign each entry a number and use Random.org to pick the winner. For example, if the first Contest Entry Post gets 50 entries, those will become entries #1-50, the entries for the second post will start with #51, and so on for Contest Entry Posts #3 and #4.

Once the winner has been chosen, I’ll arrange to have the 10,000 miles deposited to your Miles & More account within 2 weeks.

If you are not a ‘Miles & More’ member, you can sign up here.

Thanks again to everyone for making LufthansaFlyer’s first year a fantastic one! I’ve had an absolutely great time getting to know you and helping many of you with your Lufthansa related travel!

Important Contest Details:

The Lufthansa Group in no way is affiliated with this contest.
Contest deadline is Friday September 21, 2012 (Midnight US Eastern Time).
Winner will be selected via Random.org by Wednesday September 26, 2012.
You can enter 1 time per Contest Entry “Story”.
Miles will be deposited approximately 2 weeks after Winner is selected and successfully contacted.
If winner does not reply within 7 days of being selected, another entry will be selected using Random.org.
The contest is open to everyone, regardless of country of residence.

As a token of my appreciation to all of you great Lufthansa fans that have helped make “LufthansaFlyer” a success, I am giving away 10,000 “Miles & More” Miles celebrating LufthansaFlyer’s First Anniversary.

Each friday for the next 4 weeks (beginning with this post), I will post a Contest Entry “story” on my site. All you need to do to enter is to leave a comment to that post. Since I will be posting 4 Contest Entry “stories” you will be able to enter each time, giving you 4 chances to win the miles. You can enter at any time on any of the Contest Entry “stories” during the contest period, just remember it’s 1 entry per post.

Once the contest closes I will assign each entry a number and use Random.org to pick the winner. For example, if the first Contest Entry Post gets 50 entries, those will become entries #1-50, the entries for the second post will start with #51, and so on for Contest Entry Posts #3 and #4.

Once the winner has been chosen, I’ll arrange to have the 10,000 miles deposited to your Miles & More account within 2 weeks.

If you are not a ‘Miles & More’ member, you can sign up here.

Thanks again to everyone for making LufthansaFlyer’s first year a fantastic one! I’ve had an absolutely great time getting to know you and helping many of you with your Lufthansa related travel!

Important Contest Details:

The Lufthansa Group in no way is affiliated with this contest.
Contest deadline is Friday September 21, 2012 (Midnight US Eastern Time).
Winner will be selected via Random.org by Wednesday September 26, 2012.
You can enter 1 time per Contest Entry “Story”.
Miles will be deposited approximately 2 weeks after Winner is selected and successfully contacted.
If winner does not reply within 7 days of being selected, another entry will be selected using Random.org.
The contest is open to everyone, regardless of country of residence.

Just because the Olympic Games have ended, it does not mean that the celebration can’t continue for at least a little longer!

To that end, Miles & More has partnered with Lufthansa Private Jets to bring us a fantastic contest that will award the winner and 5 friends a trip aboard a Lufthansa Private Jet from Frankfurt to an Olympia of their choosing!

The group will be able to choose from the following ‘Olympia’ Destinations (included is 1 night’s lodging for the group):

Olympia, quarter in Helsingborg, Sweden
Olympia, Music Hall in Paris, France
Olympia, Restaurant in Prague, Czech Republic
Olympia, Town in Greece
Olympia, Harbor in Barcelona, Spain

To enter the sweepstakes, you must complete 5 levels of flying an aircraft around clouds using your “mouse button” to control altitude. With each progressive level, the clouds grow and it becomes more difficult to navigate. For each level that you complete, you are entered to win a prize of Miles & More miles. The levels are as follows:

Level 1 = 2,500 award miles (25 winners)
Level 2 = 5,000 award miles (10 winners)
Level 3 = 10,000 award miles (5 winners)
Level 4 = 20,000 award miles (1 winner)
Level 5 = Main Prize (1 winner)

Once you complete all five levels, your entry should look like this:

The Main Prize winner must complete the trip between 15 September and 30 November 2012.

The contest deadline is 31 August 2012 and the winner will be notified by e-mail shortly thereafter.

To enter the contest, PLEASE USE THIS LINK.

Keep in mind that the contest is only open to European residents. However, I suspect your companions need not be European residents, so if you win, just remember your friend that afforded you this opportunity !!

For more Terms/Conditions, please read them HERE.

Good Luck and Avoid The Clouds!

During the month of August, Miles & More has partnered with Europcar for a contest that will award 3 winners a free weekend rental from Europcar (class of car not indicated).

The contest involves a small amount of skill. You need to play a “game” where you arrange articles into a suitcase and can only succeed if you arrange the items in a way that they do not overlap. After completing 3 such “packing” tasks, you are then taken to the Sweepstakes Entry Page where you need to enter your contact information and Miles & More account number.

Here is an example of the “Packing Puzzle” that you need to complete in order to be eligible to enter (there are 3 levels that you need to complete):

To enter the contest, please visit the Contest’s Website. The deadline to enter is midnight CET (Central European Time) on August 31.

The contest requires you to be enrolled in Miles & More, so if you are not a member, please visit this link to enroll.

A few days ago, Lufthansa launched a new App (available for Apple only) for Miles & More members. The new App gives users access to their account (mile balances, status level, privileges, etc.), news from Miles & More, a handy Lounge Finder for lounges worldwide (including eligible partner lounges based on status and fare) and a Shop Finder which lets you find retailers near your location who you can earn miles with.

Additionally, Lufthansa’s MemberScout community is integrated into this App as well. For those of you not familiar with Memberscout, it offers Miles & More members a conduit whereby members can communicate with one another. For example, if I am traveling to Nuremberg, and have a question about most anything as it relates to Nuremberg, I can use MemberScout to find Miles & More members living in Nuremberg and ask them my question. Its a great way to find localized information quickly and efficiently.
There is also a Map function that lets you see Miles & More “MemberScouts” that are near you (your device needs to have location services enabled).

Screen Images for the App (courtesy of Lufthansa):

The Miles & More Home Screen:

Miles & More Account Information:

Shop Finder (For shops where you can earn Miles & More miles):

MemberScout Home Screen:

MemberScout “Ask Scouts” Screen:

Last night, I was browsing through Lufthansa’s WorldShop online catalog to see what is new for their summer collection and came across what may have become a must have “accessory” for the season.

If you’ve been reading my scribble over the past few months, you know that I have this somewhat unhealthly fan-ship (note that I did not say obsession or addiction) of Boeing’s 747 and specifically, Lufthansa’s 747-8i that has recently entered service (My solo First Class experience on the new “Queen Of The Skies”). As a matter of fact, Lufthansa was gracious enough to help feed my addiction and invited me to attend the ceremonies on the Eve of the Inaugural Flight on June 1.

So you can imagine the silly grin that broke out on my face when I saw that Rimowa has once again partnered with Lufthansa to bring out a special edition luggage collection dedicated to the 747-8i. This collection is made of aluminum and is trimmed in the same leather that you will find the in the First Class cabin aboard Lufthansa’s 747-8i.

For those of you familiar with Rimowa you know why they have such a loyal following. Their luggage plain and simply is among the best you can buy. The polycarbonate or aluminum shells are nearly indestructable and look great. The look of the luggage is based on the fuselage material found on the Junkers JU-52 and is consistent across most of their products.

Though not the lowest priced luggage you’ll find, it’s certainly worth the investment. I’ve had my Rimowa pieces for years and there is no sign of them giving up. When transiting through airports in Europe, it seems that the majority of travelers have a Rimowa trolley in tow.

Now there’s another collection to add to their success and it looks like my existing Rimowa pieces are in jeopardy of being relegated to the closet. Currently the pieces are showing out of stock, but should be available again later in July or early August.

All of a sudden, I have a great reason for a mileage run.

The five pieces that comprise the 747-8i collection:

Carry-On Trolley

Business Trolley

The "Large" Suitcase

The "Extra Large" Suitcase

The "Extra Large +" Suitcase