Star Alliance member Lufthansa is selling discounted premium economy tickets from Schiphol airport in Amsterdam with the sole condition that you book these flights for at least 2 people. Starting at €550, the Star Alliance member will take you to worldwide destinations, such as Johannesburg, Rio de Janeiro, and Thailand. All flights have layover in Frankfurt or Munich.
The short trips between Amsterdam and Germany are regular economy flights, but your long haul segments guarantee a little extra space, comfort and attention. Further, two checked bags up to 23 kg are included in all fares.
Many destinations have currently imposed travel restrictions, but all show availability up to October 2021. Lufthansa has waived its rebooking fee, but you’d still have to pay the price difference when changing flights. It could be several hundred euros.
You may find the following destinations & prices:
- Tehran: €500 pp.
- Bangkok: €550 pp.
- Mumbai: €550 pp.
- Delhi: €550 pp.
- Astana / Nursultan: €550 pp.
- Almaty: €550 pp.
- Nairobi: €550 pp.
- Dubai: €550 pp.
- Riad: €550 pp.
- Koh Samui: €625 pp.
- Johannesburg: €650 pp.
- Luanda: €650 pp.
- Bali: €675 pp.
- Cape Town: €700 pp.
- Bogota: €700 pp.
- Buenos Aires: €700 pp.
- Hong Kong: €700 pp.
- Singapore: €700 pp.
- Beijing: €700 pp.
- Shanghai: €700 pp.
- Jakarta: €710 pp.
- Rio de Janeiro: €750 pp.
- Seoul: €750 pp.
- Phnom-Penh: €750 pp.
- Kuala Lumpur: €770 pp.
- Sao Paulo: €850 pp.
- Santiago de Chile: €850 pp.
- Sydney: €985 pp.
- Tokyo: €1,000 pp. (not a good deal)
- and more…
When booking via lufthansa.com, you can freely combine travel classes for your out- and inbound flights. For example, you can travel premium economy to Bangkok and combine it with a business class inbound.
Lufthansa’s premium economy cabin is of the better ones: It grants more space in seat width and pitch, larger monitors and free luggage compared to regular economy class fares. You can read more about the product in Dennis’ review:
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You can book these flights up until November 22, 2020. You can fly until October 25, 2021. There are even some available dates during the summer vacation. You need to book these flights through Lufthansa’s promotion site. It is absolutely essential that you book through that site, as you’ll be shown far higher prices if you try to book these flights through a different site, even Lufthansa’s home page.
Mileage
The inner European flights are economy fares in booking class Y, the international segment is booking class N. You can credit a trip to Bangkok with the following frequent flyer programs:
- 17,460 CV Points on Vistara Club Vistara
- 13,684 Award Miles + 200 Points on Miles&More
- 13,684 Miles on Aegean Miles+Bonus
- 13,684 Points on SAS EuroBonus
- 13,184 Miles on Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
- 12,184 Miles on Asiana Club
- 12,184 Miles on Ethiopian ShebaMiles
- 11,868 Award Miles + 1,636 PQP on United MileagePlus
- 11,868 Miles on Copa ConnectMiles
- 11,868 Award Miles + 11,640 Tier Miles on Avianca LifeMiles
- 11,868 Miles on Egyptair Plus
- 11,686 Miles on Thai Royal Orchid Plus
- 11,640 Miles on EVA Infinity MileageLands
- 11,640 Miles on Singapore KrisFlyer
- 11,640 Miles on TAP Miles&Go
- 11,640 Award Miles on LATAM Pass
- 11,412 Miles on Air Canada Aeroplan
- 8,284 Miles on ANA Mileage Club
If you credit the miles at Miles&More, you’ll get 4 to 6 miles per Euro, depending on your status.