Last week, I told you how to get from Europe to India with Lufthansa First Class for less than EUR 2,000. Today, I’ll show you how you can get to Botswana (or any other African country south of the Sahara) in business class for EUR 1,500 roundtrip.
Lifemiles, our beloved Colombian Dealer just announced a special promotion with the Brazilian Blog Passageiro de Primeira. Instead of the 130% bonus we saw last week, Lifemiles is offering 140% bonus for a very limited time.
With this promotion, if you buy 101,000 miles for $3,333, you will get 141,400 bonus miles. This is a total of 242,400 miles or 1.375 cent per mile. To use this promotion, you should first open an account with LifeMiles if you haven’t already. Then, register for the promotion between Sep 19th to Sep 26th here. You then have to wait 24 hours to make sure that your bonus is activated and you can buy the miles on Lifemiles.com between Sep 20th and Sep 27th 2016.
Here is a summary of the bonuses:
| When you buy between | Receive | Accrue up to |
|---|---|---|
| LM 2.000 – 50.000 | 2X1 + 15%* | LM 107.500
When buying LM 50.000
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| LM 51.000 – 100.000 | 2X1 + 30%* | LM 230.000
When buying LM 100.000
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| LM 101.000 – 150.000 | 2X1 + 40%* | LM 360.000
When buying LM 150.000
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| * The bonus percentage is calculated based on the miles purchased without taking into account the 2×1 bonus. This exclusive offer is valid for subscription from Sep 19th to Sep 26th and to buy from Sep 20th to Sep 27th 2016. | ||
If you check the Lifemiles Award Chart, you’ll see that Europe to South Africa is 55,000 miles one-way (+ taxes).
Here we’re talking about the “South Africa Region”, not the country. Lifemiles defines South Africa Region as all the following countries:
| Angola | Guinea | Sao Tomas and Príncipe |
| Benin | Guinea Bissau | Senegal |
| Botswana | Guinea Ecuatorial | Seychelles |
| Burkina | Kenya | Sierra Leone |
| Burundi | Lesotho | Somalia |
| Cameroon | Liberia | South Africa |
| Cape Verde | Madagascar | South Sudan |
| Central African | Malawi | St. Helena |
| Chad | Mali | Sudan |
| Comoras | Mauritania | Swaziland |
| Congo | Mauritius | Tanzania |
| Cote d’ivoire | Mozambique | Togo |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | Namibia | Uganda |
| Eritrea | Niger | Yibuti |
| Ethiopia | Nigeria | Zambia |
| Gabon | Reunion | Zimbabwe |
| Gambia | Rwanda | |
| Ghana | Sahara |
So you could fly from Europe to Johannesburg and connect to Gaborone, Botswana with South African Airlines in Business class for a 55,000 miles + EUR 150 one way. You could return with Ethiopian via Addis Abeba.
So remember the procedure:
- Create an account with LifeMiles
- Register for the promotion between Sep 19th and Sep 26th
- Wait 24 hours
- Buy the miles between Sep 20th and Sep 27th 2016
- Book your flight
Will you buy miles?