So far for Star awards for LH M&M members the award levels are similar to those for M&M's German members. The discounted award levels for North American members are not mentioned in the new chart. If the discount isn't given for *A awards, I will stick to LH awards (for example, the business class award from US to Germany would be 80.000 miles on LH and 105.000 as a *A award).
Too bad, I would have liked to try AC business class.