Can I accrue miles from award ticket awarded from another airlines

I have mileage cards from both ANA and Lufthansa, both Star Alliance members.

If I buy an award Lufthansa flight ticket with miles from ANA card, do I earn miles on my Lufthansa card for that flight?

Best Answer

You know you can't, come now. An airline will grant you miles as a form of gratitude for giving money with the. All sorts of other shenanigans (non-revenue flights, industry discounts, you are the chairman of Port Authority so United runs a flight into your weekend home essentially just for you and whatever else) do not qualify. Lufthansa's policy:

In general, miles cannot be earned on flight award tickets and on travel-industry discounted tickets (e.g. ID, AD).

Also here's AA:

You may accrue mileage only for purchased, eligible, published-fare tickets

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Can you earn miles from different airlines?

You can't transfer airline miles from one airline to another. It's also impossible to combine two different types of miles into one account. However, you can use an airline's miles to book an award seat on another airline within the same alliance.

Can I earn miles on award tickets?

As a general rule that award tickets do not earn frequent flyer miles since they are paid for with miles, the same way you do not earn hotel points when you redeem points on an award stay. Frequent flyer programs will usually exclude award booking classes from mileage accrual. This applies to partners as well.

Can you earn miles on codeshare flights?

Bottom Line: Earning miles on codeshare flights is still possible. However, you'll only be eligible to earn miles on select codeshare flights that share the same airline code as the airline you want to earn miles on.

Do you earn miles on award travel AA?

Awards on American Choose AAnytime awards for any seat on an American Airlines flight for as low as 20,000 miles each way plus any applicable taxes and carrier-imposed fees. You can also use MileSAAver awards for fewer miles.

Airline Partner Award Booking Demonstration

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