Lufthansa Miles & More Offers One-Year Senator Status Extensions For 2000 Euro Or 200k Miles

Lufthansa Miles & More has once again offered Senator members like myself who haven’t requalified during 2024 the option to extend the status for an additional year against a rather substantial payment of 2000 Euro.

The one-year extension (alternatively available for 200,000 miles or the 2k EUR cash amount) will now include two eVouchers to upgrade flights and has been a staple offer that the airline sends out on an annual basis.

You can access this offer on the dedicated Lufthansa website (see here).

Paying 2k Euros for a one-year status outright without gaining any further benefits, such as miles, is a bit controversial, but considering Lufthansa’s program structure, there are some use cases where it actually makes sense.

This is what the previous email reads:

Dear Sebastian,

How time flies – 2024 is almost over already. We hope the remaining weeks will bring you many treasured moments.

Looking ahead to next year, we’d love to continue having you as a Senator, which is why we’re getting in touch about your current status miles balance. As of today, you haven’t accrued enough status miles to renew your status. If you achieve the required 100,000 status miles by 31.12.2024, your status will be renewed automatically for one more year, i.e. to the end of February 2026.

By the way, you can earn 20% more status miles by selecting Economy Green or Business Green fares on our European routes.

There’s also another way for you to retain your status benefits this year: you can now renew your status for one year by redeeming 200,000 award miles, or by making a one-off payment of EUR 2,000. If you wish to take advantage of this offer, please click here [personalized link removed].

If you don’t wish to renew your Senator status, it will expire on 28.2.2025. You’ll then find your new digital Miles & More service card in the Miles & More app.

We look forward to having you with us again next year, and hope to see you on board soon.

So, members who are interested in this offer have to complete the payment transaction on the landing page, and the status extension will be processed automatically.

Members with the German Miles & More credit card will receive a Senator card with a Mastercard function to their mailing address.

This is what it looks like on the landing page:

Extending the status by payment used to only come with one eVoucher in the past, but according to the terms and conditions, this has now been upped to two vouchers. The reason for that is likely the changes LH made to the program in 2024 when the qualification period changed from two years to one year, so it’s only fair to reflect this with the credit of the full eVouchers.

To remind readers, one eVoucher can be used to upgrade a continental flight by one class (or one Intercontinental Premium Economy Class ticket in high booking classes). For an intercontinental flight upgrade, two vouchers are required.

So, two vouchers basically mean the extension includes at least one long-haul flight upgrade, which you could value up to 1000 EUR (or more if you use it for First Class).

Should you pay for the extension, does it really make sense?

That all depends on the travel profile. Someone who has frequent flights within Germany or Europe in low Economy booking classes that neither confer any benefits nor earn significant status points would probably deem it worthwhile to pay and have the amenities for the full year.

It’s definitely a lot cheaper than doing senseless status runs in this day and age. Back in the day, you could make Senator with cheap First Class tickets on United and US Airways in the U.S. by flying routes like Ontario-Tampa for $510 (34,000 status miles) or Las Vegas-San Juan for $590 (37,000 Status miles). These times are long gone, and back when this was a possibility, my time wasn’t as valuable as today, and my body was a lot younger, too, making it easier to go on these adventures.

As such, I find 2000 Euro, including two upgrade vouchers, a pretty decent offer and will think about it. I still have the option to do the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Gold Challenge via ShangriLa Jade. I also have ITA Volare status for at least one more year which I expect to fold into Senator sometime in the next 12 months.

You would be hard-pressed to renew Senator via flying activity for less than 3000 Euro, even with optimized mileage runs plus, of course, all the time involved.

The free Senator Credit Card (fee waiver) means I save another 64 Euro, which is the fee for the Frequent Traveller Credit Card after the soft landing.

Remember to read about the program changes I previously wrote about:

Lufthansa Reminds Members That Miles & More Status Changes Kick In Effective January 1, 2024

As status becomes more challenging to achieve unless you’re someone with expensive tickets on Lufthansa Group stock, it makes it more attractive to consider the offer to simply pay once and have the status for another year.

Conclusion

Lufthansa once again offers Senator members with insufficient status miles the ability to extend the status for a 2000 Euro or 200,000 miles payment. This would include two eVouchers for upgrades and a one-year extension of the Senator Tier until February 2026.

This offer isn’t a “one fits all” kind of deal, and if it’s worthwhile is really a personal decision that depends on one’s travel profile. I would value the eVouchers with a realistic 800-1000 Euro, which means the monthly cost is ~ 100 Euro. You still have to fly frequently to make it worthwhile.

These are the Terms & Conditions for this offer:

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