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Missing Lufthansa miles
« on: May 26, 2011, 07:48:00 PM »
Hi all,

Lufthansa has a promotion going on now that if you rent from Avis and put your Miles and More number on the contract, instead of just the usual 500 mile bonus you would get, you can earn up to 3,000 miles per rental (500 miles for the first rental, 1,000 miles for the second rental, 1,500 miles for the third, etc). This promotion was originally supposed to go until the end of March; it has since been extended for another few months.

I rented many times from Avis before the end of March. The first few times, each set of miles showed up on my M&M account as two entries per rental: one for the base 500 miles, and another for the bonus miles for that rental.

However, after a few rentals, the miles suddenly stopped posting. Never mind the bonus miles - even the 500 base miles wouldn't post! Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Probably over ten rentals, all viewable on my Avis.com account, with not a single mile to show for any of them.

Now, after the promotion was officially extended in the beginning of April, I rented a few more times. The first rental posted on M&M - but only 500 miles. No bonus, despite that I had already rented many times during the original promotion. The rest of my rentals since then have not, once again, posted a single mile.

Now, some questions:

1) Where are my miles? What am I doing wrong?
2) Who do I contact about this? Avis or Lufthansa?
3) Why did I only get the base 500 miles for the one rental that did post this month, and not the bonus - did the bonus counter reset when the promotion was extended?

Any help would be very much appreciated! Thanks!

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Re: Missing Lufthansa miles
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2011, 11:36:27 PM »
Now, some questions:

1) Where are my miles? What am I doing wrong?
2) Who do I contact about this? Avis or Lufthansa?
3) Why did I only get the base 500 miles for the one rental that did post this month, and not the bonus - did the bonus counter reset when the promotion was extended?

Any help would be very much appreciated! Thanks!
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Re: Missing Lufthansa miles
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2011, 02:25:38 AM »
I most certainly did.

I rented all over - New York, LA,  Chicago, Israel, Italy...

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Re: Missing Lufthansa miles
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2011, 03:49:16 AM »
I most certainly did.

I rented all over - New York, LA,  Chicago, Israel, Italy...
If the reservations were made through a travel agent they might not be eligible. Any reservation made through an Israeli agent ie noach car is definitely not eligible.

Also I've heard that non-airport Avis locations don't give miles. Can't confirm that part
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Re: Missing Lufthansa miles
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2011, 10:19:39 AM »
could be the promotion doesnt work for getzes?

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Re: Missing Lufthansa miles
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2011, 03:21:18 PM »
I would contact Avis first.

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Re: Missing Lufthansa miles
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2011, 02:15:16 PM »
could be the promotion doesnt work for getzes?

I haven't had a Getz from them at least since '09.

Besides... why should it matter? Lufthansa doesn't list any class restrictions on their site...


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Re: Missing Lufthansa miles
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2011, 02:16:15 PM »
I would contact Avis first.
Avis USA or Avis Israel?


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Re: Missing Lufthansa miles
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2011, 02:23:49 PM »
Avis USA or Avis Israel?


Avis USA.
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Re: Missing Lufthansa miles
« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2011, 06:13:27 AM »
I haven't had a Getz from them at least since '09.

Besides... why should it matter? Lufthansa doesn't list any class restrictions on their site...


there are some restrictions : http://www.miles-and-more.avis.de/avisonline/de/avis_lufthansa.nsf/c/Welcome,Earn_Miles

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Re: Missing Lufthansa miles
« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2011, 12:29:36 PM »
As far as I can tell, none of those restrictions apply to me...

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Re: Missing Lufthansa miles
« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2011, 12:45:06 PM »
As far as I can tell, none of those restrictions apply to me...
Then can you please answer the this question
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Re: Missing Lufthansa miles
« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2011, 02:07:54 PM »
Then can you please answer the this question

A mix of ways - online, through an agent named Yaari (in Israel), or simply by walking into an Avis branch and shmoozing up the nearest rep. Doesn't seem to matter, though - my miles are missing from reservations made with all the different booking methods.

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Re: Missing Lufthansa miles
« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2011, 02:33:13 PM »
A mix of ways - online, through an agent named Yaari (in Israel), or simply by walking into an Avis branch and shmoozing up the nearest rep. Doesn't seem to matter, though - my miles are missing from reservations made with all the different booking methods.
I don't believe it's possible for a branch agent to do a qualifying rental in Israel.
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Re: Missing Lufthansa miles
« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2011, 03:47:57 PM »
its not