I did a bit of an analysis what you can do with Miles&More miles a while ago - this may be relevant.

- You can book one-way awards or round-trip.

- You can book LH group tickets online - you will need to call for partners.

- US domestic awards are the same price as United Mileage Plus, that's 25,000 miles in Y and $2.50 per segment

- US to Hawaii in Y is 40,000 miles and minimal taxes/fees

- Domestic First Class (books as business class for LH) is 35,000 miles and minimal taxes/fees

- US residents pay just 50k miles for a Round-Trip to Europe in Economy. If you manage to find seats on US Airways or LOT there are no fuel surcharges! Otherwise it's $300++.

- the Middle East/ Northern Africa zone is pretty huge at Miles & More (interestingly Turkey is not in the region but in Europe!), now that Ethiopian Airlines has joined you can fly from West Africa all the way into Dubai in a one region award

- take a good look at the 3 region awards, they apply for any flights crossing the Atlantic but not the Pacific, for example HKG-FRA-SFO would be considered a 3 region award at Miles & More. Why is this good value? Well find the longest 4 segment one-way and a place where there are no fuel surcharges (Brazil!) and route from Brazil to Europe to Australia

- Miles & More has excellent availability for Lufthansa's A380 in First Class 330 days out. Often 2 seats are released at once with more to follow. Availability is the same as it used to be for partners several years ago.

- I confirmed all mileage requirements with the LH call center. Also availability seemed the same as on united.com.

- you can book LH group redemptions online and for partners you will need to call, agents are generally pretty knowledgeable

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