A never-before-seen bonus. 30,000 Miles&More points if you apply for the new Lufthansa Mastercard.

The Miles&More loyalty program of Lufthansa and all German group airlines (Austrian, Brussels and Swiss) celebrates 30 years in Italy and launches an incredible promotion for members who will request the new Miles&More Gold Mastercard.

Introduced last spring the new Miles & More Mastercard Gold card. is designed as the perfect companion for all serial accumulators of points and miles with German group companies and is the only credit card on the Italian market that allows Miles&More points to be earned regardless of the account holder's bank.

Miles & More Mastercard Gold, the welcome offer

The offer that has just been published allows you to get A never-before-seen welcome bonus of 30,000 Miles&More points, twice the value of the launch promotion and as much as 5 times the bonus offered in recent months, the most interesting thing is that no minimum spending is required to get the bonus, but all M&M frequent flyer members will get the bonus when the card is issued. Bonus that can be immediately used for award ticket issuance once the miles are credited.

Earn miles using the Miles & More Gold Mastercard

From daily groceries to gasoline, from fines to airline tickets this credit card will allow all members of the Miles&More loyalty program to. to accumulate 1 point for every 2 euros spent, but the even more interesting feature is that all holders of this new credit card will be able to forget about the expiration of Miles&More miles on their card account.

M&M points generally expire 36 months after being earned, this means that three years after flying the points will be reset to zero if not used, in some way, by the account holder. For Miles & More Mastercard Gold cardholders, this expiration is frozen, and as long as you continue to be a cardholder and user, you will renew the expiration term and no longer run the risk of losing the miles you have accumulated by flying and more.

At the moment if you are already a holder by You Gold card, issued by Advanzia, you cannot apply for this credit card, but there will be interesting developments for incumbents soon as well.

What are the benefits for holders of the Miles & More Gold Mastercard

There is another credit card on the Italian market that allows you to accumulate M&M points, but this is the only card that can be backed to any bank account and which does not require any new checking account to be opened. Unlike other credit cards, this Miles & More card participates in the Mastercard circuit and is accepted in virtually every merchant establishment, in Italy and around the world, which accepts electronic payments. Obviously to apply for this card you need to be enrolled (it's free) in the FF M&M program.

Free card for the first six months

New holders will be able to Take advantage of the Miles & More Mastercard Gold card for free for the first six months, from the 7th month onward the monthly fee of the card will be €6, or €72 per year. No cost will be incurred by the cardholder for sending the card home, there will be no collection fees or costs for any blocking of the card.

M&M mileage accumulation

Every two euros spent accumulates 1 M&M point, considering that in Italy the German loyalty program does not partner with any other program this card is the only companion for frequent travelers on Star Alliance carriers to increase, without flying, their point balance in the M&M program.

Lufthansa lounge access

Every year, Miles & More Mastercard Gold cardholders., they will be able to take advantage of one free admission to one of the Lufthansa lounges scattered around the world. From Milan Malpensa in London, from New York a, of course, The business lounges present at the airports in Frankfurt, Munich And at other airports.

No fees on foreign transactions

One of the most tedious jolts that credit cards have are the extra fees for payments in currencies other than the euro or when the cardholder goes to an ATM to withdraw money. Usually the fees and charges levied by other credit cards are very significant, while the Miles & More Mastercard Gold card does not charge any fees or surcharges To payment in non-euro currency or withdrawal from ATMs, all details can be found on the dedicated page.

Free travel insurance

A minor accident during a trip to Japan could cost more than 7million yen, over $40,000. Even without thinking the worst, traveling today without insurance is like playing roulette, which is why being able to take advantage of the free coverages found in the Miles & More Mastercard Gold credit card allows you to travel more light-heartedly. Full details of the insurance coverages are available online.

Protection on purchases

In addition to travel accident coverages, the card also offers, to all cardholders, a range of coverages on purchases and withdrawals made through the use of the card. In detail, the covers provided are:

1. Protection of purchases
2. Warranty Extension
3. "Safe on Line" coverage
4. Price protection guarantee
5. Theft of cash withdrawn from an automatic teller machine

How to spend the welcome bonus

The 30,000 Miles&More points can be used for booking award tickets on board Lufthansa flights, of group airlines and all Star Alliance carriers. The German carrier's frequent flyer program adopts a fixed award chart for issuing award tickets.

During the monthly offerings called Meilenschnaeppchen the award table halves the points required to issue award tickets, this allows you to apply for a round-trip ticket to fly from Italy to the United States just by using the welcome bonus. However, if you already have M&M points in your account you will be able to combine them with the welcome bonus and book with a business class ticket starting at just over 50k points.

Who should apply for the Miles&More Gold Mastercard.

At present, the marriage with ITA Airways is "pending approval," but this card is perfect for all frequent and infrequent travelers on board Lufthansa and all Star Alliance carriers, have the opportunity to freeze the expiration of miles è, this alone, the reason why it is worth spending 6€ a month. Having the ability to accumulate all flights, even short flights in economy, not necessarily just long-haul routes, made with SA carriers without worrying about miles expiring is a great thing. Add to that the fact that with every euro spent on gas station fill-ups or electricity bills and daily groceries you will accumulate 1 M&M mile for every 2 euros spent, which is not feasible with any other credit card on the Italian market.

Last but not least no fees on ATM withdrawals and no extra fees on payments in currencies other than the euro, Not applying for this card is crazy.

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