Lufthansa’s uber-top tier status is HON Circle, which can be earned by accruing 600,000 elite qualifying miles over the course of two years.

The status comes with quite a few benefits, probably the most significant of which is access to the Lufthansa First Class Lounges and Lufthansa First Class Terminal regardless of which class of service you’re flying.

So a HON Circle member can book a cheap economy ticket from Frankfurt to Munich and spend all day in the First Class Terminal in Frankfurt, if they’d like. As a matter of fact, I know several HON Circle members who spend their weekends exactly that way. ;)

The catch is that while HON Circle status gets you access to Lufthansa’s First Class Lounges, it doesn’t get you access to the first class lounges of partner airlines. […]

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