can I transfer miles and smiles TK points to lufthasnsa?
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No—you can’t move Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles points (often called “TK points”) into Lufthansa’s Miles & More program. The sources describe transfers to Turkish Miles & Smiles from credit‑card partners, but they do not mention any pathway for sending those miles to Lufthansa, and they note that Lufthansa currently does not accept transfers from other loyalty programs such as Marriott FrequentMiler View from the Wing .
Stacking sweet spots with Miles & More
Last week, we found out that Barclays has increased the offer on the Lufthansa Miles & More credit card to an all-time high of up to 75,000 mile. Getting the full bonus requires $20,000 spend in the first year, which is really steep — yet this card has piqued my interest. While most blog posts about the offer (including mine) highlighted Mileage Bargains, that’s not actually why I find this offer intriguing. The Miles & More award chart has some intriguing sweet spots, particularly for those who also have Citi ThankYou points and can stack sweet spots to put together
Don’t Try to Transfer Points to Lufthansa, They Just Go Into Limbo
Yesterday I wrote about Lufthansa’s “Mileage Bargains” — roundtrip business class awards between the US and Europe for just 55,000 miles. Commenter Tim noted that “Lufthansa says that as of May 24th 2019 they no longer are accepting Marriott points for transfers to Lufthansa miles.” This was picked up on Flyertalk with several Marriott members saying they had transferred points from Bonvoy to Lufthansa, and their points had gone into limbo. It turns out the problem is not limited to Marriott transfers. Hyatt tells me that the last week of May they removed Lufthansa as a transfer partner