I perfectly agree with the above statements, especially about the black card being not so special. Btw, I know at least 2 people that have a similar black card, the Amex Centurion (i.e. much more exclusive), one of which a young girl that is ashamed of using it, but its the only way for her to pay with her fathers money...Comical I know but still!

Back to the HON Run. I am a SEN guy, you average 100'000 miles traveller, so I get the gold card relatively easy. I am now being tempted to do the HON Run, but that comes at a very high cost, hence I am calculating on the base of award miles and upgrades not the flashy card.

I know for a fact that there are people who would insult LH if they are not called by name and that if there is no shiny limousine pickup they would start calling the lawyers, but I guess this is a character problem.

I do not now how much people are in a F cabin or lounge but I don't think that the amount of HON's will double with this promotion, which btw is very limited and I can rest assured that it will NOT be repeated, at least not with 50'000 miles instead of 10'000 per leg. Else LH makes no sense...

So I think there are a lot of people "considering" the HON Run, like me, but in the end there will be only a handful actually "doing" the HON Run. Besides, people like me, who cannot reach HON Status at all will definitely fall back to SEN for the foreseable rest of their flying future.

So don't worry, just enjoy the perks and relax.