Miles & More
Miles & More is a bonus program run by
the airline Lufthansa and it allows passengers to collect and cash in premium
miles which are not directly related to the purchase of a flight. Numerous
partnerships have been established with retailing outlets, banks, internet
shops and telecommunication companies. It is also possible to purchase premium
miles and to give them away.
MICROS Retail OSCAR POS supports the Miles & More
bonus program. Turnover recorded, miles collected and the miles values
collected from the purchase of specific items can be cashed in via the system.
The Miles&More customer card or credit cards which have the legitimation to
be used for Miles&More are read at the terminal.
Normally, miles are calculated after a
valid Miles&More bonus card has been swiped. If the magnetic strip is,
however, damaged data can be enteredanually via the <MMCARDMAN>
key.
The collected miles are stored in the
transaction data of MICROS Retail OSCAR POS. A project-specific interface must be defined for
this purpose so that transaction data can be exported and transferred to the
Miles & More server for further processing.
After the Miles & More customer card
has been read miles can be cashed in at the end of a Miles & More payment
type as there is an online connection to a Miles & More server operated by
Lufthansa.
The following must be complied with:
- The Miles & More Option
must be activated in program System -> Configuration -> Installation
-> Add.texts to allow the linked branches to be able to calculate Miles
& More bonus points.
- Miles & More active
must be set in program Application -> Organisation -> Branch so that
Miles & More bonus points can be calculated for this branch.
- The parameters for calculating miles
values must be stored in program Application -> Organisation ->
Country -> Miles & More Parameter.
- The parameters for identifying magnetic
cards must be stored in program Application -> Organisation ->
Country -> Miles & More card
parameter.
- A payment type in which the option Miles & More paytype
has been activated in Parameter -> Payment -> Payment type must be
stored in the system to allow miles to be cashed in in the system.
- The No Miles & More
option must have been activated in program Application -> Department if
items in this department are not to be included in calculation of bonus
miles.
- A reading device, type Lufthansa-ZVT must have been set up in program
System -> Configuration -> Devices to allow Miles & More customer
cards to be read.
- Miles & More customers can, as a
result of specific promotions, collect special miles as a bonus. Several
Miles & More bonus types can be stored in the system in program
Application ->Organisation -> M&M
bonus types.
The number to identify the Miles & More bonus type can be called up
with key event <MMBONUS>. If a Miles & More card has not
yet been read the system sends an error message. Bonus miles can only be
recorded after a Miles & More card has been swiped.
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