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High Fares Equal Great Opportunity Using Miles or Money.

Normal Cash Cost: $11,128 round-trip to Munich from Los Angeles with a 28-day advance purchase; up to $21,448 with no advance purchase.

Normal Miles Cost: 170,000.

No Lufthansa Miles? No Problem.

You Can Transfer Starwood Points to Lufthansa: 140,000 required.

Book Mileage Awards Close-in with Lufthansa Partner Miles to Save 70,000 Miles (41%)

Inventory through the airline’s Star Alliance partners is sometimes similar to its own within two weeks of departure. Great for fallbacks, spontaneous leisure trips, short-notice business trips, or upgrading a booking you already have by canceling it and booking this now (what I call the Upgrade Two-Step) at the expense of some modest fees in order to get Lufthansa’s First Class seat (which is much better than a Business Class seat you might be holding, and better than many First Class most book). For more on Short-Term Sweet Redeems go here and for the Upgrade Two-Step here.

Lowest Partner Award Rate: Book the suite through Asiana’s loyalty program—a Starwood partner—for just 100,000 miles round-trip to net a savings of 70,000 miles (41%).

Transfer Starwood Points to Asiana: only 80,000 are needed—up to 36% fewer miles than many airlines charge for Business Class.

Fly Lufthansa with other Star Alliance Partners—Using:

Air Canada Miles: 140,000 round-trip, which can be transferred from Amex Rewards (you can buy points needed for $3,500); or transfer 115,000 from Starwood.

LifeMiles: 174,000 for First Class, a great deal if you bought miles through one of the 100% bonus buying promos; or catch the deal the next time it runs, which we guestimate to be in the next few months or sooner.

Singapore Miles: 160,000 (130,000 Starwood points). Transfer points from Amex Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards, Citi ThankYou, or Starwood.

United Miles: 220,000. Transfer points from Chase Ultimate Rewards.

More on how the “Buy Miles to Fly in Style” strategy can save up to 67%.

Lufthansa’s Two Different Suites

The first offers eight semi-enclosed compartments (an electronically operated partition) configured 1x2x1, a seat that converts into a 81-inch-long lie-flat bed, and a 17-inch monitor.

The second version is only on B747-400s with a First Class cabin. Also has eight semi-enclosed compartments, but it comes with a seat and an adjacent 81-inch-long lie-flat bed, and a 17-inch monitor.

Experience the Lufthansa suites in detail here.

Routes to/from U.S. and Europe with First Class Suites

To/from Frankfurt: Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Washington, DC, and Vancouver.

To/from Munich: Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York, and San Francisco.

Your Departure City not Listed?

You can easily connect from most places in the U.S. and Canada on the same ticket—for free most of the time.

Not Flying to/from Frankfurt or Munich?

Remember that Lufthansa serves cities all over Africa, Asia, and Europe. There’s no extra cost in miles for travel within Europe. View Lufthansa’s destinations.

Sweet Redeem Survey Lufthansa First Class

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Months in black at least one seat available; in blue at least two seats; in green at least four seats. Handful:Our most recent research shows that award space is available about 4 to 8 days during the months indicated in the chart. Worth pursuing if you’re flexible. Hopeful: Our most recent research shows that award space is available about 9 to 12 days during the months indicated. Hooray:Our most recent research shows that award space is available about 13 days or more during the months indicated.

How to Save $7,628 on Lufthansa’s First Class Suite—or Use Lowest-Cost Miles/Points